2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/dict.c b/libglusterfs/src/dict.c
index c8f43e3161c..66fe31bcd59 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/dict.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/dict.c
@@ -214,6 +214,26 @@ _dict_lookup (dict_t *this, char *key)
         return NULL;
 }
 
+int32_t
+dict_lookup (dict_t *this, char *key, data_pair_t **data)
+{
+        if (!this || !key || !data) {
+                gf_log_callingfn ("dict", GF_LOG_WARNING,
+                                  "!this || !key || !data");
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+        LOCK (&this->lock);
+        {
+                *data = _dict_lookup (this, key);
+        }
+        UNLOCK (&this->lock);
+        if (*data)
+                return 0;
+        else
+                return -1;
+
+}
 
 static int32_t
 _dict_set (dict_t *this,
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/dict.h b/libglusterfs/src/dict.h
index 4ddea942202..240d7d2e65d 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/dict.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/dict.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ dict_t *dict_ref (dict_t *dict);
 data_t *data_ref (data_t *data);
 void data_unref (data_t *data);
 
+int32_t dict_lookup  (dict_t *this, char *key, data_pair_t **data);
 /*
    TODO: provide converts for differnt byte sizes, signedness, and void *
  */