libexplain  1.4.D001
Functions
libexplain/message/ioctl.c File Reference
#include <libexplain/ac/errno.h>
#include <libexplain/ioctl.h>

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Functions

void explain_message_ioctl (char *message, int message_size, int fildes, int request, void *data)

Function Documentation

void explain_message_ioctl ( char *  message,
int  message_size,
int  fildes,
int  request,
void *  data 
)

The explain_message_ioctl function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the ioctl(2) system call. The least the message will contain is the value of strerror(errnum), but usually it will do much better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

The errno global variable will be used to obtain the error value to be decoded.

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

 if (ioctl(fildes, request, data) < 0)
 {
     char message[3000];
     explain_message_ioctl(message, sizeof(message), fildes, request, data);
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

The above code example is available pre-packaged as the explain_ioctl_or_die function.

Parameters:
messageThe location in which to store the returned message. If a suitable message return buffer is supplied, this function is thread safe.
message_sizeThe size in bytes of the location in which to store the returned message.
fildesThe original fildes, exactly as passed to the ioctl(2) system call.
requestThe original request, exactly as passed to the ioctl(2) system call.
dataThe original data, exactly as passed to the ioctl(2) system call.

Definition at line 25 of file ioctl.c.