+ return symbol;
+}
+
+struct ovsdb_symbol *
+ovsdb_symbol_table_insert(struct ovsdb_symbol_table *symtab,
+ const char *name)
+{
+ struct ovsdb_symbol *symbol;
+
+ symbol = ovsdb_symbol_table_get(symtab, name);
+ if (!symbol) {
+ struct uuid uuid;
+
+ uuid_generate(&uuid);
+ symbol = ovsdb_symbol_table_put(symtab, name, &uuid, false);
+ }
+ return symbol;