netdev - Re: [patch] Fix handling of overlength pathname in AF_UNIX sun

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Message-Id: <20120418.133102.1711079292327461659.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:31:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	carlos@...temhalted.org
Cc:	mtk.manpages@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, jengelh@...ozas.de, w@....eu,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [patch] Fix handling of overlength pathname in AF_UNIX sun_path

From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@...temhalted.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:57:58 -0400

> In summary your opinion is that the API has and always will allow up
> to 108 chars to be used in sun_path?

Yes.

> In which case I will talk to the Austin group to get a good example
> added to POSIX showing safe usage.

Why would you add language to POSIX for Linux specific behavior?
Just curious :-)
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