diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/assert.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/assert.hpp
index 6943fadc2..6396526ba 100644
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/assert.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/assert.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ std::string demangle(char const* name);
 #if (defined __linux__ || defined __MACH__) && defined __GNUC__ && !defined(NDEBUG)
 
 TORRENT_EXPORT void assert_fail(const char* expr, int line, char const* file, char const* function);
-#define TORRENT_ASSERT(x) if (x) {} else assert_fail(#x, __LINE__, __FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__)
+#define TORRENT_ASSERT(x) do { if (x) {} else assert_fail(#x, __LINE__, __FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__); } while (false)
 
 #else
 #include <cassert>
diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/create_torrent.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/create_torrent.hpp
index 32c7a41f2..e631a145a 100644
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/create_torrent.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/create_torrent.hpp
@@ -78,10 +78,12 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		void add_url_seed(std::string const& url);
 		void add_node(std::pair<std::string, int> const& node);
 		void add_tracker(std::string const& url, int tier = 0);
+		void set_priv(bool p) { m_private = p; }
 
 		int num_pieces() const { return m_files.num_pieces(); }
 		int piece_length() const { return m_files.piece_length(); }
 		int piece_size(int i) const { return m_files.piece_size(i); }
+		bool priv() const { return m_private; }
 
 	private:
 
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp b/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
index f091c3db8..012658e59 100644
--- a/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/disk_io_thread.cpp
@@ -1153,7 +1153,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 			try {
 #endif
-				TORRENT_ASSERT(ret != -2 || !j.str.empty());
+				TORRENT_ASSERT(ret != -2 || !j.str.empty()
+					|| j.action == disk_io_job::hash);
 				if (handler) m_ios.post(bind(handler, ret, j));
 #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 			} catch (std::exception&)
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/file.cpp b/libtorrent/src/file.cpp
index 936e13ce4..29420711e 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/file.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/file.cpp
@@ -201,8 +201,12 @@ namespace libtorrent
 #else
 		// rely on default umask to filter x and w permissions
 		// for group and others
+		int permissions = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR
+			| S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP
+			| S_IROTH | S_IWOTH;
+
 		m_fd = ::open(path.native_file_string().c_str()
-			, map_open_mode(mode.m_mask), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
+			, map_open_mode(mode.m_mask), permissions);
 
 		if (m_fd == -1)
 		{
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/peer_connection.cpp b/libtorrent/src/peer_connection.cpp
index 95dd990b5..481361b6a 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/peer_connection.cpp
@@ -3710,13 +3710,13 @@ namespace libtorrent
 #ifdef TORRENT_EXPENSIVE_INVARIANT_CHECKS
 		if (m_peer_info)
 		{
-			policy::const_iterator i;
-			for (i = t->get_policy().begin_peer()
-				, end(t->get_policy().end_peer()); i != end; ++i)
+			policy::const_iterator i = t->get_policy().begin_peer();
+			policy::const_iterator end = t->get_policy().end_peer();
+			for (; i != end; ++i)
 			{
 				if (&i->second == m_peer_info) break;
 			}
-			TORRENT_ASSERT(i != t->get_policy().end_peer());
+			TORRENT_ASSERT(i != end);
 		}
 #endif
 		if (t->has_picker() && !t->is_aborted())
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/piece_picker.cpp b/libtorrent/src/piece_picker.cpp
index 9e62e6379..6adca41eb 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/piece_picker.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/piece_picker.cpp
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		}
 	}
 
+#ifdef TORRENT_PICKER_LOG
 	void piece_picker::print_pieces() const
 	{
 		for (std::vector<int>::const_iterator i = m_priority_boundries.begin()
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		}
 		std::cerr << std::endl;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	void piece_picker::check_invariant(const torrent* t) const
 	{
diff --git a/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp b/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
index d2e1b8064..66a0b0797 100755
--- a/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -3466,7 +3466,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		for (policy::const_iterator i = m_policy.begin_peer()
 			, end(m_policy.end_peer()); i != end; ++i)
 		{
-			TORRENT_ASSERT(i->second.ip.address() == i->first);
+			TORRENT_ASSERT(i->second.addr == i->first);
 		}
 #endif
 
@@ -4144,7 +4144,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(valid_metadata());
 	
 		fp.resize(m_torrent_file->num_files(), 0);
-		TORRENT_ASSERT(has_picker());
 
 		if (is_seed())
 		{
@@ -4153,6 +4152,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			return;
 		}
 		
+		TORRENT_ASSERT(has_picker());
+
 		for (int i = 0; i < m_torrent_file->num_files(); ++i)
 		{
 			peer_request ret = m_torrent_file->files().map_file(i, 0, 0);