From b725cf028c85d0ebafcf55e503d332bb96fb708c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:22:51 -0700 Subject: signals: New function signal_name(). This will acquire a new user in an upcoming commit. --- lib/signals.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'lib/signals.c') diff --git a/lib/signals.c b/lib/signals.c index eabbcc382..707bf8368 100644 --- a/lib/signals.c +++ b/lib/signals.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Nicira Networks. + * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2011 Nicira Networks. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #include #include "poll-loop.h" #include "socket-util.h" +#include "type-props.h" #include "util.h" #if defined(_NSIG) @@ -126,3 +127,24 @@ signal_handler(int signr) signaled[signr] = true; } } + +/* Returns the name of signal 'signum' as a string. The string may be in a + * static buffer that is reused from one call to the next. + * + * The string is probably a (possibly multi-word) description of the signal + * (e.g. "Hangup") instead of just the stringified version of the macro + * (e.g. "SIGHUP"). */ +const char * +signal_name(int signum) +{ + const char *name = NULL; +#ifdef HAVE_STRSIGNAL + name = strsignal(signum); +#endif + if (!name) { + static char buffer[7 + INT_STRLEN(int) + 1]; + sprintf(buffer, "signal %d", signum); + name = buffer; + } + return name; +} -- cgit v1.2.1