Hi all!
On 25/07/2021 20:07, Ian Pilcher wrote:
[...]
> For kernel code, I can use pr_err, dump_stack, WARN_ON, etc. to report
> the issue in the log, but I often also need to return some sort of error
> code (negative errno value).
This value goes up to userspace (otherwise it makes no real sense to use
errno-values).
> Is there any sort of convention around what to return in the case of an
> error in the logic of the code itself, something that will make it as
> obvious as possible that the problem is a bug.
That depends on the situation/sys-call/....
You habe to choose the value (the list and short explanation is in `man
errno`) which leads the userspace application and it's user in the best
direction.
And no, you can't invent new values.
MfG,
Bernd
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