[syserror] Add conversions to linuxerr with temporary Equals method.

Add Equals method to compare syserror and unix.Errno errors to linuxerr errors.
This will facilitate removal of syserror definitions in a followup, and
finding needed conversions from unix.Errno to linuxerr.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 380909667

96 files changed, 275 insertions, 185 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fs/BUILD
index 0dc100f9b..74adbfa55 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/BUILD
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/amutex",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/p9",
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         ":fs",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/sentry/fs/fsutil",
         "//pkg/sentry/fs/ramfs",
         "//pkg/sentry/fs/tmpfs",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/copy_up.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/copy_up.go
index 5aa668873..ae282d14e 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/copy_up.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/copy_up.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/memmap"
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ func copyAttributesLocked(ctx context.Context, upper *Inode, lower *Inode) error
 		return err
 	}
 	lowerXattr, err := lower.ListXattr(ctx, linux.XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
-	if err != nil && err != syserror.EOPNOTSUPP {
+	if err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EOPNOTSUPP, err) {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go
index 9d5d40954..e45749be6 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/refs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/transport"
@@ -1439,7 +1440,7 @@ func Rename(ctx context.Context, root *Dirent, oldParent *Dirent, oldName string
 	// replaced is the dirent that is being overwritten by rename.
 	replaced, err := newParent.walk(ctx, root, newName, false /* may unlock */)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err != syserror.ENOENT {
+		if !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			return err
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/fdpipe/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fs/fdpipe/BUILD
index 2120f2bad..7fc53ed22 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/fdpipe/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/fdpipe/BUILD
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//pkg/sentry:internal"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fd",
         "//pkg/fdnotifier",
         "//pkg/log",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/fdpipe/pipe.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/fdpipe/pipe.go
index 757b7d511..f8a29816b 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/fdpipe/pipe.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/fdpipe/pipe.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fd"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fdnotifier"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ func (p *pipeOperations) Write(ctx context.Context, file *fs.File, src usermem.I
 // isBlockError unwraps os errors and checks if they are caused by EAGAIN or
 // EWOULDBLOCK. This is so they can be transformed into syserror.ErrWouldBlock.
 func isBlockError(err error) bool {
-	if err == syserror.EAGAIN || err == syserror.EWOULDBLOCK {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EWOULDBLOCK, err) {
 		return true
 	}
 	if pe, ok := err.(*os.PathError); ok {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/BUILD
index 94cb05246..c08301d19 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/BUILD
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fd",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/path.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/path.go
index 940838a44..1a6f353d0 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/path.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/path.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/p9"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/device"
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func (i *inodeOperations) Lookup(ctx context.Context, dir *fs.Inode, name string
 	// Get a p9.File for name.
 	qids, newFile, mask, p9attr, err := i.fileState.file.walkGetAttr(ctx, []string{name})
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			if cp.cacheNegativeDirents() {
 				// Return a negative Dirent. It will stay cached until something
 				// is created over it.
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ func (i *inodeOperations) CreateFifo(ctx context.Context, dir *fs.Inode, name st
 
 	// N.B. FIFOs use major/minor numbers 0.
 	if _, err := i.fileState.file.mknod(ctx, name, mode, 0, 0, p9.UID(owner.UID), p9.GID(owner.GID)); err != nil {
-		if i.session().overrides == nil || err != syserror.EPERM {
+		if i.session().overrides == nil || !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EPERM, err) {
 			return err
 		}
 		// If gofer doesn't support mknod, check if we can create an internal fifo.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/host/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fs/host/BUILD
index 3c45f6cc5..52de3875d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/host/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/host/BUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fd",
         "//pkg/fdnotifier",
         "//pkg/iovec",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/host/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/host/socket.go
index 46a2dc47d..225244868 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/host/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/host/socket.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fd"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fdnotifier"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/refs"
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ func (c *ConnectedEndpoint) Send(ctx context.Context, data [][]byte, controlMess
 		// block (and only for stream sockets).
 		err = syserror.EAGAIN
 	}
-	if n > 0 && err != syserror.EAGAIN {
+	if n > 0 && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) {
 		// The caller may need to block to send more data, but
 		// otherwise there isn't anything that can be done about an
 		// error with a partial write.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/host/tty.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/host/tty.go
index 1183727ab..77613bfd5 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/host/tty.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/host/tty.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package host
 import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ func (t *TTYFileOperations) Ioctl(ctx context.Context, _ *fs.File, io usermem.IO
 		if err := t.checkChange(ctx, linux.SIGTTOU); err != nil {
 			// drivers/tty/tty_io.c:tiocspgrp() converts -EIO from
 			// tty_check_change() to -ENOTTY.
-			if err == syserror.EIO {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 				return 0, syserror.ENOTTY
 			}
 			return 0, err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/host/util.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/host/util.go
index ab74724a3..e7db79189 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/host/util.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/host/util.go
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/device"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
 	ktime "gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/time"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 )
 
 func nodeType(s *unix.Stat_t) fs.InodeType {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ type dirInfo struct {
 // isBlockError unwraps os errors and checks if they are caused by EAGAIN or
 // EWOULDBLOCK. This is so they can be transformed into syserror.ErrWouldBlock.
 func isBlockError(err error) bool {
-	if err == syserror.EAGAIN || err == syserror.EWOULDBLOCK {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EWOULDBLOCK, err) {
 		return true
 	}
 	if pe, ok := err.(*os.PathError); ok {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/inode_overlay.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/inode_overlay.go
index e97afc626..bd1125dcc 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/inode_overlay.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/inode_overlay.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/transport"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func overlayLookup(ctx context.Context, parent *overlayEntry, inode *Inode, name
 		// A file could have been created over a whiteout, so we need to
 		// check if something exists in the upper file system first.
 		child, err := parent.upper.Lookup(ctx, name)
-		if err != nil && err != syserror.ENOENT {
+		if err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			// We encountered an error that an overlay cannot handle,
 			// we must propagate it to the caller.
 			parent.copyMu.RUnlock()
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func overlayLookup(ctx context.Context, parent *overlayEntry, inode *Inode, name
 		// Check the lower file system.
 		child, err := parent.lower.Lookup(ctx, name)
 		// Same song and dance as above.
-		if err != nil && err != syserror.ENOENT {
+		if err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			// Don't leak resources.
 			if upperInode != nil {
 				upperInode.DecRef(ctx)
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ func overlayRename(ctx context.Context, o *overlayEntry, oldParent *Dirent, rena
 		// newName has been removed out from under us. That's fine;
 		// filesystems where that can happen must handle stale
 		// 'replaced'.
-		if err != nil && err != syserror.ENOENT {
+		if err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			return err
 		}
 		if err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/inode_overlay_test.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/inode_overlay_test.go
index aa9851b26..cc5ffa6f1 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/inode_overlay_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/inode_overlay_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs/fsutil"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs/ramfs"
@@ -191,11 +192,11 @@ func TestLookup(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
 			dirent, err := test.dir.Lookup(ctx, test.name)
-			if test.found && (err == syserror.ENOENT || dirent.IsNegative()) {
+			if test.found && (linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || dirent.IsNegative()) {
 				t.Fatalf("lookup %q expected to find positive dirent, got dirent %v err %v", test.name, dirent, err)
 			}
 			if !test.found {
-				if err != syserror.ENOENT && !dirent.IsNegative() {
+				if !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) && !dirent.IsNegative() {
 					t.Errorf("lookup %q expected to return ENOENT or negative dirent, got dirent %v err %v", test.name, dirent, err)
 				}
 				// Nothing more to check.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/proc/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fs/proc/BUILD
index 7af7e0b45..e6d74b949 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/proc/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/proc/BUILD
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/sentry/fs",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/proc/net.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/proc/net.go
index 91c35eea9..187e9a921 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/proc/net.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/proc/net.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/transport"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header"
 )
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (n *netSnmp) ReadSeqFileData(ctx context.Context, h seqfile.SeqHandle) ([]s
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := n.s.Statistics(stat, line.prefix); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.EOPNOTSUPP {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EOPNOTSUPP, err) {
 				log.Infof("Failed to retrieve %s of /proc/net/snmp: %v", line.prefix, err)
 			} else {
 				log.Warningf("Failed to retrieve %s of /proc/net/snmp: %v", line.prefix, err)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/splice.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/splice.go
index 33da82868..ca9f645f6 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/splice.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/splice.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 )
 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ func Splice(ctx context.Context, dst *File, src *File, opts SpliceOpts) (int64,
 
