Re: Kernel handling of path length
On Tuesday 28 June 2005 14:52, Loulwa Salem wrote:
Error sending watch insert request (File name too long)
Was the file name < 255 bytes?
I thought the kernel should allow a watch to be inserted ... Is the
above a correct behavior?
That depends. This is in /usr/include/linux/limits.h
#define NAME_MAX 255 /* # chars in a file name */
#define PATH_MAX 4096 /* # chars in a path name including nul */
if (req->pathlen >= PATH_MAX)
goto audit_receive_watch_exit;
Looks like it should allow only 4095 byte names through.
-Steve