linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] Tools: hv: Fix for long file names from readdir

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Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:51:42 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Tomas Hozza <thozza@...hat.com>, Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
CC:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Tools: hv: Fix for long file names from readdir



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas Hozza [mailto:thozza@...hat.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 9:53 AM
> To: Olaf Hering
> Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; apw@...onical.com; jasowang@...hat.com; KY
> Srinivasan
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Tools: hv: Fix for long file names from readdir
> 
> > > -        char dev_id[256];
> > > +        char dev_id[512];
> >
> > Shouldnt that be PATH_MAX or similar?
> 
> dirent->d_name should be PATH_MAX, but it is mostly
> not guaranteed. And then the dev_id is concatenated
> with two strings so it can exceed 256 bytes.

PATH_MAX (currently 4096 bytes) I think should suffice.

Regards,

K. Y