diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/line.c b/arch/um/drivers/line.c
index cf8a97f..a529c3f 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/line.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/line.c
@@ -305,10 +305,12 @@ int line_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tty_ioctls); i++)
 			if (cmd == tty_ioctls[i].cmd)
 				break;
+#ifdef DEBUG
 		if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(tty_ioctls)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s: unknown ioctl: 0x%x\n",
 			       __func__, tty->name, cmd);
 		}
+#endif
 		ret = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 5ff5546..655ed9e 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -746,8 +746,12 @@ static int ubd_open_dev(struct ubd *ubd_dev)
 	}
 	ubd_dev->fd = fd;
 
+	/* A setting higher than 1 sector currently (v2.6.33) generates
+	data loss, both for raw and cow ubd. */
+	blk_queue_max_sectors(ubd_dev->queue, 1 * sizeof(long));
+	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(ubd_dev->queue, 1 * sizeof(long));
+
 	if(ubd_dev->cow.file != NULL){
-		blk_queue_max_sectors(ubd_dev->queue, 8 * sizeof(long));
 
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		ubd_dev->cow.bitmap = vmalloc(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap_len);
@@ -1223,7 +1227,7 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct io_thread_req *io_req;
 	struct request *req;
 	sector_t sector;
-	int n;
+	int n, last_sectors;
 
 	while(1){
 		struct ubd *dev = q->queuedata;
@@ -1239,9 +1243,12 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 
 		req = dev->request;
 		sector = blk_rq_pos(req);
+		last_sectors = 0;
 		while(dev->start_sg < dev->end_sg){
 			struct scatterlist *sg = &dev->sg[dev->start_sg];
 
+			sector += last_sectors;
+			last_sectors = 0;
 			io_req = kmalloc(sizeof(struct io_thread_req),
 					 GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if(io_req == NULL){
@@ -1253,7 +1260,7 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 					(unsigned long long)sector << 9,
 					sg->offset, sg->length, sg_page(sg));
 
-			sector += sg->length >> 9;
+			last_sectors = sg->length >> 9;
 			n = os_write_file(thread_fd, &io_req,
 					  sizeof(struct io_thread_req *));
 			if(n != sizeof(struct io_thread_req *)){
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index 7fcad58..0731311 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -50,8 +50,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .rela.got       : { *(.rela.got) }
   .rel.bss        : { *(.rel.bss .rel.bss.* .rel.gnu.linkonce.b.*) }
   .rela.bss       : { *(.rela.bss .rela.bss.* .rela.gnu.linkonce.b.*) }
-  .rel.plt        : { *(.rel.plt) }
-  .rela.plt       : { *(.rela.plt) }
+  .rel.plt        :
+  {
+    *(.rel.plt)
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__rel_iplt_start = .);
+    *(.rel.iplt)
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__rel_iplt_end = .);
+  }
+  .rela.plt       :
+  {
+    *(.rela.plt)
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__rela_iplt_start = .);
+    *(.rela.iplt)
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__rela_iplt_end = .);
+  }
   .init           : {
     KEEP (*(.init))
   } =0x90909090
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index e7a6cca..a658604 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.gnu.linkonce.t*)
   }
 
+  .rel.plt        :
+  {
+    *(.rel.plt)
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__rel_iplt_start = .);
+    *(.rel.iplt)
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__rel_iplt_end = .);
+  }
+  .rela.plt       :
+  {
+    *(.rela.plt)
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__rela_iplt_start = .);
+    *(.rela.iplt)
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__rela_iplt_end = .);
+  }
+
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   .syscall_stub : {
 	__syscall_stub_start = .;
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/ptrace.c b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/ptrace.c
index f3458d7..1c738c7 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/ptrace.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int poke_user(struct task_struct *child, long addr, long data)
 	else if ((addr >= offsetof(struct user, u_debugreg[0])) &&
 		(addr <= offsetof(struct user, u_debugreg[7]))) {
 		addr -= offsetof(struct user, u_debugreg[0]);
-		addr = addr >> 2;
+		addr = addr >> 3; // long is 8 bytes on x86_64
 		if ((addr == 4) || (addr == 5))
 			return -EIO;
 		child->thread.arch.debugregs[addr] = data;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ int peek_user(struct task_struct *child, long addr, long data)
 	else if ((addr >= offsetof(struct user, u_debugreg[0])) &&
 		(addr <= offsetof(struct user, u_debugreg[7]))) {
 		addr -= offsetof(struct user, u_debugreg[0]);
-		addr = addr >> 2;
+		addr = addr >> 3; // long is 8 bytes on x86_64
 		tmp = child->thread.arch.debugregs[addr];
 	}
 	return put_user(tmp, (unsigned long *) data);