diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index caf9e39bb8..085059d879 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct lib_info {
 		unsigned long text_len;			/* Length of text segment */
 		unsigned long entry;			/* Start address for this module */
 		unsigned long build_date;		/* When this one was compiled */
-		short loaded;				/* Has this library been loaded? */
+		bool loaded;				/* Has this library been loaded? */
 	} lib_list[MAX_SHARED_LIBS];
 };
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static struct linux_binfmt flat_format = {
 static int flat_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	printk("Process %s:%d received signr %d and should have core dumped\n",
-			current->comm, current->pid, (int) cprm->siginfo->si_signo);
+			current->comm, current->pid, cprm->siginfo->si_signo);
 	return(1);
 }
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int decompress_exec(
 	loff_t fpos;
 	int ret, retval;
 
-	DBG_FLT("decompress_exec(offset=%x,buf=%x,len=%x)\n",(int)offset, (int)dst, (int)len);
+	DBG_FLT("decompress_exec(offset=%lx,buf=%p,len=%lx)\n",offset, dst, len);
 
 	memset(&strm, 0, sizeof(strm));
 	strm.workspace = kmalloc(zlib_inflate_workspacesize(), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ calc_reloc(unsigned long r, struct lib_info *p, int curid, int internalp)
 	text_len = p->lib_list[id].text_len;
 
 	if (!flat_reloc_valid(r, start_brk - start_data + text_len)) {
-		printk("BINFMT_FLAT: reloc outside program 0x%x (0 - 0x%x/0x%x)",
-		       (int) r,(int)(start_brk-start_data+text_len),(int)text_len);
+		printk("BINFMT_FLAT: reloc outside program 0x%lx (0 - 0x%lx/0x%lx)",
+		       r, start_brk-start_data+text_len, text_len);
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ failed:
 static void old_reloc(unsigned long rl)
 {
 #ifdef DEBUG
-	char *segment[] = { "TEXT", "DATA", "BSS", "*UNKNOWN*" };
+	static const char *segment[] = { "TEXT", "DATA", "BSS", "*UNKNOWN*" };
 #endif
 	flat_v2_reloc_t	r;
 	unsigned long *ptr;
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ static void old_reloc(unsigned long rl)
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printk("Relocation of variable at DATASEG+%x "
-		"(address %p, currently %x) into segment %s\n",
-		r.reloc.offset, ptr, (int)*ptr, segment[r.reloc.type]);
+		"(address %p, currently %lx) into segment %s\n",
+		r.reloc.offset, ptr, *ptr, segment[r.reloc.type]);
 #endif
 	
 	switch (r.reloc.type) {
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static void old_reloc(unsigned long rl)
 	}
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-	printk("Relocation became %x\n", (int)*ptr);
+	printk("Relocation became %lx\n", *ptr);
 #endif
 }		
 
@@ -427,17 +427,15 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 		struct lib_info *libinfo, int id, unsigned long *extra_stack)
 {
 	struct flat_hdr * hdr;
-	unsigned long textpos = 0, datapos = 0, result;
-	unsigned long realdatastart = 0;
-	unsigned long text_len, data_len, bss_len, stack_len, flags;
-	unsigned long full_data;
-	unsigned long len, memp = 0;
-	unsigned long memp_size, extra, rlim;
-	unsigned long *reloc = 0, *rp;
+	unsigned long textpos, datapos, realdatastart;
+	unsigned long text_len, data_len, bss_len, stack_len, full_data, flags;
+	unsigned long len, memp, memp_size, extra, rlim;
+	unsigned long *reloc, *rp;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	int i, rev, relocs = 0;
+	int i, rev, relocs;
 	loff_t fpos;
 	unsigned long start_code, end_code;
+	ssize_t result;
 	int ret;
 
