ntfs: Remove impossible condition

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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@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>

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Ethan Tidmore 2026-02-25 22:03:55 -06:00 • committed by Namjae Jeon

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