Re: 1000-directory limit for svscan

[email protected] (Paul Jarc) Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:05:53 -0500

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Andrew Catton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone know the reason for this hardcoded limit in svscan?   

I think the idea was just to avoid dynamic memory allocation, so that
if svscan starts up successfully, it won't fail for as long as it
stays running.  I don't think that particular number is important.


paul