Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] exec: Add support for 64 byte 'tsk->real_comm'

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu May 08 2025 - 09:59:08 EST


On Thu, 8 May 2025 13:38:11 +0530
Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> something like:
> >>
> >> char comm_ext[TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN];
> >> or
> >> char comm_64[TASK_COMM_64_LEN]
> > I prefer "comm_ext" as I don't think we want to hard code the actual size.
> > Who knows, in the future we may extend it again!
> >
>
> Ok, let me use 'comm_64' instead in v4.

I think you missed what I said. I prefer the comm_ext over comm_64 because
I don't think it's a good idea to hardcode the extended size in the name.
That will make it very difficult in the future if we want to make it even
larger.

-- Steve