2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
index b9062c159c7..b2d5a279dc8 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
@@ -4538,3 +4538,17 @@ is_virtual_xattr (const char *k)
 
         return ret;
 }
+
+ino_t
+gfid_to_ino (uuid_t gfid)
+{
+        ino_t ino = 0;
+        int32_t i;
+
+        for (i = 8; i < 16; i++) {
+                ino <<= 8;
+                ino += (uint8_t)gfid[i];
+        }
+
+        return ino;
+}
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
index e2b3f3ea032..d7277e6e834 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
@@ -652,6 +652,12 @@ gf_time_fmt (char *dst, size_t sz_dst, time_t utime, unsigned int fmt)
         return dst;
 }
 
+/* This function helps us use gfid (unique identity) to generate inode's unique
+ * number in glusterfs.
+ */
+ino_t
+gfid_to_ino (uuid_t gfid);
+
 int
 mkdir_p (char *path, mode_t mode, gf_boolean_t allow_symlinks);
 /*