diff --git a/kernel/driver/net/core/src/socket/tcp.rs b/kernel/driver/net/core/src/socket/tcp.rs
index 2b3812db..a8c80903 100644
--- a/kernel/driver/net/core/src/socket/tcp.rs
+++ b/kernel/driver/net/core/src/socket/tcp.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use libk::{
     block,
     error::Error,
-    task::runtime::{run_with_timeout, FutureTimeout},
+    task::runtime::with_timeout,
     vfs::{ConnectionSocket, FileReadiness, ListenerSocket, Socket},
 };
 use libk_device::monotonic_timestamp;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl TcpSocket {
     ) -> Result<(SocketAddr, Arc<TcpSocket>), Error> {
         let future = Self::connect_async(remote);
         match timeout {
-            Some(timeout) => run_with_timeout(timeout, future).await.into(),
+            Some(timeout) => with_timeout(future, timeout).await?.into(),
             None => future.await,
         }
     }
@@ -290,10 +290,7 @@ impl TcpSocket {
             connection.poll_established(cx)
         });
 
-        match run_with_timeout(timeout, fut).await {
-            FutureTimeout::Ok(value) => value,
-            FutureTimeout::Timeout => Err(Error::TimedOut),
-        }
+        with_timeout(fut, timeout).await?
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/driver/usb/xhci/src/controller.rs b/kernel/driver/usb/xhci/src/controller.rs
index 346d7981..369e63c9 100644
--- a/kernel/driver/usb/xhci/src/controller.rs
+++ b/kernel/driver/usb/xhci/src/controller.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use alloc::{boxed::Box, collections::BTreeMap, sync::Arc, vec, vec::Vec};
 use atomic_enum::atomic_enum;
 use device_api::{interrupt::InterruptHandler, Device};
 use futures_util::task::AtomicWaker;
-use libk::task::runtime::{self, FutureTimeout};
+use libk::task::runtime;
 use libk_mm::{
     address::{AsPhysicalAddress, PhysicalAddress},
     PageBox,
@@ -278,8 +278,7 @@ impl Xhci {
 
         // Wait for port reset
         // TODO handle disconnect during reset?
-        let result = runtime::run_with_timeout(
-            Duration::from_secs(1),
+        let result = runtime::with_timeout(
             poll_fn(|cx| {
                 let state = &self.port_states[port];
 
@@ -290,12 +289,13 @@ impl Xhci {
                     Poll::Pending
                 }
             }),
+            Duration::from_secs(1),
         )
         .await;
 
         match result {
-            FutureTimeout::Ok(()) => Ok(()),
-            FutureTimeout::Timeout => Err(UsbError::PortResetFailed),
+            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+            Err(_) => Err(UsbError::PortResetFailed),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/kernel/libk/libk-mm/interface/src/address.rs b/kernel/libk/libk-mm/interface/src/address.rs
index 4f172058..933e4c14 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/libk-mm/interface/src/address.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/libk-mm/interface/src/address.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ use core::{
 use bytemuck::{Pod, Zeroable};
 use kernel_arch_interface::mem::KernelTableManager;
 
-use crate::table::EntryLevel;
-
 /// Wrapper type to represent a physical memory address
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Debug, Hash, Pod, Zeroable)]
 #[repr(transparent)]
diff --git a/kernel/libk/libk-mm/src/process.rs b/kernel/libk/libk-mm/src/process.rs
index 9abcf7a1..92969b36 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/libk-mm/src/process.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/libk-mm/src/process.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use core::ops::Range;
+use core::ops::{Deref, Range};
 
 use alloc::sync::Arc;
 use kernel_arch::ProcessAddressSpaceImpl;
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use libk_mm_interface::{
     process::ProcessAddressSpaceManager,
     table::{MapAttributes, TableAllocator},
 };
-use libk_util::sync::IrqSafeSpinlock;
+use libk_util::sync::{IrqSafeSpinlock, IrqSafeSpinlockGuard};
 use vmalloc::{RangeData, VirtualMemoryAllocator};
 use yggdrasil_abi::error::Error;
 
