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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Increase recursive symlink limit from 5 to 8
FromPeter Osterlund <>
Date11 Jan 2004 10:37:42 +0100
Steve Youngs <sryoungs@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> * Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> 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

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Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com
http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340
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