X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/da2032381b4a55d6eadc23b8e2b01d5095b62903..164535529e5d19976ed96a2ee265d5945d27a660:/src/msg/msg_host.c

diff --git a/src/msg/msg_host.c b/src/msg/msg_host.c
index 6b518afd76..ce32fdf887 100644
--- a/src/msg/msg_host.c
+++ b/src/msg/msg_host.c
@@ -59,6 +59,25 @@ m_host_t __MSG_host_create(smx_host_t workstation, void *data)
   return host;
 }
 
+/** \ingroup msg_host_management
+ * \brief Finds a m_host_t using its name.
+ *
+ * This is a name directory service
+ * \param name the name of an host.
+ * \return the corresponding host
+ */
+m_host_t MSG_get_host_by_name(const char *name)
+{
+  smx_host_t simix_h = NULL;
+  simix_h = simcall_host_get_by_name(name);
+
+  if (simix_h == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  return (m_host_t) simcall_host_get_data(simix_h);
+}
+
+
 /** \ingroup m_host_management
  *
  * \brief Set the user data of a #m_host_t.