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diff --git a/host/lib/include/uhdlib/utils/atomic.hpp b/host/lib/include/uhdlib/utils/atomic.hpp
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+//
+// Copyright 2012-2013,2016-2017 Ettus Research LLC
+// Copyright 2018 Ettus Research, a National Instruments Company
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+//
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_ATOMIC_HPP
+#define INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_ATOMIC_HPP
+
+#include <uhd/config.hpp>
+#include <uhd/types/time_spec.hpp>
+#include <uhdlib/utils/system_time.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
+#include <atomic>
+
+namespace uhd{
+
+    /*! DEPRECATED -- Will be removed in coming versions of UHD.
+     *
+     * Spin-wait on a condition with a timeout.
+     * \param cond an atomic variable to compare
+     * \param value compare to atomic for true/false
+     * \param timeout the timeout in seconds
+     * \return true for cond == value, false for timeout
+     */
+    template<typename T>
+    UHD_INLINE bool spin_wait_with_timeout(
+        std::atomic<T> &cond,
+        const T value,
+        const double timeout
+    ){
+        if (cond == value) return true;
+        const time_spec_t exit_time = uhd::get_system_time() + time_spec_t(timeout);
+        while (cond != value) {
+            if (uhd::get_system_time() > exit_time) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
+            boost::this_thread::yield();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /*! DEPRECATED -- Will be removed in coming versions of UHD.
+     *
+     * Claimer class to provide synchronization for multi-thread access.
+     * Claiming enables buffer classes to be used with a buffer queue.
+     */
+    class simple_claimer{
+    public:
+        simple_claimer(void){
+            this->release();
+        }
+
+        UHD_INLINE void release(void){
+            _locked = false;
+        }
+
+        UHD_INLINE bool claim_with_wait(const double timeout){
+            if (spin_wait_with_timeout(_locked, false, timeout)){
+                _locked = true;
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+    private:
+        std::atomic<bool> _locked;
+    };
+
+} //namespace uhd
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_UHD_UTILS_ATOMIC_HPP */
diff --git a/host/lib/include/uhdlib/utils/system_time.hpp b/host/lib/include/uhdlib/utils/system_time.hpp
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+//
+// Copyright 2017 Ettus Research (National Instruments Corp.)
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0+
+//
+
+#include <uhd/types/time_spec.hpp>
+
+namespace uhd {
+
+    /*!
+     * Get the system time in time_spec_t format.
+     * Uses the highest precision clock available.
+     * \return the system time as a time_spec_t
+     */
+    time_spec_t get_system_time(void);
+
+}; /* namespace uhd */