SYMLOOP_MAX

[Andreas Schwab]

Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> writes:

> What I think would be best overall is if the kernel were to drop its
> extra "nested_symlink" logic so there is a clear single value that has
> the POSIX meaning of SYMLOOP_MAX.

I think the motivation for the separate recursive limit is to conserve
stack space.

Andreas.

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