diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 61172ef238..877464af3e 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
             'msvs_configuration_platform': 'x64',
           }],
           ['OS=="solaris"', {
-            'cflags': [ '-fno-omit-frame-pointer' ],
             # pull in V8's postmortem metadata
             'ldflags': [ '-Wl,-z,allextract' ]
           }, {
@@ -68,6 +67,9 @@
           ['clang == 0 and gcc_version <= 44', {
             'cflags': [ '-fno-tree-sink' ],  # Work around compiler bug.
           }],
+          ['OS!="mac" and OS!="win"', {
+            'cflags': [ '-fno-omit-frame-pointer' ],
+          }],
         ],
         'msvs_settings': {
           'VCCLCompilerTool': {
diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown
index 80c3a50934..182711af61 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/http.markdown
@@ -259,6 +259,17 @@ The response implements the [Writable Stream][] interface. This is an
 Indicates that the underlying connection was terminated before
 [response.end()][] was called or able to flush.
 
+### Event: 'finish'
+
+`function () { }`
+
+Emitted when the response has been sent. More specifically, this event is
+emitted when the last segment of the response headers and body have been
+handed off to the operating system for transmission over the network. It
+does not imply that the client has received anything yet.
+
+After this event, no more events will be emitted on the response object.
+
 ### response.writeContinue()
 
 Sends a HTTP/1.1 100 Continue message to the client, indicating that
@@ -433,7 +444,7 @@ If `data` is specified, it is equivalent to calling `response.write(data, encodi
 followed by `response.end()`.
 
 
-## http.request(options, callback)
+## http.request(options, [callback])
 
 Node maintains several connections per server to make HTTP requests.
 This function allows one to transparently issue requests.
@@ -469,6 +480,9 @@ Options:
   send TCP KeepAlive packets over sockets being kept alive.  Default =
   `1000`.  Only relevant if `keepAlive` is set to `true`.
 
+The optional `callback` parameter will be added as a one time listener for
+the ['response'][] event.
+
 `http.request()` returns an instance of the [http.ClientRequest][]
 class. The `ClientRequest` instance is a writable stream. If one needs to
 upload a file with a POST request, then write to the `ClientRequest` object.
@@ -523,7 +537,7 @@ There are a few special headers that should be noted.
 * Sending an Authorization header will override using the `auth` option
   to compute basic authentication.
 
-## http.get(options, callback)
+## http.get(options, [callback])
 
 Since most requests are GET requests without bodies, Node provides this
 convenience method. The only difference between this method and `http.request()`
@@ -1008,6 +1022,7 @@ authentication details.
 
 ['checkContinue']: #http_event_checkcontinue
 ['listening']: net.html#net_event_listening
+['response']: #http_event_response
 [Agent]: #http_class_http_agent
 [Buffer]: buffer.html#buffer_buffer
 [EventEmitter]: events.html#events_class_events_eventemitter
diff --git a/doc/api/net.markdown b/doc/api/net.markdown
index 0f0808d2e2..38aad16ac2 100644
--- a/doc/api/net.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/net.markdown
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Here is an example of a client of echo server as described previously:
 To connect on the socket `/tmp/echo.sock` the second line would just be
 changed to
 
-    var client = net.connect({path: '/tmp/echo.sock'},
+    var client = net.connect({path: '/tmp/echo.sock'});
 
 ## net.connect(port, [host], [connectListener])
 ## net.createConnection(port, [host], [connectListener])
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 095ba84fdb..a0a1774a43 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@
             'PLATFORM="sunos"',
           ],
         }],
+        [
+          'OS=="linux"', {
+            'ldflags': [
+              '-Wl,--whole-archive <(PRODUCT_DIR)/obj.target/deps/v8/tools/gyp/libv8_base.<(target_arch).a -Wl,--no-whole-archive',
+            ],
+        }],
       ],
       'msvs_settings': {
         'VCLinkerTool': {
diff --git a/src/stream_wrap.cc b/src/stream_wrap.cc
index 77797621d0..3b361f7a05 100644
--- a/src/stream_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/stream_wrap.cc
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ void StreamWrap::WriteStringImpl(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 
   req_wrap->Dispatched();
   req_wrap->object()->Set(env->bytes_string(),
-                          Number::New(node_isolate, data_size));
+                          Integer::NewFromUnsigned(data_size, node_isolate));
 
   if (err) {
     req_wrap->~WriteWrap();