linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: Make inline name size calculation automatic

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 21:30:42 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: Make inline name size calculation automatic

Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> > Require a minimum inline name size of 33+1 to allow for names that look
> > like two hex numbers with a dash between.
> 
> Why 34? /proc will fallback to separate allocation for name anyway.

See above comment.  I ran find on /proc and there were a bunch of files whose
names were "<hex>-<hex>".  Allow for 16-char hex addresses and add a NUL char
to that and you get 34.

David