diff -aur otp_src_R8B_2002-07-31/erts/emulator/beam/elib_malloc.c otp_src_R8B_2002-07-31.fixed/erts/emulator/beam/elib_malloc.c
--- otp_src_R8B_2002-07-31/erts/emulator/beam/elib_malloc.c	2002-07-22 15:29:07.000000000 +0200
+++ otp_src_R8B_2002-07-31.fixed/erts/emulator/beam/elib_malloc.c	2002-08-01 21:53:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -118,7 +118,12 @@
 #if USE_RECURSIVE_MUTEX
     pthread_mutexattr_t attr;
     pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr);
+#if defined(__linux__)
+    /* at least for linux setkind_np is deprecated */
+    pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP);
+#else
     pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP);
+#endif
     pthread_mutex_init(&malloc_mutex, &attr);
     pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&attr);
 #else
@@ -1282,7 +1287,7 @@
     }
 
     if (nw <= szp) {
-	split_block(p, nw, szp);
+	split_block((FreeBlock *)p, nw, szp);
 	STAT_ALLOCED_BLOCK(SIZEOF(p));
 	return p;
     }
@@ -1303,7 +1308,7 @@
 		    while(sz--)
 			*pp++ = *dp++;
 		}
-		split_block(p, nw, szp);
+		split_block((FreeBlock *)p, nw, szp);
 		STAT_ALLOCED_BLOCK(SIZEOF(p));
 		return p;
 	    }