2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/xlator.c b/libglusterfs/src/xlator.c
index d8997bc7d..f9e5db671 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/xlator.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/xlator.c
@@ -618,10 +618,12 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-char*
-loc_gfid_utoa (loc_t *loc)
+void
+loc_gfid (loc_t *loc, uuid_t gfid)
 {
-        uuid_t  gfid={0};
+        if (!gfid)
+                goto out;
+        uuid_clear (gfid);
 
         if (!loc)
                 goto out;
@@ -630,6 +632,14 @@ loc_gfid_utoa (loc_t *loc)
         else if (loc->inode && (!uuid_is_null (loc->inode->gfid)))
                 uuid_copy (gfid, loc->inode->gfid);
 out:
+        return;
+}
+
+char*
+loc_gfid_utoa (loc_t *loc)
+{
+        uuid_t gfid;
+        loc_gfid (loc, gfid);
         return uuid_utoa (gfid);
 }
 
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/xlator.h b/libglusterfs/src/xlator.h
index 071a4bdb7..43fd06388 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);
+void loc_gfid (loc_t *loc, uuid_t gfid);
 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);