diff -u3 -r linux/fs/buffer.c linux.pdh/fs/buffer.c
--- linux/fs/buffer.c	Mon Feb 25 19:38:08 2002
+++ linux.pdh/fs/buffer.c	Tue Mar 19 19:23:43 2002
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@
 
 	err = -EFBIG;
         limit = current->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
-	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && size > (loff_t)limit) {
+	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && size > (loff_t)limit && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		send_sig(SIGXFSZ, current, 0);
 		goto out;
 	}
diff -u3 -r linux/mm/filemap.c linux.pdh/mm/filemap.c
--- linux/mm/filemap.c	Mon Feb 25 19:38:13 2002
+++ linux.pdh/mm/filemap.c	Tue Mar 19 19:21:17 2002
@@ -2885,8 +2885,8 @@
 	 * Check whether we've reached the file size limit.
 	 */
 	err = -EFBIG;
-	
-	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY) {
+
+	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		if (pos >= limit) {
 			send_sig(SIGXFSZ, current, 0);
 			goto out;
diff -u3 -r linux/mm/memory.c linux.pdh/mm/memory.c
--- linux/mm/memory.c	Mon Feb 25 19:38:13 2002
+++ linux.pdh/mm/memory.c	Tue Mar 19 19:22:45 2002
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@
 
 do_expand:
 	limit = current->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
-	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && offset > limit)
+	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && offset > limit && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
 		goto out_sig;
 	if (offset > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes)
 		goto out;
diff -u3 -r linux/mm/shmem.c linux.pdh/mm/shmem.c
--- linux/mm/shmem.c	Mon Feb 25 19:38:14 2002
+++ linux.pdh/mm/shmem.c	Tue Mar 19 19:23:17 2002
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
 	 * Check whether we've reached the file size limit.
 	 */
 	err = -EFBIG;
-	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY) {
+	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		if (pos >= limit) {
 			send_sig(SIGXFSZ, current, 0);
 			goto out;