Hmm, I was hoping this would come in under the "code cleanup" category,
and performing the check at the VFS layer will provide a security
benefit in case some filesystem has omitted a length check.
Filesystems with "soft" limits still probably have an operational
maximum, and if need be the VFS layer check can be disabled by setting
the limit to a large number for the fs in question.
So I think the change can be made with no breakage and will provide
enough benefit to be worthwhile ...
Regards,
Bill
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