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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2018, Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Infosys Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TPOOL_QUEUE_H
+#define __TPOOL_QUEUE_H
+
+struct node {
+	void *data;
+	struct node *next;
+};
+
+struct Queue {
+	int length;
+	struct node *head;
+	struct node *tail;
+};
+
+struct thread_pool {
+	struct Queue *thread_queue;	/* queue to store thread ids */
+	struct Queue *job_queue;	/* for storing jobs */
+
+	pthread_mutex_t queue_mutex;	/* protection to job_queue */
+	pthread_cond_t job_received;	/* synchronisation with worker threads */
+	
+	pthread_t dispatch_thread;	/* signals threads if new work in job_queue*/
+
+	int idle_threads;		/* count of idle threads */
+};
+
+struct Job {
+	JobFunction function;
+	void *arg;
+};
+
+struct Queue;
+
+typedef void (* QueueDataFreeFunc)(void *data);
+
+extern struct Queue *queue_new();
+extern void queue_destroy(struct Queue *queue, QueueDataFreeFunc function);
+
+extern int queue_push_tail(struct Queue *queue, void *data);
+extern void *queue_pop_head(struct Queue *queue);
+extern int queue_get_length(struct Queue *queue);
+
+#endif
+