Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:15:43 +0100 | From | Urs Thuermann <> | Subject | More than 5 symlinks |
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Linux-2.1.x and 2.2.0-prex only follow 5 symlinks. This is not enough in some environments. I patch each kernel I install to follow 20 symlinks which is the same as in SunOS and Solaris.
I'd like to see this patch make it into 2.2.0
--- linux/fs/namei.c.orig Wed Dec 23 21:52:39 1998 +++ linux/fs/namei.c Thu Jan 14 10:17:00 1999 @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode; if (inode && inode->i_op && inode->i_op->follow_link) { - if (current->link_count < 5) { + if (current->link_count < 20) { struct dentry * result; current->link_count++;
urs
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