5 is very low isn't it? Certainly marginal for an application I have in
mind.
What's the reasoning behind it being a) 5 and b) so low?
Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:
> On Friday 13 December 2002 16:06, Andrew Walrond wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
>
>>Is the number of allowed levels of symlink indirection (if that is the
>>right phrase; I mean symlink -> symlink -> ... -> file) dependant on the
>>kernel, or libc ? Where is it defined, and can it be changed?
>
>
> fs/namei.c
>
> if (current->link_count >= 5)
>
> change to a higher value.
>
> So, the answer is: Kernel :)
>
> ciao, Marc
>
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