diff -urNp x-ref/fs/dcache.c x/fs/dcache.c
--- x-ref/fs/dcache.c	2003-01-29 06:14:10.000000000 +0100
+++ x/fs/dcache.c	2003-01-30 16:07:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -1048,8 +1048,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getcwd(char *buf, un
 			goto out;
 
 		error = -ERANGE;
+		
+		if (cwd == ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG)) error = -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
 		len = PAGE_SIZE + page - cwd;
-		if (len <= size) {
+		if (len <= size && error != -ENAMETOOLONG) {
 			error = len;
 			if (copy_to_user(buf, cwd, len))
 				error = -EFAULT;