diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7d25dd8..73d3b8b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ INCLUDES	= $(PTHREAD_FLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing $(JANSSON_INCLUDES)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS	= minerd
 
-minerd_SOURCES	= miner.h compat.h				\
+minerd_SOURCES	= elist.h miner.h compat.h			\
 		  cpu-miner.c util.c				\
 		  sha256_generic.c sha256_4way.c sha256_via.c	\
 		  sha256_cryptopp.c sha256_sse2_amd64.c
diff --git a/cpu-miner.c b/cpu-miner.c
index fd64a0c..a78be29 100644
--- a/cpu-miner.c
+++ b/cpu-miner.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * 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 2 of the License, or (at your option) 
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
  * any later version.  See COPYING for more details.
  */
 
@@ -32,6 +32,25 @@
 #define DEF_RPC_URL		"http://127.0.0.1:8332/"
 #define DEF_RPC_USERPASS	"rpcuser:rpcpass"
 
+struct thr_info {
+	int		id;
+	pthread_t	pth;
+	struct thread_q	*q;
+};
+
+enum workio_commands {
+	WC_GET_WORK,
+	WC_SUBMIT_WORK,
+};
+
+struct workio_cmd {
+	enum workio_commands	cmd;
+	struct thr_info		*thr;
+	union {
+		struct work	*work;
+	} u;
+};
+
 enum sha256_algos {
 	ALGO_C,			/* plain C */
 	ALGO_4WAY,		/* parallel SSE2 */
@@ -70,6 +89,8 @@ static enum sha256_algos opt_algo = ALGO_C;
 static int opt_n_threads = 1;
 static char *rpc_url;
 static char *userpass;
+static struct thr_info *thr_info;
+static int work_thr_id;
 
 
 struct option_help {
@@ -214,20 +235,21 @@ err_out:
 	return false;
 }
 
-static void submit_work(CURL *curl, struct work *work)
+static bool submit_upstream_work(CURL *curl, const struct work *work)
 {
 	char *hexstr = NULL;
 	json_t *val, *res;
 	char s[345], timestr[64];
 	time_t now;
 	struct tm *tm;
+	bool rc = false;
 
 	now = time(NULL);
 
 	/* build hex string */
 	hexstr = bin2hex(work->data, sizeof(work->data));
 	if (!hexstr) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "submit_work OOM\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "submit_upstream_work OOM\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -242,7 +264,7 @@ static void submit_work(CURL *curl, struct work *work)
 	/* issue JSON-RPC request */
 	val = json_rpc_call(curl, rpc_url, userpass, s);
 	if (!val) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "submit_work json_rpc_call failed\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "submit_upstream_work json_rpc_call failed\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -256,11 +278,14 @@ static void submit_work(CURL *curl, struct work *work)
 
 	json_decref(val);
 
+	rc = true;
+
 out:
 	free(hexstr);
+	return rc;
 }
 
-static bool get_work(CURL *curl, struct work *work)
+static bool get_upstream_work(CURL *curl, struct work *work)
 {
 	static const char *rpc_req =
 		"{\"method\": \"getwork\", \"params\": [], \"id\":0}\r\n";
@@ -278,6 +303,120 @@ static bool get_work(CURL *curl, struct work *work)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static void workio_cmd_free(struct workio_cmd *wc)
+{
+	if (!wc)
+		return;
+
+	switch (wc->cmd) {
+	case WC_SUBMIT_WORK:
+		free(wc->u.work);
+		break;
+	default: /* do nothing */
+		break;
+	}
+
+	memset(wc, 0, sizeof(*wc));	/* poison */
+	free(wc);
+}
+
+static bool workio_get_work(struct workio_cmd *wc, CURL *curl)
+{
+	struct work *ret_work;
+	int failures = 0;
+
+	ret_work = calloc(1, sizeof(*ret_work));
+	if (!ret_work)
+		return false;
+
+	/* obtain new work from bitcoin via JSON-RPC */
+	while (!get_upstream_work(curl, ret_work)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "json_rpc_call failed, ");
+
+		if ((opt_retries >= 0) && (++failures > opt_retries)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "terminating workio thread\n");
+			free(ret_work);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		/* pause, then restart work-request loop */
+		fprintf(stderr, "retry after %d seconds\n",
+			opt_fail_pause);
+		sleep(opt_fail_pause);
+	}
+
+	/* send work to requesting thread */
+	if (!tq_push(wc->thr->q, ret_work))
+		free(ret_work);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool workio_submit_work(struct workio_cmd *wc, CURL *curl)
+{
+	int failures = 0;
+
+	/* submit solution to bitcoin via JSON-RPC */
+	while (!submit_upstream_work(curl, wc->u.work)) {
+		if ((opt_retries >= 0) && (++failures > opt_retries)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "...terminating workio thread\n");
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		/* pause, then restart work-request loop */
+		fprintf(stderr, "...retry after %d seconds\n",
+			opt_fail_pause);
+		sleep(opt_fail_pause);
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void *workio_thread(void *userdata)
+{
+	struct thr_info *mythr = userdata;
+	CURL *curl;
+	bool ok = true;
+
+	curl = curl_easy_init();
+	if (!curl) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "CURL initialization failed\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	while (ok) {
+		struct workio_cmd *wc;
+
+		/* wait for workio_cmd sent to us, on our queue */
+		wc = tq_pop(mythr->q, NULL);
+		if (!wc) {
+			ok = false;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* process workio_cmd */
+		switch (wc->cmd) {
+		case WC_GET_WORK:
+			ok = workio_get_work(wc, curl);
+			break;
+		case WC_SUBMIT_WORK:
+			ok = workio_submit_work(wc, curl);
+			break;
+
+		default:		/* should never happen */
+			ok = false;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		workio_cmd_free(wc);
+	}
+
+	tq_freeze(mythr->q);
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static void hashmeter(int thr_id, const struct timeval *diff,
 		      unsigned long hashes_done)
 {
@@ -292,39 +431,82 @@ static void hashmeter(int thr_id, const struct timeval *diff,
 		       khashes / secs);
 }
 
