`ESRCH` is not handled by file io operations

[breavyn]

Zig Version

0.12.0

Steps to Reproduce and Observed Behavior

Reading or writing files under /proc/<pid>/ on linux can result in an ESRCH error if the related process has terminated.

Functions read, pread, readv, etc. and their write counterparts, seek, and possibly others, return error.Unexpected in this case.

Expected Behavior

Functions should return error.ProcessNotFound on ESRCH.

[chrboesch]

Reading or writing files under /proc// on linux can result in an ESRCH error if the related process has terminated.

Linux returns the ENOENT error for a process (aka file) that no longer exists when trying to read or write to it. So I added 'ProcessNotFound' on this.

Functions should return error.ProcessNotFound on ESRCH.

This error occurs when you try to kill a process or process group that no longer exists.

[KilianHanich]

Reading or writing files under /proc// on linux can result in an ESRCH error if the related process has terminated.

Linux returns the ENOENT error for a process (aka file) that no longer exists when trying to read or write to it. So I added 'ProcessNotFound' on this.

Ehm, I get 3/ESRCH on an error, not 2/ENOENT, which also wouldn't really make a whole lot of sense since we already have an open file descriptor.

Here's how to check that too:

1. Start some process you can kill later, e.g. sleep 60m and get its pid.
2. Run this but insert the pid you got:

#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>

int main() {
        int proc = open("/proc/<PID>", O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY);
        if (proc < 0) return 1;
        int fd = openat(proc, "cpuset", O_RDONLY);
        if (fd < 0) return 2;
        getchar();
        char buf[5];
        if (0 > read(fd, buf, 5)) {
                perror("read");
                printf("%d\n", errno);
                return -1;
        }
        close(fd);
}

3. Before hitting enter enter after starting, kill the process you created.
4. Hit Enter.
5. I got the following error message:

read: No such process
3```

[chrboesch]

Thanks, I'll look into this again.