1 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/container/errors.go b/container/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12cb3b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+type MountError struct {
+	Source, Target, Fstype string
+
+	Flags uintptr
+	Data  string
+	syscall.Errno
+}
+
+func (e *MountError) Unwrap() error {
+	if e.Errno == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return e.Errno
+}
+
+func (e *MountError) Error() string {
+	if e.Flags&syscall.MS_BIND != 0 {
+		if e.Flags&syscall.MS_REMOUNT != 0 {
+			return "remount " + e.Target + ": " + e.Errno.Error()
+		}
+		return "bind " + e.Source + " on " + e.Target + ": " + e.Errno.Error()
+	}
+
+	if e.Fstype != FstypeNULL {
+		return "mount " + e.Fstype + " on " + e.Target + ": " + e.Errno.Error()
+	}
+
+	// fallback case: if this is reached, the conditions for it to occur should be handled above
+	return "mount " + e.Target + ": " + e.Errno.Error()
+}
+
+// errnoFallback returns the concrete errno from an error, or a [os.PathError] fallback.
+func errnoFallback(op, path string, err error) (syscall.Errno, *os.PathError) {
+	var errno syscall.Errno
+	if !errors.As(err, &errno) {
+		return 0, &os.PathError{Op: op, Path: path, Err: err}
+	}
+	return errno, nil
+}
+
+// mount wraps syscall.Mount for error handling.
+func mount(source, target, fstype string, flags uintptr, data string) error {
+	err := syscall.Mount(source, target, fstype, flags, data)
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if errno, pathError := errnoFallback("mount", target, err); pathError != nil {
+		return pathError
+	} else {
+		return &MountError{source, target, fstype, flags, data, errno}
+	}
+}