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Issue 1160373004: Move safe_strerror to posix directory and the base namespace (Closed) Base URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git@master
Patch Set: merge Created 5 years, 6 months ago
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1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. 1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be 2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file. 3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 4
5 #ifndef BASE_SAFE_STRERROR_POSIX_H_ 5 #ifndef BASE_POSIX_SAFE_STRERROR_H_
6 #define BASE_SAFE_STRERROR_POSIX_H_ 6 #define BASE_POSIX_SAFE_STRERROR_H_
7 7
8 #include <string> 8 #include <string>
9 9
10 #include "base/base_export.h" 10 #include "base/base_export.h"
11 11
12 namespace base {
13
12 // BEFORE using anything from this file, first look at PLOG and friends in 14 // BEFORE using anything from this file, first look at PLOG and friends in
13 // logging.h and use them instead if applicable. 15 // logging.h and use them instead if applicable.
14 // 16 //
15 // This file declares safe, portable alternatives to the POSIX strerror() 17 // This file declares safe, portable alternatives to the POSIX strerror()
16 // function. strerror() is inherently unsafe in multi-threaded apps and should 18 // function. strerror() is inherently unsafe in multi-threaded apps and should
17 // never be used. Doing so can cause crashes. Additionally, the thread-safe 19 // never be used. Doing so can cause crashes. Additionally, the thread-safe
18 // alternative strerror_r varies in semantics across platforms. Use these 20 // alternative strerror_r varies in semantics across platforms. Use these
19 // functions instead. 21 // functions instead.
20 22
21 // Thread-safe strerror function with dependable semantics that never fails. 23 // Thread-safe strerror function with dependable semantics that never fails.
22 // It will write the string form of error "err" to buffer buf of length len. 24 // It will write the string form of error "err" to buffer buf of length len.
23 // If there is an error calling the OS's strerror_r() function then a message to 25 // If there is an error calling the OS's strerror_r() function then a message to
24 // that effect will be printed into buf, truncating if necessary. The final 26 // that effect will be printed into buf, truncating if necessary. The final
25 // result is always null-terminated. The value of errno is never changed. 27 // result is always null-terminated. The value of errno is never changed.
26 // 28 //
27 // Use this instead of strerror_r(). 29 // Use this instead of strerror_r().
28 BASE_EXPORT void safe_strerror_r(int err, char *buf, size_t len); 30 BASE_EXPORT void safe_strerror_r(int err, char *buf, size_t len);
29 31
30 // Calls safe_strerror_r with a buffer of suitable size and returns the result 32 // Calls safe_strerror_r with a buffer of suitable size and returns the result
31 // in a C++ string. 33 // in a C++ string.
32 // 34 //
33 // Use this instead of strerror(). Note though that safe_strerror_r will be 35 // Use this instead of strerror(). Note though that safe_strerror_r will be
34 // more robust in the case of heap corruption errors, since it doesn't need to 36 // more robust in the case of heap corruption errors, since it doesn't need to
35 // allocate a string. 37 // allocate a string.
36 BASE_EXPORT std::string safe_strerror(int err); 38 BASE_EXPORT std::string safe_strerror(int err);
37 39
38 #endif // BASE_SAFE_STRERROR_POSIX_H_ 40 } // namespace base
41
42 #endif // BASE_POSIX_SAFE_STRERROR_H_
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