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Re: SYMLOOP_MAX


> 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.

But link-following is iterative.


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