libexplain/signalfd.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/errno.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/signal.h>
#include <libexplain/signalfd.h>

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Functions
const char *	explain_signalfd (int fildes, const sigset_t *mask, int flags)

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Function Documentation

const char* explain_signalfd	(	int	fildes,
		const sigset_t *	mask,
		int	flags
	)

The explain_signalfd function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the signalfd(2) system call. The least the message will contain is the value of strerror(errno), 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.

Parameters:

fildes	The original fildes, exactly as passed to the signalfd(2) system call.
mask	The original mask, exactly as passed to the signalfd(2) system call.
flags	The original flags, exactly as passed to the signalfd(2) system call.

Returns:

The message explaining the error. This message buffer is shared by all libexplain functions which do not supply a buffer in their argument list. This will be overwritten by the next call to any libexplain function which shares this buffer, including other threads.

Note:

This function is not thread safe, because it shares a return buffer across all threads, and many other functions in this library.

Example:

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

 int result = signalfd(fildes, mask, flags);
 if (result < 0)
 {
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_signalfd(fildes, mask, flags));
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

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

Definition at line 26 of file signalfd.c.