Add fail_if_symlink to fns.io functions (openvinotoolkit#3150)

### Changes 

- Add `fail_if_symlink` check to check symbolic links before load
statistics files
- Remove try block for `fns.io.save_file` in dump_statistics

### Reason for changes

Prevent problems with symlinks

---------

Co-authored-by: Alexander Dokuchaev <[email protected]>

nncf/common/tensor_statistics/statistics_serializer.py

@@ -139,11 +139,7 @@ def dump_statistics(
 
         # Update the mapping
         metadata["mapping"][unique_sanitized_name] = original_name
-
-        try:
-            fns.io.save_file(statistics_value, file_path)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise nncf.InternalError(f"Failed to write data to file {file_path}: {e}")
+        fns.io.save_file(statistics_value, file_path)
 
     if additional_metadata:
         metadata |= additional_metadata

nncf/tensor/functions/io.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Optional
 
+from nncf.common.utils.os import fail_if_symlink
 from nncf.tensor import Tensor
 from nncf.tensor.definitions import TensorBackend
 from nncf.tensor.definitions import TensorDeviceType
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ def load_file(
         then the default device is determined by backend.
     :return: A dictionary where the keys are tensor names and the values are Tensor objects.
     """
+    fail_if_symlink(file_path)
     loaded_dict = get_io_backend_fn("load_file", backend)(file_path, device=device)
     return {key: Tensor(val) for key, val in loaded_dict.items()}
 
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ def save_file(
     :param data: A dictionary where the keys are tensor names and the values are Tensor objects.
     :param file_path: The path to the file where the tensor data will be saved.
     """
+    fail_if_symlink(file_path)
     if isinstance(data, dict):
         return dispatch_dict(save_file, data, file_path)
     raise NotImplementedError(f"Function `save_file` is not implemented for {type(data)}")

tests/cross_fw/test_templates/template_test_nncf_tensor.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+import nncf
 import nncf.tensor.functions as fns
 from nncf.experimental.common.tensor_statistics import statistical_functions as s_fns
 from nncf.tensor import Tensor
@@ -1709,6 +1710,20 @@ def test_save_load_file(self, tmp_path, data):
         assert loaded_stat[tensor_key].device == tensor.device
         assert loaded_stat[tensor_key].dtype == tensor.dtype
 
+    def test_save_load_symlink_error(self, tmp_path):
+        file_path = tmp_path / "test_tensor"
+        symlink_path = tmp_path / "symlink_test_tensor"
+        symlink_path.symlink_to(file_path)
+
+        tensor_key = "tensor_key"
+        tensor = Tensor(self.to_tensor([1, 2]))
+        stat = {tensor_key: tensor}
+
+        with pytest.raises(nncf.ValidationError, match="symbolic link"):
+            fns.io.save_file(stat, symlink_path)
+        with pytest.raises(nncf.ValidationError, match="symbolic link"):
+            fns.io.load_file(symlink_path, backend=tensor.backend)
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("data", [[3.0, 2.0, 2.0], [1, 2, 3]])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [TensorDataType.float32, TensorDataType.int32, TensorDataType.uint8, None])
     def test_fn_tensor(self, data, dtype):