On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 06:10:03AM +0200, Damian Ivanov wrote: > >it becomes part of the ABI, and so it can't easily be changed without > >breaking older user space applications. > Thanks! Those keywords are enough to be kinda sure this is a non-go > for a while... > Right, Usually the workaround is to convert to using anonymous sockets, storing correlary information to find the socket later using non-fs based methods. Neil > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:39 AM Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 10:48:16PM +0200, Damian Ivanov wrote: > > > Hello everyone and Happy holidays! > > > > > > Some applications (like gnome-boxes) rely on socket path > > > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/issues/267 > > > > > > A lot of flatpaks as well (filled report here > > > https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/3336 ) > > > > > > If an organizations username structure is > > > firstname.lastname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for example my username (more than > > > one first name, not to mentioned that in some regions middle-name's > > > are used as well) would be 42 characters which exceeds the limit (17) > > > mentioned in the gnome BR. > > > > > > I could not find any information if having the socket length limited > > > is still something that is required nowadays as it seems this is > > > mostly for compatibility reasons? > > > > > > Do you think that this us something that could/should/would be changed > > > nowadays as a config option? > > > > > Its part of the unix protocol address specification (see man 7 unix). Its hard > > coded, and while the Single Unix Specification leaves it undefined, once > > selected, it becomes part of the ABI, and so it can't easily be changed without > > breaking older user space applications. > > > > Neil > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > Best Regards, > > > Damian > > > _______________________________________________ > > > kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
