+/* Internal routine used to find client by ID and if not found this creates
+ new client entry and returns it. */
+
+SilcClientEntry silc_client_get_client(SilcClient client,
+ SilcClientConnection conn,
+ SilcClientID *client_id)
+{
+ SilcClientEntry client_entry;
+
+ client_entry = silc_client_get_client_by_id(client, conn, client_id);
+ if (!client_entry) {
+ client_entry = silc_client_add_client(client, conn, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+ client_id, 0);
+ if (!client_entry)
+ return NULL;
+ silc_client_ref_client(client, conn, client_entry);
+ }
+
+ return client_entry;
+}
+
+/* Lock client */
+
+void silc_client_lock_client(SilcClientEntry client_entry)
+{
+ silc_rwlock_rdlock(client_entry->internal.lock);
+}
+
+/* Unlock client */
+
+void silc_client_unlock_client(SilcClientEntry client_entry)
+{
+ silc_rwlock_unlock(client_entry->internal.lock);
+}
+