diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 8d57a2f..ff4dc02 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUTEX) += futex.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA) += dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpu.o spinlock.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK) += spinlock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 2632b81..15db821 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1511,6 +1511,10 @@
 	 *		Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
 	 */
 	prev_task_flags = prev->flags;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK
+	/* this is a valid case when another task releases the spinlock */
+	rq->lock.owner = current;
+#endif
 	finish_arch_switch(prev);
 	finish_lock_switch(rq, prev);
 	if (mm)
diff --git a/kernel/spinlock.c b/kernel/spinlock.c
index 0c3f9d8..0375fcd 100644
--- a/kernel/spinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/spinlock.c
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
  *
  * Author: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@fsmlabs.com>
  *
- * Copyright (2004) Ingo Molnar
+ * Copyright (2004, 2005) Ingo Molnar
+ *
+ * This file contains the spinlock/rwlock implementations for the
+ * SMP and the DEBUG_SPINLOCK cases. (UP-nondebug inlines them)
  */
 
 #include <linux/config.h>
@@ -17,12 +20,12 @@
  * Generic declaration of the raw read_trylock() function,
  * architectures are supposed to optimize this:
  */
-int __lockfunc generic_raw_read_trylock(rwlock_t *lock)
+int __lockfunc generic__raw_read_trylock(raw_rwlock_t *lock)
 {
-	_raw_read_lock(lock);
+	__raw_read_lock(lock);
 	return 1;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_raw_read_trylock);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic__raw_read_trylock);
 
 int __lockfunc _spin_trylock(spinlock_t *lock)
 {
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(_write_trylock);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+#if !defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT) || !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 
 void __lockfunc _read_lock(rwlock_t *lock)
 {
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	preempt_disable();
-	_raw_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags);
+	_raw_spin_lock_flags(lock, &flags);
 	return flags;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(_spin_lock_irqsave);