diff --git a/cputree.c b/cputree.c
index 370e426..670b1ba 100644
--- a/cputree.c
+++ b/cputree.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static void do_one_cpu(char *path)
 	file = fopen(new_path, "r");
 	if (file) {
 		char *line = NULL;
-		size_t size=0;
+		size_t size = 0;
 		if (getline(&line, &size, file)==0)
 			return;
 		fclose(file);
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ static void do_one_cpu(char *path)
 	file = fopen(new_path, "r");
 	cpu_set(cpu->number, cpu->package_mask);
 	if (file) {
-		char *line;
-		size_t size;
+		char *line = NULL;
+		size_t size = 0;
 		if (getline(&line, &size, file)) 
 			cpumask_parse_user(line, strlen(line), cpu->package_mask);
 		fclose(file);
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ static void do_one_cpu(char *path)
 	snprintf(new_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/cache/index1/shared_cpu_map", path);
 	file = fopen(new_path, "r");
 	if (file) {
-		char *line;
-		size_t size;
+		char *line = NULL;
+		size_t size = 0;
 		if (getline(&line, &size, file)) 
 			cpumask_parse_user(line, strlen(line), cpu->cache_mask);
 		fclose(file);
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ static void do_one_cpu(char *path)
 	snprintf(new_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map", path);
 	file = fopen(new_path, "r");
 	if (file) {
-		char *line;
-		size_t size;
+		char *line = NULL;
+		size_t size = 0;
 		if (getline(&line, &size, file)) 
 			cpumask_parse_user(line, strlen(line), cpu->cache_mask);
 		fclose(file);
diff --git a/network.c b/network.c
index 7cb8439..5c16a40 100644
--- a/network.c
+++ b/network.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  * even though the amount of work is high; this file is there to compensate for this
  * by adding actual package counts to the calculated amount of work of interrupts
  */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -123,15 +124,20 @@ void account_for_nic_stats(void)
 {
 	struct nic *nic;
 	FILE *file;
-	char line[8192];
+	char *line = NULL;
+	size_t size = 0;
 	file = fopen("/proc/net/dev", "r");
 	if (!file)
 		return;
 	/* first two lines are headers */
-	if (fgets(line, 8191, file)==NULL)
+	if (getline(&line, &size, file)==0) {
+		free(line);
 		return;
-	if (fgets(line, 8191, file)==NULL)
+	}
+	if (getline(&line, &size, file)==0) {
+		free(line);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	while (!feof(file)) {
 		uint64_t rxcount;
@@ -139,7 +145,9 @@ void account_for_nic_stats(void)
 		uint64_t delta;
 		int dummy;
 		char *c, *c2;
-		if (fgets(line, 8191, file)==NULL)
+		if (getline(&line, &size, file)==0)
+			break;
+		if (line==NULL)
 			break;
 		c = strchr(line, ':');
 		if (c==NULL) /* header line */
@@ -172,4 +180,5 @@ void account_for_nic_stats(void)
 		
 	}
 	fclose(file);
+	free(line);
 }
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index 8c26e01..1efb5b3 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  * In addition the PCI class information is used to refine the classification
  * of interrupt sources 
  */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/powermode.c b/powermode.c
index acf8bb5..e0a10b7 100644
--- a/powermode.c
+++ b/powermode.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, 
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ static unsigned int hysteresis;
 void check_power_mode(void)
 {
 	FILE *file;
-	char line[4096];
+	char *line = NULL;
+	size_t size = 0;
 	char *c;
 	uint64_t dummy, irq, softirq;
 	line[0]=0;
@@ -44,9 +46,11 @@ void check_power_mode(void)
 	file = fopen("/proc/stat", "r");
 	if (!file)
 		return;
-	if (fgets(line, 4095, file)==NULL)
-		memset(line,0, 4096);
+	if (getline(&line, &size, file)==0)
+		size=0;
 	fclose(file);
+	if (!line)
+		return;
 	c=&line[4];
 	dummy = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* user */
 	dummy = strtoull(c, &c, 10); /* nice */
@@ -71,5 +75,6 @@ void check_power_mode(void)
 		hysteresis = 0;
 	}
 	previous = irq;
+	free(line);
 }
 
diff --git a/procinterrupts.c b/procinterrupts.c
index 3d84b01..7461c84 100644
--- a/procinterrupts.c
+++ b/procinterrupts.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, 
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -32,16 +33,18 @@
 void parse_proc_interrupts(void)
 {
 	FILE *file;
-	char line[LINESIZE+1];
+	char *line = NULL;
+	size_t size = 0;
 
-	line[LINESIZE] = 0;
 	file = fopen("/proc/interrupts", "r");
 	if (!file)
 		return;
 
 	/* first line is the header we don't need; nuke it */
-	if (fgets(line, LINESIZE, file)==NULL)
+	if (getline(&line, &size, file)==0) {
+		free(line);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	while (!feof(file)) {
 		cpumask_t present;
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ void parse_proc_interrupts(void)
 		uint64_t count;
 		char *c, *c2;
 
-		if (fgets(line, LINESIZE, file)==NULL)
+		if (getline(&line, &size, file)==0)
 			break;
 
 
@@ -85,4 +88,5 @@ void parse_proc_interrupts(void)
 		set_interrupt_count(number, count, &present);
 	}		
 	fclose(file);
+	free(line);
 }