[PATCH] selftests/ftrace: Avoid unlink error on first run

From: Jaewon Jung

Date: Wed Oct 14 2026 - 07:49:34 EST


On the first run, ftracetest tries to unlink a symlink that does not
exist.
Use rm -f to avoid the "No such file or directory" error.

Fixes: 7dc1e125f07a ("ftrace/selftests: Add softlink to latest log directory")
Signed-off-by: Jaewon Jung <jaewon8868@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 246d7e1d015c..95804610e079 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ else
mkdir -p $LOG_DIR || errexit "Failed to make a log directory: $LOG_DIR"
date > $LOG_FILE
if [ "x-$LINK_PTR" != "x-" ]; then
- unlink $LINK_PTR
+ rm -f $LINK_PTR
ln -fs $LOG_DATE $LINK_PTR
fi
fi
--
2.43.0