[PATCH v4 00/42] replace strerror

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:28:10 +0800
Dengdui Huang <huangdengdui at huawei.com> wrote:

> The function strerror() is insecure in a multi-thread environment.
> It is better to use rte_strerror() instead of strerror().
> In this patchset, only the libs and drivers are modified.
> 
> chang log:
> v3->v4 fix ci error
> v2->v3 drop patch "telemetry: replace strerror" due to compile fail
> v1-v2 fix ci error

Even rte_strerror is not completely safe. It depends on the calling
thread being a registered lcore.

It would be better to use a coccinelle script to do direct replacement
with strerror_r().

Also, rte_strerror is not signal safe.