Report the host's reason when a new file cannot be created by Project516 · Pull Request #35 · Project516/java-web

Project516 · 2026-11-04T16:15:09Z

When the host refused to create a new file, java-web reported a missing path instead of the host's reason. With a 300-character file name, for example:

API	HotSpot	Before
`new FileOutputStream`	`FileNotFoundException: ... (File name too long)`	`... (No such file or directory)`
`Files.createFile`	`FileSystemException: ...: File name too long`	`NoSuchFileException`
`Files.newOutputStream`	`FileSystemException: ...: File name too long`	`NoSuchFileException`

openFile (src/natives/io.ts) uses the error the host gave for the create, falling back to the old messages when there is none.
UnixNativeDispatcher.open0 (src/natives/nio.ts) turns the host error into its errno when it was creating the file. strerror knows ENAMETOOLONG and EDQUOT. The code-to-errno table it shares with chmod is now HOST_ERRNO.
NodeBackend kept every failed write and chmod error in a map until a later success on the same path, so a long-lived VM that kept failing on new paths kept growing it. Each error is read right after the operation that failed, so it now keeps only the last one.

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New program test test/java/CreateRefused.java compares all three APIs with HotSpot.
pnpm typecheck and pnpm test pass (140 tests).

…only the last failed write or chmod error

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Bug Fixes
- File creation failures now report more specific error messages when the system identifies the cause, including filenames that are too long and paths that are not directories.
- When a specific cause is unavailable, file creation errors continue to use the existing writable or read-only path messaging.
- File operation errors are associated with the most recent failed write or permission change, and successful operations clear the prior error.

The changes update filesystem write and chmod failure tracking, add host-to-errno mappings, and use those mappings when reporting file-creation and chmod errors. They also add a Java test that attempts file creation with a long filename.

Changes: Filesystem Error Reporting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Retain recent filesystem failures `src/node.ts`	`NodeBackend` now stores only the most recent write or chmod failure. It returns the code only when the queried path matches the stored path.
Map host errors to errno values `src/natives/nio.ts`	NIO adds `ENAMETOOLONG` and host error mappings. `chmod` and failed creation use the host mapping when available, while retaining fallback behavior.
Report creation errors `src/natives/io.ts`, `test/java/CreateRefused.java`	`openFile` uses the write-error code to select a message and adds messages for `ENAMETOOLONG` and `ENOTDIR`. The Java test tries three file-creation APIs with a long filename.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

Project516/java-web#25: Changes the chmod error-reporting path and NodeBackend chmod failure reporting.
Project516/java-web#8: Adds NodeBackend.chmod, whose failure tracking and errno handling change here.
Project516/java-web#19: Adds the writeError(path) contract and per-path storage that this change revises.

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Merge Risk: Low · previous review 1a56f

Some failed file creations report the wrong reason. The change is mergeable with this diagnostic issue tracked for follow-up.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: reporting the host's reason when file creation fails.
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The PR fixes error reporting when the host refuses to create a new file: instead of a generic "No such file or directory", the host's actual reason (e.g., "File name too long", "Disk quota exceeded") is now propagated through FileOutputStream, Files.createFile, and Files.newOutputStream. openFile in io.ts and open0 in nio.ts read the host error via writeError and map it through new errno entries (ENAMETOOLONG, EDQUOT, ENOTDIR). NodeBackend replaces its error maps with single-entry tuples to avoid unbounded growth in long-lived VMs. A new test CreateRefused.java exercises all three APIs with a 300-character name. Typecheck and test suite (140 tests) pass.

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- Line 173: Add EIO and ELOOP message mappings to the existing ERRNO table used
by openFile, so creation failures preserve the host error reason instead of
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src/node.ts

[warning] 87-87: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFileSync(this.host(p), data)
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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test/java/CreateRefused.java

[Medium] 8-8: UnusedLocalVariable (Best Practices): Avoid unused local variables such as 'out'.

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test/java/CreateRefused.java: 1

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The PR fixes error reporting when the host refuses to create a new file. Previously java-web reported generic 'No such file or directory' errors; now it surfaces the host's actual reason (e.g., 'File name too long', 'Disk quota exceeded'). Changes span io.ts (openFile uses writeError for the message), nio.ts (open maps host errno via HOST_ERRNO for new-file failures, adds ENAMETOOLONG/EDQUOT), and node.ts (replaces per-path error maps with a single last-failure tuple, safe because callers read the error immediately after the failed operation). A new test CreateRefused.java exercises all three APIs with a 300-character name. Typecheck and 140 tests pass.

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