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
next prev 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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