If TMPDIR is not specified, the default was to use /tmp for the working copy of the block devices. Update this to /var/tmp instead, so systems using tmp-on-tmpfs don't end up inadvertently using RAM for the block device.
Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com> --- block.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/block.c b/block.c index 2fd5482..38bbdf3 100644 --- a/block.c +++ b/block.c @@ -547,8 +547,9 @@ int get_tmp_filename(char *filename, int size) int fd; const char *tmpdir; tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR"); - if (!tmpdir) - tmpdir = "/tmp"; + if (!tmpdir) { + tmpdir = "/var/tmp"; + } if (snprintf(filename, size, "%s/vl.XXXXXX", tmpdir) >= size) { return -EOVERFLOW; } -- 1.8.5.3