[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] examples/vhost_blk: fix the TOCTOU

[Jin Yu]

Fix the time of check time of use warning in example code

Coverity issue: 350589 158663
Fixes: c19beb3f38cd ("examples/vhost_blk: introduce vhost storage sample")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Jin Yu <jin.yu at intel.com>
---
 examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c b/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
index 3182a488b..bcb4ebb0b 100644
--- a/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
+++ b/examples/vhost_blk/vhost_blk.c
@@ -993,11 +993,7 @@ vhost_blk_ctrlr_construct(const char *ctrlr_name)
 	}
 	snprintf(dev_pathname, sizeof(dev_pathname), "%s/%s", path, ctrlr_name);
 
-	if (access(dev_pathname, F_OK) != -1) {
-		if (unlink(dev_pathname) != 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot remove %s.\n",
-				 dev_pathname);
-	}
+	unlink(dev_pathname);
 
 	if (rte_vhost_driver_register(dev_pathname, 0) != 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "socket %s already exists\n", dev_pathname);
@@ -1040,8 +1036,7 @@ signal_handler(__rte_unused int signum)
 {
 	struct vhost_blk_ctrlr *ctrlr;
 
-	if (access(dev_pathname, F_OK) == 0)
-		unlink(dev_pathname);
+	unlink(dev_pathname);
 
 	if (g_should_stop != -1) {
 		g_should_stop = 1;
-- 
2.17.2