+/* when using a base dir, convert relative paths to absolute paths.
+ * if necessary, modifies the "filename" pointer to point
+ * to the new path created in "tmp". "tmp" is provided
+ * by the caller and sizeof(tmp) must be >= PATH_MAX.
+ *
+ * this allows us to optimize for the expected case (absolute path)
+ * with a no-op.
+ */
+static void get_abs_path(char **filename, char *tmp)
+{
+ assert(tmp != NULL);
+ assert(filename != NULL && *filename != NULL);
+
+ if (config_base_dir == NULL || **filename == '/')
+ return;
+
+ snprintf(tmp, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", config_base_dir, *filename);
+ *filename = tmp;
+} /* }}} static int get_abs_path */
+