std.posix: Added error message 'ProcessNotFound' for reading and writ…

…ing in a Linux process (ziglang#21430)

* Added error message 'ProcessNotFound' for reading and writing in a Linux
process.
This error occurs if the process to be read from or written to no longer exists.
Fixes ziglang#19875

* Added error message "ProcessNotFound" for error forwarding.

* Add error messgae for forwarding.

* Added message for forwarding.

* Error set completed.

* Fixed format error.

* Changed comments to doc comments.

lib/compiler/fmt.zig

@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ const FmtError = error{
     LockViolation,
     NetNameDeleted,
     InvalidArgument,
+    ProcessNotFound,
 } || fs.File.OpenError;
 
 fn fmtPath(fmt: *Fmt, file_path: []const u8, check_mode: bool, dir: fs.Dir, sub_path: []const u8) FmtError!void {

lib/std/posix.zig

@@ -798,6 +798,10 @@ pub const ReadError = error{
     /// In WASI, this error occurs when the file descriptor does
     /// not hold the required rights to read from it.
     AccessDenied,
+
+    /// This error occurs in Linux if the process to be read from
+    /// no longer exists.
+    ProcessNotFound,
 } || UnexpectedError;
 
 /// Returns the number of bytes that were read, which can be less than
@@ -854,6 +858,7 @@ pub fn read(fd: fd_t, buf: []u8) ReadError!usize {
             .INTR => continue,
             .INVAL => unreachable,
             .FAULT => unreachable,
+            .NOENT => return error.ProcessNotFound,
             .AGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             .CANCELED => return error.Canceled,
             .BADF => return error.NotOpenForReading, // Can be a race condition.
@@ -917,6 +922,7 @@ pub fn readv(fd: fd_t, iov: []const iovec) ReadError!usize {
             .INTR => continue,
             .INVAL => unreachable,
             .FAULT => unreachable,
+            .NOENT => return error.ProcessNotFound,
             .AGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             .BADF => return error.NotOpenForReading, // can be a race condition
             .IO => return error.InputOutput,
@@ -996,6 +1002,7 @@ pub fn pread(fd: fd_t, buf: []u8, offset: u64) PReadError!usize {
             .INTR => continue,
             .INVAL => unreachable,
             .FAULT => unreachable,
+            .NOENT => return error.ProcessNotFound,
             .AGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             .BADF => return error.NotOpenForReading, // Can be a race condition.
             .IO => return error.InputOutput,
@@ -1133,6 +1140,7 @@ pub fn preadv(fd: fd_t, iov: []const iovec, offset: u64) PReadError!usize {
             .INTR => continue,
             .INVAL => unreachable,
             .FAULT => unreachable,
+            .NOENT => return error.ProcessNotFound,
             .AGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             .BADF => return error.NotOpenForReading, // can be a race condition
             .IO => return error.InputOutput,
@@ -1176,6 +1184,10 @@ pub const WriteError = error{
 
     /// Connection reset by peer.
     ConnectionResetByPeer,
+
+    /// This error occurs in Linux if the process being written to
+    /// no longer exists.
+    ProcessNotFound,
 } || UnexpectedError;
 
 /// Write to a file descriptor.
@@ -1243,6 +1255,7 @@ pub fn write(fd: fd_t, bytes: []const u8) WriteError!usize {
             .INTR => continue,
             .INVAL => return error.InvalidArgument,
             .FAULT => unreachable,
+            .NOENT => return error.ProcessNotFound,
             .AGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             .BADF => return error.NotOpenForWriting, // can be a race condition.
             .DESTADDRREQ => unreachable, // `connect` was never called.
@@ -1315,6 +1328,7 @@ pub fn writev(fd: fd_t, iov: []const iovec_const) WriteError!usize {
             .INTR => continue,
             .INVAL => return error.InvalidArgument,
             .FAULT => unreachable,
+            .NOENT => return error.ProcessNotFound,
             .AGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             .BADF => return error.NotOpenForWriting, // Can be a race condition.
             .DESTADDRREQ => unreachable, // `connect` was never called.
@@ -1404,6 +1418,7 @@ pub fn pwrite(fd: fd_t, bytes: []const u8, offset: u64) PWriteError!usize {
             .INTR => continue,
             .INVAL => return error.InvalidArgument,
             .FAULT => unreachable,
+            .NOENT => return error.ProcessNotFound,
             .AGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             .BADF => return error.NotOpenForWriting, // Can be a race condition.
             .DESTADDRREQ => unreachable, // `connect` was never called.
@@ -1488,6 +1503,7 @@ pub fn pwritev(fd: fd_t, iov: []const iovec_const, offset: u64) PWriteError!usiz
             .INTR => continue,
             .INVAL => return error.InvalidArgument,
             .FAULT => unreachable,
+            .NOENT => return error.ProcessNotFound,
             .AGAIN => return error.WouldBlock,
             .BADF => return error.NotOpenForWriting, // Can be a race condition.
             .DESTADDRREQ => unreachable, // `connect` was never called.

lib/std/zig/system.zig

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ pub const DetectError = error{
     DeviceBusy,
     OSVersionDetectionFail,
     Unexpected,
+    ProcessNotFound,
 };
 
 /// Given a `Target.Query`, which specifies in detail which parts of the
@@ -443,6 +444,7 @@ pub const AbiAndDynamicLinkerFromFileError = error{
     Unexpected,
     UnexpectedEndOfFile,
     NameTooLong,
+    ProcessNotFound,
 };
 
 pub fn abiAndDynamicLinkerFromFile(
@@ -831,6 +833,7 @@ fn glibcVerFromRPath(rpath: []const u8) !std.SemanticVersion {
         error.UnableToReadElfFile,
         error.Unexpected,
         error.FileSystem,
+        error.ProcessNotFound,
         => |e| return e,
     };
 }
@@ -1077,6 +1080,7 @@ fn detectAbiAndDynamicLinker(
             const len = preadAtLeast(file, &buffer, 0, min_len) catch |err| switch (err) {
                 error.UnexpectedEndOfFile,
                 error.UnableToReadElfFile,
+                error.ProcessNotFound,
                 => return defaultAbiAndDynamicLinker(cpu, os, query),
 
                 else => |e| return e,
@@ -1120,6 +1124,7 @@ fn detectAbiAndDynamicLinker(
         error.SymLinkLoop,
         error.ProcessFdQuotaExceeded,
         error.SystemFdQuotaExceeded,
+        error.ProcessNotFound,
         => |e| return e,
 
         error.UnableToReadElfFile,
@@ -1176,6 +1181,7 @@ fn preadAtLeast(file: fs.File, buf: []u8, offset: u64, min_read_len: usize) !usi
             error.Unexpected => return error.Unexpected,
             error.InputOutput => return error.FileSystem,
             error.AccessDenied => return error.Unexpected,
+            error.ProcessNotFound => return error.ProcessNotFound,
         };
         if (len == 0) return error.UnexpectedEndOfFile;
         i += len;