Implement two new policies to control muting the audio I/O.

chrome/browser/chromeos/audio/audio_mixer.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef CHROME_BROWSER_CHROMEOS_AUDIO_AUDIO_MIXER_H_
 #define CHROME_BROWSER_CHROMEOS_AUDIO_AUDIO_MIXER_H_
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 
 namespace chromeos {
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   // Returns the most-recently-set volume, in the range [0.0, 100.0].
   virtual double GetVolumePercent() = 0;
 
   // Sets the volume, possibly asynchronously.
   // |percent| should be in the range [0.0, 100.0].
   virtual void SetVolumePercent(double percent) = 0;
 
   // Is the device currently muted?
   virtual bool IsMuted() = 0;
 
-  // Mutes or unmutes the device, possibly asynchronously.
+  // Mutes or unmutes the device, possibly asynchronously.  The caller must
+  // first verify that the mute state is not locked by calling IsMuteLocked.
   virtual void SetMuted(bool mute) = 0;
 
+  // Is the device's mute state currently locked?
+  virtual bool IsMuteLocked() = 0;
+
+  // Locks the mute state of the device to whatever state it currently is in.
+  // Call SetMuteLocked with false to allow changing the mute state again.
+  virtual void SetMuteLocked(bool locked) = 0;
+
+  // Is the capture device currently muted?
+  virtual bool IsCaptureMuted() = 0;
+
+  // Mutes or unmutes the capture device, possible asynchronously.  The caller
+  // must first verify that the mute state is not locked by calling
+  // IsCaptureMuteLocked.
+  virtual void SetCaptureMuted(bool mute) = 0;
+
+  // Is the capture device's mute state currently locked?
+  virtual bool IsCaptureMuteLocked() = 0;
+
+  // Locks the capture mute state of the device.
+  virtual void SetCaptureMuteLocked(bool locked) = 0;
+
  private:
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AudioMixer);
 };
 
 }  // namespace chromeos
 
 #endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_CHROMEOS_AUDIO_AUDIO_MIXER_H_