From 9058851be7821edac08c1fa7ecafe5cba9ab9022 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:40:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] journal: when sending journal data via file, place it in /dev/shm, to allow early boot operation, even if it sucks --- src/journal/journal-send.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/journal/journal-send.c b/src/journal/journal-send.c index 03bd17072..00029fe0b 100644 --- a/src/journal/journal-send.c +++ b/src/journal/journal-send.c @@ -140,13 +140,16 @@ _public_ int sd_journal_sendv(const struct iovec *iov, int n) { int i, j = 0; struct msghdr mh; struct sockaddr_un sa; - char path[] = "/tmp/journal.XXXXXX"; ssize_t k; union { struct cmsghdr cmsghdr; uint8_t buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))]; } control; struct cmsghdr *cmsg; + /* We use /dev/shm instead of /tmp here, since we want this to + * be a tmpfs, and one that is available from early boot on + * and where unprivileged users can create files. */ + char path[] = "/dev/shm/journal.XXXXXX"; if (!iov || n <= 0) return -EINVAL; -- 2.30.2