ChangeLog, message.c, pass2.c, pass3.c:
  Mask off the high eight bits of the directory entry's name_len field,
  so that it can be used for other purposes.

diff --git a/e2fsck/ChangeLog b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
index 95cf80d..0d0ef86 100644
--- a/e2fsck/ChangeLog
+++ b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Sun Mar  8 23:08:08 1998  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
+
+	* pass3.c (fix_dotdot_proc): 
+	* pass2.c (check_dot, check_dotdot, check_name, check_dir_block): 
+	* message.c (expand_dirent_expression): Mask off the high eight
+		bits of the directory entry's name_len field, so that it
+		can be used for other purposes.
+
 Fri Feb 27 00:01:39 1998  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
 
 	* e2fsck.c (e2fsck_run): Since E2F_FLAG_SIGNAL_MASK doesn't
diff --git a/e2fsck/message.c b/e2fsck/message.c
index c464131..82cb423 100644
--- a/e2fsck/message.c
+++ b/e2fsck/message.c
@@ -248,18 +248,18 @@
 		printf("%u", dirent->inode);
 		break;
 	case 'n':
-		len = dirent->name_len;
+		len = dirent->name_len & 0xFF;
 		if (len > EXT2_NAME_LEN)
 			len = EXT2_NAME_LEN;
 		if (len > dirent->rec_len)
 			len = dirent->rec_len;
-		printf("%.*s", dirent->name_len, dirent->name);
+		printf("%.*s", len, dirent->name);
 		break;
 	case 'r':
 		printf("%u", dirent->rec_len);
 		break;
 	case 'l':
-		printf("%u", dirent->name_len);
+		printf("%u", dirent->name_len & 0xFF);
 		break;
 	default:
 	no_dirent:
diff --git a/e2fsck/pass2.c b/e2fsck/pass2.c
index 1507a97..52db68f 100644
--- a/e2fsck/pass2.c
+++ b/e2fsck/pass2.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 	
 	if (!dirent->inode)
 		problem = PR_2_MISSING_DOT;
-	else if ((dirent->name_len != 1) ||
+	else if (((dirent->name_len & 0xFF) != 1) ||
 		 (dirent->name[0] != '.'))
 		problem = PR_2_1ST_NOT_DOT;
 	else if (dirent->name[1] != '\0')
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 	
 	if (!dirent->inode)
 		problem = PR_2_MISSING_DOT_DOT;
-	else if ((dirent->name_len != 2) ||
+	else if (((dirent->name_len & 0xFF) != 2) ||
 		 (dirent->name[0] != '.') ||
 		 (dirent->name[1] != '.'))
 		problem = PR_2_2ND_NOT_DOT_DOT;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 	int	fixup = -1;
 	int	ret = 0;
 	
-	for ( i = 0; i < dirent->name_len; i++) {
+	for ( i = 0; i < (dirent->name_len & 0xFF); i++) {
 		if (dirent->name[i] == '/' || dirent->name[i] == '\0') {
 			if (fixup < 0) {
 				fixup = fix_problem(ctx, PR_2_BAD_NAME, pctx);
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 		if (((offset + dirent->rec_len) > fs->blocksize) ||
 		    (dirent->rec_len < 8) ||
 		    ((dirent->rec_len % 4) != 0) ||
-		    ((dirent->name_len+8) > dirent->rec_len)) {
+		    (((dirent->name_len & 0xFF)+8) > dirent->rec_len)) {
 			if (fix_problem(ctx, PR_2_DIR_CORRUPTED, &cd->pctx)) {
 				dirent->rec_len = fs->blocksize - offset;
 				dirent->name_len = 0;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 			} else
 				return DIRENT_ABORT;
 		}
-		if (dirent->name_len > EXT2_NAME_LEN) {
+		if ((dirent->name_len & 0xFF) > EXT2_NAME_LEN) {
 			if (fix_problem(ctx, PR_2_FILENAME_LONG, &cd->pctx)) {
 				dirent->name_len = EXT2_NAME_LEN;
 				dir_modified++;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
 			 */
 			problem = PR_2_BB_INODE;
 		} else if ((dot_state > 2) &&
-			   (dirent->name_len == 1) &&
+			   ((dirent->name_len & 0xFF) == 1) &&
 			   (dirent->name[0] == '.')) {
 			/*
 			 * If there's a '.' entry in anything other
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
 			 */
 			problem = PR_2_DUP_DOT;
 		} else if ((dot_state > 2) &&
-			   (dirent->name_len == 2) &&
+			   ((dirent->name_len & 0xFF) == 2) &&
 			   (dirent->name[0] == '.') && 
 			   (dirent->name[1] == '.')) {
 			/*
diff --git a/e2fsck/pass3.c b/e2fsck/pass3.c
index 00f081c..733819e 100644
--- a/e2fsck/pass3.c
+++ b/e2fsck/pass3.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
 	errcode_t	retval;
 	struct problem_context pctx;
 
-	if (dirent->name_len != 2)
+	if ((dirent->name_len & 0xFF) != 2)
 		return 0;
 	if (strncmp(dirent->name, "..", 2))
 		return 0;