diff --git a/src/connectivity/gps/service/1.0/ThreadCreationWrapper.cpp b/src/connectivity/gps/service/1.0/ThreadCreationWrapper.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <ThreadCreationWrapper.h>
+
+void* threadFunc(void* arg) {
+    ThreadFuncArgs* threadArgs = reinterpret_cast<ThreadFuncArgs*>(arg);
+    threadArgs->fptr(threadArgs->args);
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+pthread_t createPthread(const char* name,
+                        void (*start)(void*),
+                        void* arg, std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ThreadFuncArgs>> * listArgs) {
+    pthread_t threadId;
+    auto threadArgs = new ThreadFuncArgs(start, arg);
+    auto argPtr = std::unique_ptr<ThreadFuncArgs>(threadArgs);
+
+    listArgs->push_back(std::move(argPtr));
+
+    int ret = pthread_create(&threadId, nullptr, threadFunc, reinterpret_cast<void*>(
+            threadArgs));
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        ALOGE("pthread creation unsuccessful");
+    } else {
+        pthread_setname_np(threadId, name);
+    }
+    return threadId;
+}