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and subject line Re: Bug#637089: linux-2.6: tmpfs doesn't allow reserving
blocks to the super user
has caused the Debian Bug report #637089,
regarding linux-2.6: tmpfs doesn't allow reserving blocks to the super user
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Package: linux-2.6
Severity: wishlist
More and more people are using a tmpfs filesystem for /tmp, and it is
even something supported by the init scripts we ship. Contrary to most
other filesystems, there is no space reserved to the superuser. Given
any user can write to /tmp, and thus fully fill it. This breaks plenty
of things like upgrade of packages using debconf, so tmpfs should
definitely support having some blocks reserved to the super user.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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Hi Aurelien,
On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 10:07:51PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Hi Salvatore,
>
> On 2025-04-25 10:37, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> >
> > Hi Aurelien,
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 03:10:22PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > > Package: linux-2.6
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > >
> > > More and more people are using a tmpfs filesystem for /tmp, and it is
> > > even something supported by the init scripts we ship. Contrary to most
> > > other filesystems, there is no space reserved to the superuser. Given
> > > any user can write to /tmp, and thus fully fill it. This breaks plenty
> > > of things like upgrade of packages using debconf, so tmpfs should
> > > definitely support having some blocks reserved to the super user.
> >
> > I think this one should be closed on Debian end, if there is still
> > desire to have such support implemented (we do not have) it might need
> > to be brought to upstream.
>
> This bug has been filled in response to #636694. While the problem has
> been fixed by stopping TMPDIR usage in the locales-all postinst, there
> is still a need for some space available in /tmp for upgrading or
> installing packages with debconf templates. On one side the problem is
> more likely to happen because tmpfs on /tmp is now the default in
> trixie. On the other hand systems have more RAM, so bigger /tmp, so the
> problem is less likely to happen.
Thanks for making the context clear, much appreciated!
> > Do you agree on closure?
>
> Yes, let's close it for now, we can always reopen it if it poses a
> real issue when more users upgrade to trixie.
Ok let's do that, and see if this will be needed.
Regards,
Salvatore
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