+ lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_CREATE_SESSION;
+ lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, name, sizeof(lsm.session.name));
+
+ /* There should never be a data URL */
+ size = uri_parse_str_urls(url, NULL, &uris);
+ if (size < 0) {
+ ret = -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ lsm.u.uri.size = size;
+
+ if (size > 0 && uris[0].dtype != LTTNG_DST_PATH && strlen(uris[0].subdir) == 0) {
+ /* Don't append datetime if the name was automatically created. */
+ if (strncmp(name, DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME "-",
+ strlen(DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME) + 1)) {
+ ret = snprintf(uris[0].subdir, sizeof(uris[0].subdir), "%s-%s",
+ name, datetime);
+ } else {
+ ret = snprintf(uris[0].subdir, sizeof(uris[0].subdir), "%s", name);
+ }
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ PERROR("snprintf uri subdir");
+ ret = -LTTNG_ERR_FATAL;
+ goto error;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ret = lttng_ctl_ask_sessiond_varlen(&lsm, uris,
+ sizeof(struct lttng_uri) * size, NULL);
+
+error:
+ free(uris);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For a given session name, this call checks if the data is ready to be read
+ * or is still being extracted by the consumer(s) hence not ready to be used by
+ * any readers.
+ */
+int lttng_data_pending(const char *session_name)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct lttcomm_session_msg lsm;
+
+ if (session_name == NULL) {
+ return -LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
+ }
+
+ lsm.cmd_type = LTTNG_DATA_PENDING;
+
+ lttng_ctl_copy_string(lsm.session.name, session_name,