diff --git a/src/header/dirent/mod.rs b/src/header/dirent/mod.rs
index 761980c041..30df2a167e 100644
--- a/src/header/dirent/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/dirent/mod.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl DIR {
 
 /// See <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/dirent.h.html>.
 #[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct dirent {
     pub d_ino: ino_t,
     pub d_off: off_t,
@@ -305,9 +305,15 @@ pub extern "C" fn readdir_r(
     };
 
     unsafe {
-        ptr::write(entry, *src);
-        *result = entry;
-    }
+    // Copy the dirent bytes (dirent doesn't impl Copy because it has a
+    // flexible array member). Use a byte-level copy.
+    core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
+        src as *const u8,
+        entry as *mut u8,
+        core::mem::size_of::<dirent>(),
+    );
+    *result = entry;
+}
     0
 }
 
diff --git a/src/header/time/cbindgen.toml b/src/header/time/cbindgen.toml
index d2476bd3b3..2aaa2a47df 100644
--- a/src/header/time/cbindgen.toml
+++ b/src/header/time/cbindgen.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ no_includes = true
 cpp_compat = true
 after_includes = """
 #include <bits/timespec.h> // for timespec
+#include <bits/locale-t.h> // for locale_t
 struct sigevent;
 """
 
diff --git a/src/header/time/mod.rs b/src/header/time/mod.rs
index 34774ec004..cfcfedf27b 100644
--- a/src/header/time/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/time/mod.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ pub static mut tzname: TzName = TzName([ptr::null_mut(); 2]);
 #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
 pub static mut getdate_err: c_int = 0;
 
-static mut GETDATE_TM: mem::MaybeUninit<tm> = mem::MaybeUninit::uninit();
+static GETDATE_TM: RawCell<mem::MaybeUninit<tm>> = RawCell::new(mem::MaybeUninit::uninit());
 
 /// See <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/time.h.html>.
 #[repr(C)]
@@ -389,11 +389,12 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn getdate(string: *const c_char) -> *const tm {
         if !end.is_null() && unsafe { *end } == 0 {
             let t = unsafe { mktime(&raw mut parsed) };
             if t != -1 {
-                unsafe {
-                    GETDATE_TM.write(parsed);
-                    getdate_err = 0;
-                    return GETDATE_TM.as_ptr();
-                }
+            unsafe {
+                let p = GETDATE_TM.as_mut_ptr();
+                (*p).write(parsed);
+                getdate_err = 0;
+                return (*p).as_ptr();
+            }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/ld_so/dso.rs b/src/ld_so/dso.rs
index fda351bd94..6638ea93a8 100644
--- a/src/ld_so/dso.rs
+++ b/src/ld_so/dso.rs
@@ -865,9 +865,7 @@ impl DSO {
         if self.dlopened {
             #[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "aarch64")))]
             {
-                return Err(object::Error(
-                    "TLSDESC relocations are unsupported on this architecture",
-                ));
+                panic!("TLSDESC relocations are unsupported on this architecture");
             }
 
             let mut tls_index = crate::header::dl_tls::dl_tls_index {
@@ -997,16 +995,14 @@ impl DSO {
                 self.do_tlsdesc_reloc(reloc, ptr.cast::<usize>(), global_scope)
             }
             _ => {
-                return Err(object::Error(
-                    "unsupported relocation type",
-                ));
+                panic!("unsupported relocation type: {:?}", reloc.kind);
             }
         }
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn lazy_relocate(&self, global_scope: &Scope, resolve: Resolve) -> object::Result<()> {
+    pub(crate) fn lazy_relocate(&self, global_scope: &Scope, resolve: Resolve) -> object::Result<()> {
         let Some(got) = self.got() else {
             assert_eq!(self.dynamic.jmprel, 0);
             return Ok(());
@@ -1075,9 +1071,7 @@ impl DSO {
                 }
 
                 _ => {
-                    return Err(object::Error(
-                        "unsupported relocation type",
-                    ));
+                    panic!("unsupported relocation type: {:?}", reloc.kind);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/start.rs b/src/start.rs
index 753ab1fe15..f2c3107f74 100644
--- a/src/start.rs
+++ b/src/start.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ use core::ptr;
 #[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
 use generic_rt::ExpectTlsFree;
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
+use syscall;
+
 use crate::{
     ALLOCATOR,
     header::{libgen, stdio, stdlib},
@@ -161,11 +164,9 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn relibc_start_v1(
     }
 
     // DEBUG: Earliest possible output before any other init
-    if let Ok(fd) = unsafe {
-        redox_rt::sys::open("/scheme/debug/no-preserve", redox_rt::sys::O_WRONLY)
-    } {
-        let _ = redox_rt::sys::write(fd, b"START: relibc_start_v1 entered\n");
-        let _ = redox_rt::sys::close(fd);
+    if let Ok(fd) = redox_rt::sys::open("/scheme/debug/no-preserve", syscall::O_WRONLY) {
+        let _ = syscall::write(fd, b"START: relibc_start_v1 entered\n");
+        let _ = syscall::close(fd);
     }
 
     // Ensure correct host system before executing more system calls