 	// Attempt to do a WriteTo; this is likely the most efficient.
 	n, err := src.FileOperations.WriteTo(ctx, src, w, opts.Length, opts.Dup)
-	if n == 0 && err == syserror.ENOSYS && !opts.Dup {
+	if n == 0 && linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOSYS, err) && !opts.Dup {
 		// Attempt as a ReadFrom. If a WriteTo, a ReadFrom may also be
 		// more efficient than a copy if buffers are cached or readily
 		// available. (It's unlikely that they can actually be donated).
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ func Splice(ctx context.Context, dst *File, src *File, opts SpliceOpts) (int64,
 	// if we block at some point, we could lose data. If the source is
 	// not a pipe then reading is not destructive; if the destination
 	// is a regular file, then it is guaranteed not to block writing.
-	if n == 0 && err == syserror.ENOSYS && !opts.Dup && (!dstPipe || !srcPipe) {
+	if n == 0 && linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOSYS, err) && !opts.Dup && (!dstPipe || !srcPipe) {
 		// Fallback to an in-kernel copy.
 		n, err = io.Copy(w, &io.LimitedReader{
 			R: r,
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/user/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fs/user/BUILD
index 66e949c95..4acc73ee0 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/user/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/user/BUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/sentry/fs",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/user/path.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/user/path.go
index 124bc95ed..f6eaab2bd 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/user/path.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/user/path.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ func resolve(ctx context.Context, mns *fs.MountNamespace, paths []string, name s
 		binPath := path.Join(p, name)
 		traversals := uint(linux.MaxSymlinkTraversals)
 		d, err := mns.FindInode(ctx, root, nil, binPath, &traversals)
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT || err == syserror.EACCES {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EACCES, err) {
 			// Didn't find it here.
 			continue
 		}
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ func resolveVFS2(ctx context.Context, creds *auth.Credentials, mns *vfs.MountNam
 			Flags:    linux.O_RDONLY,
 		}
 		dentry, err := root.Mount().Filesystem().VirtualFilesystem().OpenAt(ctx, creds, pop, opts)
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT || err == syserror.EACCES {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EACCES, err) {
 			// Didn't find it here.
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/BUILD
index 2dbc6bfd5..1060b5301 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/BUILD
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/marshal/primitive",
         "//pkg/sentry/contexttest",
         "//pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/disklayout",
         "//pkg/sentry/kernel/auth",
         "//pkg/sentry/vfs",
-        "//pkg/syserror",
         "//pkg/test/testutil",
         "//pkg/usermem",
         "@com_github_google_go_cmp//cmp:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/ext_test.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/ext_test.go
index d9fd4590c..db712e71f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/ext_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/ext_test.go
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/contexttest"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/ext/disklayout"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/test/testutil"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/usermem"
 )
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func TestSeek(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// EINVAL should be returned if the resulting offset is negative.
-			if _, err := fd.Seek(ctx, -1, linux.SEEK_SET); err != syserror.EINVAL {
+			if _, err := fd.Seek(ctx, -1, linux.SEEK_SET); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINVAL, err) {
 				t.Errorf("expected error EINVAL but got %v", err)
 			}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func TestSeek(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// EINVAL should be returned if the resulting offset is negative.
-			if _, err := fd.Seek(ctx, -(size + 2), linux.SEEK_CUR); err != syserror.EINVAL {
+			if _, err := fd.Seek(ctx, -(size + 2), linux.SEEK_CUR); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINVAL, err) {
 				t.Errorf("expected error EINVAL but got %v", err)
 			}
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func TestSeek(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 
 				// EINVAL should be returned if the resulting offset is negative.
-				if _, err := fd.Seek(ctx, -(size + 1), linux.SEEK_END); err != syserror.EINVAL {
+				if _, err := fd.Seek(ctx, -(size + 1), linux.SEEK_END); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINVAL, err) {
 					t.Errorf("expected error EINVAL but got %v", err)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/BUILD
index 3a4777fbe..871df5984 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/BUILD
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/marshal",
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ go_test(
     library = ":fuse",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/marshal",
         "//pkg/sentry/fsimpl/testutil",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/connection_test.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/connection_test.go
index 78ea6a31e..1fddd858e 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/connection_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/connection_test.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 )
 
 // TestConnectionInitBlock tests if initialization
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestConnectionAbort(t *testing.T) {
 	// After abort, Call() should return directly with ENOTCONN.
 	req := conn.NewRequest(creds, 0, 0, 0, testObj)
 	_, err = conn.Call(task, req)
-	if err != syserror.ENOTCONN {
+	if !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOTCONN, err) {
 		t.Fatalf("Incorrect error code received for Call() after connection aborted")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/fusefs.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/fusefs.go
index 167c899e2..47794810c 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/fusefs.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/fuse/fusefs.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs"
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ func (i *inode) Open(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, d *kernfs.Dentr
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		if err := res.Error(); err == syserror.ENOSYS && !isDir {
+		if err := res.Error(); linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOSYS, err) && !isDir {
 			i.fs.conn.noOpen = true
 		} else if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/BUILD
index 368272f12..752060044 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/BUILD
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fd",
         "//pkg/fdnotifier",
         "//pkg/fspath",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/filesystem.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/filesystem.go
index eb09d54c3..af2b773c3 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/filesystem.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/p9"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host"
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) getChildLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, name s
 
 	qid, file, attrMask, attr, err := parent.file.walkGetAttrOne(ctx, name)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			parent.cacheNegativeLookupLocked(name)
 		}
 		return nil, err
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) doCreateAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, dir
 		return syserror.EEXIST
 	}
 	checkExistence := func() error {
-		if child, err := fs.getChildLocked(ctx, parent, name, &ds); err != nil && err != syserror.ENOENT {
+		if child, err := fs.getChildLocked(ctx, parent, name, &ds); err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			return err
 		} else if child != nil {
 			return syserror.EEXIST
@@ -715,7 +716,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) MkdirAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, opts v
 			mode |= linux.S_ISGID
 		}
 		if _, err := parent.file.mkdir(ctx, name, p9.FileMode(mode), (p9.UID)(creds.EffectiveKUID), p9.GID(kgid)); err != nil {
-			if !opts.ForSyntheticMountpoint || err == syserror.EEXIST {
+			if !opts.ForSyntheticMountpoint || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EEXIST, err) {
 				return err
 			}
 			ctx.Infof("Failed to create remote directory %q: %v; falling back to synthetic directory", name, err)
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) MknodAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, opts v
 	return fs.doCreateAt(ctx, rp, false /* dir */, func(parent *dentry, name string, ds **[]*dentry) error {
 		creds := rp.Credentials()
 		_, err := parent.file.mknod(ctx, name, (p9.FileMode)(opts.Mode), opts.DevMajor, opts.DevMinor, (p9.UID)(creds.EffectiveKUID), (p9.GID)(creds.EffectiveKGID))
-		if err != syserror.EPERM {
+		if !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EPERM, err) {
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) MknodAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, opts v
 		case err == nil:
 			// Step succeeded, another file exists.
 			return syserror.EEXIST
-		case err != syserror.ENOENT:
+		case !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err):
 			// Unexpected error.
 			return err
 		}
@@ -862,7 +863,7 @@ afterTrailingSymlink:
 	// Determine whether or not we need to create a file.
 	parent.dirMu.Lock()
 	child, _, err := fs.stepLocked(ctx, rp, parent, false /* mayFollowSymlinks */, &ds)
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT && mayCreate {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) && mayCreate {
 		if parent.isSynthetic() {
 			parent.dirMu.Unlock()
 			return nil, syserror.EPERM
@@ -1033,7 +1034,7 @@ func (d *dentry) openSpecialFile(ctx context.Context, mnt *vfs.Mount, opts *vfs.
 retry:
 	h, err := openHandle(ctx, d.file, ats.MayRead(), ats.MayWrite(), opts.Flags&linux.O_TRUNC != 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		if isBlockingOpenOfNamedPipe && ats == vfs.MayWrite && err == syserror.ENXIO {
+		if isBlockingOpenOfNamedPipe && ats == vfs.MayWrite && linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENXIO, err) {
 			// An attempt to open a named pipe with O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK fails
 			// with ENXIO if opening the same named pipe with O_WRONLY would
 			// block because there are no readers of the pipe.
@@ -1284,7 +1285,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) RenameAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, oldPa
 		return syserror.ENOENT
 	}
 	replaced, err := fs.getChildLocked(ctx, newParent, newName, &ds)
-	if err != nil && err != syserror.ENOENT {
+	if err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		return err
 	}
 	var replacedVFSD *vfs.Dentry
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go
index cf69e1b7a..496e31e34 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/gofer.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/p9"
@@ -1763,7 +1764,7 @@ func (d *dentry) ensureSharedHandle(ctx context.Context, read, write, trunc bool
 		openReadable := !d.readFile.isNil() || read
 		openWritable := !d.writeFile.isNil() || write
 		h, err := openHandle(ctx, d.file, openReadable, openWritable, trunc)
-		if err == syserror.EACCES && (openReadable != read || openWritable != write) {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EACCES, err) && (openReadable != read || openWritable != write) {
 			// It may not be possible to use a single handle for both
 			// reading and writing, since permissions on the file may have
 			// changed to e.g. disallow reading after previously being
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/host_named_pipe.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/host_named_pipe.go
index c7bf10007..398288ee3 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/host_named_pipe.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/host_named_pipe.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 )
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func nonblockingPipeHasWriter(fd int32) (bool, error) {
 	defer tempPipeMu.Unlock()
 	// Copy 1 byte from fd into the temporary pipe.
 	n, err := unix.Tee(int(fd), tempPipeWriteFD, 1, unix.SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK)
-	if err == syserror.EAGAIN {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) {
 		// The pipe represented by fd is empty, but has a writer.
 		return true, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/save_restore.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/save_restore.go
index 83e841a51..e67422a2f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/save_restore.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/save_restore.go
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fdnotifier"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/p9"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/refsvfs2"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/safemem"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 )
 
