diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/exec_bsd.go b/libgo/go/syscall/exec_bsd.go
index 7e06943..ca7fdc0 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/exec_bsd.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/exec_bsd.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
 	// Enable tracing if requested.
 	if sys.Ptrace {
-		err1 = raw_ptrace(_PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, nil, nil)
+		err1 = raw_ptrace(_PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0)
 		if err1 != 0 {
 			goto childerror
 		}
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/exec_linux.go b/libgo/go/syscall/exec_linux.go
index 2f0a34f..3897581 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/exec_linux.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/exec_linux.go
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
 	// Do this right before exec so that we don't unnecessarily trace the runtime
 	// setting up after the fork. See issue #21428.
 	if sys.Ptrace {
-		err1 = raw_ptrace(_PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, nil, nil)
+		err1 = raw_ptrace(_PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0)
 		if err1 != 0 {
 			goto childerror
 		}
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/exec_stubs.go b/libgo/go/syscall/exec_stubs.go
index e95b415..c837cf7 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/exec_stubs.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/exec_stubs.go
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@
 func (w WaitStatus) StopSignal() int { return 0 }
 func (w WaitStatus) TrapCause() int  { return 0 }
 
-func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) Errno {
+func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) Errno {
 	return ENOSYS
 }
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_aix.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_aix.go
index 27b469e..92c7f3c 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_aix.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_aix.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 //sys	ptrace64(request int, id int64, addr int64, data int, buff uintptr) (err error)
 //ptrace64(request _C_int, id int64, addr int64, data _C_int, buff *byte) _C_int
 
-func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) Errno {
+func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) Errno {
 	if request == _PTRACE_TRACEME {
 		// Convert to AIX ptrace call.
 		err := ptrace64(_PT_TRACE_ME, 0, 0, 0, 0)
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_glibc.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_glibc.go
index 823343d..a32d696 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_glibc.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_glibc.go
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 	return Utimes("/proc/self/fd/"+itoa(fd), tv)
 }
 
-//sys	ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) (err error)
-//__go_ptrace(request _C_int, pid Pid_t, addr *byte, data *byte) _C_long
-
 //sys	accept4(fd int, sa *RawSockaddrAny, len *Socklen_t, flags int) (nfd int, err error)
 //accept4(fd _C_int, sa *RawSockaddrAny, len *Socklen_t, flags _C_int) _C_int
 
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_hurd.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_hurd.go
index f0e038c..44ff46d 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_hurd.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_hurd.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 package syscall
 
 // Dummy function
-func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) Errno {
+func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) Errno {
 	return ENOSYS
 }
 
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_irix.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_irix.go
index 9b6cdcc..9880766 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_irix.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_irix.go
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 package syscall
 
-//sysnb raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) (err Errno)
+//sysnb raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) (err Errno)
 //ptrace(request _C_int, pid Pid_t, addr *byte, data *byte) _C_long
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_linux.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_linux.go
index 78fda0e..96974bd 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_linux.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_linux.go
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
-//sysnb raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) (err Errno)
+//sys	ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) (err Errno)
+//__go_ptrace(request _C_int, pid Pid_t, addr *byte, data *byte) _C_long
+
+//sysnb raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) (err Errno)
 //__go_ptrace(request _C_int, pid Pid_t, addr *byte, data *byte) _C_long
 
 func ptracePeek(req int, pid int, addr uintptr, out []byte) (count int, err error) {
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_386.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_386.go
index 20eba22..ef86f09 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_386.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_386.go
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 //sysnb	Uname(buf *Utsname) (err error)
 //_nuname(buf *Utsname) _C_int
 
-//sysnb raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) (err Errno)
+//sysnb raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) (err Errno)
 //ptrace(request _C_int, pid Pid_t, addr *byte, data *byte) _C_long
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_amd64.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_amd64.go
index 69b11ba..f44025e 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_amd64.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_amd64.go
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 package syscall
 
 // 64-bit ptrace(3C) doesn't exist
-func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) Errno {
+func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) Errno {
 	return ENOSYS
 }
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_sparc.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_sparc.go
index 50863fa..3d50309 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_sparc.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_sparc.go
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 package syscall
 
-//sysnb raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) (err Errno)
+//sysnb raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) (err Errno)
 //ptrace(request _C_int, pid Pid_t, addr *byte, data *byte) _C_long
diff --git a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_sparc64.go b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_sparc64.go
index 69b11ba..f44025e 100644
--- a/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_sparc64.go
+++ b/libgo/go/syscall/libcall_solaris_sparc64.go
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 package syscall
 
 // 64-bit ptrace(3C) doesn't exist
-func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr *byte, data *byte) Errno {
+func raw_ptrace(request int, pid int, addr uintptr, data uintptr) Errno {
 	return ENOSYS
 }
diff --git a/libgo/runtime/go-varargs.c b/libgo/runtime/go-varargs.c
index d8f7dc5..f848608 100644
--- a/libgo/runtime/go-varargs.c
+++ b/libgo/runtime/go-varargs.c
@@ -114,12 +114,11 @@
 
 #endif
 
-// AIX ptrace is really different from Linux ptrace. Let syscall
-// package handles it.
-#if defined(HAVE_SYS_PTRACE_H) && !defined(_AIX)
+
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_PTRACE_H) && defined(__linux__)
 
 // Despite documented appearances, this is actually implemented as
-// a variadic function within glibc.
+// a variadic function within glibc on Linux.
 
 long
 __go_ptrace(int request, pid_t pid, void *addr, void *data)