Re: [PATCH] proc: Make inline name size calculation automatic

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Jun 14 2018 - 16:30:50 EST


Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Require a minimum inline name size of 33+1 to allow for names that look
> > like two hex numbers with a dash between.
>
> Why 34? /proc will fallback to separate allocation for name anyway.

See above comment. I ran find on /proc and there were a bunch of files whose
names were "<hex>-<hex>". Allow for 16-char hex addresses and add a NUL char
to that and you get 34.

David