man explain_socket (3): explain socket(2) errors

SYNOPSIS

#include <libexplain/socket.h>

const char *explain_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
const char *explain_errno_socket(int errnum, int domain, int type, int protocol);
void explain_message_socket(char *message, int message_size, int domain, int type, int protocol);
void explain_message_errno_socket(char *message, int message_size, int errnum, int domain, int type, int protocol);

DESCRIPTION

These functions may be used to obtain explanations for errors returned by the socket(2) system call.

explain_socket

const char *explain_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);

The explain_socket function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the socket(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.

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

if (socket(domain, type, protocol) < 0)
{
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_socket(domain, type, protocol));
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

domain: The original domain, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.
type: The original type, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.
protocol: The original protocol, exactly as passed to the socket(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.

explain_errno_socket

const char *explain_errno_socket(int errnum, int domain, int type, int protocol);

The explain_errno_socket function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the socket(2) system call. The least the message will contain is the value of strerror(errnum), but usually it will do much better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

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

if (socket(domain, type, protocol) < 0)
{
    int err = errno;
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_errno_socket(err,
        domain, type, protocol));
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

errnum: The error value to be decoded, usually obtained from the errno global variable just before this function is called. This is necessary if you need to call any code between the system call to be explained and this function, because many libc functions will alter the value of errno.
domain: The original domain, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.
type: The original type, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.
protocol: The original protocol, exactly as passed to the socket(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.

explain_message_socket

void explain_message_socket(char *message, int message_size, int domain, int type, int protocol);

The explain_message_socket function may be used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the socket(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.

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

if (socket(domain, type, protocol) < 0)
{
    char message[3000];
    explain_message_socket(message, sizeof(message), domain, type, protocol);
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

message: The location in which to store the returned message. If a suitable message return buffer is supplied, this function is thread safe.
message_size: The size in bytes of the location in which to store the returned message.
domain: The original domain, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.
type: The original type, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.
protocol: The original protocol, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.

explain_message_errno_socket

void explain_message_errno_socket(char *message, int message_size, int errnum, int domain, int type, int protocol);

The explain_message_errno_socket function may be used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the socket(2) system call. The least the message will contain is the value of strerror(errnum), but usually it will do much better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

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

if (socket(domain, type, protocol) < 0)
{
    int err = errno;
    char message[3000];
    explain_message_errno_socket(message, sizeof(message), err,
        domain, type, protocol);
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

message: The location in which to store the returned message. If a suitable message return buffer is supplied, this function is thread safe.
message_size: The size in bytes of the location in which to store the returned message.
errnum: The error value to be decoded, usually obtained from the errno global variable just before this function is called. This is necessary if you need to call any code between the system call to be explained and this function, because many libc functions will alter the value of errno.
domain: The original domain, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.
type: The original type, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.
protocol: The original protocol, exactly as passed to the socket(2) system call.

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

explain_socket

explain_errno_socket

explain_message_socket

explain_message_errno_socket

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