[PATCH 2/2] ntfs: Remove impossible condition
From: Ethan Tidmore
Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 23:05:19 EST
The variable name_len is checked to see if it's larger than the macro
NTFS_MAX_NAME_LEN however this condition is impossible because name_len
is of type u8 and NTFS_MAX_NAME_LEN is hardcoded to be 255.
Detected by Smatch:
fs/ntfs/namei.c:1175 __ntfs_link() warn:
impossible condition '(name_len > 255) => (0-255 > 255)'
Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs/namei.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
index cecfaabfbfe7..2952b377dda2 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
@@ -1172,10 +1172,7 @@ static int __ntfs_link(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct ntfs_inode *dir_ni,
/* Create FILE_NAME attribute. */
fn_len = sizeof(struct file_name_attr) + name_len * sizeof(__le16);
- if (name_len > NTFS_MAX_NAME_LEN) {
- err = -EIO;
- goto err_out;
- }
+
fn = kzalloc(fn_len, GFP_NOFS);
if (!fn) {
err = -ENOMEM;
--
2.53.0