Re: [PATCH v3] tools/lib/traceevent: Replace str_error_r() with an open coded implementation

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Oct 05 2018 - 11:37:38 EST


Em Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 11:30:56AM -0400, Steven Rostedt escreveu:
> Bah, I now get warnings that sys_nerr and sys_errlist are deprecated.
>
> OK, so going back to just using the racy strerror() should be good
> enough, as this incompatibility with strerror_r() is a disaster!

I've been there, done that... ;-) Check:

tools/lib/str_error_r.c
tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c

The trick: have this function in a separate file, so that _GNU_SOURCE
doesn't get in the way...

- Arnaldo