[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 03/60] fftools/opt_common: use av_err2str instead of strerror

Andreas Rheinhardt andreas.rheinhardt at outlook.com
Mon Sep 9 04:30:13 EEST 2024


Marvin Scholz:
> The strerror function must not be used here, as the error is a AVERROR
> errno, which depending on the platform no longer corresponds to the
> actual errno that can be handled by strerror.
> ---
>  fftools/opt_common.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fftools/opt_common.c b/fftools/opt_common.c
> index 059f7a53d2..dc5fc7b96d 100644
> --- a/fftools/opt_common.c
> +++ b/fftools/opt_common.c
> @@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ int init_report(const char *env, FILE **file)
>      if (!report_file) {
>          int err = AVERROR(errno);
>          av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to open report \"%s\": %s\n",
> -               filename.str, strerror(errno));
> +               filename.str, av_err2str(errno));
>          return err;
>      }
>      av_log_set_callback(log_callback_report);

The code uses strerror(errno) and not strerror(err), so I don't get the
rationale for this commit.

- Andreas



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