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      1 /* strerror.c --- POSIX compatible system error routine
      2 
      3    Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      4 
      5    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
      6    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
      7    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
      8    (at your option) any later version.
      9 
     10    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     11    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     12    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     13    GNU General Public License for more details.
     14 
     15    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     16    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
     17 
     18 #include <config.h>
     19 
     20 /* Specification.  */
     21 #include <string.h>
     22 
     23 #include <errno.h>
     24 #include <stdio.h>
     25 #include <stdlib.h>
     26 #include <string.h>
     27 
     28 #include "intprops.h"
     29 #include "strerror-override.h"
     30 #include "verify.h"
     31 
     32 /* Use the system functions, not the gnulib overrides in this file.  */
     33 #undef sprintf
     34 
     35 char *
     36 strerror (int n)
     37 #undef strerror
     38 {
     39   static char buf[STACKBUF_LEN];
     40   size_t len;
     41 
     42   /* Cast away const, due to the historical signature of strerror;
     43      callers should not be modifying the string.  */
     44   const char *msg = strerror_override (n);
     45   if (msg)
     46     return (char *) msg;
     47 
     48   msg = strerror (n);
     49 
     50   /* Our strerror_r implementation might use the system's strerror
     51      buffer, so all other clients of strerror have to see the error
     52      copied into a buffer that we manage.  This is not thread-safe,
     53      even if the system strerror is, but portable programs shouldn't
     54      be using strerror if they care about thread-safety.  */
     55   if (!msg || !*msg)
     56     {
     57       static char const fmt[] = "Unknown error %d";
     58       verify (sizeof buf >= sizeof (fmt) + INT_STRLEN_BOUND (n));
     59       sprintf (buf, fmt, n);
     60       errno = EINVAL;
     61       return buf;
     62     }
     63 
     64   /* Fix STACKBUF_LEN if this ever aborts.  */
     65   len = strlen (msg);
     66   if (sizeof buf <= len)
     67     abort ();
     68 
     69   return memcpy (buf, msg, len + 1);
     70 }
     71