Re: LINK_MAX

Bruce Harada (bruce@ask.ne.jp)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 02:56:55 +0900

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>> Just a quick question - why is LINK_MAX in limits.h restricted to
>> 127? EXT2_LINK_MAX is 32000, so is there any reason for keeping
>> the value of LINK_MAX so low?
>
>As far as I know symlinks are handled by recursive mechanisms inside the
>kernel, and amount of kernel stack is limited.

Whoops - that would explain it, I guess...

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