diff --git a/arch/sparc64/solaris/socket.c b/arch/sparc64/solaris/socket.c
index ec8e074c4eac..06740582717e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/solaris/socket.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/solaris/socket.c
@@ -317,8 +317,10 @@ asmlinkage int solaris_sendmsg(int fd, struct sol_nmsghdr __user *user_msg, unsi
 		unsigned long *kcmsg;
 		compat_size_t cmlen;
 
-		if(kern_msg.msg_controllen > sizeof(ctl) &&
-		   kern_msg.msg_controllen <= 256) {
+		if (kern_msg.msg_controllen <= sizeof(compat_size_t))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if(kern_msg.msg_controllen > sizeof(ctl)) {
 			err = -ENOBUFS;
 			ctl_buf = kmalloc(kern_msg.msg_controllen, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if(!ctl_buf)
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/processor.h b/include/asm-sparc64/processor.h
index bc1445b904ef..d0bee2413560 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/processor.h
@@ -192,6 +192,40 @@ extern unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *task);
 
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
 
+/* Prefetch support.  This is tuned for UltraSPARC-III and later.
+ * UltraSPARC-I will treat these as nops, and UltraSPARC-II has
+ * a shallower prefetch queue than later chips.
+ */
+#define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
+#define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
+#define ARCH_HAS_SPINLOCK_PREFETCH
+
+static inline void prefetch(const void *x)
+{
+	/* We do not use the read prefetch mnemonic because that
+	 * prefetches into the prefetch-cache which only is accessible
+	 * by floating point operations in UltraSPARC-III and later.
+	 * By contrast, "#one_write" prefetches into the L2 cache
+	 * in shared state.
+	 */
+	__asm__ __volatile__("prefetch [%0], #one_write"
+			     : /* no outputs */
+			     : "r" (x));
+}
+
+static inline void prefetchw(const void *x)
+{
+	/* The most optimal prefetch to use for writes is
+	 * "#n_writes".  This brings the cacheline into the
+	 * L2 cache in "owned" state.
+	 */
+	__asm__ __volatile__("prefetch [%0], #n_writes"
+			     : /* no outputs */
+			     : "r" (x));
+}
+
+#define spin_lock_prefetch(x)	prefetchw(x)
+
 #endif /* !(__ASSEMBLY__) */
 
 #endif /* !(__ASM_SPARC64_PROCESSOR_H) */