mtr internally does the following:
1. $default_vardir=....
2. $opt_vardir=$default_vardir unless $opt_vardir;
3. $opt_vardir=realpath $opt_vardir unless IS_WINDOWS
4. if ($opt_vardir eq $default_vardir) { .... use /dev/shm ... }

thus we have to realpath $default_datadir too, otherwise
the comparison logic might be broken