diff --git a/core/os/os2/file_linux.odin b/core/os/os2/file_linux.odin
index 89075e00c..998fe8617 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/file_linux.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/file_linux.odin
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@ _O_PATH      :: 0o10000000
 
 _AT_FDCWD :: -100
 
+_CSTRING_NAME_HEAP_THRESHOLD :: 512
+
 _open :: proc(name: string, flags: File_Flags, perm: File_Mode) -> (Handle, Error) {
-	cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
 
 	flags_i: int
 	switch flags & O_RDONLY|O_WRONLY|O_RDWR {
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ _open :: proc(name: string, flags: File_Flags, perm: File_Mode) -> (Handle, Erro
 	flags_i |= (_O_TRUNC * int(.Trunc in flags))
 	flags_i |= (_O_CLOEXEC * int(.Close_On_Exec in flags))
 
-	handle_i := unix.sys_open(cstr, flags_i, int(perm))
+	handle_i := unix.sys_open(name_cstr, flags_i, int(perm))
 	if handle_i < 0 {
 		return INVALID_HANDLE, _get_platform_error(handle_i)
 	}
@@ -174,7 +179,10 @@ _truncate :: proc(fd: Handle, size: i64) -> Error {
 }
 
 _remove :: proc(name: string) -> Error {
-	name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
 
 	handle_i := unix.sys_open(name_cstr, int(File_Flags.Read))
 	if handle_i < 0 {
@@ -189,20 +197,41 @@ _remove :: proc(name: string) -> Error {
 }
 
 _rename :: proc(old_name, new_name: string) -> Error {
-	old_name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(old_name, context.temp_allocator)
-	new_name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(new_name, context.temp_allocator)
+	old_name_cstr, old_allocated := _name_to_cstring(old_name)
+	new_name_cstr, new_allocated := _name_to_cstring(new_name)
+	defer if old_allocated {
+		delete(old_name_cstr)
+	}
+	defer if new_allocated {
+		delete(new_name_cstr)
+	}
+
 	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_rename(old_name_cstr, new_name_cstr))
 }
 
 _link :: proc(old_name, new_name: string) -> Error {
-	old_name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(old_name, context.temp_allocator)
-	new_name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(new_name, context.temp_allocator)
+	old_name_cstr, old_allocated := _name_to_cstring(old_name)
+	new_name_cstr, new_allocated := _name_to_cstring(new_name)
+	defer if old_allocated {
+		delete(old_name_cstr)
+	}
+	defer if new_allocated {
+		delete(new_name_cstr)
+	}
+
 	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_link(old_name_cstr, new_name_cstr))
 }
 
 _symlink :: proc(old_name, new_name: string) -> Error {
-	old_name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(old_name, context.temp_allocator)
-	new_name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(new_name, context.temp_allocator)
+	old_name_cstr, old_allocated := _name_to_cstring(old_name)
+	new_name_cstr, new_allocated := _name_to_cstring(new_name)
+	defer if old_allocated {
+		delete(old_name_cstr)
+	}
+	defer if new_allocated {
+		delete(new_name_cstr)
+	}
+
 	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_symlink(old_name_cstr, new_name_cstr))
 }
 
@@ -225,12 +254,18 @@ _read_link_cstr :: proc(name_cstr: cstring, allocator := context.allocator) -> (
 }
 
 _read_link :: proc(name: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> (string, Error) {
-	name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
 	return _read_link_cstr(name_cstr, allocator)
 }
 
 _unlink :: proc(name: string) -> Error {
-	name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
 	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_unlink(name_cstr))
 }
 
@@ -247,12 +282,18 @@ _chown :: proc(fd: Handle, uid, gid: int) -> Error {
 }
 
 _lchown :: proc(name: string, uid, gid: int) -> Error {
-	name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
 	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_lchown(name_cstr, uid, gid))
 }
 
 _chtimes :: proc(name: string, atime, mtime: time.Time) -> Error {
-	name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
 	times := [2]Unix_File_Time {
 		{ atime._nsec, 0 },
 		{ mtime._nsec, 0 },
@@ -261,7 +302,10 @@ _chtimes :: proc(name: string, atime, mtime: time.Time) -> Error {
 }
 
 _exists :: proc(name: string) -> bool {
-	name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
 	return unix.sys_access(name_cstr, F_OK) == 0
 }
 
