When attempting to read files that aren't backed by a filesystem then
our current read file helpers fail since they query the file size
upfront.
Change the helper so that it doesn't query the size and just reads the file if it
can be opened. This lets us read `/proc/self/maps` using helpers.
It is not an external component, and it makes paths needlessly long.
Ryan seemed amenable to this when we discussed on IRC earlier.
Signed-off-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>
Paulo Matos