[U-Boot] [PATCH 01/19] lib: errno: introduce errno_str(): returns errno related message

Przemyslaw Marczak
2014-10-09T16:23:54Z

Hello Joakim,

On 10/09/2014 08:46 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
>> From: Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak@samsung.com>
>>
>> The functions error's numbers are standarized - but the error
>> messages are not.
>>
>> The errors are often handled with unclear error messages,
>> so why not use an errno standarized messages.
>>
>> Advantages:
>> - This could decrease the binary size.
>
> Having an array of string ptrs adds some extra space needs.
> Each str needs a ptr and that ptr needs relocation, 8 bytes on 32 bits
>
> If you want to save space do this instead
> static const char const errno_message[] =
> "Success\0Operation not permitted\0No such file or directory" etc.
> Then count "\0" to find the error msg.
>
> Jocke
>

Is this really a problem to add some array with the pointers?

You are right, this array requires some additional space, but this is
not the main reason of introducing this function. This can be enabled
optional, so maybe for the less memory and slower devices this shouldn't
be used - but in the other way, we see many text messages in the code
that could be replaced with the one from that array.
So, which is better?

This helps me sometimes, so I added this as some extra feature.

Best Regards,
--
Przemyslaw Marczak
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
p.marczak at samsung.com