Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:45:18 -0400 From: Andrew Boyer <aboyer@averesystems.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: [patch] Improved error output from sysctl Message-ID: <BF7139BE-70C5-4CAF-A005-06FE04F4F246@averesystems.com>
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If malloc() fails in /sbin/sysctl, the error message is unhelpful. This patch helps identify which sysctl entry is failing.
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Index: sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
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--- sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c (revision 225262)
+++ sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c (working copy)
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
val = oval = malloc(j + 1);
if (val == NULL) {
- warnx("malloc failed");
+ warnx("%s%s malloc failed %d %d", name, sep, j + 1, errno);
return (1);
}
len = j;
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-Andrew
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Andrew Boyer aboyer@averesystems.com
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