 	hdr = ((struct flat_hdr *) bprm->buf);		/* exec-header */
@@ -481,8 +479,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 	
 	/* Don't allow old format executables to use shared libraries */
 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && id != 0) {
-		printk("BINFMT_FLAT: shared libraries are not available before rev 0x%x\n",
-				(int) FLAT_VERSION);
+		printk("BINFMT_FLAT: shared libraries are not available before rev 0x%lx\n",
+				FLAT_VERSION);
 		ret = -ENOEXEC;
 		goto err;
 	}
@@ -517,11 +515,9 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 
 	/* Flush all traces of the currently running executable */
 	if (id == 0) {
-		result = flush_old_exec(bprm);
-		if (result) {
-			ret = result;
+		ret = flush_old_exec(bprm);
+		if (ret)
 			goto err;
-		}
 
 		/* OK, This is the point of no return */
 		set_personality(PER_LINUX_32BIT);
@@ -549,33 +545,33 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 		textpos = vm_mmap(bprm->file, 0, text_len, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
 				  MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_EXECUTABLE, 0);
 		if (!textpos || IS_ERR_VALUE(textpos)) {
-			if (!textpos)
-				textpos = (unsigned long) -ENOMEM;
-			printk("Unable to mmap process text, errno %d\n", (int)-textpos);
 			ret = textpos;
+			if (!textpos)
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+			printk("Unable to mmap process text, errno %d\n", ret);
 			goto err;
 		}
 
 		len = data_len + extra + MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(unsigned long);
 		len = PAGE_ALIGN(len);
-		realdatastart = vm_mmap(0, 0, len,
+		realdatastart = vm_mmap(NULL, 0, len,
 			PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 0);
 
 		if (realdatastart == 0 || IS_ERR_VALUE(realdatastart)) {
+			ret = realdatastart;
 			if (!realdatastart)
-				realdatastart = (unsigned long) -ENOMEM;
-			printk("Unable to allocate RAM for process data, errno %d\n",
-					(int)-realdatastart);
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+			printk("Unable to allocate RAM for process data, "
+			       "errno %d\n", ret);
 			vm_munmap(textpos, text_len);
-			ret = realdatastart;
 			goto err;
 		}
 		datapos = ALIGN(realdatastart +
 				MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(unsigned long),
 				FLAT_DATA_ALIGN);
 
-		DBG_FLT("BINFMT_FLAT: Allocated data+bss+stack (%d bytes): %x\n",
-				(int)(data_len + bss_len + stack_len), (int)datapos);
+		DBG_FLT("BINFMT_FLAT: Allocated data+bss+stack (%ld bytes): %lx\n",
+			data_len + bss_len + stack_len, datapos);
 
 		fpos = ntohl(hdr->data_start);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BINFMT_ZFLAT
@@ -589,29 +585,30 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 					full_data);
 		}
 		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(result)) {
-			printk("Unable to read data+bss, errno %d\n", (int)-result);
+			ret = result;
+			printk("Unable to read data+bss, errno %d\n", ret);
 			vm_munmap(textpos, text_len);
 			vm_munmap(realdatastart, len);
-			ret = result;
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		reloc = (unsigned long *) (datapos+(ntohl(hdr->reloc_start)-text_len));
+		reloc = (unsigned long *)
+			(datapos + (ntohl(hdr->reloc_start) - text_len));
 		memp = realdatastart;
 		memp_size = len;
 	} else {
 
 		len = text_len + data_len + extra + MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(unsigned long);
 		len = PAGE_ALIGN(len);
-		textpos = vm_mmap(0, 0, len,
+		textpos = vm_mmap(NULL, 0, len,
 			PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, 0);
 
 		if (!textpos || IS_ERR_VALUE(textpos)) {
-			if (!textpos)
-				textpos = (unsigned long) -ENOMEM;
-			printk("Unable to allocate RAM for process text/data, errno %d\n",
-					(int)-textpos);
 			ret = textpos;
+			if (!textpos)
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+			printk("Unable to allocate RAM for process text/data, "
+			       "errno %d\n", ret);
 			goto err;
 		}
 
