Auto merge of #99609 - workingjubilee:lossy-unix-strerror, r=thomcc

Recover error strings on Unix from_lossy_utf8

Some language settings can result in unreliable UTF-8 being produced.
This can result in failing to emit the error string, panicking instead.
from_lossy_utf8 allows us to assume these strings usually will be fine.

This fixes rust-lang#99535.
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bors 2022-09-25 06:53:14 +00:00
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@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ pub fn error_string(errno: i32) -> String {
}
let p = p as *const _;
str::from_utf8(CStr::from_ptr(p).to_bytes()).unwrap().to_owned()
// We can't always expect a UTF-8 environment. When we don't get that luxury,
// it's better to give a low-quality error message than none at all.
String::from_utf8_lossy(CStr::from_ptr(p).to_bytes()).into()
}
}