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Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/cygwin/winsup.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/cygwin/winsup.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h b/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h index 957cc38fd..e10ffe989 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h +++ b/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h @@ -81,9 +81,13 @@ extern unsigned long cygwin_inet_addr (const char *cp); buffer sizes. As MAX_PATH and PATH_MAX, this is defined including the trailing 0. Internal buffers and internal path routines should use NT_MAX_PATH. PATH_MAX as defined in limits.h is the maximum length of - application provided path strings we handle. */ -/* FIXME: The name is preliminary and TBD. */ -#define NT_MAX_PATH 32768 + application provided path strings we handle. + + Note that it's defined one less than 32K. This is not only big enough, + it also allows to use the value in UNICODE_STRING fields Length and + MaximumLength when multiplied with sizeof (WCHAR). Both fields are + USHORT... */ +#define NT_MAX_PATH 32767 #ifdef __cplusplus |