Printing the error number means having to go look up what that error number means. For a developer, it's easy. For a user, it's unhelpful.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <je...@suse.com> --- mkfs/main.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/mkfs/main.c b/mkfs/main.c index b752da13..7bfeb610 100644 --- a/mkfs/main.c +++ b/mkfs/main.c @@ -1197,37 +1197,43 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv) ret = create_metadata_block_groups(root, mixed, &allocation); if (ret) { - error("failed to create default block groups: %d", ret); + error("failed to create default block groups: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto error; } trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1); if (IS_ERR(trans)) { - error("failed to start transaction"); + error("failed to start transaction: %ld/%s", + PTR_ERR(trans), strerror(-PTR_ERR(trans))); goto error; } ret = create_data_block_groups(trans, root, mixed, &allocation); if (ret) { - error("failed to create default data block groups: %d", ret); + error("failed to create default data block groups: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto error; } ret = make_root_dir(trans, root); if (ret) { - error("failed to setup the root directory: %d", ret); + error("failed to setup the root directory: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto error; } ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root); if (ret) { - error("unable to commit transaction: %d", ret); + error("unable to commit transaction: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto out; } trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1); if (IS_ERR(trans)) { - error("failed to start transaction"); + error("failed to start transaction: %ld/%s", + PTR_ERR(trans), strerror(-PTR_ERR(trans))); goto error; } @@ -1267,7 +1273,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv) ret = btrfs_add_to_fsid(trans, root, fd, file, dev_block_count, sectorsize, sectorsize, sectorsize); if (ret) { - error("unable to add %s to filesystem: %d", file, ret); + error("unable to add %s to filesystem: %d/%s", file, ret, strerror(-ret)); goto error; } if (verbose >= 2) { @@ -1284,46 +1290,52 @@ raid_groups: ret = create_raid_groups(trans, root, data_profile, metadata_profile, mixed, &allocation); if (ret) { - error("unable to create raid groups: %d", ret); + error("unable to create raid groups: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto out; } ret = create_data_reloc_tree(trans); if (ret) { - error("unable to create data reloc tree: %d", ret); + error("unable to create data reloc tree: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto out; } ret = create_uuid_tree(trans); if (ret) warning( - "unable to create uuid tree, will be created after mount: %d", ret); + "unable to create uuid tree, will be created after mount: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root); if (ret) { - error("unable to commit transaction: %d", ret); + error("unable to commit transaction: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto out; } ret = cleanup_temp_chunks(fs_info, &allocation, data_profile, metadata_profile, metadata_profile); if (ret < 0) { - error("failed to cleanup temporary chunks: %d", ret); + error("failed to cleanup temporary chunks: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto out; } if (source_dir_set) { ret = btrfs_mkfs_fill_dir(source_dir, root, verbose); if (ret) { - error("error while filling filesystem: %d", ret); + error("error while filling filesystem: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto out; } if (shrink_rootdir) { ret = btrfs_mkfs_shrink_fs(fs_info, &shrink_size, shrink_rootdir); if (ret < 0) { - error("error while shrinking filesystem: %d", - ret); + error("error while shrinking filesystem: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); goto out; } } @@ -1383,8 +1395,9 @@ out: if (!ret && close_ret) { ret = close_ret; - error("failed to close ctree, the filesystem may be inconsistent: %d", - ret); + error( + "failed to close ctree, the filesystem may be inconsistent: %d/%s", + ret, strerror(-ret)); } btrfs_close_all_devices(); -- 2.16.4