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.

Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner <twoer...@gmail.com>
---
 meta/conf/bitbake.conf                           | 4 ++++
 meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb | 3 +++
 meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_252.5.bb       | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index dcf6ce99d138..afd9e2f5527f 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 7c9d9ca4f107..4dc477bb8d69 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 ea468da150ce..8b92b2cf425c 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
-- 
2.36.0.rc2.17.g4027e30c53

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