strbuf_readlink: support link targets that exceed PATH_MAX

strbuf_readlink() refuses to read link targets that exceed PATH_MAX (even
if a sufficient size was specified by the caller).

As some platforms support longer paths, remove this restriction (similar
to strbuf_getcwd()).

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>

Author: kblees

strbuf.c

@@ -459,16 +459,14 @@ ssize_t strbuf_write(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *f)
 }
 
 
-#define STRBUF_MAXLINK (2*PATH_MAX)
-
 int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 {
 	size_t oldalloc = sb->alloc;
 
 	if (hint < 32)
 		hint = 32;
 
-	while (hint < STRBUF_MAXLINK) {
+	for (;;) {
 		ssize_t len;
 
 		strbuf_grow(sb, hint + 1);