3 files changed, 94 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.c b/src/basic/fileio.c
index 588eacd77c..d642f3daea 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.c
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.c
@@ -1168,8 +1168,8 @@ int tempfn_random_child(const char *p, const char *extra, char **ret) {
         char *t, *x;
         uint64_t u;
         unsigned i;
+        int r;
 
-        assert(p);
         assert(ret);
 
         /* Turns this:
@@ -1178,6 +1178,12 @@ int tempfn_random_child(const char *p, const char *extra, char **ret) {
          *         /foo/bar/waldo/.#<extra>3c2b6219aa75d7d0
          */
 
+        if (!p) {
+                r = tmp_dir(&p);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
+
         if (!extra)
                 extra = "";
 
@@ -1264,10 +1270,13 @@ int fputs_with_space(FILE *f, const char *s, const char *separator, bool *space)
 
 int open_tmpfile_unlinkable(const char *directory, int flags) {
         char *p;
-        int fd;
+        int fd, r;
 
-        if (!directory)
-                directory = "/tmp";
+        if (!directory) {
+                r = tmp_dir(&directory);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
 
         /* Returns an unlinked temporary file that cannot be linked into the file system anymore */
 
diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.c b/src/basic/fs-util.c
index f0c6f3265e..ce87257bc1 100644
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.c
@@ -496,34 +496,94 @@ int get_files_in_directory(const char *path, char ***list) {
         return n;
 }
 
-int var_tmp(char **ret) {
-        const char *tmp_dir = NULL;
-        const char *env_tmp_dir = NULL;
-        char *c = NULL;
-        int r;
+static int getenv_tmp_dir(const char **ret_path) {
+        const char *n;
+        int r, ret = 0;
 
-        assert(ret);
+        assert(ret_path);
 
-        env_tmp_dir = getenv("TMPDIR");
-        if (env_tmp_dir != NULL) {
-                r = is_dir(env_tmp_dir, true);
-                if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
-                        return r;
-                if (r > 0)
-                        tmp_dir = env_tmp_dir;
+        /* 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 (!tmp_dir)
-                tmp_dir = "/var/tmp";
+        if (ret < 0)
+                return ret;
 
-        c = strdup(tmp_dir);
-        if (!c)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-        *ret = c;
+        *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);
+}
+
 int inotify_add_watch_fd(int fd, int what, uint32_t mask) {
         char path[strlen("/proc/self/fd/") + DECIMAL_STR_MAX(int) + 1];
         int r;
diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.h b/src/basic/fs-util.h
index 075e5942b1..2c3b9a1c74 100644
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.h
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ int mkfifo_atomic(const char *path, mode_t mode);
 
 int get_files_in_directory(const char *path, char ***list);
 
-int var_tmp(char **ret);
+int tmp_dir(const char **ret);
+int var_tmp_dir(const char **ret);
 
 #define INOTIFY_EVENT_MAX (sizeof(struct inotify_event) + NAME_MAX + 1)