2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
index cc73a8b7abb..0e133c005e3 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
@@ -2024,3 +2024,34 @@ gf_client_pid_check (gf_client_pid_t npid)
         return ( (npid > GF_CLIENT_PID_MIN) && (npid < GF_CLIENT_PID_MAX) )
                 ? 0 : -1;
 }
+
+/* Strips all whitespace characters in a string and returns length of new string
+ * on success
+ */
+int
+gf_strip_whitespace (char *str, int len)
+{
+        int     i = 0;
+        int     new_len = 0;
+        char    *new_str = NULL;
+
+        GF_ASSERT (str);
+
+        new_str = GF_CALLOC (1, len + 1, gf_common_mt_char);
+        if (new_str == NULL)
+                return -1;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                if (!isspace (str[i]))
+                        new_str[new_len++] = str[i];
+        }
+        new_str[new_len] = '\0';
+
+        if (new_len != len) {
+                memset (str, 0, len);
+                strncpy (str, new_str, new_len);
+        }
+
+        GF_FREE (new_str);
+        return new_len;
+}
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
index 86f1b051f33..7e6da9ed2d4 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
@@ -494,4 +494,5 @@ char *get_path_name (char *word, char **path);
 void gf_path_strip_trailing_slashes (char *path);
 uint64_t get_mem_size ();
 int gf_client_pid_check (gf_client_pid_t npid);
+int gf_strip_whitespace (char *str, int len);
 #endif /* _COMMON_UTILS_H */