host_env: rustix for unlinkat, fix clippy deny by joshuamegnauth54 · Pull Request #8591 · RustPython/RustPython · GitHub

Like the other patches, this greatly simplifies our unlinkat code and is overall nicer because it uses the syscall directly on Linux.

As an added benefit, this commit adds WASI support and fixes a clippy deny. The old code caused clippy to complain that the WASI branch bypassed host_env for remove/unlink.

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Simplify os.remove for Unix-likes
Fix a clippy deny for WASI

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- Improved consistency when removing files through the POSIX interface across supported platforms.
- File removal now supports paths relative to an optional directory descriptor, including on Redox and WASI.
- Preserved clear operating system error reporting, including the affected filename, when removal fails.

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The change replaces platform-specific file removal branches with a shared unlinkat helper. The helper accepts an optional directory descriptor and defaults to the current working directory. WASI uses a dedicated compatibility implementation.

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Unified unlinkat routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Host unlinkat helper crates/host_env/src/posix.rs, crates/host_env/src/posix_unix_like.rs	The Unix-like host environment adds unlinkat with an optional directory descriptor and removes the previous non-Redox wrapper.
POSIX remove integration crates/vm/src/stdlib/posix.rs, crates/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs	remove routes through the shared helper on all platforms. Redox now reports directory-descriptor support.
WASI remove compatibility crates/vm/src/stdlib/posix_compat.rs	WASI adds an unlinkat-based remove implementation. The existing implementation is restricted to non-WASI targets.

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The localized Unix/WASI unlink behavior changes do not present an actionable merge-blocking risk in the supplied evidence, so the PR is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

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Like the other patches, this greatly simplifies our unlinkat code and is overall nicer because it uses the syscall directly on Linux. As an added benefit, this commit adds WASI support and fixes a clippy deny. The old code caused clippy to complain that the WASI branch bypassed host_env for remove/unlink.

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joshuamegnauth54 force-pushed the host_env-rustix-unlink branch from 9219b06 to 4b9700f Compare August 24, 2026 15:32

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joshuamegnauth54 force-pushed the host_env-rustix-unlink branch from 4b9700f to cf87ea3 Compare August 24, 2026 15:55

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host_env: rustix for unlinkat, fix clippy deny by joshuamegnauth54 · Pull Request #8591 · RustPython/RustPython · GitHub

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