+/* Create a new trace chunk object from the session's configuration. */
+struct lttng_trace_chunk *session_create_new_trace_chunk(
+ const struct ltt_session *session,
+ const struct consumer_output *consumer_output_override,
+ const char *session_base_path_override,
+ const char *chunk_name_override);
+
+/*
+ * Set `new_trace_chunk` as the session's current trace chunk. A reference
+ * to `new_trace_chunk` is acquired by the session. The chunk is created
+ * on remote peers (consumer and relay daemons).
+ *
+ * A reference to the session's current trace chunk is returned through
+ * `current_session_trace_chunk` on success.
+ */
+int session_set_trace_chunk(struct ltt_session *session,
+ struct lttng_trace_chunk *new_trace_chunk,
+ struct lttng_trace_chunk **current_session_trace_chunk);
+
+/*
+ * Close a chunk on the remote peers of a session. Has no effect on the
+ * ltt_session itself.
+ */
+int session_close_trace_chunk(struct ltt_session *session,
+ struct lttng_trace_chunk *trace_chunk,
+ enum lttng_trace_chunk_command_type close_command,
+ char *path);
+
+/* Open a packet in all channels of a given session. */
+enum lttng_error_code session_open_packets(struct ltt_session *session);
+
+bool session_output_supports_trace_chunks(const struct ltt_session *session);
+
+/*
+ * Sample the id of a session looked up via its name.
+ * Here the term "sampling" hint the caller that this return the id at a given
+ * point in time with no guarantee that the session for which the id was
+ * sampled still exist at that point.
+ *
+ * Return 0 when the session is not found,
+ * Return 1 when the session is found and set `id`.
+ */
+bool sample_session_id_by_name(const char *name, uint64_t *id);