diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 5249749..c0d7b9ed 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(swapon_mutex);
 
-static inline int swap_count(unsigned short ent)
+static inline unsigned char swap_count(unsigned char ent)
 {
 	return ent & ~SWAP_HAS_CACHE;
 }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 #define LATENCY_LIMIT		256
 
 static inline unsigned long scan_swap_map(struct swap_info_struct *si,
-					  unsigned short usage)
+					  unsigned char usage)
 {
 	unsigned long offset;
 	unsigned long scan_base;
@@ -531,12 +531,12 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static unsigned short swap_entry_free(struct swap_info_struct *p,
-			   swp_entry_t entry, unsigned short usage)
+static unsigned char swap_entry_free(struct swap_info_struct *p,
+				     swp_entry_t entry, unsigned char usage)
 {
 	unsigned long offset = swp_offset(entry);
-	unsigned short count;
-	unsigned short has_cache;
+	unsigned char count;
+	unsigned char has_cache;
 
 	count = p->swap_map[offset];
 	has_cache = count & SWAP_HAS_CACHE;
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 void swapcache_free(swp_entry_t entry, struct page *page)
 {
 	struct swap_info_struct *p;
-	unsigned short count;
+	unsigned char count;
 
 	p = swap_info_get(entry);
 	if (p) {
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned int max = si->max;
 	unsigned int i = prev;
-	int count;
+	unsigned char count;
 
 	/*
 	 * No need for swap_lock here: we're just looking
@@ -1013,8 +1013,8 @@
 {
 	struct swap_info_struct *si = swap_info[type];
 	struct mm_struct *start_mm;
-	unsigned short *swap_map;
-	unsigned short swcount;
+	unsigned char *swap_map;
+	unsigned char swcount;
 	struct page *page;
 	swp_entry_t entry;
 	unsigned int i = 0;
@@ -1174,6 +1174,12 @@
 		 * If that's wrong, then we should worry more about
 		 * exit_mmap() and do_munmap() cases described above:
 		 * we might be resetting SWAP_MAP_MAX too early here.
+		 *
+		 * Yes, that's wrong: though very unlikely, swap count 0x7ffe
+		 * could surely occur if pid_max raised from PID_MAX_DEFAULT;
+		 * and we are now lowering SWAP_MAP_MAX to 0x7e, making it
+		 * much easier to reach.  But the next patch will fix that.
+		 *
 		 * We know "Undead"s can happen, they're okay, so don't
 		 * report them; but do report if we reset SWAP_MAP_MAX.
 		 */
@@ -1492,7 +1498,7 @@
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
 {
 	struct swap_info_struct *p = NULL;
-	unsigned short *swap_map;
+	unsigned char *swap_map;
 	struct file *swap_file, *victim;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -1762,7 +1768,7 @@
 	sector_t span;
 	unsigned long maxpages = 1;
 	unsigned long swapfilepages;
-	unsigned short *swap_map = NULL;
+	unsigned char *swap_map = NULL;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	int did_down = 0;
@@ -1938,13 +1944,13 @@
 		goto bad_swap;
 
 	/* OK, set up the swap map and apply the bad block list */
-	swap_map = vmalloc(maxpages * sizeof(short));
+	swap_map = vmalloc(maxpages);
 	if (!swap_map) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bad_swap;
 	}
 
-	memset(swap_map, 0, maxpages * sizeof(short));
+	memset(swap_map, 0, maxpages);
 	for (i = 0; i < swap_header->info.nr_badpages; i++) {
 		int page_nr = swap_header->info.badpages[i];
 		if (page_nr <= 0 || page_nr >= swap_header->info.last_page) {
@@ -2082,12 +2088,12 @@
  * - swap-cache reference is requested but there is already one. -> EEXIST
  * - swap-cache reference is requested but the entry is not used. -> ENOENT
  */
-static int __swap_duplicate(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned short usage)
+static int __swap_duplicate(swp_entry_t entry, unsigned char usage)
 {
 	struct swap_info_struct *p;
 	unsigned long offset, type;
-	unsigned short count;
-	unsigned short has_cache;
+	unsigned char count;
+	unsigned char has_cache;
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (non_swap_entry(entry))