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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2020-05-18 17:41:25 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2020-07-07 15:02:57 -0300
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string: Add strerrorname_np and strerrordesc_np
The strerrorname_np returns error number name (e.g. "EINVAL" for EINVAL)
while strerrordesc_np returns string describing error number (e.g
"Invalid argument" for EINVAL).  Different than strerror,
strerrordesc_np does not attempt to translate the return description,
both functions return NULL for an invalid error number.

They should be used instead of sys_errlist and sys_nerr, both are
thread and async-signal safe.  These functions are GNU extensions.

Checked on x86-64-linux-gnu, i686-linux-gnu, powerpc64le-linux-gnu,
and s390x-linux-gnu.

Tested-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'string/string.h')
-rw-r--r--string/string.h7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/string/string.h b/string/string.h
index 0119d7f45d..b0be00c0f7 100644
--- a/string/string.h
+++ b/string/string.h
@@ -428,6 +428,13 @@ extern int __xpg_strerror_r (int __errnum, char *__buf, size_t __buflen)
 extern char *strerror_r (int __errnum, char *__buf, size_t __buflen)
      __THROW __nonnull ((2)) __wur  __attr_access ((__write_only__, 2, 3));
 # endif
+
+# ifdef __USE_GNU
+/* Return a string describing the meaning of tthe error in ERR.  */
+extern const char *strerrordesc_np (int __err) __THROW;
+/* Return a string with the error name in ERR.  */
+extern const char *strerrorname_np (int __err) __THROW;
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN2K8