On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 02:30:03PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Perhaps nd_set_link() is a suitable place? Change that function so > that it is passed a third argument (max_len) and then check that within > nd_set_link(). Change nd_set_link() to return a __must_check-marked > errno, change callers to handle errors appropriately. > > Or something totally different ;) But along those lines? Note that XFS and possibly other filesystem don't store the NULL termination on disk. So having a follow_link interface that uses a counted string would be a nice little optimization for the XFS follow_link / readlink implementation. But I'm not really sure it's worth complicating the VFS for that little gem. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
