Error detection code copied from syscall, where presumably
we actually do it right.

Note that we throw the errno away.  The runtime doesn't use it.

Fixes #10052

Change-Id: I8de77dda6bf287276b137646c26b84fa61554ec8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/6571
Run-TryBot: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>