linux-kernel - [NEW-PATCH] exec: allow > 2GB executables to run on 64-bit systems

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Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:15:20 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Dave Anderson <anderson@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [NEW-PATCH] exec: allow > 2GB executables to run on 64-bit systems


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.

----


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@...e.de>

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) {
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