2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/xlator.c b/libglusterfs/src/xlator.c
index 1be4c86b2..348f48c48 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/xlator.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/xlator.c
@@ -637,6 +637,21 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
+char*
+loc_gfid_utoa (loc_t *loc)
+{
+        uuid_t  gfid={0};
+
+        if (!loc)
+                goto out;
+        else if (!uuid_is_null (loc->gfid))
+                uuid_copy (gfid, loc->gfid);
+        else if (loc->inode && (!uuid_is_null (loc->inode->gfid)))
+                uuid_copy (gfid, loc->inode->gfid);
+out:
+        return uuid_utoa (gfid);
+}
+
 int
 loc_copy (loc_t *dst, loc_t *src)
 {
@@ -676,7 +691,6 @@ err:
         return ret;
 }
 
-
 int
 xlator_list_destroy (xlator_list_t *list)
 {
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/xlator.h b/libglusterfs/src/xlator.h
index bb32797c3..071a4bdb7 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/xlator.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/xlator.h
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ int loc_copy (loc_t *dst, loc_t *src);
 #define loc_dup(src, dst) loc_copy(dst, src)
 void loc_wipe (loc_t *loc);
 int loc_path (loc_t *loc, const char *bname);
+char* loc_gfid_utoa (loc_t *loc);
 int xlator_mem_acct_init (xlator_t *xl, int num_types);
 int is_gf_log_command (xlator_t *trans, const char *name, char *value);
 int glusterd_check_log_level (const char *value);