1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/shared/systemd/src/basic/errno-util.h b/shared/systemd/src/basic/errno-util.h
index d7a5ea77..6053cde6 100644
--- a/shared/systemd/src/basic/errno-util.h
+++ b/shared/systemd/src/basic/errno-util.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 #pragma once
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include "macro.h"
 
 static inline void _reset_errno_(int *saved_errno) {
@@ -28,6 +31,22 @@ static inline int negative_errno(void) {
         return -errno;
 }
 
+static inline const char *strerror_safe(int error) {
+        /* 'safe' here does NOT mean thread safety. */
+        return strerror(abs(error));
+}
+
+static inline int errno_or_else(int fallback) {
+        /* To be used when invoking library calls where errno handling is not defined clearly: we return
+         * errno if it is set, and the specified error otherwise. The idea is that the caller initializes
+         * errno to zero before doing an API call, and then uses this helper to retrieve a somewhat useful
+         * error code */
+        if (errno > 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        return -abs(fallback);
+}
+
 /* Hint #1: ENETUNREACH happens if we try to connect to "non-existing" special IP addresses, such as ::5.
  *
  * Hint #2: The kernel sends e.g., EHOSTUNREACH or ENONET to userspace in some ICMP error cases.  See the