RFR: 8154364: Files.isSameFile() throws NoSuchFileException with broken symbolic links [v2]

[Brian Burkhalter]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:41:52 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Brian Burkhalter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   8154364: Remove assertion that two non-existent files with equal normalized paths are equal
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> src/java.base/unix/classes/sun/nio/fs/UnixFileSystemProvider.java line 394:
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>> 392:         // check existence while following linkx
>> 393:         boolean exists1 = exists(file1);
>> 394:         boolean exists2 = exists(file2);
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> Did you try to using UnixFileAttribtues.getIfExists? That would remove the need for access(2) from the common case. We can add getIfExists(UnixPath path, boolean followLinks) if needed.

No, but I'll investigate.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26736#discussion_r2276898431