1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
index 4fc1be3a3fa2..bf873919b009 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
@@ -315,6 +315,15 @@ enum dlm_lockres_list {
         DLM_BLOCKED_LIST
 };
 
+static inline int dlm_lvb_is_empty(char *lvb)
+{
+        int i;
+        for (i=0; i<DLM_LVB_LEN; i++)
+                if (lvb[i])
+                        return 0;
+        return 1;
+}
+
 static inline struct list_head *
 dlm_list_idx_to_ptr(struct dlm_lock_resource *res, enum dlm_lockres_list idx)
 {