diff --git a/proc/alloc.c b/proc/alloc.c
index 0bc71a52..21185cc9 100644
--- a/proc/alloc.c
+++ b/proc/alloc.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "alloc.h"
 
-
 static void xdefault_error(const char *restrict fmts, ...) __attribute__((format(printf,1,2)));
 static void xdefault_error(const char *restrict fmts, ...) {
     va_list va;
diff --git a/proc/ksym.c b/proc/ksym.c
index ceddba13..b99a8a6c 100644
--- a/proc/ksym.c
+++ b/proc/ksym.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ open_again:
   close(fd);
   return;
 hell:
-  if(buf) free(buf);
+  free(buf);
   *bufp = NULL;
   *roomp = 0;   /* this function will never work again */
   total = 0;
@@ -321,9 +321,11 @@ bad_parse:
   }
 quiet_goodbye:
   idx_room = 0;
-  if(ksyms_data) free(ksyms_data) , ksyms_data = NULL;
+  free(ksyms_data);
+  ksyms_data = NULL;
   ksyms_room = 0;
-  if(ksyms_index) free(ksyms_index) , ksyms_index = NULL;
+  free(ksyms_index);
+  ksyms_index = NULL;
   ksyms_count = 0;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ bad_open:
 
   sysmap_room=0;
   sysmap_count=0;
-  if(sysmap_index) free(sysmap_index);
+  free(sysmap_index);
   sysmap_index = NULL;
   if(fd>=0) close(fd);
   if(sysmap_data) munmap(sysmap_data, sbuf.st_size + 1);
diff --git a/proc/procps.h b/proc/procps.h
index 4c6866e3..abbab98d 100644
--- a/proc/procps.h
+++ b/proc/procps.h
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@
 #define expected(x,y)   (x)
 #endif
 
-#if SHARED==1 && (__GNUC__ > 2 || __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 96)
-#define LABEL_OFFSET
+#ifdef SHARED
+# if SHARED==1 && (__GNUC__ > 2 || __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 96)
+#  define LABEL_OFFSET
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #define STRINGIFY_ARG(a)	#a
diff --git a/proc/slab.c b/proc/slab.c
index ca41bf9e..66b0d4b5 100644
--- a/proc/slab.c
+++ b/proc/slab.c
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ static int parse_slabinfo20(struct slab_info **list, struct slab_stat *stats,
 		if (entries++ == 0)
 			*list = curr;
 		else
-			prev->next = curr;
+			if (prev)
+				prev->next = curr;
 
 		assigned = sscanf(buffer, "%" STRINGIFY(SLAB_INFO_NAME_LEN)
 				"s %d %d %d %d %d : tunables %*d %*d %*d : \
@@ -218,7 +219,8 @@ static int parse_slabinfo11(struct slab_info **list, struct slab_stat *stats,
 		if (entries++ == 0)
 			*list = curr;
 		else
-			prev->next = curr;
+			if (prev)
+				prev->next = curr;
 
 		assigned = sscanf(buffer, "%" STRINGIFY(SLAB_INFO_NAME_LEN)
 				"s %d %d %d %d %d %d",
diff --git a/ps/stacktrace.c b/ps/stacktrace.c
index c2b4ece0..60b89f44 100644
--- a/ps/stacktrace.c
+++ b/ps/stacktrace.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void debug(int method, char *prog_name){
   char *args[4] = { "gdb", NULL, NULL, NULL };
   int x;
   
-  snprintf (buf, 99, "%d", getpid ());
+  snprintf (buf, 16, "%d", getpid ());
 
   args[1] = prog_name;
   args[2] = buf;