[PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/7] libbpf: make libbpf_strerror_r agnostic to sign of error

Andrii Nakryiko
2019-06-21T04:56:05Z

It's often inconvenient to switch sign of error when passing it into
libbpf_strerror_r. It's better for it to handle that automatically.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
---
tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c b/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
index 00e48ac5b806..b8064eedc177 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
*/
char *libbpf_strerror_r(int err, char *dst, int len)
{
- int ret = strerror_r(err, dst, len);
+ int ret = strerror_r(err < 0 ? -err : err, dst, len);
if (ret)
snprintf(dst, len, "ERROR: strerror_r(%d)=%d", err, ret);
return dst;
--
2.17.1