[PATCH][API-CONFORMAANCE] Increase SYMLOOP_MAX to 63

Tue Jun 17 11:15:51 GMT 2025

Hi Sebastian,
On Jun 17 09:48, Sebastian Feld wrote:
> The following patch increases from 10 to 63, per Windows spec
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/reparse-points
>> Security impact is minor, SYMLOOP_MAX is just an artificial limiter to
> prevent endless loops.

In case of Cygwin (Cygwin is slow, we all know that), the rather low
SYMLOOP_MAX was chosen so the path handling didn't get even slower in
some circumstances I don't remember anymore. Maybe the times when this
was relevant are over, so we can try this.
However, please send a real git patch created with `git format-patch'
and don't forget your Signed-off-by:".
Thanks,
Corinna