retitle 653329 TMP_OVERFLOW_LIMIT forces reboot which should not be necessary severity 653329 normal thanks
/etc/init.d/mountoverflowtmp doesn't exist anymore but this was merged into general tmpfs configuration. I hear (#567539) that back then: > you can set MINTMPKB in /etc/default/mountoverflowtmp to specify the > threshold for mounting an emergency /tmp Now you can still set TMP_OVERFLOW_LIMIT in /etc/default/tmpfs, so you can set it to a very high value to sort of disable the feature, however maybe it should accept a value that properly disables it. I hear that having a tmpfs mounted on /tmp is problematic for many reasons, and that's why it was decided for the general case to revert it and keep that feature disabled by default (#630615). But you point out that it can be unsatisfactory how the current /tmp overflow feature still kicks in. Perhaps lazy unmounting with `umount -l /tmp` could help mitigate this and restore the system without having to reboot. -- Pierre Ynard