Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753759AbZGAHj2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:39:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752908AbZGAHjT (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:39:19 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:48435 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752888AbZGAHjT (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:39:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Roland McGrath To: Amerigo Wang Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Viro , Serge Hallyn , David Howells , James Morris , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Patch 3/3] elf: use a macro instead of a raw number In-Reply-To: Amerigo Wang's message of Wednesday, 1 July 2009 01:06:46 -0400 <20090701050900.6188.41697.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> References: <20090701050840.6188.84560.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <20090701050900.6188.41697.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> X-Antipastobozoticataclysm: Bariumenemanilow Message-Id: <20090701073810.A80FC21D57@magilla.sf.frob.com> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:38:10 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 458 Lines: 13 > Use TASK_COMM_LEN instead of the raw number 16. This is probably a bad idea. elf_prpsinfo layout is a userland ABI. AFAIK there is no reason TASK_COMM_LEN could not be enlarged in the kernel. Thanks, Roland -- 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/