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

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 12:37:31 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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...
> 

Yep, I've been looking at these. I'll need to add yet another version,
so that we can have it for the external libtraceevent. I'll be sending
out a patch shortly.

-- Steve