Defining PATH_MAX for a filesystem?

Question

I\'m presently writing a filesystem. The statvfs (and even the statfs) structs contain a field specifying the maximum length of a name in that path. As PATH_M

Answer 1

Since this question is tagged "FUSE" ...

I just ran into this issue while working on a FUSE filesystem. I wrote an e-mail to the FUSE developers, seeking clarification. Reply from the current libfuse maintainer (January 2018): There is not a way to specify the maximum path length in a FUSE filesystem [driver].

Is there a way for a FUSE filesystem to inform software running on top of it about the correct maximum path length?

Not at the moment, no.

If not, should there be?

Probably yes. Patches welcome :-)

For reference: Full e-mail thread