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authorChad Smith <chad.smith@canonical.com>2018-07-09 14:16:03 -0600
committergit-ubuntu importer <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>2018-07-09 21:05:08 +0000
commitc14693fa75c77e6b4f824a687fb52e0eee7c6d67 (patch)
tree46adf92b5e89173d9a366b106faa672fb4699ccc /cloudinit/config
parent7140b42117422de6d4567b0284fbbcc12cecd759 (diff)
downloadcloud-init-git-c14693fa75c77e6b4f824a687fb52e0eee7c6d67.tar.gz
18.3-9-g2e62cb8a-0ubuntu1 (patches unapplied)
Imported using git-ubuntu import.
Diffstat (limited to 'cloudinit/config')
-rw-r--r--cloudinit/config/cc_bootcmd.py8
-rw-r--r--cloudinit/config/cc_runcmd.py5
-rw-r--r--cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py7
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_bootcmd.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_bootcmd.py
index db64f0a6..6813f534 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_bootcmd.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_bootcmd.py
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ schema = {
.. note::
bootcmd should only be used for things that could not be done later
- in the boot process."""),
+ in the boot process.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ when writing files, do not use /tmp dir as it races with
+ systemd-tmpfiles-clean LP: #1707222. Use /run/somedir instead.
+ """),
'distros': distros,
'examples': [dedent("""\
bootcmd:
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_runcmd.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_runcmd.py
index b6f6c807..1f75d6c5 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_runcmd.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_runcmd.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ schema = {
all commands must be proper yaml, so you have to quote any characters
yaml would eat (':' can be problematic)
+
+ .. note::
+
+ when writing files, do not use /tmp dir as it races with
+ systemd-tmpfiles-clean LP: #1707222. Use /run/somedir instead.
"""),
'distros': distros,
'examples': [dedent("""\
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py
index 54ae3a68..31d1db61 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_write_files.py
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ binary gzip data can be specified and will be decoded before being written.
.. note::
if multiline data is provided, care should be taken to ensure that it
- follows yaml formatting standargs. to specify binary data, use the yaml
+ follows yaml formatting standards. to specify binary data, use the yaml
option ``!!binary``
+.. note::
+ Do not write files under /tmp during boot because of a race with
+ systemd-tmpfiles-clean that can cause temp files to get cleaned during
+ the early boot process. Use /run/somedir instead to avoid race LP:1707222.
+
**Internal name:** ``cc_write_files``
**Module frequency:** per instance