linux-kernel - Re: 4KSTACKS + DEBUG

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Message-ID: <20070831143527.GB5328@lazybastard.org>
Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:35:28 +0200
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Subject: Re: 4KSTACKS + DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW harmful

On Fri, 31 August 2007 12:11:25 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> 
> KSYM_NAME_LEN = 128 sounds stupid. The name which is wider than 80 chars??
> Kernel shouldn't have names that long.
> Say, 50 chars ought to be enough.

Might be an enforcement problem, unless someone also writes a
check_name_len.pl or so.

Jörn

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