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Re: glibc sysdeps/posix/tempname.c artificially limited to TMP_MAX
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Ulrich Drepper |
Subject: |
Re: glibc sysdeps/posix/tempname.c artificially limited to TMP_MAX |
Date: |
26 Nov 2001 13:38:58 -0800 |
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Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> So, to finish the fix, I'd like to remove this artificial limitation
> of glibc.
This is no artificial limitation. This is a means to catch an
out-of-control situation. If you have that many temporary files
something is wrong and the sysadmin should get a chance to correct it.
If tons of processes blow to even more possible names all the CPU time
will be allocated to these processes.
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