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+#ifndef NETDATA_THREADS_H
+#define NETDATA_THREADS_H
+
+extern pid_t gettid(void);
+
+typedef enum {
+    NETDATA_THREAD_OPTION_DEFAULT          = 0 << 0,
+    NETDATA_THREAD_OPTION_JOINABLE         = 1 << 0,
+    NETDATA_THREAD_OPTION_DONT_LOG_STARTUP = 1 << 1,
+    NETDATA_THREAD_OPTION_DONT_LOG_CLEANUP = 1 << 2,
+    NETDATA_THREAD_OPTION_DONT_LOG         = NETDATA_THREAD_OPTION_DONT_LOG_STARTUP|NETDATA_THREAD_OPTION_DONT_LOG_CLEANUP,
+} NETDATA_THREAD_OPTIONS;
+
+#define netdata_thread_cleanup_push(func, arg) pthread_cleanup_push(func, arg)
+#define netdata_thread_cleanup_pop(execute) pthread_cleanup_pop(execute)
+
+typedef pthread_t netdata_thread_t;
+
+#define NETDATA_THREAD_TAG_MAX 100
+extern const char *netdata_thread_tag(void);
+
+extern size_t netdata_threads_init(void);
+extern void netdata_threads_init_after_fork(size_t stacksize);
+
+extern int netdata_thread_create(netdata_thread_t *thread, const char *tag, NETDATA_THREAD_OPTIONS options, void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg);
+extern int netdata_thread_cancel(netdata_thread_t thread);
+extern int netdata_thread_join(netdata_thread_t thread, void **retval);
+extern int netdata_thread_detach(pthread_t thread);
+
+#define netdata_thread_self pthread_self
+#define netdata_thread_testcancel pthread_testcancel
+
+#endif //NETDATA_THREADS_H