Re: glibc sysdeps/posix/tempname.c artificially limited to TMP_MAX

[Ulrich Drepper]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

> So, to finish the fix, I'd like to remove this artificial limitation
> of glibc.

This is no artificial limitation.  This is a means to catch an
out-of-control situation.  If you have that many temporary files
something is wrong and the sysadmin should get a chance to correct it.
If tons of processes blow to even more possible names all the CPU time
will be allocated to these processes.

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