 type saveRestoreContextID int
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (fd *specialFileFD) savePipeData(ctx context.Context) error {
 			fd.buf = append(fd.buf, buf[:n]...)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
-			if err == io.EOF || err == syserror.EAGAIN {
+			if err == io.EOF || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) {
 				break
 			}
 			return err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/special_file.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/special_file.go
index c12444b7e..3d7b5506e 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/special_file.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/gofer/special_file.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fdnotifier"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/metric"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/p9"
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ func (fd *specialFileFD) PRead(ctx context.Context, dst usermem.IOSequence, offs
 	// Just buffer the read instead.
 	buf := make([]byte, dst.NumBytes())
 	n, err := fd.handle.readToBlocksAt(ctx, safemem.BlockSeqOf(safemem.BlockFromSafeSlice(buf)), uint64(offset))
-	if err == syserror.EAGAIN {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) {
 		err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 	}
 	if n == 0 {
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ func (fd *specialFileFD) pwrite(ctx context.Context, src usermem.IOSequence, off
 		return 0, offset, copyErr
 	}
 	n, err := fd.handle.writeFromBlocksAt(ctx, safemem.BlockSeqOf(safemem.BlockFromSafeSlice(buf[:copied])), uint64(offset))
-	if err == syserror.EAGAIN {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) {
 		err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 	}
 	// Update offset if the offset is valid.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/BUILD
index b94dfeb7f..f2f83796c 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/BUILD
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fdnotifier",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/host.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/host.go
index a81f550b1..2dbfbdecf 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/host.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/host.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fdnotifier"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ type inode struct {
 func newInode(ctx context.Context, fs *filesystem, hostFD int, savable bool, fileType linux.FileMode, isTTY bool) (*inode, error) {
 	// Determine if hostFD is seekable.
 	_, err := unix.Seek(hostFD, 0, linux.SEEK_CUR)
-	seekable := err != syserror.ESPIPE
+	seekable := !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ESPIPE, err)
 	// We expect regular files to be seekable, as this is required for them to
 	// be memory-mappable.
 	if !seekable && fileType == unix.S_IFREG {
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ func (i *inode) Stat(ctx context.Context, vfsfs *vfs.Filesystem, opts vfs.StatOp
 	mask := opts.Mask & linux.STATX_ALL
 	var s unix.Statx_t
 	err := unix.Statx(i.hostFD, "", int(unix.AT_EMPTY_PATH|opts.Sync), int(mask), &s)
-	if err == syserror.ENOSYS {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOSYS, err) {
 		// Fallback to fstat(2), if statx(2) is not supported on the host.
 		//
 		// TODO(b/151263641): Remove fallback.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/socket.go
index ca85f5601..8cce36212 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/socket.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fdnotifier"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket/control"
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ func (c *ConnectedEndpoint) Send(ctx context.Context, data [][]byte, controlMess
 		// block (and only for stream sockets).
 		err = syserror.EAGAIN
 	}
-	if n > 0 && err != syserror.EAGAIN {
+	if n > 0 && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) {
 		// The caller may need to block to send more data, but
 		// otherwise there isn't anything that can be done about an
 		// error with a partial write.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/tty.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/tty.go
index 0f9e20a84..2cf360065 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/tty.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/tty.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package host
 import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ func (t *TTYFileDescription) Ioctl(ctx context.Context, io usermem.IO, args arch
 		if err := t.checkChange(ctx, linux.SIGTTOU); err != nil {
 			// drivers/tty/tty_io.c:tiocspgrp() converts -EIO from tty_check_change()
 			// to -ENOTTY.
-			if err == syserror.EIO {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 				return 0, syserror.ENOTTY
 			}
 			return 0, err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/util.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/util.go
index 63b465859..95d7ebe2e 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/util.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/host/util.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package host
 import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 )
 
 func toTimespec(ts linux.StatxTimestamp, omit bool) unix.Timespec {
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ func timespecToStatxTimestamp(ts unix.Timespec) linux.StatxTimestamp {
 // isBlockError checks if an error is EAGAIN or EWOULDBLOCK.
 // If so, they can be transformed into syserror.ErrWouldBlock.
 func isBlockError(err error) bool {
-	return err == syserror.EAGAIN || err == syserror.EWOULDBLOCK
+	return linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EAGAIN, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EWOULDBLOCK, err)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/BUILD
index b7d13cced..d53937db6 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/BUILD
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ go_test(
         ":kernfs",
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/refs",
         "//pkg/refsvfs2",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/filesystem.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/filesystem.go
index 8fac53c60..20319ab76 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/filesystem.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/transport"
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ func (fs *Filesystem) MkdirAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, opts v
 	defer rp.Mount().EndWrite()
 	childI, err := parent.inode.NewDir(ctx, pc, opts)
 	if err != nil {
-		if !opts.ForSyntheticMountpoint || err == syserror.EEXIST {
+		if !opts.ForSyntheticMountpoint || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EEXIST, err) {
 			return err
 		}
 		childI = newSyntheticDirectory(ctx, rp.Credentials(), opts.Mode)
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@ afterTrailingSymlink:
 	}
 	// Determine whether or not we need to create a file.
 	child, err := fs.stepExistingLocked(ctx, rp, parent, false /* mayFollowSymlinks */)
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		// Already checked for searchability above; now check for writability.
 		if err := parent.inode.CheckPermissions(ctx, rp.Credentials(), vfs.MayWrite); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -684,10 +685,12 @@ func (fs *Filesystem) RenameAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, oldPa
 		}
 		return syserror.EBUSY
 	}
-	switch err := checkCreateLocked(ctx, rp.Credentials(), newName, dstDir); err {
-	case nil:
+
+	err = checkCreateLocked(ctx, rp.Credentials(), newName, dstDir)
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
 		// Ok, continue with rename as replacement.
-	case syserror.EEXIST:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EEXIST, err):
 		if noReplace {
 			// Won't overwrite existing node since RENAME_NOREPLACE was requested.
 			return syserror.EEXIST
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs_test.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs_test.go
index 1cd3137e6..de046ce1f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs/kernfs_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/contexttest"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/testutil"
@@ -318,10 +319,10 @@ func TestDirFDReadWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	defer fd.DecRef(sys.Ctx)
 
 	// Read/Write should fail for directory FDs.
-	if _, err := fd.Read(sys.Ctx, usermem.BytesIOSequence([]byte{}), vfs.ReadOptions{}); err != syserror.EISDIR {
+	if _, err := fd.Read(sys.Ctx, usermem.BytesIOSequence([]byte{}), vfs.ReadOptions{}); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EISDIR, err) {
 		t.Fatalf("Read for directory FD failed with unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
-	if _, err := fd.Write(sys.Ctx, usermem.BytesIOSequence([]byte{}), vfs.WriteOptions{}); err != syserror.EBADF {
+	if _, err := fd.Write(sys.Ctx, usermem.BytesIOSequence([]byte{}), vfs.WriteOptions{}); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EBADF, err) {
 		t.Fatalf("Write for directory FD failed with unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/BUILD
index 5504476c8..ed730e215 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/BUILD
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/copy_up.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/copy_up.go
index 45aa5a494..8fd51e9d0 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/copy_up.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/copy_up.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ func (d *dentry) copyXattrsLocked(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	lowerXattrs, err := vfsObj.ListXattrAt(ctx, d.fs.creds, lowerPop, 0)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.EOPNOTSUPP {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EOPNOTSUPP, err) {
 			// There are no guarantees as to the contents of lowerXattrs.
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/filesystem.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/filesystem.go
index 6b6fa0bd5..81745bccd 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/overlay/filesystem.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) lookupLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, name str
 			Start: parentVD,
 			Path:  childPath,
 		}, &vfs.GetDentryOptions{})
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT || err == syserror.ENAMETOOLONG {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENAMETOOLONG, err) {
 			// The file doesn't exist on this layer. Proceed to the next one.
 			return true
 		}
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) lookupLayerLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, nam
 		}, &vfs.StatOptions{
 			Mask: linux.STATX_TYPE,
 		})
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT || err == syserror.ENAMETOOLONG {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENAMETOOLONG, err) {
 			// The file doesn't exist on this layer. Proceed to the next
 			// one.
 			return true
@@ -811,7 +812,7 @@ afterTrailingSymlink:
 	// Determine whether or not we need to create a file.
 	parent.dirMu.Lock()
 	child, topLookupLayer, err := fs.stepLocked(ctx, rp, parent, false /* mayFollowSymlinks */, &ds)
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT && mayCreate {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) && mayCreate {
 		fd, err := fs.createAndOpenLocked(ctx, rp, parent, &opts, &ds, topLookupLayer == lookupLayerUpperWhiteout)
 		parent.dirMu.Unlock()
 		return fd, err
@@ -1094,7 +1095,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) RenameAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, oldPa
 		whiteouts     map[string]bool
 	)
 	replaced, replacedLayer, err = fs.getChildLocked(ctx, newParent, newName, &ds)
-	if err != nil && err != syserror.ENOENT {
+	if err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		return err
 	}
 	if replaced != nil {
@@ -1177,7 +1178,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) RenameAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, oldPa
 				Root:  replaced.upperVD,
 				Start: replaced.upperVD,
 				Path:  fspath.Parse(whiteoutName),
-			}); err != nil && err != syserror.EEXIST {
+			}); err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EEXIST, err) {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("unrecoverable overlayfs inconsistency: failed to recreate deleted whiteout after RenameAt failure: %v", err))
 			}
 		}
@@ -1344,7 +1345,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) RmdirAt(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath) error
 					Root:  child.upperVD,
 					Start: child.upperVD,
 					Path:  fspath.Parse(whiteoutName),
-				}); err != nil && err != syserror.EEXIST {
+				}); err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EEXIST, err) {
 					panic(fmt.Sprintf("unrecoverable overlayfs inconsistency: failed to recreate deleted whiteout after RmdirAt failure: %v", err))
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/BUILD
index 2b628bd55..1d3d2d95f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/BUILD
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/refs",
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/sentry/contexttest",
         "//pkg/sentry/fsimpl/testutil",
@@ -127,7 +129,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/sentry/kernel",
         "//pkg/sentry/kernel/auth",
         "//pkg/sentry/vfs",
-        "//pkg/syserror",
         "//pkg/usermem",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/task_net.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/task_net.go
index 177cb828f..ab47ea5a7 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/task_net.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/task_net.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/kernfs"
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/transport"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/header"
 )
 
