Re: [PATCH 1/2] kselftest: Add a ksft_perror() helper

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Sep 28 2023 - 20:48:29 EST


On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 04:38:11PM +0200, Mark Brown wrote:
> The standard library perror() function provides a convenient way to print
> an error message based on the current errno but this doesn't play nicely
> with KTAP output. Provide a helper which does an equivalent thing in a KTAP
> compatible format.
>
> nolibc doesn't have a strerror() and adding the table of strings required
> doesn't seem like a good fit for what it's trying to do so when we're using
> that only print the errno.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>

Oh, interesting... what environment ends up without strerror()?

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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