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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c index 11289ce8a8cc..dfa1b3c82b53 100644 --- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c +++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c @@ -2713,12 +2713,11 @@ retry: if (pos < 0) { /* - * A rename didn't occur, but somehow we didn't end up where - * we thought we would. Throw a warning and try again. + * The path is longer than PATH_MAX and this function + * cannot ever succeed. Creating paths that long is + * possible with Ceph, but Linux cannot use them. */ - pr_warn("build_path did not end path lookup where expected (pos = %d)\n", - pos); - goto retry; + return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG); } *pbase = base; |