-static void *miner_thread(void *thr_id_int)
+static bool get_work(struct thr_info *thr, struct work *work)
 {
-	int thr_id = (unsigned long) thr_id_int;
-	int failures = 0;
-	uint32_t max_nonce = 0xffffff;
-	CURL *curl;
+	struct workio_cmd *wc;
+	struct work *work_heap;
 
-	curl = curl_easy_init();
-	if (!curl) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "CURL initialization failed\n");
-		return NULL;
+	/* fill out work request message */
+	wc = calloc(1, sizeof(*wc));
+	if (!wc)
+		return false;
+
+	wc->cmd = WC_GET_WORK;
+	wc->thr = thr;
+
+	/* send work request to workio thread */
+	if (!tq_push(thr_info[work_thr_id].q, wc)) {
+		workio_cmd_free(wc);
+		return false;
 	}
 
+	/* wait for response, a unit of work */
+	work_heap = tq_pop(thr->q, NULL);
+	if (!work_heap)
+		return false;
+
+	/* copy returned work into storage provided by caller */
+	memcpy(work, work_heap, sizeof(*work));
+	free(work_heap);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool submit_work(struct thr_info *thr, const struct work *work_in)
+{
+	struct workio_cmd *wc;
+
+	/* fill out work request message */
+	wc = calloc(1, sizeof(*wc));
+	if (!wc)
+		return false;
+
+	wc->u.work = malloc(sizeof(*work_in));
+	if (!wc->u.work)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	wc->cmd = WC_SUBMIT_WORK;
+	wc->thr = thr;
+	memcpy(wc->u.work, work_in, sizeof(*work_in));
+
+	/* send solution to workio thread */
+	if (!tq_push(thr_info[work_thr_id].q, wc))
+		goto err_out;
+
+	return true;
+
+err_out:
+	workio_cmd_free(wc);
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void *miner_thread(void *userdata)
+{
+	struct thr_info *mythr = userdata;
+	int thr_id = mythr->id;
+	uint32_t max_nonce = 0xffffff;
+
 	while (1) {
 		struct work work __attribute__((aligned(128)));
 		unsigned long hashes_done;
 		struct timeval tv_start, tv_end, diff;
 		bool rc;
 
-		/* obtain new work from bitcoin */
-		if (!get_work(curl, &work)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "json_rpc_call failed, ");
-
-			if ((opt_retries >= 0) && (++failures > opt_retries)) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "terminating thread\n");
-				return NULL;	/* exit thread */
-			}
-
-			/* pause, then restart work loop */
-			fprintf(stderr, "retry after %d seconds\n",
-				opt_fail_pause);
-			sleep(opt_fail_pause);
-			continue;
+		/* obtain new work from internal workio thread */
+		if (!get_work(mythr, &work)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "work retrieval failed, exiting "
+				"mining thread %d\n", mythr->id);
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		hashes_done = 0;
@@ -347,7 +529,7 @@ static void *miner_thread(void *thr_id_int)
 					         max_nonce, &hashes_done);
 			rc = (rc5 == -1) ? false : true;
 			}
-			break;	
+			break;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WANT_SSE2_4WAY
@@ -384,7 +566,7 @@ static void *miner_thread(void *thr_id_int)
 
 		default:
 			/* should never happen */
-			return NULL;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		/* record scanhash elapsed time */
@@ -404,13 +586,12 @@ static void *miner_thread(void *thr_id_int)
 			max_nonce += 100000;		/* small increase */
 
