diff --git a/include/ucore/fd_utils.h b/include/ucore/fd_utils.h
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ucore/fd_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#ifndef FD_UTILS_H_
+#define FD_UTILS_H_
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+// inspect errno if any of these fails
+
+/**
+* set the file descriptor to non-blocking
+* @param fd file descriptor
+* @return 0 on success -1 on failure
+*/
+int set_nonblocking(int fd);
+
+/**
+* set the file descriptor to blocking
+* @param fd file descriptor
+* @return 0 on success -1 on failure
+*/
+int set_blocking(int fd);
+
+/**
+* set the socket file descriptor to SO_REUSEADDR
+* @param fd file descriptor
+* @return 0 on success -1 on failure
+*/
+int set_reuseaddr(int sockfd);
+
+/**
+* enable TCP keepalive on the socket
+* @param fd file descriptor
+* @return 0 on success -1 on failure
+*/
+int set_tcp_keepalive(int sockfd);
+
+/**
+* Set the socket send timeout, in miliseconds
+* @param fd file descriptor
+* @return 0 on success -1 on failure
+*/
+int set_send_timeout(int sockfd,long timeoutms);
+
+/**
+* Set the socket receive timeout, in miliseconds
+* @param fd file descriptor
+* @return 0 on success -1 on failure
+*/
+int set_receive_timeout(int sockfd,long timeoutms);
+
+/*
+* Set the IP DSCP (differnetiated services code point) header value
+* The dscp must be < 64
+* @param fd file descriptor
+* @return 0 on success -1 on failure
+*/
+int set_ip_dscp(int fd, unsigned int dscp);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+};
+#endif
+#endif /* FD_UTILS_H_ */
+
diff --git a/src/fd_utils.c b/src/fd_utils.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/fd_utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include "ucore/fd_utils.h"
+
+int set_nonblocking(int fd)
+{
+    int flags = fcntl(fd,F_GETFL,NULL);
+    if(flags < 0 ) {
+        return flags;
+    }
+    return fcntl(fd,F_SETFL,flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+}
+
+int set_blocking(int fd)
+{
+    int flags = fcntl(fd,F_GETFL,NULL);
+    if(flags < 0 ) {
+        return flags;
+    }
+
+    return fcntl(fd,F_SETFL,flags&~O_NONBLOCK);
+}
+
+int set_reuseaddr(int sockfd)
+{
+    int opt = 1;
+    return setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *)&opt, sizeof(opt));
+
+}
+
+int set_tcp_keepalive(int sockfd)
+{
+    int optval = 1;
+    return setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, &optval, sizeof(optval));
+}
+
+
+int set_send_timeout(int sockfd,long timeoutms)
+{
+    struct timeval so_sndtimeo = {timeoutms/1000,(timeoutms%1000)*1000};
+
+    return setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &so_sndtimeo, sizeof(so_sndtimeo));
+}
+
+int set_receive_timeout(int sockfd,long timeoutms)
+{
+    struct timeval so_sndtimeo = {timeoutms/1000,(timeoutms%1000)*1000};
+
+    return setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &so_sndtimeo, sizeof(so_sndtimeo));
+}
+int
+set_ip_dscp(int fd, unsigned int dscp) {
+    int val;
+
+    if (dscp > 63) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    val = dscp << 2;
+    return setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, &val, sizeof val);
+}
+
+