> Martin Buchholz <martin@xemacs.org> writes:
>
> > Does glibc have a configure test so that its value of MAXSYMLINKS
> > matches the experimentally determined limit in the kernel? What if
> > someone upgrades the kernel independently (very common)? How
> > important is it for glibc's limit to match the kernel's limit?
>
> I'm in a constant fight with the kernel people to get functions to
> query these constants. sysctl() could be used to do this but nobody
> cared to finish the implementation to cover al the interesting
> constants.
>
> If you want to see this changed go to the kernel people and tell them
> that recompiling with different constants etc *is* a problem. They
> are not beliveing me (or even listen to me).
It is always just an about 4 line addition
(2 lines for a readonly sysctl table entry to kernel/sysctl.c
and one line to declare the const variable with the constant and
another one to add the sysctl name to include/linux/sysctl.h)
You could just send a patch, it would be probably shorter than any
possible rant :-)
-Andi
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