+static int conform_channel_path(char *channel_path)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (strstr("../", channel_path)) {
+ ERR("Refusing channel path as it walks up the path hierarchy: \"%s\"",
+ channel_path);
+ ret = -1;
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ if (*channel_path == '/') {
+ const size_t len = strlen(channel_path);
+
+ /*
+ * Channel paths from peers prior to 2.11 are expressed as an
+ * absolute path that is, in reality, relative to the relay
+ * daemon's output directory. Remove the leading slash so it
+ * is correctly interpreted as a relative path later on.
+ *
+ * len (and not len - 1) is used to copy the trailing NULL.
+ */
+ bcopy(channel_path + 1, channel_path, len);
+ }
+end:
+ return ret;
+}
+