+/**
+ * pevent_filter_strerror - fill error message in a buffer
+ * @filter: the event filter contains error
+ * @err: the error code
+ * @buf: the buffer to be filled in
+ * @buflen: the size of the buffer
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if message was filled successfully, -1 if error
+ */
+int pevent_filter_strerror(struct event_filter *filter, enum pevent_errno err,
+ char *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+ if (err <= __PEVENT_ERRNO__START || err >= __PEVENT_ERRNO__END)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (strlen(filter->error_buffer) > 0) {
+ size_t len = snprintf(buf, buflen, "%s", filter->error_buffer);
+
+ if (len > buflen)
+ return -1;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return pevent_strerror(filter->pevent, err, buf, buflen);
+}
+