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Re: On PATH_MAX


From: Michal Suchanek
Subject: Re: On PATH_MAX
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:40:51 +0100

On 11/8/05, Jonathan S. Shapiro <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 19:06 +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 12:42:31PM -0500, Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> > > It can be done, but the file system in question is unable to make any
> > > reasonable specification of latency, and we are now done with any
> > > consideration of even soft real time for this file system.
> >
> > IMO giving no reasonable specification of latency in a case where the 
> > process
> > supplies a real long filename is not a problem.  If the process cannot 
> > handle
> > it, it can limit the size itself.
>
> No no. The file system can no longer make any specification of latency
> for *any* file, because the act of locating *other* files may require a
> name comparison on an arbitrarily long name along the way.
>
I think the answer is the same as with the many entries case: No if
you choose appropriate data structure :)

Thanks

Michal

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