[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/6] Implement IOCTL_ERROR macro and use it.

[Luca Abeni]

On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 00:26 +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
[...]
> > > > I am not sure if this kind of changes really improve the readability.
> > > 
> > > I generalized the previous patch, now we have a log_errno() function
> > > which is used whenever we need to print the string corresponding to an
> > > errno.
> > 
> > If we really want to have a log_errno(), then I think it should not be
> > private to v4l2.c (I expect that libav* contains some other code that
> > want to print error messages followed by an errno description).
> > 
> > I suspect it could go to libavutil/log.c... If Michael approves it, then
> > I am ok with the av_log() -> log_errno() contained in this patch.
> 
> you are trying to sidestep saying the patch is uhm by pushing it my
> direction?

No, sorry... :)
I wanted to say that _if_ we want this kind of change, then log_errno()
should not be a v4l2.c feature. But since I do not maintain log.c, I
cannot approve putting log_errno() there.

So, I think there are various questions:
1) Is log_errno() useful/wanted? I am undecided about this (other
people's opinions are welcome)
2) If the answer to 1) is yes, where should log_errno() go? My opinion
is "not in v4l2.c". I think log.c is more suitable.
3) If putting log_errno() in log.c is ok, would this implementation be
acceptable for the maintainer? (looks ok to me, but I do not maintain
log.c... This is why I mentioned you).


				Luca