4 files changed, 20 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/attr.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/attr.go
index fa9e7d517..f60bd423d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/attr.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/attr.go
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ func IsPipe(s StableAttr) bool {
 	return s.Type == Pipe
 }
 
+// IsAnonymous returns true if StableAttr.Type matches any type of anonymous.
+func IsAnonymous(s StableAttr) bool {
+	return s.Type == Anonymous
+}
+
 // IsSocket returns true if StableAttr.Type matches any type of socket.
 func IsSocket(s StableAttr) bool {
 	return s.Type == Socket
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/file.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/file.go
index ca3466f4f..78100e448 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/file.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/file.go
@@ -555,10 +555,6 @@ type lockedWriter struct {
 	//
 	// This applies only to Write, not WriteAt.
 	Offset int64
-
-	// Err contains the first error encountered while copying. This is
-	// useful to determine whether Writer or Reader failed during io.Copy.
-	Err error
 }
 
 // Write implements io.Writer.Write.
@@ -594,8 +590,5 @@ func (w *lockedWriter) WriteAt(buf []byte, offset int64) (int, error) {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if w.Err == nil {
-		w.Err = err
-	}
 	return written, err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/splice.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/splice.go
index 791d1526c..33da82868 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/splice.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/splice.go
@@ -167,11 +167,6 @@ func Splice(ctx context.Context, dst *File, src *File, opts SpliceOpts) (int64,
 		if !srcPipe && !opts.SrcOffset {
 			atomic.StoreInt64(&src.offset, src.offset+n)
 		}
-
-		// Don't report any errors if we have some progress without data loss.
-		if w.Err == nil {
-			err = nil
-		}
 	}
 
 	// Drop locks.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_splice.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_splice.go
index dd3a5807f..f43d6c155 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_splice.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_splice.go
@@ -211,8 +211,10 @@ func Splice(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscal
 	opts := fs.SpliceOpts{
 		Length: count,
 	}
+	inFileAttr := inFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr
+	outFileAttr := outFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr
 	switch {
-	case fs.IsPipe(inFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr) && !fs.IsPipe(outFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr):
+	case fs.IsPipe(inFileAttr) && !fs.IsPipe(outFileAttr):
 		if inOffset != 0 {
 			return 0, nil, syserror.ESPIPE
 		}
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ func Splice(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscal
 			opts.DstOffset = true
 			opts.DstStart = offset
 		}
-	case !fs.IsPipe(inFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr) && fs.IsPipe(outFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr):
+	case !fs.IsPipe(inFileAttr) && fs.IsPipe(outFileAttr):
 		if outOffset != 0 {
 			return 0, nil, syserror.ESPIPE
 		}
@@ -246,13 +248,13 @@ func Splice(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscal
 			opts.SrcOffset = true
 			opts.SrcStart = offset
 		}
-	case fs.IsPipe(inFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr) && fs.IsPipe(outFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr):
+	case fs.IsPipe(inFileAttr) && fs.IsPipe(outFileAttr):
 		if inOffset != 0 || outOffset != 0 {
 			return 0, nil, syserror.ESPIPE
 		}
 
 		// We may not refer to the same pipe; otherwise it's a continuous loop.
-		if inFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr.InodeID == outFile.Dirent.Inode.StableAttr.InodeID {
+		if inFileAttr.InodeID == outFileAttr.InodeID {
 			return 0, nil, syserror.EINVAL
 		}
 	default:
@@ -262,6 +264,15 @@ func Splice(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscal
 	// Splice data.
 	n, err := doSplice(t, outFile, inFile, opts, nonBlock)
 
+	// Special files can have additional requirements for granularity.  For
+	// example, read from eventfd returns EINVAL if a size is less 8 bytes.
+	// Inotify is another example. read will return EINVAL is a buffer is
+	// too small to return the next event, but a size of an event isn't
+	// fixed, it is sizeof(struct inotify_event) + {NAME_LEN} + 1.
+	if n != 0 && err != nil && (fs.IsAnonymous(inFileAttr) || fs.IsAnonymous(outFileAttr)) {
+		err = nil
+	}
+
 	// See above; inFile is chosen arbitrarily here.
 	return uintptr(n), nil, handleIOError(t, n != 0, err, kernel.ERESTARTSYS, "splice", inFile)
 }