1 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index c91f3fbf7..ee997ef3a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
         Path path = realStoreDir;
         struct stat st;
         while (path != "/") {
-            if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-                throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
+            st = lstat(path);
             if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
                 throw Error(
                         "the path '%1%' is a symlink; "
@@ -419,10 +418,7 @@ static void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path, const struct
 
 void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path)
 {
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError("getting attributes of path '%1%'", path);
-    canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, st);
+    canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, lstat(path));
 }
 
 
@@ -440,9 +436,7 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
     }
 #endif
 
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError("getting attributes of path '%1%'", path);
+    auto st = lstat(path);
 
     /* Really make sure that the path is of a supported type. */
     if (!(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)))
@@ -478,8 +472,7 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
        ensure that we don't fail on hard links within the same build
        (i.e. "touch $out/foo; ln $out/foo $out/bar"). */
     if (fromUid != (uid_t) -1 && st.st_uid != fromUid) {
-        assert(!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode));
-        if (inodesSeen.find(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino)) == inodesSeen.end())
+        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || !inodesSeen.count(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino)))
             throw BuildError("invalid ownership on file '%1%'", path);
         mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
         assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) || (st.st_uid == geteuid() && (mode == 0444 || mode == 0555) && st.st_mtime == mtimeStore));
@@ -522,9 +515,7 @@ void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSeen & ino
 
     /* On platforms that don't have lchown(), the top-level path can't
        be a symlink, since we can't change its ownership. */
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError("getting attributes of path '%1%'", path);
+    auto st = lstat(path);
 
     if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
         assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode));
@@ -1455,7 +1446,7 @@ static void makeMutable(const Path & path)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
 
-    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+    auto st = lstat(path);
 
     if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) return;