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| author | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2026-04-21 20:10:01 -0500 |
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| committer | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2026-04-21 20:10:01 -0500 |
| commit | 11af802af31b69e8e478baae3ea6e5b5090bafaf (patch) | |
| tree | bb300af54a0f062d70b6b6bf821ecd69169b9c3e /installer | |
| parent | 88b677cbcbbe126d50d5b334206a55559e5a4d29 (diff) | |
| download | archangel-11af802af31b69e8e478baae3ea6e5b5090bafaf.tar.gz archangel-11af802af31b69e8e478baae3ea6e5b5090bafaf.zip | |
feat: PrivateTmp=yes drop-in for systemd-tmpfiles on ZFS-root
On ZFS-on-root, statx() across sibling services'
/var/tmp/systemd-private-*/tmp mounts returns errno 132 (ENOTNAM).
This produces 10-30 journal errors per boot and causes
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service to fail every periodic run
(exit 73 / CANTCREAT). Running tmpfiles inside its own mount
namespace avoids traversing sibling private-tmp paths.
install_zfs() now calls configure_tmpfiles_private_tmp() between
configure_zfs_tools and sync_efi_partitions, so the genesis snapshot
captures the drop-ins. Btrfs path is untouched — errno 132 is
ZFS-specific.
The drop-in file-writing is factored into install_dropin() in
lib/common.sh (service, name, root; body from stdin). Six bats tests
exercise path, content, directory permissions, idempotent overwrite,
empty content, and special-character preservation.
Full root-cause write-up and verification steps in
docs/zfs-tmpfiles-private-tmp-fix.md.
Diffstat (limited to 'installer')
| -rwxr-xr-x | installer/archangel | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | installer/lib/common.sh | 14 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/installer/archangel b/installer/archangel index f103fe9..aa8eeaa 100755 --- a/installer/archangel +++ b/installer/archangel @@ -1269,6 +1269,25 @@ configure_zfs_tools() { info "Tip: Install sanoid for automated snapshot retention." } +configure_tmpfiles_private_tmp() { + # On ZFS-on-root, statx() across sibling services' /var/tmp/systemd-private-*/tmp + # mounts returns errno 132 (ENOTNAM). Running tmpfiles in its own mount + # namespace avoids traversing them. See docs/zfs-tmpfiles-private-tmp-fix.md. + step "Isolating systemd-tmpfiles from sibling private-tmp (ZFS)" + + local svc + for svc in systemd-tmpfiles-setup systemd-tmpfiles-clean; do + install_dropin "$svc" zfs-private-tmp /mnt << 'EOF' +# ZFS: statx of sibling services' /var/tmp/systemd-private-*/tmp mounts +# returns errno 132. Running in own namespace avoids traversing them. +[Service] +PrivateTmp=yes +EOF + done + + info "systemd-tmpfiles drop-ins installed (PrivateTmp=yes)." +} + sync_efi_partitions() { # Skip if only one disk if [[ ${#EFI_PARTS[@]} -le 1 ]]; then @@ -1496,6 +1515,7 @@ install_zfs() { configure_zfs_services configure_pacman_hook configure_zfs_tools + configure_tmpfiles_private_tmp sync_efi_partitions create_genesis_snapshot cleanup diff --git a/installer/lib/common.sh b/installer/lib/common.sh index d181e0b..8193b19 100644 --- a/installer/lib/common.sh +++ b/installer/lib/common.sh @@ -222,6 +222,20 @@ disk_in_use() { return 1 } +# Install a systemd drop-in for $service under $root, reading its body +# from stdin. Creates $root/etc/systemd/system/$service.service.d/ at +# mode 755 (idempotent) and writes $dropin_name.conf there. Intended +# for post-pacstrap customization — pass "/mnt" as root at install +# time; tests pass a tempdir. +install_dropin() { + local service="$1" + local dropin_name="$2" + local root="$3" + local dir="${root}/etc/systemd/system/${service}.service.d" + install -d -m 755 "$dir" + cat > "${dir}/${dropin_name}.conf" +} + # List available disks (not in use) list_available_disks() { local disks=() |