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ func (d *netSnmpData) Generate(ctx context.Context, buf *bytes.Buffer) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := d.stack.Statistics(stat, line.prefix); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.EOPNOTSUPP {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EOPNOTSUPP, err) {
 				log.Infof("Failed to retrieve %s of /proc/net/snmp: %v", line.prefix, err)
 			} else {
 				log.Warningf("Failed to retrieve %s of /proc/net/snmp: %v", line.prefix, err)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/tasks_test.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/tasks_test.go
index e534fbca8..14f806c3c 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/tasks_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/proc/tasks_test.go
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/testutil"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/usermem"
 )
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func TestTasks(t *testing.T) {
 		defer fd.DecRef(s.Ctx)
 		buf := make([]byte, 1)
 		bufIOSeq := usermem.BytesIOSequence(buf)
-		if _, err := fd.Read(s.Ctx, bufIOSeq, vfs.ReadOptions{}); err != syserror.EISDIR {
+		if _, err := fd.Read(s.Ctx, bufIOSeq, vfs.ReadOptions{}); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EISDIR, err) {
 			t.Errorf("wrong error reading directory: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func TestTasks(t *testing.T) {
 		s.Creds,
 		s.PathOpAtRoot("/proc/9999"),
 		&vfs.OpenOptions{},
-	); err != syserror.ENOENT {
+	); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		t.Fatalf("wrong error from vfsfs.OpenAt(/proc/9999): %v", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs/BUILD
index e21fddd7f..341b4f904 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs/BUILD
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/sentry/contexttest",
         "//pkg/sentry/fs/lock",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs/pipe_test.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs/pipe_test.go
index 2f856ce36..418c7994e 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs/pipe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/tmpfs/pipe_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/contexttest"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ func TestNonblockingWriteError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	openOpts := vfs.OpenOptions{Flags: linux.O_WRONLY | linux.O_NONBLOCK}
 	_, err := vfsObj.OpenAt(ctx, creds, &pop, &openOpts)
-	if err != syserror.ENXIO {
+	if !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENXIO, err) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected ENXIO, but got error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/BUILD
index d473a922d..1d855234c 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/BUILD
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/marshal/primitive",
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/sentry/arch",
         "//pkg/sentry/fsimpl/testutil",
@@ -48,7 +50,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/sentry/kernel",
         "//pkg/sentry/kernel/auth",
         "//pkg/sentry/vfs",
-        "//pkg/syserror",
         "//pkg/usermem",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/filesystem.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/filesystem.go
index 3582d14c9..e84452421 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/filesystem.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/merkletree"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) verifyChildLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, chi
 	// The Merkle tree file for the child should have been created and
 	// contains the expected xattrs. If the file or the xattr does not
 	// exist, it indicates unexpected modifications to the file system.
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT || err == syserror.ENODATA {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 		return nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s for %s: %v", merkleOffsetInParentXattr, childPath, err))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) verifyChildLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, chi
 
 	// The parent Merkle tree file should have been created. If it's
 	// missing, it indicates an unexpected modification to the file system.
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		return nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to open parent Merkle file for %s: %v", childPath, err))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) verifyChildLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, chi
 	// The Merkle tree file for the child should have been created and
 	// contains the expected xattrs. If the file or the xattr does not
 	// exist, it indicates unexpected modifications to the file system.
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT || err == syserror.ENODATA {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 		return nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s for %s: %v", merkleSizeXattr, childPath, err))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) verifyChildLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, chi
 		Root:  parent.lowerVD,
 		Start: parent.lowerVD,
 	}, &vfs.StatOptions{})
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		return nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get parent stat for %s: %v", childPath, err))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) verifyStatAndChildrenLocked(ctx context.Context, d *dentry
 	}, &vfs.OpenOptions{
 		Flags: linux.O_RDONLY,
 	})
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		return fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to open merkle file for %s: %v", childPath, err))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) verifyStatAndChildrenLocked(ctx context.Context, d *dentry
 		Size: sizeOfStringInt32,
 	})
 
-	if err == syserror.ENODATA {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 		return fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s for merkle file of %s: %v", merkleSizeXattr, childPath, err))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) verifyStatAndChildrenLocked(ctx context.Context, d *dentry
 			Size: sizeOfStringInt32,
 		})
 
-		if err == syserror.ENODATA {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 			return fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s for merkle file of %s: %v", childrenOffsetXattr, childPath, err))
 		}
 		if err != nil {
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) verifyStatAndChildrenLocked(ctx context.Context, d *dentry
 			Size: sizeOfStringInt32,
 		})
 
-		if err == syserror.ENODATA {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 			return fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s for merkle file of %s: %v", childrenSizeXattr, childPath, err))
 		}
 		if err != nil {
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) getChildLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, name s
 			}
 
 			childVD, err := parent.getLowerAt(ctx, vfsObj, name)
-			if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 				// The file was previously accessed. If the
 				// file does not exist now, it indicates an
 				// unexpected modification to the file system.
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) getChildLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry, name s
 			// The Merkle tree file was previous accessed. If it
 			// does not exist now, it indicates an unexpected
 			// modification to the file system.
-			if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 				return nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Expected Merkle file for target %s but none found", path))
 			}
 			if err != nil {
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) lookupAndVerifyLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry,
 	}
 
 	childVD, err := parent.getLowerAt(ctx, vfsObj, name)
-	if parent.verityEnabled() && err == syserror.ENOENT {
+	if parent.verityEnabled() && linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		return nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("file %s expected but not found", parentPath+"/"+name))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) lookupAndVerifyLocked(ctx context.Context, parent *dentry,
 
 	childMerkleVD, err := parent.getLowerAt(ctx, vfsObj, merklePrefix+name)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			if parent.verityEnabled() {
 				return nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Merkle file for %s expected but not found", parentPath+"/"+name))
 			}
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ func (d *dentry) openLocked(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, opts *vf
 	// The file should exist, as we succeeded in finding its dentry. If it's
 	// missing, it indicates an unexpected modification to the file system.
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			return nil, d.fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("File %s expected but not found", path))
 		}
 		return nil, err
@@ -877,7 +878,7 @@ func (d *dentry) openLocked(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, opts *vf
 	// dentry. If it's missing, it indicates an unexpected modification to
 	// the file system.
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			return nil, d.fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Merkle file for %s expected but not found", path))
 		}
 		return nil, err
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@ func (d *dentry) openLocked(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, opts *vf
 			Flags: linux.O_WRONLY | linux.O_APPEND,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 				return nil, d.fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Merkle file for %s expected but not found", path))
 			}
 			return nil, err
@@ -919,7 +920,7 @@ func (d *dentry) openLocked(ctx context.Context, rp *vfs.ResolvingPath, opts *vf
 				Flags: linux.O_WRONLY | linux.O_APPEND,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+				if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 					parentPath, _ := d.fs.vfsfs.VirtualFilesystem().PathnameWithDeleted(ctx, d.fs.rootDentry.lowerVD, d.parent.lowerVD)
 					return nil, d.fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Merkle file for %s expected but not found", parentPath))
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/verity.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/verity.go
index 969003613..c5f59d851 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/verity.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/verity.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ func (fstype FilesystemType) GetFilesystem(ctx context.Context, vfsObj *vfs.Virt
 
