From b20b3ad1acea4c63914d207222c6345ee1208f71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arvid Norberg <arvid.norberg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:54:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] remove file size limit in torrent_info filename constructor
 (#1126)

---
 ChangeLog            | 1 +
 src/torrent_info.cpp | 7 +------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9123c362f..68b68e061 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+	* remove file size limit in torrent_info filename constructor
 	* fix tail-padding for last file in create_torrent
 	* don't send user-agent in metadata http downloads or UPnP requests when
 	  in anonymous mode
diff --git a/src/torrent_info.cpp b/src/torrent_info.cpp
index 140d7611b..04508c259 100644
--- a/src/torrent_info.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent_info.cpp
@@ -643,18 +643,13 @@ namespace libtorrent
 	}
 
 	int load_file(std::string const& filename, std::vector<char>& v
-		, error_code& ec, int limit = 8000000)
+		, error_code& ec)
 	{
 		ec.clear();
 		file f;
 		if (!f.open(filename, file::read_only, ec)) return -1;
 		boost::int64_t s = f.get_size(ec);
 		if (ec) return -1;
-		if (s > limit)
-		{
-			ec = errors::metadata_too_large;
-			return -2;
-		}
 		v.resize(std::size_t(s));
 		if (s == 0) return 0;
 		file::iovec_t b = {&v[0], size_t(s) };