On some platforms (such as IA64) the large page size may results in slab allocations to be allowed of numbers that do not fit in 32 bit. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Index: linux/fs/proc/stat.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/proc/stat.c 2012-09-18 12:21:56.301459334 -0500 +++ linux/fs/proc/stat.c 2012-09-28 12:33:29.428759019 -0500 @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int show_stat(struct seq_file *p, static int stat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { - unsigned size = 1024 + 128 * num_possible_cpus(); + size_t size = 1024 + 128 * num_possible_cpus(); char *buf; struct seq_file *m; int res; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>