 	// If runtime enable is allowed, the root merkle tree may be absent. We
 	// should create the tree file.
-	if err == syserror.ENOENT && fs.allowRuntimeEnable {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) && fs.allowRuntimeEnable {
 		lowerMerkleFD, err := vfsObj.OpenAt(ctx, fs.creds, &vfs.PathOperation{
 			Root:  lowerVD,
 			Start: lowerVD,
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ func (fstype FilesystemType) GetFilesystem(ctx context.Context, vfsObj *vfs.Virt
 			Name: childrenOffsetXattr,
 			Size: sizeOfStringInt32,
 		})
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT || err == syserror.ENODATA {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 			return nil, nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s: %v", childrenOffsetXattr, err))
 		}
 		if err != nil {
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ func (fstype FilesystemType) GetFilesystem(ctx context.Context, vfsObj *vfs.Virt
 			Name: childrenSizeXattr,
 			Size: sizeOfStringInt32,
 		})
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT || err == syserror.ENODATA {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 			return nil, nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s: %v", childrenSizeXattr, err))
 		}
 		if err != nil {
@@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ func (fstype FilesystemType) GetFilesystem(ctx context.Context, vfsObj *vfs.Virt
 		}, &vfs.OpenOptions{
 			Flags: linux.O_RDONLY,
 		})
-		if err == syserror.ENOENT {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 			return nil, nil, fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to open root Merkle file: %v", err))
 		}
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1227,7 +1228,7 @@ func (fd *fileDescription) PRead(ctx context.Context, dst usermem.IOSequence, of
 	// The Merkle tree file for the child should have been created and
 	// contains the expected xattrs. If the xattr does not exist, it
 	// indicates unexpected modifications to the file system.
-	if err == syserror.ENODATA {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 		return 0, fd.d.fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s: %v", merkleSizeXattr, err))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1349,7 +1350,7 @@ func (fd *fileDescription) Translate(ctx context.Context, required, optional mem
 	// The Merkle tree file for the child should have been created and
 	// contains the expected xattrs. If the xattr does not exist, it
 	// indicates unexpected modifications to the file system.
-	if err == syserror.ENODATA {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENODATA, err) {
 		return nil, fd.d.fs.alertIntegrityViolation(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to get xattr %s: %v", merkleSizeXattr, err))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/verity_test.go b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/verity_test.go
index 5c78a0019..65465b814 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/verity_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/verity/verity_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsimpl/testutil"
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/usermem"
 )
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func TestOpenNonexistentFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Ensure open an unexpected file in the parent directory fails with
 	// ENOENT rather than verification failure.
-	if _, err = openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, filename+"abc", linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); err != syserror.ENOENT {
+	if _, err = openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, filename+"abc", linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err) {
 		t.Errorf("OpenAt unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ func TestOpenDeletedFileFails(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// Ensure reopening the verity enabled file fails.
-			if _, err = openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, filename, linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); err != syserror.EIO {
+			if _, err = openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, filename, linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 				t.Errorf("got OpenAt error: %v, expected EIO", err)
 			}
 		})
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ func TestOpenRenamedFileFails(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// Ensure reopening the verity enabled file fails.
-			if _, err = openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, filename, linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); err != syserror.EIO {
+			if _, err = openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, filename, linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 				t.Errorf("got OpenAt error: %v, expected EIO", err)
 			}
 		})
@@ -1063,14 +1063,14 @@ func TestDeletedSymlinkFileReadFails(t *testing.T) {
 				Root:  root,
 				Start: root,
 				Path:  fspath.Parse(symlink),
-			}); err != syserror.EIO {
+			}); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 				t.Fatalf("ReadlinkAt succeeded with modified symlink: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			if tc.testWalk {
 				fileInSymlinkDirectory := symlink + "/verity-test-file"
 				// Ensure opening the verity enabled file in the symlink directory fails.
-				if _, err := openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, fileInSymlinkDirectory, linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); err != syserror.EIO {
+				if _, err := openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, fileInSymlinkDirectory, linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 					t.Errorf("Open succeeded with modified symlink: %v", err)
 				}
 			}
@@ -1195,14 +1195,14 @@ func TestModifiedSymlinkFileReadFails(t *testing.T) {
 				Root:  root,
 				Start: root,
 				Path:  fspath.Parse(symlink),
-			}); err != syserror.EIO {
+			}); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 				t.Fatalf("ReadlinkAt succeeded with modified symlink: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			if tc.testWalk {
 				fileInSymlinkDirectory := symlink + "/verity-test-file"
 				// Ensure opening the verity enabled file in the symlink directory fails.
-				if _, err := openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, fileInSymlinkDirectory, linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); err != syserror.EIO {
+				if _, err := openVerityAt(ctx, vfsObj, root, fileInSymlinkDirectory, linux.O_RDONLY, linux.ModeRegular); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 					t.Errorf("Open succeeded with modified symlink: %v", err)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/kernel/BUILD
index a82d641da..9a4b08469 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/BUILD
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/context",
         "//pkg/coverage",
         "//pkg/cpuid",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/eventchannel",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/goid",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/fd_table.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/fd_table.go
index 62777faa8..8786a70b5 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/fd_table.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/fd_table.go
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs/lock"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/limits"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sync"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 )
 
 // FDFlags define flags for an individual descriptor.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (f *FDTable) dropVFS2(ctx context.Context, file *vfs.FileDescription) {
 	// Release any POSIX lock possibly held by the FDTable.
 	if file.SupportsLocks() {
 		err := file.UnlockPOSIX(ctx, f, lock.LockRange{0, lock.LockEOF})
-		if err != nil && err != syserror.ENOLCK {
+		if err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOLCK, err) {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("UnlockPOSIX failed: %v", err))
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/BUILD
index 34c617b08..af46b3e08 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/BUILD
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ go_test(
     library = ":pipe",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/sentry/contexttest",
         "//pkg/sentry/fs",
         "//pkg/syserror",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/node_test.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/node_test.go
index d6fb0fdb8..d25cf658e 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/node_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/node_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/contexttest"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ func TestNonblockingWriteOpenFileNoReaders(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := newSleeperContext(t)
 	f := NewInodeOperations(ctx, perms, newNamedPipe(t))
 
-	if _, err := testOpen(ctx, t, f, fs.FileFlags{Write: true, NonBlocking: true}, nil); err != syserror.ENXIO {
+	if _, err := testOpen(ctx, t, f, fs.FileFlags{Write: true, NonBlocking: true}, nil); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENXIO, err) {
 		t.Fatalf("Nonblocking open for write failed unexpected error %v.", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_block.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_block.go
index ecbe8f920..07533d982 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_block.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_block.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime/trace"
 	"time"
 
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	ktime "gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/time"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sync"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func (t *Task) BlockWithTimeout(C chan struct{}, haveTimeout bool, timeout time.
 	err := t.BlockWithDeadline(C, true, deadline)
 
 	// Timeout, explicitly return a remaining duration of 0.
-	if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_syscall.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_syscall.go
index 601fc0d3a..1874f74e5 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_syscall.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/task_syscall.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/bits"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/metric"
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ func (t *Task) doVsyscallInvoke(sysno uintptr, args arch.SyscallArguments, calle
 		t.Arch().SetReturn(uintptr(rval))
 	} else {
 		t.Debugf("vsyscall %d, caller %x: emulated syscall returned error: %v", sysno, t.Arch().Value(caller), err)
-		if err == syserror.EFAULT {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EFAULT, err) {
 			t.forceSignal(linux.SIGSEGV, false /* unconditional */)
 			t.SendSignal(SignalInfoPriv(linux.SIGSEGV))
 			// A return is not emulated in this case.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/loader/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/loader/BUILD
index 80f862628..54bfed644 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/loader/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/loader/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/abi/linux/errno",
         "//pkg/context",
         "//pkg/cpuid",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/rand",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/loader/elf.go b/pkg/sentry/loader/elf.go
index 8fc3e2a79..4c7666e33 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/loader/elf.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/loader/elf.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/cpuid"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
@@ -621,7 +622,7 @@ func loadInitialELF(ctx context.Context, m *mm.MemoryManager, fs *cpuid.FeatureS
 func loadInterpreterELF(ctx context.Context, m *mm.MemoryManager, f fsbridge.File, initial loadedELF) (loadedELF, error) {
 	info, err := parseHeader(ctx, f)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ENOEXEC {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOEXEC, err) {
 			// Bad interpreter.
 			err = syserror.ELIBBAD
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/mm/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/mm/BUILD
index b417c2da7..69aff21b6 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/mm/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/mm/BUILD
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/atomicbitops",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/refs",
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ go_test(
     library = ":mm",
     deps = [
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/sentry/arch",
         "//pkg/sentry/contexttest",
@@ -163,7 +165,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/sentry/memmap",
         "//pkg/sentry/pgalloc",
         "//pkg/sentry/platform",
-        "//pkg/syserror",
         "//pkg/usermem",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/mm/mm_test.go b/pkg/sentry/mm/mm_test.go
index 1304b0a2f..84cb8158d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/mm/mm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/mm/mm_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/contexttest"
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/memmap"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/pgalloc"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/platform"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/usermem"
 )
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func TestIOAfterUnmap(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	n, err = mm.CopyIn(ctx, addr, b, usermem.IOOpts{})
-	if err != syserror.EFAULT {
+	if !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EFAULT, err) {
 		t.Errorf("CopyIn got err %v want EFAULT", err)
 	}
 	if n != 0 {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func TestIOAfterMProtect(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Without IgnorePermissions, CopyOut should no longer succeed.
 	n, err = mm.CopyOut(ctx, addr, b, usermem.IOOpts{})
-	if err != syserror.EFAULT {
+	if !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EFAULT, err) {
 		t.Errorf("CopyOut got err %v want EFAULT", err)
 	}
 	if n != 0 {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func TestAIOPrepareAfterDestroy(t *testing.T) {
 	mm.DestroyAIOContext(ctx, id)
 
