Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 36/38] vfs: Add a sample program for the new mount API [ver #10] | Date | Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:33:15 +0100 |
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Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> Well, I guess errors should have numbers, and catalog explaining what > error means what. That way userspace can translate, and it is what we > do with errno. > > I believe numbers are best. If you hate numbers, you can still use > strings, as long as you can enumerate them in docs (but it will be > strange design).
Simply returning error numbers is *not* sufficient. The messages need to be parameterised.
David
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