From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:44:15 +1200 > 1. Changing the kernel behavior prevents userspace having > to go through the sort of contortions described above > in order to handle the 108-non-NUL-bytes-in-sun_path case. The problem with this logic is that it ignores every single Linux system that exists right now. You need to code this logic into your application unless you don't want it to run properly on every Linux system that actually exists. Sorry, we're not making this change. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html