diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
index 883ca5a..bf85bbe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	struct xfs_acl *xfs_acl;
 	int len = sizeof(struct xfs_acl);
-	char *ea_name;
+	unsigned char *ea_name;
 	int error;
 
 	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@
 	if (!xfs_acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	error = -xfs_attr_get(ip, ea_name, (char *)xfs_acl, &len, ATTR_ROOT);
+	error = -xfs_attr_get(ip, ea_name, (unsigned char *)xfs_acl,
+							&len, ATTR_ROOT);
 	if (error) {
 		/*
 		 * If the attribute doesn't exist make sure we have a negative
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@
 xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
-	char *ea_name;
+	unsigned char *ea_name;
 	int error;
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@
 			(sizeof(struct xfs_acl_entry) *
 			 (XFS_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES - acl->a_count));
 
-		error = -xfs_attr_set(ip, ea_name, (char *)xfs_acl,
+		error = -xfs_attr_set(ip, ea_name, (unsigned char *)xfs_acl,
 				len, ATTR_ROOT);
 
 		kfree(xfs_acl);
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@
 }
 
 static int
-xfs_acl_exists(struct inode *inode, char *name)
+xfs_acl_exists(struct inode *inode, unsigned char *name)
 {
 	int len = sizeof(struct xfs_acl);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
index a034cf6..3906e85 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -447,12 +447,12 @@
 int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_get(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
-	char			__user *ubuf,
+	unsigned char		*name,
+	unsigned char		__user *ubuf,
 	__uint32_t		*len,
 	__uint32_t		flags)
 {
-	char			*kbuf;
+	unsigned char		*kbuf;
 	int			error = EFAULT;
 
 	if (*len > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
@@ -476,12 +476,12 @@
 int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
-	const char		__user *ubuf,
+	unsigned char		*name,
+	const unsigned char	__user *ubuf,
 	__uint32_t		len,
 	__uint32_t		flags)
 {
-	char			*kbuf;
+	unsigned char		*kbuf;
 	int			error = EFAULT;
 
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
 int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_remove(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
+	unsigned char		*name,
 	__uint32_t		flags)
 {
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
 	xfs_fsop_attrmulti_handlereq_t am_hreq;
 	struct dentry		*dentry;
 	unsigned int		i, size;
-	char			*attr_name;
+	unsigned char		*attr_name;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
 
 	error = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < am_hreq.opcount; i++) {
-		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user(attr_name,
+		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user((char *)attr_name,
 				ops[i].am_attrname, MAXNAMELEN);
 		if (ops[i].am_error == 0 || ops[i].am_error == MAXNAMELEN)
 			error = -ERANGE;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.h
index 7bd7c6a..d56173b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.h
@@ -45,23 +45,23 @@
 extern int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_get(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
-	char			__user *ubuf,
+	unsigned char		*name,
+	unsigned char		__user *ubuf,
 	__uint32_t		*len,
 	__uint32_t		flags);
 
 extern int
-	xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
+xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
-	const char		__user *ubuf,
+	unsigned char		*name,
+	const unsigned char	__user *ubuf,
 	__uint32_t		len,
 	__uint32_t		flags);
 
 extern int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_remove(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
+	unsigned char		*name,
 	__uint32_t		flags);
 
 extern struct dentry *
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
index be1527b..0bf6d61 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
 	compat_xfs_fsop_attrmulti_handlereq_t	am_hreq;
 	struct dentry				*dentry;
 	unsigned int				i, size;
-	char					*attr_name;
+	unsigned char				*attr_name;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 
 	error = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < am_hreq.opcount; i++) {
-		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user(attr_name,
+		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user((char *)attr_name,
 				compat_ptr(ops[i].am_attrname),
 				MAXNAMELEN);
 		if (ops[i].am_error == 0 || ops[i].am_error == MAXNAMELEN)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 2259460..e8566bb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@
 	struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	size_t		length;
 	void		*value;
-	char		*name;
+	unsigned char	*name;
 	int		error;
 
-	error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, &name,
+	error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, (char **)&name,
 					     &value, &length);
 	if (error) {
 		if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
index 0b18788..fa01b9d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		value = NULL;
 	}
 
-	error = -xfs_attr_get(ip, name, value, &asize, xflags);
+	error = -xfs_attr_get(ip, (unsigned char *)name, value, &asize, xflags);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	return asize;
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@
 		xflags |= ATTR_REPLACE;
 
 	if (!value)
-		return -xfs_attr_remove(ip, name, xflags);
-	return -xfs_attr_set(ip, name, (void *)value, size, xflags);
+		return -xfs_attr_remove(ip, (unsigned char *)name, xflags);
+	return -xfs_attr_set(ip, (unsigned char *)name,
+				(void *)value, size, xflags);
 }
 
 static struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_user_handler = {
@@ -124,8 +125,13 @@
 }
 
 static int
-xfs_xattr_put_listent(struct xfs_attr_list_context *context, int flags,
-		char *name, int namelen, int valuelen, char *value)
+xfs_xattr_put_listent(
+	struct xfs_attr_list_context *context,
+	int		flags,
+	unsigned char	*name,
+	int		namelen,
+	int		valuelen,
+	unsigned char	*value)
 {
 	unsigned int prefix_len = xfs_xattr_prefix_len(flags);
 	char *offset;
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@
 	offset = (char *)context->alist + context->count;
 	strncpy(offset, xfs_xattr_prefix(flags), prefix_len);
 	offset += prefix_len;
-	strncpy(offset, name, namelen);			/* real name */
+	strncpy(offset, (char *)name, namelen);			/* real name */
 	offset += namelen;
 	*offset = '\0';
 	context->count += prefix_len + namelen + 1;
@@ -156,8 +162,13 @@
 }
 
 static int
-xfs_xattr_put_listent_sizes(struct xfs_attr_list_context *context, int flags,
-		char *name, int namelen, int valuelen, char *value)
+xfs_xattr_put_listent_sizes(
+	struct xfs_attr_list_context *context,
+	int		flags,
+	unsigned char	*name,
+	int		namelen,
+	int		valuelen,
+	unsigned char	*value)
 {
 	context->count += xfs_xattr_prefix_len(flags) + namelen + 1;
 	return 0;