Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265816AbUAKJh5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2004 04:37:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265817AbUAKJh5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2004 04:37:57 -0500 Received: from smtp2.fre.skanova.net ([195.67.227.95]:36593 "EHLO smtp2.fre.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265816AbUAKJhp (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2004 04:37:45 -0500 To: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Increase recursive symlink limit from 5 to 8 References: <2flllofnvp6.fsf@saruman.uio.no> From: Peter Osterlund Date: 11 Jan 2004 10:37:42 +0100 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1300 Lines: 26 Steve Youngs writes: > * Petter Reinholdtsen writes: > > > Linux: Symlink limit seem to be 6 path entities. > > AIX: Symlink limit seem to be 21 path entities. > > HP-UX: Symlink limit seem to be 21 path entities. > > Solaris: Symlink limit seem to be 21 path entities. > > Irix: Symlink limit seem to be 31 path entities. > > Mac OS X: Symlink limit seem to be 33 path entities. > > Tru64 Unix: Symlink limit seem to be 65 path entities. > > > I really think this limit should be increased in Linux. Not sure > > how high it should go, but from 5 to somewhere between 20 and 64 > > seem like a good idea to me. > > 6 does seem pretty low. What was the reason for setting it there? Is > there a downside to increasing it? Search the archives for "symlink recursion": http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&w=2&r=1&s=symlink+recursion&q=b -- Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/