message: Return absolute path early in AbsPathForConfigVal
  This prevents premature GetDataDir() calls, e.g., when config file is
  not read yet.
diff: @@ -1202,6 +1202,9 @@ int64_t GetStartupTime()
  fs::path AbsPathForConfigVal(const fs::path& path, bool net_specific)
  {
  + if (path.is_absolute()) {
  + return path;
  + }
  return fs::absolute(path, GetDataDir(net_specific));
  }
  