@@ -282,3 +326,17 @@ _is_dir :: proc(fd: Handle) -> bool {
 	}
 	return S_ISDIR(s.mode)
 }
+
+// Ideally we want to use the temp_allocator.  PATH_MAX on Linux is commonly
+// defined as 512, however, it is well known that paths can exceed that limit.
+// So, in theory you could have a path larger than the entire temp_allocator's
+// buffer.  Therefor any large paths will use context.allocator.
+_name_to_cstring :: proc(path: string) -> (cpath: cstring, allocated: bool) {
+	if len(path) > _CSTRING_NAME_HEAP_THRESHOLD {
+		cpath = strings.clone_to_cstring(path)
+		allocated = true
+		return
+	}
+	cpath = strings.clone_to_cstring(path, context.temp_allocator)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/core/os/os2/path_linux.odin b/core/os/os2/path_linux.odin
index 889f7e447..5dadb7608 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/path_linux.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/path_linux.odin
@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@ _is_path_separator :: proc(c: byte) -> bool {
 }
 
 _mkdir :: proc(path: string, perm: File_Mode) -> Error {
+	// NOTE: These modes would require sys_mknod, however, that would require
+	//       additional arguments to this function.
 	if perm & (File_Mode_Named_Pipe | File_Mode_Device | File_Mode_Char_Device | File_Mode_Sym_Link) != 0 {
 		return .Invalid_Argument
 	}
 
-	path_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(path, context.temp_allocator)
+	path_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(path)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(path_cstr)
+	}
 	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_mkdir(path_cstr, int(perm & 0o777)))
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +74,19 @@ _mkdir_all :: proc(path: string, perm: File_Mode) -> Error {
 	}
 
 	// need something we can edit, and use to generate cstrings
-	path_bytes := make([]u8, len(path) + 1, context.temp_allocator)
+	allocated: bool
+	path_bytes: []u8
+	if len(path) > _CSTRING_NAME_HEAP_THRESHOLD {
+		allocated = true
+		path_bytes = make([]u8, len(path) + 1)
+	} else {
+		path_bytes = make([]u8, len(path) + 1, context.temp_allocator)
+	}
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(path_bytes)
+	}
+
+	// NULL terminate the byte slice to make it a valid cstring
 	copy(path_bytes, path)
 	path_bytes[len(path)] = 0
 
@@ -165,12 +182,15 @@ _remove_all :: proc(path: string) -> Error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(path, context.temp_allocator)
+	path_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(path)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(path_cstr)
+	}
 
-	handle_i := unix.sys_open(cstr, _OPENDIR_FLAGS)
+	handle_i := unix.sys_open(path_cstr, _OPENDIR_FLAGS)
 	switch handle_i {
 	case -ENOTDIR:
-		return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_unlink(cstr))
+		return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_unlink(path_cstr))
 	case -4096..<0:
 		return _get_platform_error(handle_i)
 	}
@@ -178,7 +198,7 @@ _remove_all :: proc(path: string) -> Error {
 	fd := Handle(handle_i)
 	defer close(fd)
 	_remove_all_dir(fd) or_return
-	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_rmdir(cstr))
+	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_rmdir(path_cstr))
 }
 
 _getwd :: proc(allocator := context.allocator) -> (string, Error) {
@@ -203,6 +223,9 @@ _getwd :: proc(allocator := context.allocator) -> (string, Error) {
 }
 
 _setwd :: proc(dir: string) -> Error {
-	dir_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(dir, context.temp_allocator)
+	dir_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(dir)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(dir_cstr)
+	}
 	return _ok_or_error(unix.sys_chdir(dir_cstr))
 }
diff --git a/core/os/os2/stat_linux.odin b/core/os/os2/stat_linux.odin
index d22f32d65..9bfd900b6 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/stat_linux.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/stat_linux.odin
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@ _fstat :: proc(fd: Handle, allocator := context.allocator) -> (File_Info, Error)
 
 // NOTE: _stat and _lstat are using _fstat to avoid a race condition when populating fullpath
 _stat :: proc(name: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> (File_Info, Error) {
-	cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
-	fd := unix.sys_open(cstr, _O_RDONLY)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
+
+	fd := unix.sys_open(name_cstr, _O_RDONLY)
 	if fd < 0 {
 		return {}, _get_platform_error(fd)
 	}
@@ -118,8 +122,11 @@ _stat :: proc(name: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> (File_Info, Error
 }
 
 _lstat :: proc(name: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> (File_Info, Error) {
-	cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
-	fd := unix.sys_open(cstr, _O_RDONLY | _O_PATH | _O_NOFOLLOW)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
+	fd := unix.sys_open(name_cstr, _O_RDONLY | _O_PATH | _O_NOFOLLOW)
 	if fd < 0 {
 		return {}, _get_platform_error(fd)
 	}
@@ -132,7 +139,10 @@ _same_file :: proc(fi1, fi2: File_Info) -> bool {
 }
 
 _stat_internal :: proc(name: string) -> (s: OS_Stat, res: int) {
-	name_cstr := strings.clone_to_cstring(name, context.temp_allocator)
+	name_cstr, allocated := _name_to_cstring(name)
+	defer if allocated {
+		delete(name_cstr)
+	}
 	res = unix.sys_stat(name_cstr, &s)
 	return
 }