Since Dave didn't post an updated patch. This is how I think what
the patch should be. I also changed sys_uselib just to be complete.
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Always use O_LARGEFILE for opening executables
This allows to use executables >2GB.
Based on a patch by Dave Anderson
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Index: linux-2.6.24-rc3/fs/exec.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24-rc3.orig/fs/exec.c
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3/fs/exec.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __
if (error)
goto exit;
- file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY);
+ file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE);
error = PTR_ERR(file);
if (IS_ERR(file))
goto out;
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
int err = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC);
file = ERR_PTR(err);
if (!err) {
- file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY);
+ file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd,
+ O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE);
if (!IS_ERR(file)) {
err = deny_write_access(file);
if (err) {