From b11ae04f37bee8134b191a180c8e5b3ea1e249d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nanahi <130121847+na-na-hi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:22:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] input/ipc-unix: don't delete file for abstract sockets

If --input-ipc-server path name starts with "@", then "@" is replaced
with a null character, which represents the abstract socket namespace
on Linux. Because abstract sockets have no file system presence, it
should not delete the file with the same name starting with "@".
---
 input/ipc-unix.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/input/ipc-unix.c b/input/ipc-unix.c
index 3eab683506..3c5bbc3178 100644
--- a/input/ipc-unix.c
+++ b/input/ipc-unix.c
@@ -323,11 +323,11 @@ static MP_THREAD_VOID ipc_thread(void *p)
     ipc_un.sun_family = AF_UNIX,
     strncpy(ipc_un.sun_path, arg->path, sizeof(ipc_un.sun_path) - 1);
 
-    unlink(ipc_un.sun_path);
-
     if (ipc_un.sun_path[0] == '@') {
         ipc_un.sun_path[0] = '\0';
         path_len--;
+    } else {
+        unlink(ipc_un.sun_path);
     }
 
     size_t addr_len = offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + 1 + path_len;