http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-cvs/2012-09/msg00160.html

### src/gdb/ChangeLog	2012/09/26 23:53:53	1.14709
### src/gdb/ChangeLog	2012/09/27 08:57:14	1.14710
## -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2012-09-27  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdbtypes.c (lookup_array_range_type): Expand parameters
+	LOW_BOUND and HIGH_BOUND to LONGEST.
+	(lookup_string_range_type): Likewise.
+	* gdbtypes.h (lookup_array_range_type): Likewise.
+	(lookup_string_range_type): Likewise.
+	* valops.c (value_cstring): Expand parameter LEN to ssize_t.
+	Expand HIGHBOUND to ssize_t.
+	(value_string): Likewise.
+	* value.h (value_cstring): Expand parameter LEN to ssize_t.
+	(value_string): Likewise.
+
 2012-09-27  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR breakpoints/13898
Index: gdb-7.5.0.20120926/gdb/gdbtypes.c
===================================================================
--- gdb-7.5.0.20120926.orig/gdb/gdbtypes.c	2012-11-07 22:09:57.000000000 +0100
+++ gdb-7.5.0.20120926/gdb/gdbtypes.c	2012-11-07 22:50:47.048741164 +0100
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ create_array_type (struct type *result_t
 
 struct type *
 lookup_array_range_type (struct type *element_type,
-			 int low_bound, int high_bound)
+			 LONGEST low_bound, LONGEST high_bound)
 {
   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_type_arch (element_type);
   struct type *index_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int;
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ create_string_type (struct type *result_
 
 struct type *
 lookup_string_range_type (struct type *string_char_type,
-			  int low_bound, int high_bound)
+			  LONGEST low_bound, LONGEST high_bound)
 {
   struct type *result_type;
 
Index: gdb-7.5.0.20120926/gdb/gdbtypes.h
===================================================================
--- gdb-7.5.0.20120926.orig/gdb/gdbtypes.h	2012-11-07 22:09:29.000000000 +0100
+++ gdb-7.5.0.20120926/gdb/gdbtypes.h	2012-11-07 22:51:46.440655817 +0100
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ extern struct type *create_range_type (s
 
 extern struct type *create_array_type (struct type *, struct type *,
 				       struct type *);
-extern struct type *lookup_array_range_type (struct type *, int, int);
+extern struct type *lookup_array_range_type (struct type *, LONGEST, LONGEST);
 
 extern CORE_ADDR type_range_any_field_internal (struct type *range_type,
 						int fieldno);
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ extern void finalize_type (struct type *
 
 extern struct type *create_string_type (struct type *, struct type *,
 					struct type *);
-extern struct type *lookup_string_range_type (struct type *, int, int);
+extern struct type *lookup_string_range_type (struct type *, LONGEST, LONGEST);
 
 extern struct type *create_set_type (struct type *, struct type *);
 
Index: gdb-7.5.0.20120926/gdb/valops.c
===================================================================
--- gdb-7.5.0.20120926.orig/gdb/valops.c	2012-11-07 22:46:00.000000000 +0100
+++ gdb-7.5.0.20120926/gdb/valops.c	2012-11-07 22:50:47.091741104 +0100
@@ -1937,11 +1937,11 @@ value_array (int lowbound, int highbound
 }
 
 struct value *
-value_cstring (char *ptr, int len, struct type *char_type)
+value_cstring (char *ptr, ssize_t len, struct type *char_type)
 {
   struct value *val;
   int lowbound = current_language->string_lower_bound;
-  int highbound = len / TYPE_LENGTH (char_type);
+  ssize_t highbound = len / TYPE_LENGTH (char_type);
   struct type *stringtype
     = lookup_array_range_type (char_type, lowbound, highbound + lowbound - 1);
 
@@ -1960,11 +1960,11 @@ value_cstring (char *ptr, int len, struc
    string may contain embedded null bytes.  */
 
 struct value *
-value_string (char *ptr, int len, struct type *char_type)
+value_string (char *ptr, ssize_t len, struct type *char_type)
 {
   struct value *val;
   int lowbound = current_language->string_lower_bound;
-  int highbound = len / TYPE_LENGTH (char_type);
+  ssize_t highbound = len / TYPE_LENGTH (char_type);
   struct type *stringtype
     = lookup_string_range_type (char_type, lowbound, highbound + lowbound - 1);
 
Index: gdb-7.5.0.20120926/gdb/value.h
===================================================================
--- gdb-7.5.0.20120926.orig/gdb/value.h	2012-11-07 22:09:30.000000000 +0100
+++ gdb-7.5.0.20120926/gdb/value.h	2012-11-07 22:51:11.744705614 +0100
@@ -593,9 +593,9 @@ extern struct value *value_mark (void);
 
 extern void value_free_to_mark (struct value *mark);
 
-extern struct value *value_cstring (char *ptr, int len,
+extern struct value *value_cstring (char *ptr, ssize_t len,
 				    struct type *char_type);
-extern struct value *value_string (char *ptr, int len,
+extern struct value *value_string (char *ptr, ssize_t len,
 				   struct type *char_type);
 extern struct value *value_bitstring (char *ptr, int len,
 				      struct type *index_type);