In article <20101205093557.ga24...@cs.hut.fi>, Antti Kantee <po...@cs.hut.fi> wrote: >On Sat Dec 04 2010 at 18:44:07 +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote: >> In article <20101204173951.3ae6e17...@cvs.netbsd.org>, >> Antti Kantee <source-changes-d@NetBSD.org> wrote: >> >-=-=-=-=-=- >> > >> >Module Name: src >> >Committed By: pooka >> >Date: Sat Dec 4 17:39:51 UTC 2010 >> > >> >Modified Files: >> > src/sys/dev: rnd.c >> > >> >Log Message: >> >Don't allow "goes to 11^H^Hhyperspace" len field for RNDADDATA. >> > >> >> Should be EINVAL; E2BIG has a very specific meaning (unless we want to change >> that). > >EINVAL is used too much and I try to pick more descriptive remotely >fitting errnos when possible. > >If someone feels strongly otherwise, please change it.
I agree with the overuse of EINVAL and I have tried in the past to avoid it. What I am saying is that if we are going to re-purpose other errnos, we need to change their descriptions to make them less specific. christos