podman/vendor/github.com/containers/image/v5/internal/tmpdir/tmpdir.go

package tmpdir

import (
	"os"
	"runtime"

	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
)

// unixTempDirForBigFiles is the directory path to store big files on non Windows systems.
// You can override this at build time with
// -ldflags '-X github.com/containers/image/v5/internal/tmpdir.unixTempDirForBigFiles=$your_path'
var unixTempDirForBigFiles = builtinUnixTempDirForBigFiles

// builtinUnixTempDirForBigFiles is the directory path to store big files.
// Do not use the system default of os.TempDir(), usually /tmp, because with systemd it could be a tmpfs.
// DO NOT change this, instead see unixTempDirForBigFiles above.
const builtinUnixTempDirForBigFiles = "/var/tmp"

// TemporaryDirectoryForBigFiles returns a directory for temporary (big) files.
// On non Windows systems it avoids the use of os.TempDir(), because the default temporary directory usually falls under /tmp
// which on systemd based systems could be the unsuitable tmpfs filesystem.
func TemporaryDirectoryForBigFiles(sys *types.SystemContext) string {
	if sys != nil && sys.BigFilesTemporaryDir != "" {
		return sys.BigFilesTemporaryDir
	}
	var temporaryDirectoryForBigFiles string
	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
		temporaryDirectoryForBigFiles = os.TempDir()
	} else {
		temporaryDirectoryForBigFiles = unixTempDirForBigFiles
	}
	return temporaryDirectoryForBigFiles
}