From 61337d5f7bd0feef48c43d9d5aaf6f09d8f350e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Homburg <philip@cs.vu.nl>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:07:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow holes in executables.

---
 servers/fs/exec.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/servers/fs/exec.c b/servers/fs/exec.c
index 2c6234c75..39755f3d7 100644
--- a/servers/fs/exec.c
+++ b/servers/fs/exec.c
@@ -574,9 +574,12 @@ phys_bytes seg_bytes;		/* how much is to be transferred? */
   {
 	b= read_map(rip, o);
 	if (b == NO_BLOCK)
-		return EIO;	/* Executables don't have holes */
-
-	bp = get_block(rip->i_dev, b, NORMAL);	/* get block */
+	{
+		bp = get_block(NO_DEV, NO_BLOCK, NORMAL);    /* get a buffer */
+		zero_block(bp);
+	}
+	else
+		bp = get_block(rip->i_dev, b, NORMAL);	/* get block */
 	if (o < off)
 		b_off= off-o;
 	else
-- 
2.44.0