 		/* if nonce found, submit work */
-		if (rc)
-			submit_work(curl, &work);
-
-		failures = 0;
+		if (rc && !submit_work(mythr, &work))
+			break;
 	}
 
-	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+out:
+	tq_freeze(mythr->q);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -564,8 +745,8 @@ static void parse_cmdline(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	struct thr_info *thr;
 	int i;
-	pthread_t *t_all;
 
 	rpc_url = strdup(DEF_RPC_URL);
 	userpass = strdup(DEF_RPC_USERPASS);
@@ -577,14 +758,33 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 19))
 		perror("setpriority");
 
-	t_all = calloc(opt_n_threads, sizeof(pthread_t));
-	if (!t_all)
+	thr_info = calloc(opt_n_threads + 1, sizeof(*thr));
+	if (!thr_info)
 		return 1;
 
+	work_thr_id = opt_n_threads;
+	thr = &thr_info[work_thr_id];
+	thr->id = opt_n_threads;
+	thr->q = tq_new();
+	if (!thr->q)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* start work I/O thread */
+	if (pthread_create(&thr->pth, NULL, workio_thread, thr)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "workio thread create failed\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	/* start mining threads */
 	for (i = 0; i < opt_n_threads; i++) {
-		if (pthread_create(&t_all[i], NULL, miner_thread,
-				   (void *)(unsigned long) i)) {
+		thr = &thr_info[i];
+
+		thr->id = i;
+		thr->q = tq_new();
+		if (!thr->q)
+			return 1;
+
+		if (pthread_create(&thr->pth, NULL, miner_thread, thr)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "thread %d create failed\n", i);
 			return 1;
 		}
@@ -597,11 +797,10 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		opt_n_threads,
 		algo_names[opt_algo]);
 
-	/* main loop - simply wait for all threads to exit */
-	for (i = 0; i < opt_n_threads; i++)
-		pthread_join(t_all[i], NULL);
+	/* main loop - simply wait for workio thread to exit */
+	pthread_join(thr_info[work_thr_id].pth, NULL);
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "all threads dead, fred. exiting.\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "workio thread dead, exiting.\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/elist.h b/elist.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2e8263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elist.h
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_LIST_H
+#define _LINUX_LIST_H
+
+/*
+ * Simple doubly linked list implementation.
+ *
+ * Some of the internal functions ("__xxx") are useful when
+ * manipulating whole lists rather than single entries, as
+ * sometimes we already know the next/prev entries and we can
+ * generate better code by using them directly rather than
+ * using the generic single-entry routines.
+ */
+
+struct list_head {
+	struct list_head *next, *prev;
+};
+
+#define LIST_HEAD_INIT(name) { &(name), &(name) }
+
+#define LIST_HEAD(name) \
+	struct list_head name = LIST_HEAD_INIT(name)
+
+#define INIT_LIST_HEAD(ptr) do { \
+	(ptr)->next = (ptr); (ptr)->prev = (ptr); \
+} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * Insert a new entry between two known consecutive entries.
+ *
+ * This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
+ * the prev/next entries already!
+ */
+static inline void __list_add(struct list_head *new,
+			      struct list_head *prev,
+			      struct list_head *next)
+{
+	next->prev = new;
+	new->next = next;
+	new->prev = prev;
+	prev->next = new;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_add - add a new entry
+ * @new: new entry to be added
+ * @head: list head to add it after
+ *
+ * Insert a new entry after the specified head.
+ * This is good for implementing stacks.
+ */
+static inline void list_add(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	__list_add(new, head, head->next);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_add_tail - add a new entry
+ * @new: new entry to be added
+ * @head: list head to add it before
+ *
+ * Insert a new entry before the specified head.
+ * This is useful for implementing queues.
+ */
+static inline void list_add_tail(struct list_head *new, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	__list_add(new, head->prev, head);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Delete a list entry by making the prev/next entries
+ * point to each other.
+ *
+ * This is only for internal list manipulation where we know
+ * the prev/next entries already!
+ */
+static inline void __list_del(struct list_head *prev, struct list_head *next)
+{
+	next->prev = prev;
+	prev->next = next;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_del - deletes entry from list.
+ * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
+ * Note: list_empty on entry does not return true after this, the entry is in an undefined state.
+ */
+static inline void list_del(struct list_head *entry)
+{
+	__list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
+	entry->next = (void *) 0;
+	entry->prev = (void *) 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_del_init - deletes entry from list and reinitialize it.
+ * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
+ */
+static inline void list_del_init(struct list_head *entry)
+{
+	__list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(entry);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_move - delete from one list and add as another's head
+ * @list: the entry to move
+ * @head: the head that will precede our entry
+ */
+static inline void list_move(struct list_head *list, struct list_head *head)
+{
+        __list_del(list->prev, list->next);
+        list_add(list, head);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_move_tail - delete from one list and add as another's tail
+ * @list: the entry to move
+ * @head: the head that will follow our entry
+ */
+static inline void list_move_tail(struct list_head *list,
+				  struct list_head *head)
+{
+        __list_del(list->prev, list->next);
+        list_add_tail(list, head);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_empty - tests whether a list is empty
+ * @head: the list to test.
+ */
+static inline int list_empty(struct list_head *head)
+{
+	return head->next == head;
+}
+
+static inline void __list_splice(struct list_head *list,
+				 struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct list_head *first = list->next;
+	struct list_head *last = list->prev;
+	struct list_head *at = head->next;
+
+	first->prev = head;
+	head->next = first;
+
+	last->next = at;
+	at->prev = last;
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_splice - join two lists
+ * @list: the new list to add.
+ * @head: the place to add it in the first list.
+ */
+static inline void list_splice(struct list_head *list, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	if (!list_empty(list))
+		__list_splice(list, head);
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_splice_init - join two lists and reinitialise the emptied list.
+ * @list: the new list to add.
+ * @head: the place to add it in the first list.
+ *
+ * The list at @list is reinitialised
+ */
+static inline void list_splice_init(struct list_head *list,
+				    struct list_head *head)
+{
+	if (!list_empty(list)) {
+		__list_splice(list, head);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * list_entry - get the struct for this entry
+ * @ptr:	the &struct list_head pointer.
+ * @type:	the type of the struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_entry(ptr, type, member) \
+	((type *)((char *)(ptr)-(unsigned long)(&((type *)0)->member)))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each	-	iterate over a list
+ * @pos:	the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each(pos, head) \
+	for (pos = (head)->next; pos != (head); \
+        	pos = pos->next)
+/**
+ * list_for_each_prev	-	iterate over a list backwards
+ * @pos:	the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_prev(pos, head) \
+	for (pos = (head)->prev; pos != (head); \
+        	pos = pos->prev)
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_safe	-	iterate over a list safe against removal of list entry
+ * @pos:	the &struct list_head to use as a loop counter.
+ * @n:		another &struct list_head to use as temporary storage
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_safe(pos, n, head) \
+	for (pos = (head)->next, n = pos->next; pos != (head); \
+		pos = n, n = pos->next)
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry	-	iterate over list of given type
+ * @pos:	the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member)				\
+	for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	     &pos->member != (head); 					\
+	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry
+ * @pos:	the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @n:		another type * to use as temporary storage
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ * @member:	the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, head, member)			\
+	for (pos = list_entry((head)->next, typeof(*pos), member),	\
+		n = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member);	\
+	     &pos->member != (head); 					\
+	     pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.next, typeof(*n), member))
+
+/**
+ * list_for_each_entry_continue -       iterate over list of given type
+ *                      continuing after existing point
+ * @pos:        the type * to use as a loop counter.
+ * @head:       the head for your list.
+ * @member:     the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry_continue(pos, head, member)			\
+	for (pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member),	\
+		     prefetch(pos->member.next);			\
+	     &pos->member != (head);					\
+	     pos = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member),	\
+		     prefetch(pos->member.next))
+
+#endif
diff --git a/miner.h b/miner.h
index 68adf47..118fc36 100644
--- a/miner.h
+++ b/miner.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ extern bool opt_protocol;
 extern const uint32_t sha256_init_state[];
 extern json_t *json_rpc_call(CURL *curl, const char *url, const char *userpass,
 			     const char *rpc_req);
-extern char *bin2hex(unsigned char *p, size_t len);
+extern char *bin2hex(const unsigned char *p, size_t len);
 extern bool hex2bin(unsigned char *p, const char *hexstr, size_t len);
 
 extern unsigned int ScanHash_4WaySSE2(const unsigned char *pmidstate,
@@ -109,4 +109,13 @@ timeval_subtract (struct timeval *result, struct timeval *x, struct timeval *y);
 
 extern bool fulltest(const unsigned char *hash, const unsigned char *target);
 
