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diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c b/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
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+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
+#undef _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "str_error.h"
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper to allow for building in non-GNU systems such as Alpine Linux's musl
+ * libc, while checking strerror_r() return to avoid having to check this in
+ * all places calling it.
+ */
+char *str_error(int err, char *dst, int len)
+{
+	int ret = strerror_r(err, dst, len);
+	if (ret)
+		snprintf(dst, len, "ERROR: strerror_r(%d)=%d", err, ret);
+	return dst;
+}