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+//
+// Copyright 2010,2017 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_THREAD_HPP
+#define INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_THREAD_HPP
+
+#include <uhd/config.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace uhd{
+
+    static const float default_thread_priority = float(0.5);
+
+    /*!
+     * Set the scheduling priority on the current thread.
+     *
+     * A new thread or calling process should make this call
+     * with the defaults this to enable realtime scheduling.
+     *
+     * A priority of zero corresponds to normal priority.
+     * Positive priority values are higher than normal.
+     * Negative priority values are lower than normal.
+     *
+     * \param priority a value between -1 and 1
+     * \param realtime true to use realtime mode
+     * \throw exception on set priority failure
+     */
+    UHD_API void set_thread_priority(
+        float priority = default_thread_priority,
+        bool realtime = true
+    );
+
+    /*!
+     * Set the scheduling priority on the current thread.
+     * Same as set_thread_priority but does not throw on failure.
+     * \return true on success, false on failure
+     */
+    UHD_API bool set_thread_priority_safe(
+        float priority = default_thread_priority,
+        bool realtime = true
+    );
+
+    /*!
+     * Set the thread name on the given boost thread.
+     * \param thread pointer to a boost thread
+     * \param name thread name with maximum length of 16 characters
+     */
+    UHD_API void set_thread_name(
+            boost::thread *thread,
+            const std::string &name
+    );
+
+} //namespace uhd
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_THREAD_HPP */