summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-06-02 17:56:59 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-06-06 19:59:08 +0200
commitc9d81ae858cdf0482fa4c9c37e5f5e26d615e8c4 (patch)
tree949b1c84cf8d1250c9c1b45d77788f7ab0426a8b
parentf848976364c0442595f01fa147d82b2cc728c101 (diff)
exit-status: update comments a bit
-rw-r--r--src/basic/exit-status.h16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/exit-status.h b/src/basic/exit-status.h
index 1208c8feed..2309f68815 100644
--- a/src/basic/exit-status.h
+++ b/src/basic/exit-status.h
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
#include "macro.h"
#include "set.h"
+/* This defines pretty names for the LSB 'start' verb exit codes. Note that they shouldn't be confused with the LSB
+ * 'status' verb exit codes which are defined very differently. For details see:
+ *
+ * https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html
+ */
+
typedef enum ExitStatus {
/* EXIT_SUCCESS defined by libc */
/* EXIT_FAILURE defined by libc */
@@ -37,9 +43,7 @@ typedef enum ExitStatus {
/* The LSB suggests that error codes >= 200 are "reserved". We
* use them here under the assumption that they hence are
- * unused by init scripts.
- *
- * http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html */
+ * unused by init scripts. */
EXIT_CHDIR = 200,
EXIT_NICE,
@@ -81,9 +85,9 @@ typedef enum ExitStatus {
} ExitStatus;
typedef enum ExitStatusLevel {
- EXIT_STATUS_MINIMAL,
- EXIT_STATUS_SYSTEMD,
- EXIT_STATUS_LSB,
+ EXIT_STATUS_MINIMAL, /* only cover libc EXIT_STATUS/EXIT_FAILURE */
+ EXIT_STATUS_SYSTEMD, /* cover libc and systemd's own exit codes */
+ EXIT_STATUS_LSB, /* cover libc, systemd's own and LSB exit codes */
EXIT_STATUS_FULL = EXIT_STATUS_LSB
} ExitStatusLevel;