Linux Operating System Source Code: IBM Patches

 
Recursive symlink patch
Description:
The comments for do_follow_link in fs/namei.c say the maximum number for recursive symbolic links is 8, but somehow it's been modified to 5. This value used to be 8 before 2.4.12 version of the kernel. A patch submitted for kernel 2.4.12 has changed the limit for recursive symlinks (current->link_count) from 8 to 5 (but the comment has not changed).
Developer:
R Sreelatha
Status:
Submitted to project
Release Notes Date Files
20011212 Release Notes 2001-12-11  
      recursive_symlinks.patch.gz