2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 01e07f2a188..f1281339b6f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(proc_subdir_lock);
 
-static int proc_match(int len, const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
+static int proc_match(unsigned int len, const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 {
         if (de->namelen != len)
                 return 0;
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int __xlate_proc_name(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry **ret,
 {
         const char              *cp = name, *next;
         struct proc_dir_entry   *de;
-        int                     len;
+        unsigned int            len;
 
         de = *ret;
         if (!de)
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
 {
         struct proc_dir_entry *ent = NULL;
         const char *fn = name;
-        int len;
+        unsigned int len;
 
         /* make sure name is valid */
         if (!name || !strlen(name)) goto out;
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ void remove_proc_entry(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *parent)
         struct proc_dir_entry **p;
         struct proc_dir_entry *de = NULL;
         const char *fn = name;
-        int len;
+        unsigned int len;
 
         spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
         if (__xlate_proc_name(name, &parent, &fn) != 0) {
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 379eaed72d4..838c1149251 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ typedef	int (write_proc_t)(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 
 struct proc_dir_entry {
         unsigned int low_ino;
-        unsigned short namelen;
+        unsigned int namelen;
         const char *name;
         mode_t mode;
         nlink_t nlink;