--- 27rc5~/fs/coda/dir.c	2003-08-25 14:44:43.000000000 +0300
+++ 27rc5/fs/coda/dir.c	2004-08-07 14:09:39.000000000 +0300
@@ -589,8 +589,7 @@
 			break;
 		}
 		/* validate whether the directory file actually makes sense */
-		if (vdir->d_reclen < vdir_size + vdir->d_namlen ||
-		    vdir->d_namlen > CODA_MAXNAMLEN) {
+		if (vdir->d_reclen < vdir_size + vdir->d_namlen) {
 			printk("coda_venus_readdir: Invalid dir: %ld\n",
 			       filp->f_dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
 			ret = -EBADF;