Re: [PATCH]: Don't force O_LARGEFILE for 32 bit processes on ia64- 2.6.12-rc3

[Jeff Garzik]

Yoav Zach wrote:
> In ia64 kernel, the O_LARGEFILE flag is forced when
> opening a file. This is problematic for execution of
> 32 bit processes, which are not largefile aware, either
> by SW emulation or by HW execution.
> For such processes, the problem is two-fold:
> 1) When trying to open a file that is larger than 4G
>    the operation should fail, but it's not
> 2) Writing to offset larger than 4G should fail, but
>    it's not

O_LARGEFILE works great on my 32-bit platform.

Is this an ABI bug?  O_LARGEFILE should be OK for 32-bit processes.

	Jeff



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