diff --git a/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_error.c b/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_error.c
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+/*
+ * YAFFS: Yet another FFS. A NAND-flash specific file system.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Aleph One Ltd.
+ *   for Toby Churchill Ltd and Brightstar Engineering
+ *
+ * Created by Timothy Manning <timothy@yaffs.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include "yaffsfs.h"
+
+struct error_entry {
+	int code;
+	const char *text;
+};
+
+static const struct error_entry error_list[] = {
+	{ ENOMEM , "ENOMEM" },
+	{ EBUSY , "EBUSY"},
+	{ ENODEV , "ENODEV"},
+	{ EINVAL , "EINVAL"},
+	{ EBADF , "EBADF"},
+	{ EACCES , "EACCES"},
+	{ EXDEV , "EXDEV" },
+	{ ENOENT , "ENOENT"},
+	{ ENOSPC , "ENOSPC"},
+	{ ERANGE , "ERANGE"},
+	{ ENODATA, "ENODATA"},
+	{ ENOTEMPTY, "ENOTEMPTY"},
+	{ ENAMETOOLONG, "ENAMETOOLONG"},
+	{ ENOMEM , "ENOMEM"},
+	{ EEXIST , "EEXIST"},
+	{ ENOTDIR , "ENOTDIR"},
+	{ EISDIR , "EISDIR"},
+	{ ENFILE, "ENFILE"},
+	{ EROFS, "EROFS"},
+	{ EFAULT, "EFAULT"},
+	{ 0, NULL }
+};
+
+const char *yaffs_error_to_str(int err)
+{
+	const struct error_entry *e = error_list;
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		err = -err;
+
+	while (e->code && e->text) {
+		if (err == e->code)
+			return e->text;
+		e++;
+	}
+	return "Unknown error code";
+}