diff --git a/libgo/Makefile.am b/libgo/Makefile.am
index 80081950562..d6578156b8d 100644
--- a/libgo/Makefile.am
+++ b/libgo/Makefile.am
@@ -1593,6 +1593,13 @@ else # !LIBGO_IS_SOLARIS
 syscall_uname_file = go/syscall/libcall_uname.go
 endif
 
+# GNU/Linux specific socket control messages.
+if LIBGO_IS_LINUX
+syscall_sockcmsg_file = go/syscall/sockcmsg_linux.go
+else
+syscall_sockcmsg_file =
+endif
+
 # Support for netlink sockets and messages.
 if LIBGO_IS_LINUX
 syscall_netlink_file = go/syscall/netlink_linux.go
@@ -1606,8 +1613,10 @@ go_base_syscall_files = \
 	go/syscall/libcall_support.go \
 	go/syscall/libcall_posix.go \
 	go/syscall/socket.go \
+	go/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go \
 	go/syscall/str.go \
 	go/syscall/syscall.go \
+	$(syscall_sockcmsg_file) \
 	$(syscall_syscall_file) \
 	$(syscall_exec_file) \
 	$(syscall_exec_os_file) \
diff --git a/libgo/Makefile.in b/libgo/Makefile.in
index c96f13ce50f..6e0cea813f8 100644
--- a/libgo/Makefile.in
+++ b/libgo/Makefile.in
@@ -1923,6 +1923,10 @@ go_unicode_utf8_files = \
 # 32-bit Solaris 2/x86 needs _nuname, handled in libcall_solaris_386.go.
 @LIBGO_IS_386_TRUE@@LIBGO_IS_SOLARIS_TRUE@syscall_uname_file = 
 @LIBGO_IS_SOLARIS_FALSE@syscall_uname_file = go/syscall/libcall_uname.go
+@LIBGO_IS_LINUX_FALSE@syscall_sockcmsg_file = 
+
+# GNU/Linux specific socket control messages.
+@LIBGO_IS_LINUX_TRUE@syscall_sockcmsg_file = go/syscall/sockcmsg_linux.go
 @LIBGO_IS_LINUX_FALSE@syscall_netlink_file = 
 
 # Support for netlink sockets and messages.
@@ -1933,8 +1937,10 @@ go_base_syscall_files = \
 	go/syscall/libcall_support.go \
 	go/syscall/libcall_posix.go \
 	go/syscall/socket.go \
+	go/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go \
 	go/syscall/str.go \
 	go/syscall/syscall.go \
+	$(syscall_sockcmsg_file) \
 	$(syscall_syscall_file) \
 	$(syscall_exec_file) \
 	$(syscall_exec_os_file) \
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go b/libgo/go/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
index d279decb65a..1faac84f4a6 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 // Round the length of a raw sockaddr up to align it propery.
 func cmsgAlignOf(salen int) int {
-	salign := sizeofPtr
+	salign := int(sizeofPtr)
 	// NOTE: It seems like 64-bit Darwin kernel still requires 32-bit
 	// aligned access to BSD subsystem.
 	if darwinAMD64 {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func CmsgSpace(datalen int) int {
 }
 
 func cmsgData(cmsg *Cmsghdr) unsafe.Pointer {
-	return unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(cmsg)) + SizeofCmsghdr)
+	return unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(cmsg)) + uintptr(SizeofCmsghdr))
 }
 
 type SocketControlMessage struct {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func ParseSocketControlMessage(buf []byte) ([]SocketControlMessage, error) {
 
 func socketControlMessageHeaderAndData(buf []byte) (*Cmsghdr, []byte, error) {
 	h := (*Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0]))
-	if h.Len < SizeofCmsghdr || int(h.Len) > len(buf) {
+	if int(h.Len) < SizeofCmsghdr || int(h.Len) > len(buf) {
 		return nil, nil, EINVAL
 	}
 	return h, buf[cmsgAlignOf(SizeofCmsghdr):], nil
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/socket.go b/libgo/go/syscall/socket.go
index 517b5b9408d..7a2e95ca2a2 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/socket.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/socket.go
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ import "unsafe"
 var SocketDisableIPv6 bool
 
 type Sockaddr interface {
-	sockaddr() (ptr *RawSockaddrAny, len Socklen_t, err error)	// lowercase; only we can define Sockaddrs
+	sockaddr() (ptr *RawSockaddrAny, len Socklen_t, err error) // lowercase; only we can define Sockaddrs
 }
 
 type RawSockaddrAny struct {
 	Addr RawSockaddr
-	Pad [12]int8
+	Pad  [12]int8
 }
 
 const SizeofSockaddrAny = 0x1c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const SizeofSockaddrAny = 0x1c
 type SockaddrInet4 struct {
 	Port int
 	Addr [4]byte
-	raw RawSockaddrInet4
+	raw  RawSockaddrInet4
 }
 
