diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
index 9257510b4836837eb4cdff719000b716ff3bdd63..9d5f5584845587acbf5f544d7405e260a5e16b95 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
@@ -324,9 +324,8 @@ static void lguest_load_gdt(const struct desc_ptr *desc)
 }
 
 /*
- * For a single GDT entry which changes, we do the lazy thing: alter our GDT,
- * then tell the Host to reload the entire thing.  This operation is so rare
- * that this naive implementation is reasonable.
+ * For a single GDT entry which changes, we simply change our copy and
+ * then tell the host about it.
  */
 static void lguest_write_gdt_entry(struct desc_struct *dt, int entrynum,
 				   const void *desc, int type)
@@ -338,9 +337,13 @@ static void lguest_write_gdt_entry(struct desc_struct *dt, int entrynum,
 }
 
 /*
- * OK, I lied.  There are three "thread local storage" GDT entries which change
+ * There are three "thread local storage" GDT entries which change
  * on every context switch (these three entries are how glibc implements
- * __thread variables).  So we have a hypercall specifically for this case.
+ * __thread variables).  As an optimization, we have a hypercall
+ * specifically for this case.
+ *
+ * Wouldn't it be nicer to have a general LOAD_GDT_ENTRIES hypercall
+ * which took a range of entries?
  */
 static void lguest_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 942a9826bd23ed64b83095fcdeb65ed059c9ce02..c810481a5bc23ae3ca57127729c83e454d681534 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -596,6 +596,10 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	ssize_t ret;
 	bool nonblock;
 
+	/* Userspace could be out to fool us */
+	if (!count)
+		return 0;
+
 	port = filp->private_data;
 
 	nonblock = filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK;
@@ -642,7 +646,7 @@ static unsigned int port_fops_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 	poll_wait(filp, &port->waitqueue, wait);
 
 	ret = 0;
-	if (port->inbuf)
+	if (!will_read_block(port))
 		ret |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
 	if (!will_write_block(port))
 		ret |= POLLOUT;