VOLATILE_TMP_DIR: add

Provide a mechanism to allow users to choose whether the /tmp directory
is on persistent storage (non-volatile) or a RAM-based tmpfs (volatile).
The default is volatile.

Works for both sysvinit-based and systemd-based systems.

(From OE-Core rev: 8b76c0637eaeaf5bd5e696680cd74b7a642f4157)

Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner <twoerner@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index dcf6ce99d1..afd9e2f552 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ ROOT_HOME ??= "/home/root"
 # If set to boolean false ('no', 'n', 'false', 'f', '0'), /var/log is on persistent storage.
 VOLATILE_LOG_DIR ?= "yes"
 
+# if set to 'yes': /tmp links to /var/tmp which links to /var/volatile/tmp
+# otherwise:       /tmp is on persistent storage
+VOLATILE_TMP_DIR ?= "yes"
+
 BB_RENAMED_VARIABLES[PNBLACKLIST] = "SKIP_RECIPE"
 BB_RENAMED_VARIABLES[CVE_CHECK_PN_WHITELIST] = "CVE_CHECK_SKIP_RECIPE"
 BB_RENAMED_VARIABLES[CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST] = "CVE_CHECK_IGNORE"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 7c9d9ca4f1..4dc477bb8d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ do_install () {
                 sed -i -e '\@^d root root 0755 /var/volatile/log none$@ a\l root root 0755 /var/log /var/volatile/log' \
                         ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/00_core
         fi
+        if [ "${VOLATILE_TMP_DIR}" != "yes" ]; then
+                sed -i -e "/\<tmp\>/d" ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles/00_core
+        fi
         install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/dmesg.sh          ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
         install -m 0644    ${WORKDIR}/logrotate-dmesg.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_252.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_252.5.bb
index ea468da150..8b92b2cf42 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_252.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_252.5.bb
@@ -288,6 +288,13 @@ do_install() {
                 rm -rf ${D}${localstatedir}/log/journal/remote
         fi
 
+        # if the user requests /tmp be on persistent storage (i.e. not volatile)
+        # then don't use a tmpfs for /tmp
+        if [ "${VOLATILE_TMP_DIR}" != "yes" ]; then
+                rm -f ${D}${rootlibdir}/systemd/system/tmp.mount
+                rm -f ${D}${rootlibdir}/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/tmp.mount
+        fi
+
         install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/graphical.target.wants
         install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/multi-user.target.wants
         install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/poweroff.target.wants