[7.3.x] Fix tmp_path regression introduced in 7.3.0

changelog/10896.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed performance regression related to :fixture:`tmp_path` and the new :confval:`tmp_path_retention_policy` option.

src/_pytest/pathlib.py

@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def cleanup_candidates(root: Path, prefix: str, keep: int) -> Iterator[Path]:
             yield path
 
 
-def cleanup_dead_symlink(root: Path):
+def cleanup_dead_symlinks(root: Path):
     for left_dir in root.iterdir():
         if left_dir.is_symlink():
             if not left_dir.resolve().exists():
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def cleanup_numbered_dir(
     for path in root.glob("garbage-*"):
         try_cleanup(path, consider_lock_dead_if_created_before)
 
-    cleanup_dead_symlink(root)
+    cleanup_dead_symlinks(root)
 
 
 def make_numbered_dir_with_cleanup(

src/_pytest/tmpdir.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from .pathlib import make_numbered_dir
 from .pathlib import make_numbered_dir_with_cleanup
 from .pathlib import rm_rf
-from .pathlib import cleanup_dead_symlink
+from .pathlib import cleanup_dead_symlinks
 from _pytest.compat import final, get_user_id
 from _pytest.config import Config
 from _pytest.config import ExitCode
@@ -289,31 +289,30 @@ def tmp_path(
 
     del request.node.stash[tmppath_result_key]
 
-    # remove dead symlink
-    basetemp = tmp_path_factory._basetemp
-    if basetemp is None:
-        return
-    cleanup_dead_symlink(basetemp)
-
 
 def pytest_sessionfinish(session, exitstatus: Union[int, ExitCode]):
     """After each session, remove base directory if all the tests passed,
     the policy is "failed", and the basetemp is not specified by a user.
     """
     tmp_path_factory: TempPathFactory = session.config._tmp_path_factory
-    if tmp_path_factory._basetemp is None:
+    basetemp = tmp_path_factory._basetemp
+    if basetemp is None:
         return
+
     policy = tmp_path_factory._retention_policy
     if (
         exitstatus == 0
         and policy == "failed"
         and tmp_path_factory._given_basetemp is None
     ):
-        passed_dir = tmp_path_factory._basetemp
-        if passed_dir.exists():
+        if basetemp.is_dir():
             # We do a "best effort" to remove files, but it might not be possible due to some leaked resource,
             # permissions, etc, in which case we ignore it.
-            rmtree(passed_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+            rmtree(basetemp, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    # Remove dead symlinks.
+    if basetemp.is_dir():
+        cleanup_dead_symlinks(basetemp)
 
 
 @hookimpl(tryfirst=True, hookwrapper=True)