b4n approved this pull request.

Apart from the nitpicking below, LGTM

>  
        if (utils_is_file_writable(real_path) != 0)
        {       /* if real_path is not writable for us, fall back to 
~/.config/geany/geany_socket_*_* */
                /* instead of creating a symlink and print a warning */
                g_warning("Socket %s could not be written, using %s as 
fallback.", real_path, path);
                SETPTR(real_path, g_strdup(path));
        }
-       /* create a symlink in e.g. ~/.config/geany/geany_socket_hostname__0 to 
/tmp/geany_socket.499602d2 */
+       /* create a symlink in e.g. ~/.config/geany/geany_socket_hostname__0 to
+        * /var/run/user/1000/geany/geany_socket_hostname__0 */

the filename in /var in this comment is not correct anymore

> -      * in case the configuration directory is located on a network file 
> system or any other
-        * file system which doesn't support sockets, we just link the socket 
there and create the
-        * real socket in the system's tmp directory assuming it supports 
sockets */
-       real_path = g_strdup_printf("%s%cgeany_socket.%08x",
-               g_get_tmp_dir(), G_DIR_SEPARATOR, g_random_int());
+       /* Try to place the socket in XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, according to XDG Base
+        * Directory Specification, see
+        * https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest.
+        * If that fails, we try to use /tmp as a fallback. The last resort
+        * is the configuration directory. But the other directories
+        * are preferred in case the configuration directory is located on
+        * a network file system or any other file system which doesn't
+        * support sockets (see #1888561). Append a random int to
+        * prevent clashes with other instances on the system. */
+       real_dir = g_build_filename(g_get_user_runtime_dir(), "geany", NULL);
+       val = utils_mkdir(real_dir, FALSE);

ideally you'd increase the cope of the `saved_errno` variables en use that as 
it's a better variable name.

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