string/strerror.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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  15    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
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  17
  18 #include <libintl.h>
  19 #include <stdio.h>
  20 #include <string.h>
  21 #include <errno.h>
  22
  23 /* Return a string describing the errno code in ERRNUM.
  24    The storage is good only until the next call to strerror.
  25    Writing to the storage causes undefined behavior.  */
  26 libc_freeres_ptr (static char *buf);
  27
  28 char *
  29 strerror (errnum)
  30      int errnum;
  31 {
  32   char *ret = __strerror_r (errnum, NULL, 0);
  33   int saved_errno;
  34
  35   if (__builtin_expect (ret != NULL, 1))
  36     return ret;
  37   saved_errno = errno;
  38   if (buf == NULL)
  39     buf = malloc (1024);
  40   __set_errno (saved_errno);
  41   if (buf == NULL)
  42     return _("Unknown error");
  43   return __strerror_r (errnum, buf, 1024);
  44 }