* buffer.c (init_buffer): Don't assume string length fits in 'int'.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index c5cb08237de..ec90bbc3325 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2011-06-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+        * buffer.c (init_buffer): Don't assume string length fits in 'int'.
+
         * lread.c (invalid_syntax): Omit length argument.
         All uses changed.  This doesn't fix a bug, but it simplifies the
         code away from its former Hollerith-constant appearance, and it's
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index fd51f50dcac..fb9b15e4c70 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -5083,7 +5083,7 @@ init_buffer (void)
 {
   char *pwd;
   Lisp_Object temp;
-  int len;
+  ptrdiff_t len;
 
 #ifdef USE_MMAP_FOR_BUFFERS
  {