 	// Prepare should fail because aioCtx should be destroyed.
-	if err := aioCtx.Prepare(); err != syserror.EINVAL {
+	if err := aioCtx.Prepare(); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINVAL, err) {
 		t.Errorf("aioCtx.Prepare got err %v want nil", err)
 	} else if err == nil {
 		aioCtx.CancelPendingRequest()
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/mm/syscalls.go b/pkg/sentry/mm/syscalls.go
index 7ad6b7c21..f46f85eb1 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/mm/syscalls.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/mm/syscalls.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/futex"
@@ -855,10 +856,10 @@ func (mm *MemoryManager) MLock(ctx context.Context, addr hostarch.Addr, length u
 				mm.activeMu.Unlock()
 				mm.mappingMu.RUnlock()
 				// Linux: mm/mlock.c:__mlock_posix_error_return()
-				if err == syserror.EFAULT {
+				if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EFAULT, err) {
 					return syserror.ENOMEM
 				}
-				if err == syserror.ENOMEM {
+				if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOMEM, err) {
 					return syserror.EAGAIN
 				}
 				return err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/hostinet/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/socket/hostinet/BUILD
index 3c6511ead..3950caa0f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/hostinet/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/hostinet/BUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fdnotifier",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/hostinet/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/hostinet/socket.go
index b9473da6c..38cb2c99c 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/hostinet/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/hostinet/socket.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fdnotifier"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
@@ -714,7 +715,7 @@ func (s *socketOpsCommon) SendMsg(t *kernel.Task, src usermem.IOSequence, to []b
 			}
 			if ch != nil {
 				if err = t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-					if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+					if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 						err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 					}
 					break
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/netlink/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/socket/netlink/BUILD
index 6b83698ad..ed85404da 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/netlink/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/netlink/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/abi/linux/errno",
         "//pkg/bits",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/marshal",
         "//pkg/marshal/primitive",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/netlink/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/netlink/socket.go
index c9f784cf4..d53f23a9a 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/netlink/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/netlink/socket.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux/errno"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@ func (s *socketOpsCommon) RecvMsg(t *kernel.Task, dst usermem.IOSequence, flags
 		}
 
 		if err := t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				return 0, 0, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.ErrTryAgain
 			}
 			return 0, 0, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.FromError(err)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/netstack/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/socket/netstack/BUILD
index 96c425619..e828982eb 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/netstack/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/netstack/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/abi/linux/errno",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/marshal",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/netstack/netstack.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/netstack/netstack.go
index 66d0fcb47..11f75628c 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/netstack/netstack.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/netstack/netstack.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux/errno"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal"
@@ -2809,7 +2810,7 @@ func (s *socketOpsCommon) RecvMsg(t *kernel.Task, dst usermem.IOSequence, flags
 			if n > 0 {
 				return n, msgFlags, senderAddr, senderAddrLen, controlMessages, nil
 			}
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				return 0, 0, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.ErrTryAgain
 			}
 			return 0, 0, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.FromError(err)
@@ -2877,7 +2878,7 @@ func (s *socketOpsCommon) SendMsg(t *kernel.Task, src usermem.IOSequence, to []b
 				// became available between when we last checked and when we setup
 				// the notification.
 				if err := t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-					if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+					if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 						return int(total), syserr.ErrTryAgain
 					}
 					// handleIOError will consume errors from t.Block if needed.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/BUILD
index c9cbefb3a..5c3cdef6a 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/BUILD
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
index db7b1affe..8ccdadae9 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal"
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ func (s *socketOpsCommon) SendMsg(t *kernel.Task, src usermem.IOSequence, to []b
 		}
 
 		if err = t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 			}
 			break
@@ -719,7 +720,7 @@ func (s *socketOpsCommon) RecvMsg(t *kernel.Task, dst usermem.IOSequence, flags
 			if total > 0 {
 				err = nil
 			}
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				return int(total), msgFlags, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.ErrTryAgain
 			}
 			return int(total), msgFlags, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.FromError(err)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix_vfs2.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix_vfs2.go
index c39e317ff..08a00a12f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix_vfs2.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix_vfs2.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package unix
 import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal"
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ func (s *SocketVFS2) Bind(t *kernel.Task, sockaddr []byte) *syserr.Error {
 				Mode:     linux.FileMode(linux.S_IFSOCK | uint(stat.Mode)&^t.FSContext().Umask()),
 				Endpoint: bep,
 			})
-			if err == syserror.EEXIST {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EEXIST, err) {
 				return syserr.ErrAddressInUse
 			}
 			return syserr.FromError(err)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/state/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/state/BUILD
index 3e801182c..7f02807c5 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/state/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/state/BUILD
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/sentry/inet",
         "//pkg/sentry/kernel",
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/sentry/vfs",
         "//pkg/sentry/watchdog",
         "//pkg/state/statefile",
-        "//pkg/syserror",
         "@org_golang_x_sys//unix:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/state/state.go b/pkg/sentry/state/state.go
index 2f0aba4e2..e9d544f3d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/state/state.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/state/state.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/inet"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/watchdog"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/state/statefile"
-	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 )
 
 var previousMetadata map[string]string
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (opts SaveOpts) Save(ctx context.Context, k *kernel.Kernel, w *watchdog.Wat
 		// ENOSPC is a state file error. This error can only come from
 		// writing the state file, and not from fs.FileOperations.Fsync
 		// because we wrap those in kernel.TaskSet.flushWritesToFiles.
-		if err == syserror.ENOSPC {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOSPC, err) {
 			err = ErrStateFile{err}
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/BUILD
index b8d1bd415..f2c55588f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/BUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//:sandbox"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/sentry/arch",
         "//pkg/sentry/kernel",
         "//pkg/sentry/kernel/epoll",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/epoll.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/epoll.go
index 3b4d79889..02debfc7e 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/epoll.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/epoll.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/epoll"
 	ktime "gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/time"
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func WaitEpoll(t *kernel.Task, fd int32, max int, timeoutInNanos int64) ([]linux
 		}
 
 		if err := t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				return nil, nil
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/BUILD
index 408a6c422..a2f612f45 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/BUILD
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/bpf",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/marshal",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/error.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/error.go
index 6eabfd219..165922332 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/error.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/error.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/metric"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
@@ -94,13 +95,13 @@ func handleIOErrorImpl(ctx context.Context, partialResult bool, errOrig, intr er
 	if errno, ok := syserror.TranslateError(errOrig); ok {
 		translatedErr = errno
 	}
-	switch translatedErr {
-	case io.EOF:
+	switch {
+	case translatedErr == io.EOF:
 		// EOF is always consumed. If this is a partial read/write
 		// (result != 0), the application will see that, otherwise
 		// they will see 0.
 		return true, nil
-	case syserror.EFBIG:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EFBIG, translatedErr):
 		t := kernel.TaskFromContext(ctx)
 		if t == nil {
 			panic("I/O error should only occur from a context associated with a Task")
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func handleIOErrorImpl(ctx context.Context, partialResult bool, errOrig, intr er
 		// Simultaneously send a SIGXFSZ per setrlimit(2).
 		t.SendSignal(kernel.SignalInfoNoInfo(linux.SIGXFSZ, t, t))
 		return true, syserror.EFBIG
-	case syserror.EINTR:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, translatedErr):
 		// The syscall was interrupted. Return nil if it completed
 		// partially, otherwise return the error code that the syscall
 		// needs (to indicate to the kernel what it should do).
@@ -128,21 +129,21 @@ func handleIOErrorImpl(ctx context.Context, partialResult bool, errOrig, intr er
 		return true, errOrig
 	}
 
-	switch translatedErr {
-	case syserror.EINTR:
+	switch {
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, translatedErr):
 		// Syscall interrupted, but completed a partial
 		// read/write.  Like ErrWouldBlock, since we have a
 		// partial read/write, we consume the error and return
 		// the partial result.
 		return true, nil
-	case syserror.EFAULT:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EFAULT, translatedErr):
 		// EFAULT is only shown the user if nothing was
 		// read/written. If we read something (this case), they see
 		// a partial read/write. They will then presumably try again
 		// with an incremented buffer, which will EFAULT with
 		// result == 0.
 		return true, nil
-	case syserror.EPIPE:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EPIPE, translatedErr):
 		// Writes to a pipe or socket will return EPIPE if the other
 		// side is gone. The partial write is returned. EPIPE will be
 		// returned on the next call.
@@ -150,15 +151,17 @@ func handleIOErrorImpl(ctx context.Context, partialResult bool, errOrig, intr er
 		// TODO(gvisor.dev/issue/161): In some cases SIGPIPE should
 		// also be sent to the application.
 		return true, nil
-	case syserror.ENOSPC:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOSPC, translatedErr):
 		// Similar to EPIPE. Return what we wrote this time, and let
 		// ENOSPC be returned on the next call.
 		return true, nil
-	case syserror.ECONNRESET, syserror.ETIMEDOUT:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ECONNRESET, translatedErr):
+		fallthrough
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, translatedErr):
 		// For TCP sendfile connections, we may have a reset or timeout. But we
 		// should just return n as the result.
 		return true, nil
-	case syserror.EWOULDBLOCK:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EWOULDBLOCK, translatedErr):
 		// Syscall would block, but completed a partial read/write.
 		// This case should only be returned by IssueIO for nonblocking
 		// files. Since we have a partial read/write, we consume
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_aio.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_aio.go
index 70e8569a8..c338a4cc9 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_aio.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_aio.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package linux
 import (
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func IoGetevents(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.S
 			var err error
 			v, err = waitForRequest(ctx, t, haveDeadline, deadline)
 			if err != nil {
-				if count > 0 || err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+				if count > 0 || linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 					return uintptr(count), nil, nil
 				}
 				return 0, nil, syserror.ConvertIntr(err, syserror.EINTR)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go
index 90a719ba2..6109a2d8c 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
@@ -394,8 +395,8 @@ func createAt(t *kernel.Task, dirFD int32, addr hostarch.Addr, flags uint, mode
 		}
 
 		var newFile *fs.File
-		switch err {
-		case nil:
+		switch {
+		case err == nil:
 			// Like sys_open, check for a few things about the
 			// filesystem before trying to get a reference to the
 			// fs.File. The same constraints on Check apply.
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ func createAt(t *kernel.Task, dirFD int32, addr hostarch.Addr, flags uint, mode
 				return syserror.ConvertIntr(err, syserror.ERESTARTSYS)
 			}
 			defer newFile.DecRef(t)
-		case syserror.ENOENT:
+		case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err):
 			// File does not exist. Proceed with creation.
 
