From b873d9b337a1c563a0104e176f0f777b93a6d47c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Meade <alex.meade@rackspace.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:50:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update uuidutils from openstack common.

Change-Id: I91fe13eb7dda8aa64187ce5a6d2c34dacdc9f1bb
---
 nova/openstack/common/uuidutils.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nova/openstack/common/uuidutils.py b/nova/openstack/common/uuidutils.py
index 51042a798..7608acb94 100644
--- a/nova/openstack/common/uuidutils.py
+++ b/nova/openstack/common/uuidutils.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ UUID related utilities and helper functions.
 import uuid
 
 
+def generate_uuid():
+    return str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+
 def is_uuid_like(val):
     """Returns validation of a value as a UUID.