2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libnetdata/string/string.c b/src/libnetdata/string/string.c
index 94c11f4b..257a3cc4 100644
--- a/src/libnetdata/string/string.c
+++ b/src/libnetdata/string/string.c
@@ -702,3 +702,8 @@ int string_unittest(size_t entries) {
     fprintf(stderr, "\n%zu errors found\n", errors);
     return  errors ? 1 : 0;
 }
+
+void string_init(void) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i != STRING_PARTITIONS; i++)
+        rw_spinlock_init(&string_base[i].spinlock);
+}
diff --git a/src/libnetdata/string/string.h b/src/libnetdata/string/string.h
index f2ff9666..c44696be 100644
--- a/src/libnetdata/string/string.h
+++ b/src/libnetdata/string/string.h
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ void string_statistics(size_t *inserts, size_t *deletes, size_t *searches, size_
 
 int string_unittest(size_t entries);
 
+void string_init(void);
+
 #endif