EBADE
Linux / POSIXERRORNotableDeviceHIGH confidence
Invalid Exchange
Production Risk
Rare; STREAMS driver-specific.
What this means
EBADE (errno 52) is a Linux-specific error returned when an exchange (data transfer unit) is invalid in a STREAMS context.
Why it happens
- 1Invalid exchange state in a STREAMS driver or layered protocol
How to reproduce
STREAMS exchange operation with invalid state.
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
// errno = EBADE from invalid STREAMS exchange
expected output
Invalid exchange (EBADE)
Fix
Reset the exchange state
WHEN After EBADE from a STREAMS driver
Reset the exchange state
// Close and reopen to reset exchange state
close(fd);
fd = open("/dev/device", O_RDWR);Why this works
Reopening the device resets all exchange state in the driver.
Sources
Official documentation ↗
Linux Programmer Manual errno(3)
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