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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2015-05-02 14:16:16 +0300
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2015-05-11 05:20:01 +0300
commit894bc8c4662ba9daceafe943a5ba0dd407da5cd3 (patch)
tree88b22172306c162df0a5fc7adbc208e3fd535bd5 /include/linux/namei.h
parent3b2e7f7539bdf5650bf5e13f18c883b7b008d03b (diff)
downloadlinux-894bc8c4662ba9daceafe943a5ba0dd407da5cd3.tar.xz
namei: remove restrictions on nesting depth
The only restriction is that on the total amount of symlinks crossed; how they are nested does not matter Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index a5d5bed2c0e1..3a6cc9651712 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ struct nameidata;
enum { MAX_NESTED_LINKS = 8 };
+#define MAXSYMLINKS 40
+
/*
* Type of the last component on LOOKUP_PARENT
*/