3 files changed, 65 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/canonicalize.h b/include/canonicalize.h
index 7a18aca09..0a292fc32 100644
--- a/include/canonicalize.h
+++ b/include/canonicalize.h
@@ -13,9 +13,19 @@
 #define CANONICALIZE_H
 
 #include "c.h"	/* for PATH_MAX */
+#include "strutils.h"
 
 extern char *canonicalize_path(const char *path);
 extern char *canonicalize_path_restricted(const char *path);
 extern char *canonicalize_dm_name(const char *ptname);
 
+extern char *absolute_path(const char *path);
+
+static inline int is_relative_path(const char *path)
+{
+	if (!path || *path == '/')
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #endif /* CANONICALIZE_H */
diff --git a/lib/canonicalize.c b/lib/canonicalize.c
index 49ac80246..93782e894 100644
--- a/lib/canonicalize.c
+++ b/lib/canonicalize.c
@@ -66,6 +66,47 @@ static int is_dm_devname(char *canonical, char **name)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function does not cannonicalize the path! It just prepends CWD before a
+ * relative path. If the path is no relative than returns NULL. The path does
+ * not have to exist.
+ */
+char *absolute_path(const char *path)
+{
+	char cwd[PATH_MAX], *res, *p;
+	size_t psz, csz;
+
+	if (!is_relative_path(path)) {
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (!getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* simple clean up */
+	if (startswith(path, "./"))
+		path += 2;
+	else if (strcmp(path, ".") == 0)
+		path = NULL;
+
+	if (!path || !*path)
+		return strdup(cwd);
+
+	csz = strlen(cwd);
+	psz = strlen(path);
+
+	p = res = malloc(csz + 1 + psz + 1);
+	if (!res)
+		return NULL;
+
+	memcpy(p, cwd, csz);
+	p += csz;
+	*p++ = '/';
+	memcpy(p, path, psz + 1);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
 char *canonicalize_path(const char *path)
 {
 	char *canonical, *dmname;
@@ -139,7 +180,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	fprintf(stdout, "orig: %s\n", argv[1]);
 	fprintf(stdout, "real: %s\n", canonicalize_path(argv[1]));
-
 	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/libmount/src/tab.c b/libmount/src/tab.c
index d7a633cba..a8d835e04 100644
--- a/libmount/src/tab.c
+++ b/libmount/src/tab.c
@@ -867,6 +867,20 @@ struct libmnt_fs *mnt_table_find_target(struct libmnt_table *tb, const char *pat
 		if (mnt_fs_streq_target(fs, path))
 			return fs;
 	}
+
+	/* try absolute path */
+	if (is_relative_path(path) && (cn = absolute_path(path))) {
+		DBG(TAB, ul_debugobj(tb, "lookup absolute TARGET: '%s'", cn));
+		mnt_reset_iter(&itr, direction);
+		while (mnt_table_next_fs(tb, &itr, &fs) == 0) {
+			if (mnt_fs_streq_target(fs, cn)) {
+				free(cn);
+				return fs;
+			}
+		}
+		free(cn);
+	}
+
 	if (!tb->cache || !(cn = mnt_resolve_path(path, tb->cache)))
 		return NULL;