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ pub enum VirtualRangeBacking {
     File(FileBacking),
 }
 
+/// Wrapper type for ensuring the translation table cannot be modified while performing accesses
+/// to the inner [PhysicalAddress].
+pub struct TranslateGuard<'a, TA: TableAllocator> {
+    address: PhysicalAddress,
+    _guard: IrqSafeSpinlockGuard<'a, Inner<TA>>,
+}
+
 /// Describes a file-backed memory range provider
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct FileBacking {
@@ -415,6 +422,17 @@ impl<TA: TableAllocator> ProcessAddressSpace<TA> {
         self.inner.lock().table.translate(address).map(|e| e.0)
     }
 
+    /// Same as [ProcessAddressSpace::translate], except the lock on the address space is held
+    /// until the resulting [TranslateGuard] is dropped.
+    pub fn translate_lock(&self, address: usize) -> Result<TranslateGuard<TA>, Error> {
+        let guard = self.inner.lock();
+        let address = guard.table.translate(address).map(|e| e.0)?;
+        Ok(TranslateGuard {
+            address,
+            _guard: guard,
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Removes a single PAGE_SIZE mapping from the address space.
     ///
     /// See [ProcessAddressSpaceManager::unmap].
@@ -449,3 +467,11 @@ impl<TA: TableAllocator> Drop for ProcessAddressSpace<TA> {
         self.clear().ok();
     }
 }
+
+impl<TA: TableAllocator> Deref for TranslateGuard<'_, TA> {
+    type Target = PhysicalAddress;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.address
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/lib.rs b/kernel/libk/src/lib.rs
index 26ebefe6..1fce1d7c 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     trait_upcasting,
     arbitrary_self_types,
     slice_split_once,
-    arbitrary_self_types_pointers
+    arbitrary_self_types_pointers,
+    result_flattening
 )]
 
 extern crate alloc;
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/binary/elf.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/binary/elf.rs
index 4e57fa13..763ad1a9 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/binary/elf.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/binary/elf.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use alloc::sync::Arc;
 use cfg_if::cfg_if;
 use elf::{
     endian::AnyEndian,
-    io_traits::InputStream,
     relocation::{Rel, Rela},
     segment::ProgramHeader,
     ElfStream, ParseError,
@@ -14,14 +13,14 @@ use libk_mm::{
     pointer::PhysicalRefMut,
     process::{ProcessAddressSpace, VirtualRangeBacking},
     table::MapAttributes,
-    PageBox, L3_PAGE_SIZE,
+    L3_PAGE_SIZE,
 };
 use libk_util::io::{Read, Seek};
 use yggdrasil_abi::{error::Error, io::SeekFrom, path::PathBuf};
 
 use crate::{
     random,
-    task::{mem::ForeignPointer, process::ProcessImage, types::TlsImage},
+    task::{process::ProcessImage, types::TlsImage},
 };
 
 cfg_if! {
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/binary/mod.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/binary/mod.rs
index bb46935c..cb590f76 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/binary/mod.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/binary/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use core::{alloc::Layout, ptr::NonNull};
-
 use alloc::{
     borrow::ToOwned,
     string::String,
@@ -18,7 +16,6 @@ use libk_util::io::{Read, Seek};
 use yggdrasil_abi::{
     error::Error,
     io::SeekFrom,
-    pass::{Place, Placer},
     path::Path,
     process::{auxv, AuxValue, ProcessGroupId},
 };
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/futex.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/futex.rs
index f8c7769d..3c2538e7 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/futex.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/futex.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 use core::{
     future::poll_fn,
-    pin::Pin,
+    ptr,
     sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering},
-    task::{Context, Poll},
+    task::Poll,
 };
 
 use alloc::sync::Arc;
-use futures_util::Future;
-use libk_mm::{
-    address::{AsPhysicalAddress, PhysicalAddress},
-    pointer::PhysicalRef,
-    process::ProcessAddressSpace,
-};
+use libk_mm::process::ProcessAddressSpace;
 use libk_util::waker::QueueWaker;
 use yggdrasil_abi::error::Error;
 
