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-rw-r--r--libdwfl/dwfl_error.c17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libdwfl/dwfl_error.c b/libdwfl/dwfl_error.c
index 7bcf61cc..a5c683a9 100644
--- a/libdwfl/dwfl_error.c
+++ b/libdwfl/dwfl_error.c
@@ -137,6 +137,21 @@ __libdwfl_seterrno (Dwfl_Error error)
}
+static const char *
+errnomsg(int error)
+{
+ /* Won't be changed by strerror_r, but not const so compiler doesn't throw warning */
+ static char unknown[] = "unknown error";
+
+#ifdef STRERROR_R_CHAR_P
+ return strerror_r (error, unknown, 0);
+#else
+ /* To store the error message from strerror_r in a thread-safe manner */
+ static __thread char msg[128];
+ return strerror_r (error, msg, sizeof (msg)) ? unknown : msg;
+#endif
+}
+
const char *
dwfl_errmsg (int error)
{
@@ -154,7 +169,7 @@ dwfl_errmsg (int error)
switch (error &~ 0xffff)
{
case OTHER_ERROR (ERRNO):
- return strerror_r (error & 0xffff, "bad", 0);
+ return errnomsg (error & 0xffff);
case OTHER_ERROR (LIBELF):
return elf_errmsg (error & 0xffff);
case OTHER_ERROR (LIBDW):