2 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
index 7588683435b..295435af789 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.c
@@ -1785,3 +1785,42 @@ out:
         return flag;
 }
 
+int
+validate_brick_name (char *brick)
+{
+        char *delimiter = NULL;
+        int  ret = 0;
+        delimiter = strrchr (brick, ':');
+        if (!delimiter || delimiter == brick
+            || *(delimiter+1) != '/') {
+                ret = -1;
+        }
+        return ret;
+}
+
+char *
+get_host_name (char *word, char **host)
+{
+        char *delimiter = NULL;
+        delimiter = strrchr (word, ':');
+        if (delimiter)
+                *delimiter = '\0';
+        else
+                return NULL;
+        *host = word;
+        return *host;
+}
+
+
+char *
+get_path_name (char *word, char **path)
+{
+        char *delimiter = NULL;
+        delimiter = strchr (word, '/');
+        if (!delimiter)
+                return NULL;
+        *path = delimiter;
+        return *path;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
index e42945bf03c..9afa2805822 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/common-utils.h
@@ -369,4 +369,7 @@ void gf_array_insertionsort (void *a, int l, int r, size_t elem_size,
 int gf_is_str_int (const char *value);
 
 char *gf_uint64_2human_readable (uint64_t);
+int validate_brick_name (char *brick);
+char *get_host_name (char *word, char **host);
+char *get_path_name (char *word, char **path);
 #endif /* _COMMON_UTILS_H */