From: Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org>
To: Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Symlink indirection
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:20:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DF9FAB1.5070504@walrond.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200212131611.04355.m.c.p@wolk-project.de
Thanks Marc
5 is very low isn't it? Certainly marginal for an application I have in
mind.
What's the reasoning behind it being a) 5 and b) so low?
Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:
> On Friday 13 December 2002 16:06, Andrew Walrond wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
>
>>Is the number of allowed levels of symlink indirection (if that is the
>>right phrase; I mean symlink -> symlink -> ... -> file) dependant on the
>>kernel, or libc ? Where is it defined, and can it be changed?
>
>
> fs/namei.c
>
> if (current->link_count >= 5)
>
> change to a higher value.
>
> So, the answer is: Kernel :)
>
> ciao, Marc
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-13 15:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-13 15:06 Symlink indirection Andrew Walrond
2002-12-13 15:11 ` Marc-Christian Petersen
2002-12-13 15:20 ` Andrew Walrond [this message]
2002-12-13 17:22 ` Alan Cox
2002-12-13 15:30 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-12-13 16:17 ` James Antill
2002-12-13 16:34 ` Andrew Walrond
2002-12-13 17:24 ` James Antill
2002-12-13 16:24 ` Andrew Walrond
2002-12-13 16:26 ` Jesse Pollard
2002-12-13 15:23 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-12-13 16:41 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-12-13 16:51 ` Jeff Bailey
2002-12-13 17:15 ` Amos Waterland
2002-12-13 17:51 ` Richard B. Johnson
[not found] ` <mailman.1039792562.8768.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2002-12-13 16:16 ` Pete Zaitcev
2002-12-13 16:48 ` Andrew Walrond
2002-12-13 16:55 ` Pete Zaitcev
2002-12-13 17:04 ` Andrew Walrond
2002-12-14 5:57 ` Joseph Fannin
2002-12-14 12:47 ` Andrew Walrond
2002-12-14 13:55 ` John Bradford
2002-12-14 14:00 ` Andrew Walrond
2002-12-14 16:13 ` John Bradford
2002-12-14 19:50 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2002-12-15 0:41 ` Andrew Walrond
2002-12-23 5:58 ` Thomas Zimmerman
2002-12-13 17:32 ` James Antill
[not found] <fa.eib7vkv.1tju08k@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.cnblikv.qjmuqd@ifi.uio.no>
2002-12-15 7:24 ` junkio
2002-12-15 12:17 ` Andrew Walrond
2002-12-15 12:58 ` John Bradford
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