diff --git a/include/asm-generic/syscalls.h b/include/asm-generic/syscalls.h
index 58f466ff00d..1db51b8524e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/syscalls.h
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 			unsigned long fd, off_t pgoff);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
 #ifndef sys_sigaltstack
 asmlinkage long sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *,
 			struct pt_regs *);
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef sys_rt_sigreturn
 asmlinkage long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs);
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 5e4ded51788..f9acf71b981 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ __setup("noinitrd", no_initrd);
 static int init_linuxrc(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
 {
 	sys_unshare(CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
+	/* stdin/stdout/stderr for /linuxrc */
+	sys_open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0);
+	sys_dup(0);
+	sys_dup(0);
 	/* move initrd over / and chdir/chroot in initrd root */
 	sys_chdir("/root");
 	sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 85d69dffe86..92d728a32d5 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ static int run_init_process(const char *init_filename)
 		(const char __user *const __user *)envp_init);
 }
 
-static void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
+static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
 
 static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
 {
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
 	      "See Linux Documentation/init.txt for guidance.");
 }
 
-static void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
+static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Wait until kthreadd is all set-up.
diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index f6150e92dfc..36700e9e2be 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -535,9 +535,11 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_getrusage(int who, struct compat_rusage __user *ru)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-asmlinkage long
-compat_sys_wait4(compat_pid_t pid, compat_uint_t __user *stat_addr, int options,
-	struct compat_rusage __user *ru)
+COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(wait4,
+	compat_pid_t, pid,
+	compat_uint_t __user *, stat_addr,
+	int, options,
+	struct compat_rusage __user *, ru)
 {
 	if (!ru) {
 		return sys_wait4(pid, stat_addr, options, NULL);
@@ -564,9 +566,10 @@ compat_sys_wait4(compat_pid_t pid, compat_uint_t __user *stat_addr, int options,
 	}
 }
 
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_waitid(int which, compat_pid_t pid,
-		struct compat_siginfo __user *uinfo, int options,
-		struct compat_rusage __user *uru)
+COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(waitid,
+		int, which, compat_pid_t, pid,
+		struct compat_siginfo __user *, uinfo, int, options,
+		struct compat_rusage __user *, uru)
 {
 	siginfo_t info;
 	struct rusage ru;
@@ -584,7 +587,11 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_waitid(int which, compat_pid_t pid,
 		return ret;
 
 	if (uru) {
-		ret = put_compat_rusage(&ru, uru);
+		/* sys_waitid() overwrites everything in ru */
+		if (COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME)
+			ret = copy_to_user(uru, &ru, sizeof(ru));
+		else
+			ret = put_compat_rusage(&ru, uru);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -994,7 +1001,7 @@ compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait (compat_sigset_t __user *uthese,
 	sigset_from_compat(&s, &s32);
 
 	if (uts) {
-		if (get_compat_timespec(&t, uts))
+		if (compat_get_timespec(&t, uts))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 65ca6d27f24..c535f33bbb9 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1668,8 +1668,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(clone, unsigned long, clone_flags, unsigned long, newsp,
 		 int, tls_val)
 #endif
 {
-	return do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, 0,
-		parent_tidptr, child_tidptr);
+	long ret = do_fork(clone_flags, newsp, 0, parent_tidptr, child_tidptr);
+	asmlinkage_protect(5, ret, clone_flags, newsp,
+			parent_tidptr, child_tidptr, tls_val);
+	return ret;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 372771e948c..53cd5c4d117 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3116,8 +3116,9 @@ int __save_altstack(stack_t __user *uss, unsigned long sp)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_sigaltstack(const compat_stack_t __user *uss_ptr,
-				       compat_stack_t __user *uoss_ptr)
+COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sigaltstack,
+			const compat_stack_t __user *, uss_ptr,
+			compat_stack_t __user *, uoss_ptr)
 {
 	stack_t uss, uoss;
 	int ret;