From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261988AbUFRU33 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:29:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262451AbUFRU32 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:29:28 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:3243 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263295AbUFRU1n (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:27:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:27:42 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Adrian Almenar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sysfs directories... Message-ID: <20040618132742.F22989@build.pdx.osdl.net> References: <20040618155117.0bffd01d@er-murazor.conectium.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20040618155117.0bffd01d@er-murazor.conectium.com>; from aalmenar@conectium.com on Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 03:51:17PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Adrian Almenar (aalmenar@conectium.com) wrote: > i was looking at /sys on my machine yesterday and i found something > strange. > > cd > /sys/block/hda/device/block/device/block/device/block/device/block/... > and that continues being almost infinite and recursive, it is normal Both /sys/block/hda/device and the next element 'block' are symlinks, so it'll top out after 40 (enforced by vfs). thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net