 func (sa *SockaddrInet4) sockaddr() (*RawSockaddrAny, Socklen_t, error) {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (sa *SockaddrInet4) sockaddr() (*RawSockaddrAny, Socklen_t, error) {
 	sa.raw.Family = AF_INET
 	n := sa.raw.setLen()
 	p := (*[2]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sa.raw.Port))
-	p[0] = byte(sa.Port>>8)
+	p[0] = byte(sa.Port >> 8)
 	p[1] = byte(sa.Port)
 	for i := 0; i < len(sa.Addr); i++ {
 		sa.raw.Addr[i] = sa.Addr[i]
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ func (sa *SockaddrInet4) sockaddr() (*RawSockaddrAny, Socklen_t, error) {
 }
 
 type SockaddrInet6 struct {
-	Port int
+	Port   int
 	ZoneId uint32
-	Addr [16]byte
-	raw RawSockaddrInet6
+	Addr   [16]byte
+	raw    RawSockaddrInet6
 }
 
 func (sa *SockaddrInet6) sockaddr() (*RawSockaddrAny, Socklen_t, error) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (sa *SockaddrInet6) sockaddr() (*RawSockaddrAny, Socklen_t, error) {
 	sa.raw.Family = AF_INET6
 	n := sa.raw.setLen()
 	p := (*[2]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sa.raw.Port))
-	p[0] = byte(sa.Port>>8)
+	p[0] = byte(sa.Port >> 8)
 	p[1] = byte(sa.Port)
 	sa.raw.Scope_id = sa.ZoneId
 	for i := 0; i < len(sa.Addr); i++ {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (sa *SockaddrInet6) sockaddr() (*RawSockaddrAny, Socklen_t, error) {
 
 type SockaddrUnix struct {
 	Name string
-	raw RawSockaddrUnix
+	raw  RawSockaddrUnix
 }
 
 func (sa *SockaddrUnix) sockaddr() (*RawSockaddrAny, Socklen_t, error) {
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@ func SetsockoptTimeval(fd, level, opt int, tv *Timeval) (err error) {
 }
 
 type Linger struct {
-	Onoff int32;
-	Linger int32;
+	Onoff  int32
+	Linger int32
 }
 
 func SetsockoptLinger(fd, level, opt int, l *Linger) (err error) {
-	return setsockopt(fd, level, opt, (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(l)), Socklen_t(unsafe.Sizeof(*l)));
+	return setsockopt(fd, level, opt, (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(l)), Socklen_t(unsafe.Sizeof(*l)))
 }
 
 func SetsockoptIPMreq(fd, level, opt int, mreq *IPMreq) (err error) {
@@ -405,3 +405,7 @@ func (iov *Iovec) SetLen(length int) {
 func (msghdr *Msghdr) SetControllen(length int) {
 	msghdr.Controllen = Msghdr_controllen_t(length)
 }
+
+func (cmsg *Cmsghdr) SetLen(length int) {
+	cmsg.Len = Cmsghdr_len_t(length)
+}
diff --git a/libgo/mksysinfo.sh b/libgo/mksysinfo.sh
index a3864fc0cd3..16635d236ba 100755
--- a/libgo/mksysinfo.sh
+++ b/libgo/mksysinfo.sh
@@ -483,6 +483,43 @@ echo $msghdr | \
       -e 's/msg_flags/Flags/' \
     >> ${OUT}
 
+# The MSG_ flags for Msghdr.
+grep '^const _MSG_' gen-sysinfo.go | \
+  sed -e 's/^\(const \)_\(MSG_[^= ]*\)\(.*\)$/\1\2 = _\2/' >> ${OUT}
+
+# The cmsghdr struct.
+cmsghdr=`grep '^type _cmsghdr ' gen-sysinfo.go`
+if test -n "$cmsghdr"; then
+  cmsghdr_len=`echo $cmsghdr | sed -n -e 's/^.*cmsg_len \([^ ]*\);.*$/\1/p'`
+  echo "type Cmsghdr_len_t $cmsghdr_len" >> ${OUT}
+  echo "$cmsghdr" | \
+      sed -e 's/_cmsghdr/Cmsghdr/' \
+        -e 's/cmsg_len *[a-zA-Z0-9_]*/Len Cmsghdr_len_t/' \
+        -e 's/cmsg_level/Level/' \
+        -e 's/cmsg_type/Type/' \
+      >> ${OUT}
+
+  # The size of the cmsghdr struct.
+  echo 'var SizeofCmsghdr = int(unsafe.Sizeof(Cmsghdr{}))' >> ${OUT}
+fi
+
+# The SCM_ flags for Cmsghdr.
+grep '^const _SCM_' gen-sysinfo.go | \
+  sed -e 's/^\(const \)_\(SCM_[^= ]*\)\(.*\)$/\1\2 = _\2/' >> ${OUT}
+
+# The ucred struct.
+grep '^type _ucred ' gen-sysinfo.go | \
+    sed -e 's/_ucred/Ucred/' \
+      -e 's/pid/Pid/' \
+      -e 's/uid/Uid/' \
+      -e 's/gid/Gid/' \
+    >> ${OUT}
+
+# The size of the ucred struct.
+if grep 'type Ucred ' ${OUT} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo 'var SizeofUcred = int(unsafe.Sizeof(Ucred{}))' >> ${OUT}
+fi  
+
 # The ip_mreq struct.
 grep '^type _ip_mreq ' gen-sysinfo.go | \
     sed -e 's/_ip_mreq/IPMreq/' \