linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] treewide: Switch from tsk->comm to tsk->comm

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Message-ID: <20250724091604.2336532-1-safinaskar@zohomail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:16:04 +0300
From: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...omail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] treewide: Switch from tsk->comm to tsk->comm_str which is 64 bytes long

> where TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN is 64-bytes.

Why 64? As well as I understand, comm is initialized from executable file name by default. And it is usually limited by 256 (or 255?) bytes. So, please, make limit 256 bytes.

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Askar Safin