@@ -652,21 +649,19 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 						   full_data);
 		}
 		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(result)) {
-			printk("Unable to read code+data+bss, errno %d\n",(int)-result);
+			ret = result;
+			printk("Unable to read code+data+bss, errno %d\n", ret);
 			vm_munmap(textpos, text_len + data_len + extra +
 				MAX_SHARED_LIBS * sizeof(unsigned long));
-			ret = result;
 			goto err;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (flags & FLAT_FLAG_KTRACE)
-		printk("Mapping is %x, Entry point is %x, data_start is %x\n",
-			(int)textpos, 0x00ffffff&ntohl(hdr->entry), ntohl(hdr->data_start));
-
-	/* The main program needs a little extra setup in the task structure */
 	start_code = textpos + sizeof (struct flat_hdr);
 	end_code = textpos + text_len;
+	text_len -= sizeof(struct flat_hdr); /* the real code len */
+
+	/* The main program needs a little extra setup in the task structure */
 	if (id == 0) {
 		current->mm->start_code = start_code;
 		current->mm->end_code = end_code;
@@ -684,16 +679,14 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 		current->mm->context.end_brk = memp + memp_size - stack_len;
 	}
 
-	if (flags & FLAT_FLAG_KTRACE)
-		printk("%s %s: TEXT=%x-%x DATA=%x-%x BSS=%x-%x\n",
-			id ? "Lib" : "Load", bprm->filename,
-			(int) start_code, (int) end_code,
-			(int) datapos,
-			(int) (datapos + data_len),
-			(int) (datapos + data_len),
-			(int) (((datapos + data_len + bss_len) + 3) & ~3));
-
-	text_len -= sizeof(struct flat_hdr); /* the real code len */
+	if (flags & FLAT_FLAG_KTRACE) {
+		printk("Mapping is %lx, Entry point is %x, data_start is %x\n",
+		       textpos, 0x00ffffff&ntohl(hdr->entry), ntohl(hdr->data_start));
+		printk("%s %s: TEXT=%lx-%lx DATA=%lx-%lx BSS=%lx-%lx\n",
+		       id ? "Lib" : "Load", bprm->filename,
+		       start_code, end_code, datapos, datapos + data_len,
+		       datapos + data_len, (datapos + data_len + bss_len + 3) & ~3);
+	}
 
 	/* Store the current module values into the global library structure */
 	libinfo->lib_list[id].start_code = start_code;
@@ -869,6 +862,7 @@ static int load_flat_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 	int i, j;
 
 	memset(&libinfo, 0, sizeof(libinfo));
+
 	/*
 	 * We have to add the size of our arguments to our stack size
 	 * otherwise it's too easy for users to create stack overflows
@@ -899,7 +893,7 @@ static int load_flat_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 	set_binfmt(&flat_format);
 
 	p = ((current->mm->context.end_brk + stack_len + 3) & ~3) - 4;
-	DBG_FLT("p=%x\n", (int)p);
+	DBG_FLT("p=%lx\n", p);
 
 	/* copy the arg pages onto the stack, this could be more efficient :-) */
 	for (i = TOP_OF_ARGS - 1; i >= bprm->p; i--)
@@ -930,9 +924,9 @@ static int load_flat_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 #ifdef FLAT_PLAT_INIT
 	FLAT_PLAT_INIT(regs);
 #endif
-	DBG_FLT("start_thread(regs=0x%x, entry=0x%x, start_stack=0x%x)\n",
-		(int)regs, (int)start_addr, (int)current->mm->start_stack);
-	
+
+	DBG_FLT("start_thread(regs=0x%p, entry=0x%lx, start_stack=0x%lx)\n",
+		regs, start_addr, current->mm->start_stack);
 	start_thread(regs, start_addr, current->mm->start_stack);
 
 	return 0;
