diff --git a/include/libipc/ipc.h b/include/libipc/ipc.h
index 64b262c..ceb26ea 100755
--- a/include/libipc/ipc.h
+++ b/include/libipc/ipc.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     chan_wrapper clone() const {
-        return chan_wrapper { name(), mode_ };
+        return chan_wrapper {name(), mode_};
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/libipc/platform/posix/get_error.h b/src/libipc/platform/posix/get_error.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c552f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libipc/platform/posix/get_error.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+namespace ipc {
+namespace detail {
+
+inline char const *curr_error() noexcept {
+    return ::strerror(errno);
+}
+
+} // namespace detail
+} // namespace ipc
diff --git a/src/libipc/platform/posix/semaphore_impl.h b/src/libipc/platform/posix/semaphore_impl.h
index d48bcd4..94a5350 100644
--- a/src/libipc/platform/posix/semaphore_impl.h
+++ b/src/libipc/platform/posix/semaphore_impl.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "libipc/shm.h"
 
 #include "get_wait_time.h"
+#include "get_error.h"
 
 namespace ipc {
 namespace detail {
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public:
         }
         h_ = ::sem_open(name, O_CREAT, 0666, static_cast<unsigned>(count));
         if (h_ == SEM_FAILED) {
-            ipc::error("fail sem_open[%d]: %s\n", errno, name);
+            ipc::error("fail sem_open[%s]: name = %s\n", curr_error(), name);
             return false;
         }
         return true;
@@ -49,14 +50,14 @@ public:
     void close() noexcept {
         if (!valid()) return;
         if (::sem_close(h_) != 0) {
-            ipc::error("fail sem_close[%d]: %s\n", errno);
+            ipc::error("fail sem_close[%s]\n", curr_error());
         }
         h_ = SEM_FAILED;
         if (shm_.name() != nullptr) {
             std::string name = shm_.name();
             if (shm_.release() <= 1) {
                 if (::sem_unlink(name.c_str()) != 0) {
-                    ipc::error("fail sem_unlink[%d]: %s, name: %s\n", errno, name.c_str());
+                    ipc::error("fail sem_unlink[%s]: name = %s\n", curr_error(), name.c_str());
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -66,15 +67,15 @@ public:
         if (!valid()) return false;
         if (tm == invalid_value) {
             if (::sem_wait(h_) != 0) {
-                ipc::error("fail sem_wait[%d]: %s\n", errno);
+                ipc::error("fail sem_wait[%s]\n", curr_error());
                 return false;
             }
         } else {
             auto ts = detail::make_timespec(tm);
             if (::sem_timedwait(h_, &ts) != 0) {
                 if (errno != ETIMEDOUT) {
-                    ipc::error("fail sem_timedwait[%d]: tm = %zd, tv_sec = %ld, tv_nsec = %ld\n",
-                                errno, tm, ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
+                    ipc::error("fail sem_timedwait[%s]: tm = %zd, tv_sec = %ld, tv_nsec = %ld\n",
+                                curr_error(), tm, ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec);
                 }
                 return false;
             }
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ public:
         if (!valid()) return false;
         for (std::uint32_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
             if (::sem_post(h_) != 0) {
-                ipc::error("fail sem_post[%d]: %s\n", errno);
+                ipc::error("fail sem_post[%s]\n", curr_error());
                 return false;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/libipc/platform/posix/shm_posix.cpp b/src/libipc/platform/posix/shm_posix.cpp
index 7f70b07..7ed98c8 100644
--- a/src/libipc/platform/posix/shm_posix.cpp
+++ b/src/libipc/platform/posix/shm_posix.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
 #include <string>
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "libipc/utility/log.h"
 #include "libipc/memory/resource.h"
 
+#include "get_error.h"
+
 namespace {
 
 struct info_t {
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ id_t acquire(char const * name, std::size_t size, unsigned mode) {
                                                S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP |
                                                S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
     if (fd == -1) {
-        ipc::error("fail shm_open[%d]: %s\n", errno, name);
+        ipc::error("fail shm_open[%s]: name = %s\n", curr_error(), name);
         return nullptr;
     }
     auto ii = mem::alloc<id_info_t>();
@@ -119,12 +120,12 @@ void * get_mem(id_t id, std::size_t * size) {
         ipc::error("fail get_mem: invalid id (fd = -1)\n");
         return nullptr;
     }
+    struct stat st;
+    if (::fstat(fd, &st) != 0) {
+        ipc::error("fail fstat[%s]: name = %s, size = %zd\n", curr_error(), ii->name_.c_str(), ii->size_);
+        return nullptr;
+    }
     if (ii->size_ == 0) {
-        struct stat st;
-        if (::fstat(fd, &st) != 0) {
-            ipc::error("fail fstat[%d]: %s, size = %zd\n", errno, ii->name_.c_str(), ii->size_);
-            return nullptr;
-        }
         ii->size_ = static_cast<std::size_t>(st.st_size);
         if ((ii->size_ <= sizeof(info_t)) || (ii->size_ % sizeof(info_t))) {
             ipc::error("fail get_mem: %s, invalid size = %zd\n", ii->name_.c_str(), ii->size_);
@@ -134,13 +135,13 @@ void * get_mem(id_t id, std::size_t * size) {
     else {
         ii->size_ = calc_size(ii->size_);
         if (::ftruncate(fd, static_cast<off_t>(ii->size_)) != 0) {
-            ipc::error("fail ftruncate[%d]: %s, size = %zd\n", errno, ii->name_.c_str(), ii->size_);
+            ipc::error("fail ftruncate[%s]: name = %s, size = %zd\n", curr_error(), ii->name_.c_str(), ii->size_);
             return nullptr;
         }
     }
     void* mem = ::mmap(nullptr, ii->size_, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
     if (mem == MAP_FAILED) {
-        ipc::error("fail mmap[%d]: %s, size = %zd\n", errno, ii->name_.c_str(), ii->size_);
+        ipc::error("fail mmap[%s]: name = %s, size = %zd\n", curr_error(), ii->name_.c_str(), ii->size_);
         return nullptr;
     }
     ::close(fd);
diff --git a/src/libipc/waiter.h b/src/libipc/waiter.h
index ce4e592..130bc98 100644
--- a/src/libipc/waiter.h
+++ b/src/libipc/waiter.h
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ public:
     }
 
     bool notify() noexcept {
-        { IPC_UNUSED_ std::lock_guard<ipc::sync::mutex> guard{lock_}; } // barrier
+        { IPC_UNUSED_ std::lock_guard<ipc::sync::mutex> guard {lock_}; } // barrier
         return cond_.notify(lock_);
     }
 
     bool broadcast() noexcept {
-        { IPC_UNUSED_ std::lock_guard<ipc::sync::mutex> guard{lock_}; } // barrier
+        { IPC_UNUSED_ std::lock_guard<ipc::sync::mutex> guard {lock_}; } // barrier
         return cond_.broadcast(lock_);
     }