Re: [PATCH 1/2] avoid OPEN_MAX in SCM_MAX_FD

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Roland McGrath wrote:
> 
> Ok, fine.  But PATH_MAX is a real constant that has some meaning in the
> kernel.  It's perfectly correct to use PATH_MAX as a constant on a system
> like Linux that defines it and means what it says.  Conversely, OPEN_MAX
> has no useful relationship with anything the kernel is doing at all.

Sure. I'm just saying that some people may use OPEN_MAX the way I know 
people use PATH_MAX - whether it's what you're supposed to or not.

I do agree that PATH_MAX is much more appropriate to be used that way, and 
is more likely to have "real" meaning, I just worry.

		Linus
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