Refactor the process of deleting dead symlink

src/_pytest/pathlib.py

@@ -335,6 +335,13 @@ def cleanup_candidates(root: Path, prefix: str, keep: int) -> Iterator[Path]:
             yield path
 
 
+def cleanup_dead_symlink(root: Path):
+    for left_dir in root.iterdir():
+        if left_dir.is_symlink():
+            if not left_dir.resolve().exists():
+                left_dir.unlink()
+
+
 def cleanup_numbered_dir(
     root: Path, prefix: str, keep: int, consider_lock_dead_if_created_before: float
 ) -> None:
@@ -346,11 +353,7 @@ def cleanup_numbered_dir(
     for path in root.glob("garbage-*"):
         try_cleanup(path, consider_lock_dead_if_created_before)
 
-    # remove dead symlink
-    for left_dir in root.iterdir():
-        if left_dir.is_symlink():
-            if not left_dir.resolve().exists():
-                left_dir.unlink()
+    cleanup_dead_symlink(root)
 
 
 def make_numbered_dir_with_cleanup(

src/_pytest/tmpdir.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from .pathlib import LOCK_TIMEOUT
 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 _pytest.compat import final
 from _pytest.config import Config
 from _pytest.config import ExitCode
@@ -281,10 +282,7 @@ def tmp_path(
     basetemp = tmp_path_factory._basetemp
     if basetemp is None:
         return
-    for left_dir in basetemp.iterdir():
-        if left_dir.is_symlink():
-            if not left_dir.resolve().exists():
-                left_dir.unlink()
+    cleanup_dead_symlink(basetemp)
 
 
 def pytest_sessionfinish(session, exitstatus: Union[int, ExitCode]):