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

[tony . luck]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> O_LARGEFILE works great on my 32-bit platform.
> 
> Is this an ABI bug?  O_LARGEFILE should be OK for 32-bit processes.

That's fine if the 32-bit process wants to have O_LARGEFILE ... but not
all of them do ... some 32-bit binaries are compiled without O_LARGEFILE
support, and will be surprised to have it given to them.

This is particularly an issue on ia64, where 32-bit processes may be
emulated in s/w ... by a 64-bit process.

-Tony
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