--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/ostream.cpp	Mon Dec 19 21:38:51 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/ostream.cpp	Wed Dec 21 15:48:16 2011 -0500
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
 
 void networkStream::flush() {
   if (size() != 0) {
-    int result = os::raw_send(_socket, (char *)base(), (int)size(), 0);
+    int result = os::raw_send(_socket, (char *)base(), size(), 0);
     assert(result != -1, "connection error");
     assert(result == (int)size(), "didn't send enough data");
   }