1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/network/lock.go b/libpod/network/lock.go
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index 000000000..0395359eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpod/network/lock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package network
+
+import (
+	"github.com/containers/storage"
+)
+
+// acquireCNILock gets a lock that should be used in create and
+// delete cases to avoid unwanted collisions in network names.
+// TODO this uses a file lock and should be converted to shared memory
+// when we have a more general shared memory lock in libpod
+func acquireCNILock(lockPath string) (*CNILock, error) {
+	l, err := storage.GetLockfile(lockPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	l.Lock()
+	cnilock := CNILock{
+		Locker: l,
+	}
+	return &cnilock, nil
+}
+
+// ReleaseCNILock unlocks the previously held lock
+func (l *CNILock) releaseCNILock() {
+	l.Unlock()
+}