 			// Do we have write permissions on the parent?
@@ -1178,12 +1179,12 @@ func mkdirAt(t *kernel.Task, dirFD int32, addr hostarch.Addr, mode linux.FileMod
 		// Does this directory exist already?
 		remainingTraversals := uint(linux.MaxSymlinkTraversals)
 		f, err := t.MountNamespace().FindInode(t, root, d, name, &remainingTraversals)
-		switch err {
-		case nil:
+		switch {
+		case err == nil:
 			// The directory existed.
 			defer f.DecRef(t)
 			return syserror.EEXIST
-		case syserror.EACCES:
+		case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EACCES, err):
 			// Permission denied while walking to the directory.
 			return err
 		default:
@@ -1464,7 +1465,7 @@ func readlinkAt(t *kernel.Task, dirFD int32, addr hostarch.Addr, bufAddr hostarc
 		}
 
 		s, err := d.Inode.Readlink(t)
-		if err == syserror.ENOLINK {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOLINK, err) {
 			return syserror.EINVAL
 		}
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_poll.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_poll.go
index da548a14a..024632475 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_poll.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_poll.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ func pollBlock(t *kernel.Task, pfd []linux.PollFD, timeout time.Duration) (time.
 		// Wait for a notification.
 		timeout, err = t.BlockWithTimeout(ch, !forever, timeout)
 		if err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = nil
 			}
 			return timeout, 0, err
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ func (p *pollRestartBlock) Restart(t *kernel.Task) (uintptr, error) {
 func poll(t *kernel.Task, pfdAddr hostarch.Addr, nfds uint, timeout time.Duration) (uintptr, error) {
 	remainingTimeout, n, err := doPoll(t, pfdAddr, nfds, timeout)
 	// On an interrupt poll(2) is restarted with the remaining timeout.
-	if err == syserror.EINTR {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, err) {
 		t.SetSyscallRestartBlock(&pollRestartBlock{
 			pfdAddr: pfdAddr,
 			nfds:    nfds,
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ func Ppoll(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscall
 	//
 	// Note that this means that if err is nil but copyErr is not, copyErr is
 	// ignored. This is consistent with Linux.
-	if err == syserror.EINTR && copyErr == nil {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, err) && copyErr == nil {
 		err = syserror.ERESTARTNOHAND
 	}
 	return n, nil, err
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ func Select(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscal
 	n, err := doSelect(t, nfds, readFDs, writeFDs, exceptFDs, timeout)
 	copyErr := copyOutTimevalRemaining(t, startNs, timeout, timevalAddr)
 	// See comment in Ppoll.
-	if err == syserror.EINTR && copyErr == nil {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, err) && copyErr == nil {
 		err = syserror.ERESTARTNOHAND
 	}
 	return n, nil, err
@@ -538,7 +539,7 @@ func Pselect(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Sysca
 	n, err := doSelect(t, nfds, readFDs, writeFDs, exceptFDs, timeout)
 	copyErr := copyOutTimespecRemaining(t, startNs, timeout, timespecAddr)
 	// See comment in Ppoll.
-	if err == syserror.EINTR && copyErr == nil {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, err) && copyErr == nil {
 		err = syserror.ERESTARTNOHAND
 	}
 	return n, nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_prctl.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_prctl.go
index 9890dd946..30c15af4a 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_prctl.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_prctl.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func Prctl(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscall
 	case linux.PR_SET_NAME:
 		addr := args[1].Pointer()
 		name, err := t.CopyInString(addr, linux.TASK_COMM_LEN-1)
-		if err != nil && err != syserror.ENAMETOOLONG {
+		if err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENAMETOOLONG, err) {
 			return 0, nil, err
 		}
 		t.SetName(name)
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_read.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_read.go
index 13e5e3a51..0f9329fe8 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_read.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_read.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ func readv(t *kernel.Task, f *fs.File, dst usermem.IOSequence) (int64, error) {
 
 		// Wait for a notification that we should retry.
 		if err = t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 			}
 			break
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_sem.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_sem.go
index c84260080..cb320c536 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_sem.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_sem.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func Semtimedop(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Sy
 	}
 
 	if err := semTimedOp(t, id, ops, true, timeout.ToDuration()); err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 			return 0, nil, syserror.EAGAIN
 		}
 		return 0, nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_signal.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_signal.go
index 27a7f7fe1..db763c68e 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_signal.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_signal.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func Kill(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.SyscallC
 			}
 			info.SetPID(int32(target.PIDNamespace().IDOfTask(t)))
 			info.SetUID(int32(t.Credentials().RealKUID.In(target.UserNamespace()).OrOverflow()))
-			if err := target.SendGroupSignal(info); err != syserror.ESRCH {
+			if err := target.SendGroupSignal(info); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ESRCH, err) {
 				return 0, nil, err
 			}
 		}
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ func Kill(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.SyscallC
 			info.SetPID(int32(tg.PIDNamespace().IDOfTask(t)))
 			info.SetUID(int32(t.Credentials().RealKUID.In(tg.Leader().UserNamespace()).OrOverflow()))
 			err := tg.SendSignal(info)
-			if err == syserror.ESRCH {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ESRCH, err) {
 				// ESRCH is ignored because it means the task
 				// exited while we were iterating.  This is a
 				// race which would not normally exist on
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ func Kill(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.SyscallC
 				info.SetPID(int32(tg.PIDNamespace().IDOfTask(t)))
 				info.SetUID(int32(t.Credentials().RealKUID.In(tg.Leader().UserNamespace()).OrOverflow()))
 				// See note above regarding ESRCH race above.
-				if err := tg.SendSignal(info); err != syserror.ESRCH {
+				if err := tg.SendSignal(info); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ESRCH, err) {
 					lastErr = err
 				}
 			}
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ func RtSigqueueinfo(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kerne
 			return 0, nil, syserror.EPERM
 		}
 
-		if err := target.SendGroupSignal(&info); err != syserror.ESRCH {
+		if err := target.SendGroupSignal(&info); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ESRCH, err) {
 			return 0, nil, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
index e07917613..3bd21a911 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ func accept(t *kernel.Task, fd int32, addr hostarch.Addr, addrLen hostarch.Addr,
 	if peerRequested {
 		// NOTE(magi): Linux does not give you an error if it can't
 		// write the data back out so neither do we.
-		if err := writeAddress(t, peer, peerLen, addr, addrLen); err == syserror.EINVAL {
+		if err := writeAddress(t, peer, peerLen, addr, addrLen); linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINVAL, err) {
 			return 0, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_time.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_time.go
index 5c3b3dee2..2ec74b33a 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_time.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_time.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
@@ -209,11 +210,11 @@ func clockNanosleepUntil(t *kernel.Task, c ktime.Clock, end ktime.Time, rem host
 
 	timer.Destroy()
 
-	switch err {
-	case syserror.ETIMEDOUT:
+	switch {
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err):
 		// Slept for entire timeout.
 		return nil
-	case syserror.ErrInterrupted:
+	case err == syserror.ErrInterrupted:
 		// Interrupted.
 		remaining := end.Sub(c.Now())
 		if remaining <= 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_write.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_write.go
index 95bfe6606..cff355550 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_write.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_write.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ func writev(t *kernel.Task, f *fs.File, src usermem.IOSequence) (int64, error) {
 
