What size should I allow for strerror_r?

int result = gethostname(p_buffy, size_buffy);
int errsv = errno;
if (result < 0)
{
    char buf[256];
    char const * str = strerror_r(errsv, buf, 256);
    syslog(LOG_ERR,
             "gethostname failed; errno=%d(%s), buf='%s'",
             errsv,
             str,
             p_buffy);
     return errsv;
}

char *
    strerror (errnum)
         int errnum;
    {
        ...
        buf = malloc (1024);

#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

/* Call strerror_r and get the full error message. Allocate memory for the
 * entire string with malloc. Return string. Caller must free string.
 * If malloc fails, return NULL.
 */
char *all_strerror(int n)
{
    char *s;
    size_t size;

    size = 1024;
    s = malloc(size);
    if (s == NULL)
        return NULL;

    while (strerror_r(n, s, size) == -1 && errno == ERANGE) {
        size += 2;
        s = realloc(s, size);
        if (s == NULL)
            return NULL;
    }

    return s;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
        int n = atoi(argv[i]);
        char *s = all_strerror(n);
        printf("[%d]: %sn", n, s);
        free(s);
    }

    return 0;
}