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From: david.laight.linux@gmail.com
To: "Willy Tarreau" <w@1wt.eu>,
	"Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Cheng Li" <lechain@gmail.com>
Cc: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 next 05/17] tools/nolibc: Implement strerror() in terms of strerror_r()
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:17:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260223101735.2922-6-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260223101735.2922-1-david.laight.linux@gmail.com>

From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>

strerror() can be the only part of a program that has a .data section.
This requres 4k in the program file.

Add a simple implementation of strerror_r() (ignores the length) and
use that in strerror() so that the "errno=" string is copied at run-time.
Use __builtin_memcpy() because that optimises away the input string
and just writes the required constants to the target buffer.

Put the check for NOLIBC_IGNORE_ERRNO into strerror_r().
Always call strerror() from __nolibc_printf().

Code size change largely depends on whether the inlining decision for
strerror() changes.

Change the tests to use the normal EXPECT_VFPRINTF() when testing %m.
Skip the tests when !is_nolibc.

Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
---

New patch for v3.

 tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h                 | 29 ++++++++++++++------
 tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 20 ++------------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
index 233318b0d0f0..2267f50d03b4 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
@@ -373,11 +373,7 @@ int __nolibc_printf(__nolibc_printf_cb cb, intptr_t state, size_t n, const char
 					outstr="(null)";
 			}
 			else if (c == 'm') {
-#ifdef NOLIBC_IGNORE_ERRNO
-				outstr = "unknown error";
-#else
 				outstr = strerror(errno);
-#endif /* NOLIBC_IGNORE_ERRNO */
 			}
 			else if (c == '%') {
 				/* queue it verbatim */
@@ -682,14 +678,31 @@ int setvbuf(FILE *stream __attribute__((unused)),
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static __attribute__((unused,))
+int strerror_r(int errnum, char *buf, size_t buflen __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+#ifdef NOLIBC_IGNORE_ERRNO
+	__builtin_memcpy(buf, "unknown error", 14);
+	return 13;
+#else
+	__builtin_memcpy(buf, "errno=", 6);
+	return 6 + i64toa_r(errnum, buf + 6);
+#endif
+}
+
 static __attribute__((unused))
-const char *strerror(int errno)
+const char *strerror(int errnum)
 {
-	static char buf[18] = "errno=";
+	static char buf[18];
+	char *b = buf;
+
+	/* Force gcc to use 'register offset' to access buf[]. */
+	_NOLIBC_OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(b);
 
-	i64toa_r(errno, &buf[6]);
+	/* Use strerror_r() to avoid having the only .data in small programs. */
+	strerror_r(errnum, b, sizeof(buf));
 
-	return buf;
+	return b;
 }
 
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_STDIO_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
index 029ed63e1ae4..61968fdfeec0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
@@ -1793,23 +1793,6 @@ static int test_scanf(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int test_strerror(void)
-{
-	char buf[100];
-	ssize_t ret;
-
-	memset(buf, 'A', sizeof(buf));
-
-	errno = EINVAL;
-	ret = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%m");
-	if (is_nolibc) {
-		if (ret < 6 || memcmp(buf, "errno=", 6))
-			return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int test_printf_error(void)
 {
 	int fd, ret, saved_errno;
@@ -1859,8 +1842,9 @@ static int run_printf(int min, int max)
 		CASE_TEST(string_width); EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "         1", "%10s", "1"); break;
 		CASE_TEST(number_width); EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "         1", "%10d", 1); break;
 		CASE_TEST(width_trunc);  EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "                             1", "%30d", 1); break;
+		CASE_TEST(errno);        EXPECT_VFPRINTF(is_nolibc, "22:errno=22", "%d:%m", errno=22); break;
+		CASE_TEST(errno-neg);    EXPECT_VFPRINTF(is_nolibc, "-22:   errno=-22", "%d:%12m", errno=-22); break;
 		CASE_TEST(scanf);        EXPECT_ZR(1, test_scanf()); break;
-		CASE_TEST(strerror);     EXPECT_ZR(1, test_strerror()); break;
 		CASE_TEST(printf_error); EXPECT_ZR(1, test_printf_error()); break;
 		case __LINE__:
 			return ret; /* must be last */
-- 
2.39.5


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-23 10:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-23 10:17 [PATCH v3 next 00/17] Enhance printf() david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 01/17] tools/nolibc: Add _NOLIBC_OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR() to compiler.h david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 21:25   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-25 22:17     ` David Laight
2026-02-25 22:24       ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 02/17] tools/nolibc: Optimise and common up the number to ascii functions david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 21:40   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-25 22:09     ` David Laight
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 03/17] selftests/nolibc: Fix build with host headers and libc david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 21:24   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 04/17] selftests/nolibc: Improve reporting of vfprintf() errors david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 21:56   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-26 10:12     ` David Laight
2026-02-26 21:39       ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-23 10:17 ` david.laight.linux [this message]
2026-02-25 22:09   ` [PATCH v3 next 05/17] tools/nolibc: Implement strerror() in terms of strerror_r() Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-25 22:58     ` David Laight
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 06/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Change variables 'c' to 'ch' and 'tmpbuf[]' to 'outbuf[]' david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 22:23   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 07/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Move snprintf length check to callback david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 22:37   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-25 23:12     ` David Laight
2026-02-26 21:29       ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-26 22:11         ` David Laight
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 08/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Output pad characters in 16 byte chunks david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 09/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Simplify __nolibc_printf() david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 10/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Use goto and reduce indentation david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 11/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Use bit-masks to hold requested flag, length and conversion chars david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 12/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Handle "%s" with the numeric formats david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 13/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for conversion flags david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 14/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for left aligning fields david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 15/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for zero padding and field precision david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 16/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for octal output david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 17/17] selftests/nolibc: Use printf variable field widths and precisions david.laight.linux

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