 		// Wait for a notification that we should retry.
 		if err = t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 			}
 			break
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_xattr.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_xattr.go
index 28ad6a60e..37fb67f80 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_xattr.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_xattr.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs"
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ func setXattr(t *kernel.Task, d *fs.Dirent, nameAddr, valueAddr hostarch.Addr, s
 func copyInXattrName(t *kernel.Task, nameAddr hostarch.Addr) (string, error) {
 	name, err := t.CopyInString(nameAddr, linux.XATTR_NAME_MAX+1)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ENAMETOOLONG {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENAMETOOLONG, err) {
 			return "", syserror.ERANGE
 		}
 		return "", err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/BUILD
index 5ce0bc714..a73f096ff 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/BUILD
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/bits",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fspath",
         "//pkg/gohacks",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/epoll.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/epoll.go
index 047d955b6..7aff01343 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/epoll.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/epoll.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/hostarch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ func waitEpoll(t *kernel.Task, epfd int32, eventsAddr hostarch.Addr, maxEvents i
 				haveDeadline = true
 			}
 			if err := t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-				if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+				if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 					err = nil
 				}
 				return 0, nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/poll.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/poll.go
index a69c80edd..b16773d65 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/poll.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/poll.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
 	ktime "gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/time"
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ func pollBlock(t *kernel.Task, pfd []linux.PollFD, timeout time.Duration) (time.
 		// Wait for a notification.
 		timeout, err = t.BlockWithTimeout(ch, haveTimeout, timeout)
 		if err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = nil
 			}
 			return timeout, 0, err
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ func (p *pollRestartBlock) Restart(t *kernel.Task) (uintptr, error) {
 func poll(t *kernel.Task, pfdAddr hostarch.Addr, nfds uint, timeout time.Duration) (uintptr, error) {
 	remainingTimeout, n, err := doPoll(t, pfdAddr, nfds, timeout)
 	// On an interrupt poll(2) is restarted with the remaining timeout.
-	if err == syserror.EINTR {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, err) {
 		t.SetSyscallRestartBlock(&pollRestartBlock{
 			pfdAddr: pfdAddr,
 			nfds:    nfds,
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ func Ppoll(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscall
 	//
 	// Note that this means that if err is nil but copyErr is not, copyErr is
 	// ignored. This is consistent with Linux.
-	if err == syserror.EINTR && copyErr == nil {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, err) && copyErr == nil {
 		err = syserror.ERESTARTNOHAND
 	}
 	return n, nil, err
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ func Select(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscal
 	n, err := doSelect(t, nfds, readFDs, writeFDs, exceptFDs, timeout)
 	copyErr := copyOutTimevalRemaining(t, startNs, timeout, timevalAddr)
 	// See comment in Ppoll.
-	if err == syserror.EINTR && copyErr == nil {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, err) && copyErr == nil {
 		err = syserror.ERESTARTNOHAND
 	}
 	return n, nil, err
@@ -539,7 +540,7 @@ func Pselect(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Sysca
 	n, err := doSelect(t, nfds, readFDs, writeFDs, exceptFDs, timeout)
 	copyErr := copyOutTimespecRemaining(t, startNs, timeout, timespecAddr)
 	// See comment in Ppoll.
-	if err == syserror.EINTR && copyErr == nil {
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINTR, err) && copyErr == nil {
 		err = syserror.ERESTARTNOHAND
 	}
 	return n, nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/read_write.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/read_write.go
index b863d7b84..bbfa4c6d7 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/read_write.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/read_write.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
 	ktime "gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/time"
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ func read(t *kernel.Task, file *vfs.FileDescription, dst usermem.IOSequence, opt
 
 		// Wait for a notification that we should retry.
 		if err = t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, hasDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 			}
 			break
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ func pread(t *kernel.Task, file *vfs.FileDescription, dst usermem.IOSequence, of
 
 		// Wait for a notification that we should retry.
 		if err = t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, hasDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 			}
 			break
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ func write(t *kernel.Task, file *vfs.FileDescription, src usermem.IOSequence, op
 
 		// Wait for a notification that we should retry.
 		if err = t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, hasDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 			}
 			break
@@ -525,7 +526,7 @@ func pwrite(t *kernel.Task, file *vfs.FileDescription, src usermem.IOSequence, o
 
 		// Wait for a notification that we should retry.
 		if err = t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, hasDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
-			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
+			if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ETIMEDOUT, err) {
 				err = syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 			}
 			break
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
index 69f69e3af..9a4b5e5fc 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/marshal/primitive"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ func accept(t *kernel.Task, fd int32, addr hostarch.Addr, addrLen hostarch.Addr,
 	if peerRequested {
 		// NOTE(magi): Linux does not give you an error if it can't
 		// write the data back out so neither do we.
-		if err := writeAddress(t, peer, peerLen, addr, addrLen); err == syserror.EINVAL {
+		if err := writeAddress(t, peer, peerLen, addr, addrLen); linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINVAL, err) {
 			return 0, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/xattr.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/xattr.go
index c261050c6..c779c6465 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/xattr.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/xattr.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/gohacks"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ func Fremovexattr(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.
 func copyInXattrName(t *kernel.Task, nameAddr hostarch.Addr) (string, error) {
 	name, err := t.CopyInString(nameAddr, linux.XATTR_NAME_MAX+1)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == syserror.ENAMETOOLONG {
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENAMETOOLONG, err) {
 			return "", syserror.ERANGE
 		}
 		return "", err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/vfs/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/vfs/BUILD
index ac60fe8bf..a2032162d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/vfs/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/vfs/BUILD
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/fd",
         "//pkg/fdnotifier",
         "//pkg/fspath",
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ go_test(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/context",
+        "//pkg/errors/linuxerr",
         "//pkg/sentry/contexttest",
         "//pkg/sync",
         "//pkg/syserror",
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/vfs/file_description.go b/pkg/sentry/vfs/file_description.go
index ef8d8a813..2bc33d424 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/vfs/file_description.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/vfs/file_description.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fs/lock"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsmetric"
@@ -708,8 +709,8 @@ func (fd *FileDescription) ListXattr(ctx context.Context, size uint64) ([]string
 		return names, err
 	}
 	names, err := fd.impl.ListXattr(ctx, size)
-	if err == syserror.ENOTSUP {
-		// Linux doesn't actually return ENOTSUP in this case; instead,
+	if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EOPNOTSUPP, err) {
+		// Linux doesn't actually return EOPNOTSUPP in this case; instead,
 		// fs/xattr.c:vfs_listxattr() falls back to allowing the security
 		// subsystem to return security extended attributes, which by default
 		// don't exist.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/vfs/file_description_impl_util_test.go b/pkg/sentry/vfs/file_description_impl_util_test.go
index 1cd607c0a..566ad856a 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/vfs/file_description_impl_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/vfs/file_description_impl_util_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/contexttest"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/syserror"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/usermem"
@@ -155,10 +156,10 @@ func TestGenCountFD(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Write and PWrite fails.
-	if _, err := fd.Write(ctx, ioseq, WriteOptions{}); err != syserror.EIO {
+	if _, err := fd.Write(ctx, ioseq, WriteOptions{}); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 		t.Errorf("Write: got err %v, wanted %v", err, syserror.EIO)
 	}
-	if _, err := fd.PWrite(ctx, ioseq, 0, WriteOptions{}); err != syserror.EIO {
+	if _, err := fd.PWrite(ctx, ioseq, 0, WriteOptions{}); !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EIO, err) {
 		t.Errorf("Write: got err %v, wanted %v", err, syserror.EIO)
 	}
 }
@@ -215,10 +216,10 @@ func TestWritable(t *testing.T) {
 	if n, err := fd.Seek(ctx, 1, linux.SEEK_SET); n != 0 && err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Seek: got err (%v, %v), wanted (0, nil)", n, err)
 	}
-	if n, err := fd.Write(ctx, writeIOSeq, WriteOptions{}); n != 0 && err != syserror.EINVAL {
+	if n, err := fd.Write(ctx, writeIOSeq, WriteOptions{}); n != 0 && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINVAL, err) {
 		t.Errorf("Write: got err (%v, %v), wanted (0, EINVAL)", n, err)
 	}
-	if n, err := fd.PWrite(ctx, writeIOSeq, 2, WriteOptions{}); n != 0 && err != syserror.EINVAL {
+	if n, err := fd.PWrite(ctx, writeIOSeq, 2, WriteOptions{}); n != 0 && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EINVAL, err) {
 		t.Errorf("PWrite: got err (%v, %v), wanted (0, EINVAL)", n, err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/vfs/vfs.go b/pkg/sentry/vfs/vfs.go
index 87fdcf403..b96de247f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/vfs/vfs.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/vfs/vfs.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/context"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fspath"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/fsmetric"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel/auth"
@@ -731,8 +732,8 @@ func (vfs *VirtualFilesystem) ListXattrAt(ctx context.Context, creds *auth.Crede
 			rp.Release(ctx)
 			return names, nil
 		}
-		if err == syserror.ENOTSUP {
-			// Linux doesn't actually return ENOTSUP in this case; instead,
+		if linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EOPNOTSUPP, err) {
+			// Linux doesn't actually return EOPNOTSUPP in this case; instead,
 			// fs/xattr.c:vfs_listxattr() falls back to allowing the security
 			// subsystem to return security extended attributes, which by
 			// default don't exist.
@@ -830,14 +831,14 @@ func (vfs *VirtualFilesystem) MkdirAllAt(ctx context.Context, currentPath string
 		Path:  fspath.Parse(currentPath),
 	}
 	stat, err := vfs.StatAt(ctx, creds, pop, &StatOptions{Mask: linux.STATX_TYPE})
-	switch err {
-	case nil:
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
 		if stat.Mask&linux.STATX_TYPE == 0 || stat.Mode&linux.FileTypeMask != linux.ModeDirectory {
 			return syserror.ENOTDIR
 		}
 		// Directory already exists.
 		return nil
-	case syserror.ENOENT:
+	case linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.ENOENT, err):
 		// Expected, we will create the dir.
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("stat failed for %q during directory creation: %w", currentPath, err)
@@ -871,7 +872,7 @@ func (vfs *VirtualFilesystem) MakeSyntheticMountpoint(ctx context.Context, targe
 		Root:  root,
 		Start: root,
 		Path:  fspath.Parse(target),
-	}, mkdirOpts); err != nil && err != syserror.EEXIST {
+	}, mkdirOpts); err != nil && !linuxerr.Equals(linuxerr.EEXIST, err) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create mountpoint %q: %w", target, err)
 	}
 	return nil