2 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/iobuf.c b/libglusterfs/src/iobuf.c
index 86bf697e879..a89e962673f 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/iobuf.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/iobuf.c
@@ -841,6 +841,29 @@ out:
 }
 
 
+void
+iobref_clear (struct iobref *iobref)
+{
+        int i = 0;
+
+        GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("iobuf", iobref, out);
+
+        for (; i < GF_IOBREF_IOBUF_COUNT; i++) {
+                if (iobref->iobrefs[i] != NULL) {
+                        iobuf_unref (iobref->iobrefs[i]);
+                } else {
+                        /** iobuf's are attched serially */
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        iobref_unref (iobref);
+
+ out:
+        return;
+}
+
+
 int
 __iobref_add (struct iobref *iobref, struct iobuf *iobuf)
 {
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/iobuf.h b/libglusterfs/src/iobuf.h
index b9c2a380711..5595309e1cd 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/iobuf.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/iobuf.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct iobref *iobref_ref (struct iobref *iobref);
 void iobref_unref (struct iobref *iobref);
 int iobref_add (struct iobref *iobref, struct iobuf *iobuf);
 int iobref_merge (struct iobref *to, struct iobref *from);
-
+void iobref_clear (struct iobref *iobref);
 
 size_t iobuf_size (struct iobuf *iobuf);
 size_t iobref_size (struct iobref *iobref);