+static int getenv_tmp_dir(const char **ret_path) {
+ const char *n;
+ int r, ret = 0;
+
+ assert(ret_path);
+
+ /* We use the same order of environment variables python uses in tempfile.gettempdir():
+ * https://docs.python.org/3/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.gettempdir */
+ FOREACH_STRING(n, "TMPDIR", "TEMP", "TMP") {
+ const char *e;
+
+ e = secure_getenv(n);
+ if (!e)
+ continue;
+ if (!path_is_absolute(e)) {
+ r = -ENOTDIR;
+ goto next;
+ }
+ if (!path_is_safe(e)) {
+ r = -EPERM;
+ goto next;
+ }
+
+ r = is_dir(e, true);
+ if (r < 0)
+ goto next;
+ if (r == 0) {
+ r = -ENOTDIR;
+ goto next;
+ }
+
+ *ret_path = e;
+ return 1;
+
+ next:
+ /* Remember first error, to make this more debuggable */
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ ret = r;
+ }
+
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ *ret_path = NULL;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int tmp_dir_internal(const char *def, const char **ret) {
+ const char *e;
+ int r, k;
+
+ assert(def);
+ assert(ret);
+
+ r = getenv_tmp_dir(&e);
+ if (r > 0) {
+ *ret = e;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ k = is_dir(def, true);
+ if (k == 0)
+ k = -ENOTDIR;
+ if (k < 0)
+ return r < 0 ? r : k;
+
+ *ret = def;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int var_tmp_dir(const char **ret) {
+
+ /* Returns the location for "larger" temporary files, that is backed by physical storage if available, and thus
+ * even might survive a boot: /var/tmp. If $TMPDIR (or related environment variables) are set, its value is
+ * returned preferably however. Note that both this function and tmp_dir() below are affected by $TMPDIR,
+ * making it a variable that overrides all temporary file storage locations. */
+
+ return tmp_dir_internal("/var/tmp", ret);
+}
+
+int tmp_dir(const char **ret) {
+
+ /* Similar to var_tmp_dir() above, but returns the location for "smaller" temporary files, which is usually
+ * backed by an in-memory file system: /tmp. */
+
+ return tmp_dir_internal("/tmp", ret);
+}
+