+static
+int print_escaped_ctf_string(struct lttng_session *session, const char *string)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+ size_t i;
+ char cur;
+
+ i = 0;
+ cur = string[i];
+ while (cur != '\0') {
+ switch (cur) {
+ case '\n':
+ ret = lttng_metadata_printf(session, "%s", "\\n");
+ break;
+ case '\\':
+ case '"':
+ ret = lttng_metadata_printf(session, "%c", '\\');
+ if (ret)
+ goto error;
+ /* We still print the current char */
+ /* Fallthrough */
+ default:
+ ret = lttng_metadata_printf(session, "%c", cur);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (ret)
+ goto error;
+
+ cur = string[++i];
+ }
+error:
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static
+int print_metadata_escaped_field(struct lttng_session *session, const char *field,
+ const char *field_value)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = lttng_metadata_printf(session, " %s = \"", field);
+ if (ret)
+ goto error;
+
+ ret = print_escaped_ctf_string(session, field_value);
+ if (ret)
+ goto error;
+
+ ret = lttng_metadata_printf(session, "\";\n");
+
+error:
+ return ret;
+}
+