--- /dev/null
+diff -NurpP linux-2.6.38.7-vs2.3.0.37-rc15/fs/namei.c linux-2.6.38.7-vs2.3.0.37-rc15.1/fs/namei.c
+--- linux-2.6.38.7-vs2.3.0.37-rc15/fs/namei.c 2011-04-23 22:33:35.000000000 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.38.7-vs2.3.0.37-rc15.1/fs/namei.c 2011-05-29 22:41:46.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2220,7 +2220,8 @@ int may_open(struct path *path, int acc_
+ }
+
+ #ifdef CONFIG_VSERVER_COWBL
+- if (IS_COW(inode) && (flag & FMODE_WRITE)) {
++ if (IS_COW(inode) &&
++ ((flag & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)) {
+ if (IS_COW_LINK(inode))
+ return -EMLINK;
+ inode->i_flags &= ~(S_IXUNLINK|S_IMMUTABLE);