diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
index d1c3ed9943e5..af73b8dfde28 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
@@ -763,6 +763,9 @@ get_wchan (struct task_struct *p)
 	unsigned long ip;
 	int count = 0;
 
+	if (!p || p == current || p->state == TASK_RUNNING)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Note: p may not be a blocked task (it could be current or
 	 * another process running on some other CPU.  Rather than
@@ -773,6 +776,8 @@ get_wchan (struct task_struct *p)
 	 */
 	unw_init_from_blocked_task(&info, p);
 	do {
+		if (p->state == TASK_RUNNING)
+			return 0;
 		if (unw_unwind(&info) < 0)
 			return 0;
 		unw_get_ip(&info, &ip);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c
index 7d3dd6cdafa4..b0b08b5f3eca 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ int
 unw_unwind (struct unw_frame_info *info)
 {
 	unsigned long prev_ip, prev_sp, prev_bsp;
-	unsigned long ip, pr, num_regs;
+	unsigned long ip, pr, num_regs, rp_loc, pfs_loc;
 	STAT(unsigned long start, flags;)
 	int retval;
 
@@ -1870,14 +1870,16 @@ unw_unwind (struct unw_frame_info *info)
 	prev_sp = info->sp;
 	prev_bsp = info->bsp;
 
-	/* restore the ip */
-	if (!info->rp_loc) {
+	/* validate the return IP pointer */
+	rp_loc = (unsigned long) info->rp_loc;
+	if ((rp_loc < info->regstk.limit) || (rp_loc > info->regstk.top)) {
 		/* FIXME: should really be level 0 but it occurs too often. KAO */
 		UNW_DPRINT(1, "unwind.%s: failed to locate return link (ip=0x%lx)!\n",
 			   __FUNCTION__, info->ip);
 		STAT(unw.stat.api.unwind_time += ia64_get_itc() - start; local_irq_restore(flags));
 		return -1;
 	}
+	/* restore the ip */
 	ip = info->ip = *info->rp_loc;
 	if (ip < GATE_ADDR) {
 		UNW_DPRINT(2, "unwind.%s: reached user-space (ip=0x%lx)\n", __FUNCTION__, ip);
@@ -1885,12 +1887,14 @@ unw_unwind (struct unw_frame_info *info)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	/* restore the cfm: */
-	if (!info->pfs_loc) {
+	/* validate the previous stack frame pointer */
+	pfs_loc = (unsigned long) info->pfs_loc;
+	if ((pfs_loc < info->regstk.limit) || (pfs_loc > info->regstk.top)) {
 		UNW_DPRINT(0, "unwind.%s: failed to locate ar.pfs!\n", __FUNCTION__);
 		STAT(unw.stat.api.unwind_time += ia64_get_itc() - start; local_irq_restore(flags));
 		return -1;
 	}
+	/* restore the cfm: */
 	info->cfm_loc = info->pfs_loc;
 
 	/* restore the bsp: */
@@ -1992,13 +1996,16 @@ init_frame_info (struct unw_frame_info *info, struct task_struct *t,
 	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
 
 	rbslimit = (unsigned long) t + IA64_RBS_OFFSET;
+	stklimit = (unsigned long) t + IA64_STK_OFFSET;
+
 	rbstop   = sw->ar_bspstore;
-	if (rbstop - (unsigned long) t >= IA64_STK_OFFSET)
+	if (rbstop > stklimit || rbstop < rbslimit)
 		rbstop = rbslimit;
 
-	stklimit = (unsigned long) t + IA64_STK_OFFSET;
 	if (stktop <= rbstop)
 		stktop = rbstop;
+	if (stktop > stklimit)
+		stktop = stklimit;
 
 	info->regstk.limit = rbslimit;
 	info->regstk.top   = rbstop;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c b/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
index 3549f3b42592..73696b4a2eed 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/pci/pci.c
@@ -354,10 +354,13 @@ pci_acpi_scan_root(struct acpi_device *device, int domain, int bus)
 
 	acpi_walk_resources(device->handle, METHOD_NAME__CRS, count_window,
 			&windows);
-	controller->window = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*controller->window) * windows,
-			GFP_KERNEL, controller->node);
-	if (!controller->window)
-		goto out2;
+	if (windows) {
+		controller->window =
+			kmalloc_node(sizeof(*controller->window) * windows,
+				     GFP_KERNEL, controller->node);
+		if (!controller->window)
+			goto out2;
+	}
 
 	name = kmalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!name)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c
index a574fcd163dd..684b1c984a44 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void __init early_sn_setup(void)
 }
 
 extern int platform_intr_list[];
-static int __initdata shub_1_1_found;
+static int __cpuinitdata shub_1_1_found;
 
 /*
  * sn_check_for_wars
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h b/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
index d7781a2ddefe..441c9e001776 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
@@ -305,6 +305,19 @@
 
 #define NR_syscalls			286 /* length of syscall table */
 
+/*
+ * The following defines stop scripts/checksyscalls.sh from complaining about
+ * unimplemented system calls.  Glibc provides for each of these by using
+ * more modern equivalent system calls.
+ */
+#define __IGNORE_fork		/* clone() */
+#define __IGNORE_time		/* gettimeofday() */
+#define __IGNORE_alarm		/* setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, ... */
+#define __IGNORE_pause		/* rt_sigprocmask(), rt_sigsuspend() */
+#define __IGNORE_utime		/* utimes() */
+#define __IGNORE_getpgrp	/* getpgid() */
+#define __IGNORE_vfork		/* clone() */
+
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND