From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754890Ab3L0WiY (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Dec 2013 17:38:24 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:60326 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750723Ab3L0WiX (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Dec 2013 17:38:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 14:38:22 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Fabian Frederick Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] selftests : Adding symbolic link limits test script Message-Id: <20131227143822.2b2a8bc448fb7e0800f05f53@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20131225172310.6eb4aa79f79a9fa5a79b3f4e@skynet.be> References: <20131225172310.6eb4aa79f79a9fa5a79b3f4e@skynet.be> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.2.0beta5 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:23:10 +0100 Fabian Frederick wrote: > This patch adds fs directory in selftests and a script to explain recursive > and consecutive symbolic linking limits who have been debated > so many times. hm, it's a "test" which doesn't really test anything - it always succeeds. Why do you think the kernel needs this?