Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751213AbWBMHsX (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 02:48:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751210AbWBMHsX (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 02:48:23 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:49087 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751202AbWBMHsW (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 02:48:22 -0500 Subject: Re: max symlink = 5? ?bug? ?feature deficit? From: Arjan van de Ven To: Willy Tarreau Cc: Linda Walsh , Al Viro , Linux-Kernel , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060213073746.GG11380@w.ods.org> References: <43ED5A7B.7040908@tlinx.org> <20060212180601.GU27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> <43EFA63B.30907@tlinx.org> <20060212212504.GX27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> <43EFBCA9.1090501@tlinx.org> <20060213000803.GY27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> <43EFD8BF.1040205@tlinx.org> <20060213073746.GG11380@w.ods.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:48:15 +0100 Message-Id: <1139816896.2997.19.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 546 Lines: 16 > I don't know exactly why recursion is used to follow symlinks, > which at first thought seems like it could be iterated, but > I've not checked the code, there certainly are specific reasons > for this. the problem is not following symlinks. the problem is symlinks to symlink to symlink to ... - 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/