rust-lang/rust-clippy

TOCTOU: call `Path::metadata` after `Path::exists`

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#17,158 opened on 2026年6月4日

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説明

What it does

Detect when calling Path::exists followed by another operation that would cause a new syscall to be used on the path, like Path::metadata.

Advantage

Remove a source of TOCTOU bugs.

Drawbacks

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Example

if new_path.exists() {
    let md = new_path.metadata().unwrap();

Could be written as:

if let Ok(md) = new_path.metadata() {

Comparison with existing lints

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Additional Context

https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/11711/changes

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