diff --git a/libgloss/ChangeLog b/libgloss/ChangeLog
index 94b8a3200..7bdb72c97 100644
--- a/libgloss/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgloss/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-09-10  Ken Werner  <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* spu/dirfuncs.c: Avoid warnings.
+	* spu/kill.c: Likewise.
+
 2008-09-04  Ken Werner  <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* spu/Makefile.in: Fix missing linux_syscalls.o.
diff --git a/libgloss/spu/dirfuncs.c b/libgloss/spu/dirfuncs.c
index 397a4e951..adf1b0e4e 100644
--- a/libgloss/spu/dirfuncs.c
+++ b/libgloss/spu/dirfuncs.c
@@ -56,22 +56,30 @@ typedef struct {
   unsigned int pad0[3];
 } syscall_opendir_t;
 
+typedef struct {
+  uint64_t dir;
+  unsigned int pad0[2];
+} syscall_opendir_ret_t;
+
 DIR *
 opendir (const char *name)
 {
   DIR *dir;
-  int ppc_dir, i;
-  syscall_opendir_t sys;
+  int i;
+  union {
+    syscall_opendir_t sys;
+    syscall_opendir_ret_t ret;
+  } u;
 
-  sys.name = (unsigned int) name;
+  u.sys.name = (unsigned int) name;
   for (i = 0; i < SPE_OPENDIR_MAX; i++) {
     if (!spe_dir[i].ppc_dir) {
       dir = &spe_dir[i];
-      __send_to_ppe (JSRE_POSIX1_SIGNALCODE, JSRE_OPENDIR, &sys);
+      __send_to_ppe (JSRE_POSIX1_SIGNALCODE, JSRE_OPENDIR, &u);
       /*
        * Pull 64 bits out of the result.
        */
-      dir->ppc_dir = ((uint64_t*)&sys)[0];
+      dir->ppc_dir = u.ret.dir;
       if (!dir->ppc_dir) {
         dir = NULL;
       }
@@ -163,5 +171,5 @@ telldir (DIR *dir)
 {
   uint64_t ppc_dir = dir->ppc_dir;
 
-  __send_to_ppe (JSRE_POSIX1_SIGNALCODE, JSRE_TELLDIR, &ppc_dir);
+  return __send_to_ppe (JSRE_POSIX1_SIGNALCODE, JSRE_TELLDIR, &ppc_dir);
 }
diff --git a/libgloss/spu/kill.c b/libgloss/spu/kill.c
index 8a5d22c82..1aa2f5e59 100644
--- a/libgloss/spu/kill.c
+++ b/libgloss/spu/kill.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Author: Andreas Neukoetter (ti95neuk@de.ibm.com)
 */
 
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 int
 kill (int pid, int sig)
@@ -39,5 +40,7 @@ kill (int pid, int sig)
 	  {
 		  _exit (sig);
 	  }
+	errno = ESRCH;
+	return -1;
 }