[PATCH] D39710: Simplify unlinkAsync

Rafael Ávila de Espíndola via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Nov 7 12:02:30 PST 2017


rafael updated this revision to Diff 121953.

https://reviews.llvm.org/D39710

Files:
  ELF/Filesystem.cpp


Index: ELF/Filesystem.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Filesystem.cpp
+++ ELF/Filesystem.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #include "lld/Common/Threads.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileOutputBuffer.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
+#if defined(HAVE_UNISTD_H)
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 
 using namespace llvm;
 
@@ -35,27 +38,30 @@
 // Since LLD can link a 1 GB binary in about 5 seconds, that waste
 // actually counts.
 //
-// This function spawns a background thread to call unlink.
+// This function spawns a background thread to remove the file.
 // The calling thread returns almost immediately.
 void elf::unlinkAsync(StringRef Path) {
+// Removing a file is async on windows.
+#if defined(LLVM_ON_WIN32)
+  return;
+#endif
+
   if (!ThreadsEnabled || !sys::fs::exists(Path) ||
       !sys::fs::is_regular_file(Path))
     return;
 
-  // First, rename Path to avoid race condition. We cannot remove
-  // Path from a different thread because we are now going to create
-  // Path as a new file. If we do that in a different thread, the new
-  // thread can remove the new file.
-  SmallString<128> TempPath;
-  if (sys::fs::createUniqueFile(Path + "tmp%%%%%%%%", TempPath))
-    return;
-  if (sys::fs::rename(Path, TempPath)) {
-    sys::fs::remove(TempPath);
+  // We cannot just remove path from a different thread because we are now going
+  // to create path as a new file.
+  // Instead we open the file and unlink it on this thread. The unlink is fast
+  // since the open fd guarantees that it is not removing the last reference.
+  int FD;
+  if (std::error_code EC = sys::fs::openFileForRead(Path, FD))
     return;
-  }
 
-  // Remove TempPath in background.
-  runBackground([=] { ::remove(TempPath.str().str().c_str()); });
+  sys::fs::remove(Path);
+
+  // close and therefore remove TempPath in background.
+  runBackground([=] { ::close(FD); });
 }
 
 // Simulate file creation to see if Path is writable.


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