[U-Boot] [PATCH 01/19] lib: errno: introduce errno_str(): returns errno related message

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Thu Dec 11 04:25:34 CET 2014


On 22 October 2014 at 09:31, Tom Rini <trini at ti.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 10:48:37PM +0200, Przemyslaw Marczak wrote:
>
>> The functions error's numbers are standarized - but the error
>> messages are not.
>>
>> The errors are often handled with unclear error messages,
>> so why not use an errno standarized messages.
>>
>> Advantages:
>> - This could decrease the binary size.
>> - Appended with a detailed information,
>>   the error message will be clear.
>>
>> This commit introduces new function:
>> - const char *errno_to_str(int errno)
>>
>> The functions returns a pointer to the errno corresponding text message:
>> - if errno is null or positive number - a pointer to "Success" message
>> - if errno is negative - a pointer to errno related message
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak at samsung.com>
>
> In and of itself,
>
> Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at ti.com>

Applied to u-boot-dm, thanks!

- Simon


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