On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Let me rephrase that: why do we allow these types of lookup to recurse > like normal symlinks? I'm proposing that these links immediately > terminate lookup [..] It can nest *inside* a regular symlink. So there should not be any recursion of pure /proc style symlink jumps, but they live within the nesting that is normal symlink behavior. Linus -- 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