[202012] Move /var/log to RAM for Mellanox SN2700, Nokia 7215 and Dell S6100

[ashwnsri]

Why I did it

The commit by prgeor that was merged to master had conflict with 202012 branch and needed to be manually cherrypicked.

Work item tracking

• Microsoft ADO (number only): 25086124

How I did it

Manually cherrypicked changes from PR #15077

How to verify it

Built image with these changes and checked the filesystem:

Mellanox-SN2700

admin@str-msn2700-02:~$ show ver | grep -i "sonic software version"
SONiC Software Version: SONiC.202012-16544.362113-6980ffe77
admin@str-msn2700-02:~$
admin@str-msn2700-02:~$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           793M  8.4M  785M   2% /run
root-overlay     15G  6.4G  7.9G  45% /
/dev/sda3        15G  6.4G  7.9G  45% /host
tmpfs           792M  4.7M  788M   1% /var/log
tmpfs           3.9G  104M  3.8G   3% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs           4.0M     0  4.0M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup

admin@str-msn2700-02:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          7.7Gi       2.5Gi       3.9Gi       120Mi       1.4Gi       4.9Gi
Swap:            0B          0B          0B

Nokia-M0-7215

SONiC Software Version: SONiC.202012-16544.362113-6980ffe77
Platform: armhf-nokia_ixs7215_52x-r0
HwSKU: Nokia-M0-7215
ASIC: marvell

admin@str2-7215-acs-1:~$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            1.5G     0  1.5G   0% /dev
tmpfs           304M  7.3M  296M   3% /run
root-overlay     15G  5.0G  9.5G  35% /
/dev/sda2        15G  5.0G  9.5G  35% /host
tmpfs           303M  728K  303M   1% /var/log
tmpfs           1.5G     0  1.5G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs           4.0M     0  4.0M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup

admin@str2-7215-acs-1:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          3.0Gi       632Mi       1.6Gi       9.0Mi       772Mi       2.3Gi
Swap:            0B          0B          0B

Dell S6100

SONiC Software Version: SONiC.202012-16544.362113-00aac5392
Platform: x86_64-dell_s6100_c2538-r0
HwSKU: Force10-S6100
ASIC: broadcom
ASIC Count: 1
Serial Number: CN06N1J1CES008350097
Uptime: 19:50:04 up 2 min,  1 user,  load average: 3.38, 1.66, 0.65

admin@str-s6100-acs-4:~$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           797M  7.8M  789M   1% /run
root-overlay     14G  4.7G  8.8G  35% /
/dev/sda4        14G  4.7G  8.8G  35% /host
tmpfs           796M  6.7M  790M   1% /var/log
tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs           4.0M     0  4.0M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup

admin@str-s6100-acs-4:~$ free -h
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:          7.8Gi       1.6Gi       4.9Gi        14Mi       1.3Gi       5.9Gi
Swap:            0B          0B          0B
admin@str-s6100-acs-4:~$

Which release branch to backport (provide reason below if selected)

• 201811
• 201911
• 202006
• 202012
• 202106
• 202111
• 202205
• 202211
• 202305

Tested branch (Please provide the tested image version)

• SONiC.202012-16544.362113-6980ffe77

Description for the changelog

Move /var/log to RAM for Mellanox SN2700, Nokia 7215 and Dell S6100 for the 202012 image.

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[prgeor]

@assrinivasan can you rephrase the title "[202012] Move /var/log to RAM for Mellanox SN2700, Nokia 7215 and Dell S6100"

[prgeor]

@qiluo-msft please merge to 202012