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Re: SYMLOOP_MAX


Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> writes:

>> Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> writes:
>> 
>> > What I think would be best overall is if the kernel were to drop its
>> > extra "nested_symlink" logic so there is a clear single value that has
>> > the POSIX meaning of SYMLOOP_MAX.
>> 
>> I think the motivation for the separate recursive limit is to conserve
>> stack space.
>
> But link-following is iterative.

Not inside a single component.

Andreas.

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