+ /* Initiate the values of the pointers before looping */
+ next = path;
+ prev = next;
+ /* Only to ensure try_path is not NULL to enter the while */
+ try_path = (char *)next;
+
+ /* Resolve the canonical path of the first part of the path */
+ while (try_path != NULL && next != end) {
+ /*
+ * If there is not any '/' left, we want to try with
+ * the full path
+ */
+ next = strpbrk(next + 1, "/");
+ if (next == NULL) {
+ next = end;
+ }
+
+ /* Cut the part we will be trying to resolve */
+ cut_path = strndup(path, next - path);
+ if (cut_path == NULL) {
+ PERROR("strndup");
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ /* Try to resolve this part */
+ try_path = realpath((char *)cut_path, NULL);
+ if (try_path == NULL) {
+ /*
+ * There was an error, we just want to be assured it
+ * is linked to an unexistent directory, if it's another
+ * reason, we spawn an error
+ */
+ switch (errno) {
+ case ENOENT:
+ /* Ignore the error */
+ break;
+ default:
+ PERROR("realpath (partial_realpath)");
+ goto error;
+ break;
+ }
+ } else {
+ /* Save the place we are before trying the next step */
+ free(try_path_prev);
+ try_path_prev = try_path;
+ prev = next;
+ }
+
+ /* Free the allocated memory */
+ free(cut_path);
+ };
+
+ /* Allocate memory for the resolved path if necessary */
+ if (resolved_path == NULL) {
+ resolved_path = zmalloc(size);
+ if (resolved_path == NULL) {
+ PERROR("zmalloc resolved path");
+ goto error;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If we were able to solve at least partially the path, we can concatenate
+ * what worked and what didn't work
+ */
+ if (try_path_prev != NULL) {
+ /* If we risk to concatenate two '/', we remove one of them */
+ if (try_path_prev[strlen(try_path_prev) - 1] == '/' && prev[0] == '/') {
+ try_path_prev[strlen(try_path_prev) - 1] = '\0';
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Duplicate the memory used by prev in case resolved_path and
+ * path are pointers for the same memory space
+ */
+ cut_path = strdup(prev);
+ if (cut_path == NULL) {
+ PERROR("strdup");
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ /* Concatenate the strings */
+ snprintf(resolved_path, size, "%s%s", try_path_prev, cut_path);
+
+ /* Free the allocated memory */
+ free(cut_path);
+ free(try_path_prev);
+ /*
+ * Else, we just copy the path in our resolved_path to
+ * return it as is
+ */
+ } else {
+ strncpy(resolved_path, path, size);
+ }
+
+ /* Then we return the 'partially' resolved path */
+ return resolved_path;
+
+error:
+ free(resolved_path);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make a full resolution of the given path even if it doesn't exist.
+ * This function uses the utils_partial_realpath function to resolve
+ * symlinks and relatives paths at the start of the string, and
+ * implements functionnalities to resolve the './' and '../' strings
+ * in the middle of a path. This function is only necessary because
+ * realpath(3) does not accept to resolve unexistent paths.
+ * The returned string was allocated in the function, it is thus of
+ * the responsibility of the caller to free this memory.
+ */
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+char *utils_expand_path(const char *path)
+{
+ char *next, *previous, *slash, *start_path, *absolute_path = NULL;
+ char *last_token;
+ int is_dot, is_dotdot;