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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Increase recursive symlink limit from 5 to 8
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* Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> writes:

> Linux: Symlink limit seem to be 6 path entities.
> AIX: Symlink limit seem to be 21 path entities.
> HP-UX: Symlink limit seem to be 21 path entities.
> Solaris: Symlink limit seem to be 21 path entities.
> Irix: Symlink limit seem to be 31 path entities.
> Mac OS X: Symlink limit seem to be 33 path entities.
> Tru64 Unix: Symlink limit seem to be 65 path entities.

> I really think this limit should be increased in Linux. Not sure
> how high it should go, but from 5 to somewhere between 20 and 64
> seem like a good idea to me.

6 does seem pretty low. What was the reason for setting it there? Is
there a downside to increasing it?

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