diff -Naur linux-2.4.20/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c linux-2.4.20-xfs-alpha-deadlock/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
--- linux-2.4.20/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c	2003-05-01 20:40:04.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.4.20-xfs-alpha-deadlock/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c	2003-05-01 20:41:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@
 		if (!mp->m_inoadd)
 #endif
 			statp->f_files =
-			    MIN(statp->f_files, (long)mp->m_maxicount);
+			    MIN(statp->f_files, (__int32_t)(mp->m_maxicount));
 	statp->f_ffree = statp->f_files - (sbp->sb_icount - sbp->sb_ifree);
 	XFS_SB_UNLOCK(mp, s);