From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A2533858411 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:56:35 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 9A2533858411 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-176-AG43_NLfPbu_fltu7lVsMw-1; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:56:31 -0500 X-MC-Unique: AG43_NLfPbu_fltu7lVsMw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3BF9192780D; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.192.198]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E25361091EFD; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:56:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Cristian =?utf-8?Q?Rodr=C3=ADguez?= Cc: Siddhesh Poyarekar , Siddhesh Poyarekar , libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] support: Add helpers to create paths longer than PATH_MAX References: <20220119082147.3352868-1-siddhesh@sourceware.org> <20220119082147.3352868-2-siddhesh@sourceware.org> <6b838050-35ef-f867-6553-b50016b0ba14@gotplt.org> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:56:26 +0100 In-Reply-To: ("Cristian =?utf-8?Q?Rodr=C3=ADguez=22's?= message of "Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:47:53 -0300") Message-ID: <87h79ya21x.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:56:36 -0000 * Cristian Rodr=C3=ADguez: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 7:21 AM Siddhesh Poyarekar = wrote: >> >> On 19/01/2022 13:51, Siddhesh Poyarekar via Libc-alpha wrote: >> > Add new helpers support_create_and_chdir_toolong_temp_directory and >> > support_chdir_toolong_temp_directory to create and descend into >> > directory trees longer than PATH_MAX. > > Note that recentish linux kernel versions do not allow d_name 's > larger than kernel 's PATH_MAX definition, in that case getdents > returns EIO, this behavior is since kernel 5.5. NAME_MAX or PATH_MAX? d_name should be capped by NAME_MAX, but historically it is not. Thanks, Florian