+struct thread_q;
+
+extern struct thread_q *tq_new(void);
+extern void tq_free(struct thread_q *tq);
+extern bool tq_push(struct thread_q *tq, void *data);
+extern void *tq_pop(struct thread_q *tq, const struct timespec *abstime);
+extern void tq_freeze(struct thread_q *tq);
+extern void tq_thaw(struct thread_q *tq);
+
 #endif /* __MINER_H__ */
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index af851ea..5d97403 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * 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 2 of the License, or (at your option) 
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
  * any later version.  See COPYING for more details.
  */
 
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <jansson.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #include "miner.h"
+#include "elist.h"
 
 struct data_buffer {
 	void		*buf;
@@ -28,11 +30,25 @@ struct upload_buffer {
 	size_t		len;
 };
 
+struct tq_ent {
+	void			*data;
+	struct list_head	q_node;
+};
+
+struct thread_q {
+	struct list_head	q;
+
+	bool frozen;
+
+	pthread_mutex_t		mutex;
+	pthread_cond_t		cond;
+};
+
 static void databuf_free(struct data_buffer *db)
 {
 	if (!db)
 		return;
-	
+
 	free(db->buf);
 
 	memset(db, 0, sizeof(*db));
@@ -163,7 +179,7 @@ json_t *json_rpc_call(CURL *curl, const char *url,
 		fprintf(stderr, "JSON-RPC call failed: %s\n", s);
 
 		free(s);
-			
+
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
@@ -179,13 +195,13 @@ err_out:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-char *bin2hex(unsigned char *p, size_t len)
+char *bin2hex(const unsigned char *p, size_t len)
 {
 	int i;
 	char *s = malloc((len * 2) + 1);
 	if (!s)
 		return NULL;
-	
+
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		sprintf(s + (i * 2), "%02x", (unsigned int) p[i]);
 
@@ -296,3 +312,117 @@ bool fulltest(const unsigned char *hash, const unsigned char *target)
 
 	return true;	/* FIXME: return rc; */
 }
+
+struct thread_q *tq_new(void)
+{
+	struct thread_q *tq;
+
+	tq = calloc(1, sizeof(*tq));
+	if (!tq)
+		return NULL;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tq->q);
+	pthread_mutex_init(&tq->mutex, NULL);
+	pthread_cond_init(&tq->cond, NULL);
+
+	return tq;
+}
+
+void tq_free(struct thread_q *tq)
+{
+	struct tq_ent *ent, *iter;
+
+	if (!tq)
+		return;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ent, iter, &tq->q, q_node) {
+		list_del(&ent->q_node);
+		free(ent);
+	}
+
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&tq->cond);
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&tq->mutex);
+
+	memset(tq, 0, sizeof(*tq));	/* poison */
+	free(tq);
+}
+
+static void tq_freezethaw(struct thread_q *tq, bool frozen)
+{
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
+
+	tq->frozen = frozen;
+
+	pthread_cond_signal(&tq->cond);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
+}
+
+void tq_freeze(struct thread_q *tq)
+{
+	tq_freezethaw(tq, true);
+}
+
+void tq_thaw(struct thread_q *tq)
+{
+	tq_freezethaw(tq, false);
+}
+
+bool tq_push(struct thread_q *tq, void *data)
+{
+	struct tq_ent *ent;
+	bool rc = true;
+
+	ent = calloc(1, sizeof(*ent));
+	if (!ent)
+		return false;
+
+	ent->data = data;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ent->q_node);
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
+
+	if (!tq->frozen) {
+		list_add_tail(&ent->q_node, &tq->q);
+	} else {
+		free(ent);
+		rc = false;
+	}
+
+	pthread_cond_signal(&tq->cond);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+void *tq_pop(struct thread_q *tq, const struct timespec *abstime)
+{
+	struct tq_ent *ent;
+	void *rval = NULL;
+	int rc;
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
+
+	if (!list_empty(&tq->q))
+		goto pop;
+
+	if (abstime)
+		rc = pthread_cond_timedwait(&tq->cond, &tq->mutex, abstime);
+	else
+		rc = pthread_cond_wait(&tq->cond, &tq->mutex);
+	if (rc)
+		goto out;
+	if (list_empty(&tq->q))
+		goto out;
+
+pop:
+	ent = list_entry(tq->q.next, struct tq_ent, q_node);
+	rval = ent->data;
+
+	list_del(&ent->q_node);
+	free(ent);
+
+out:
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
+	return rval;
+}
+