-use crate::task::thread::Thread;
+use crate::task::mem::ForeignAtomic;
 
 /// User-space mutex (like BSD/Linux's futex) data structure
 pub struct UserspaceMutex {
     queue: QueueWaker,
     space: Arc<ProcessAddressSpace>,
-    address: usize,
+    atomic: *const AtomicU32,
 }
 
 impl UserspaceMutex {
@@ -30,35 +25,42 @@ impl UserspaceMutex {
         Ok(Self {
             queue: QueueWaker::new(),
             space: space.clone(),
-            address,
+            atomic: ptr::with_exposed_provenance(address),
         })
     }
 
-    fn load(&self) -> u32 {
-        // TODO: this is slow, but this prevents the kernel from reading from unmapped memory
-        let phys = self.space.translate(self.address).unwrap();
-        unsafe { PhysicalRef::<AtomicU32>::map(phys).load(Ordering::Acquire) }
+    fn load(&self) -> Result<u32, Error> {
+        self.atomic
+            .atomic_load_foreign(&self.space, Ordering::Acquire)
     }
 
-    async fn wait_predicate<P: Fn(u32) -> bool>(&self, predicate: P) {
+    async fn wait_predicate<P: Fn(u32) -> bool>(&self, predicate: P) -> Result<(), Error> {
         poll_fn(|cx| {
-            if predicate(self.load()) {
-                self.queue.remove(cx.waker());
-                Poll::Ready(())
-            } else {
-                self.queue.register(cx.waker());
-                Poll::Pending
+            let result = self.load();
+            match result {
+                Err(err) => {
+                    self.queue.remove(cx.waker());
+                    Poll::Ready(Err(err))
+                }
+                Ok(val) if predicate(val) => {
+                    self.queue.remove(cx.waker());
+                    Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
+                }
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    self.queue.register(cx.waker());
+                    Poll::Pending
+                }
             }
         })
         .await
     }
 
-    pub async fn wait_until(self: Arc<Self>, compare_value: u32) {
+    pub async fn wait_until(self: Arc<Self>, compare_value: u32) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.wait_predicate(|value| value == compare_value).await
     }
 
     /// Blocks until the value at the mutex's address becomes different from `compare_value`
-    pub async fn wait(self: Arc<Self>, compare_value: u32) {
+    pub async fn wait(self: Arc<Self>, compare_value: u32) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.wait_predicate(|value| value != compare_value).await
     }
 
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/mem.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/mem.rs
index 222cd351..9252d2ba 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/mem.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/mem.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-use core::{alloc::Layout, mem::size_of};
+use core::{
+    alloc::Layout,
+    mem::size_of,
+    ptr,
+    sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering},
+};
 
 use libk_mm::{address::Virtualize, process::ProcessAddressSpace};
 use yggdrasil_abi::error::Error;
@@ -96,6 +101,14 @@ pub trait ForeignPointer: Sized {
     ) -> Result<&'a mut [Self], Error>;
 }
 
+pub trait ForeignAtomic<T> {
+    fn atomic_load_foreign(
+        self: *const Self,
+        space: &ProcessAddressSpace,
+        ordering: Ordering,
+    ) -> Result<T, Error>;
+}
+
 impl<T> ForeignPointer for T {
     unsafe fn write_foreign_volatile(self: *mut Self, space: &ProcessAddressSpace, value: T) {
         self.try_write_foreign_volatile(space, value)
@@ -203,6 +216,23 @@ impl<T> ForeignPointer for T {
     }
 }
 
+impl ForeignAtomic<u32> for AtomicU32 {
+    fn atomic_load_foreign(
+        self: *const Self,
+        space: &ProcessAddressSpace,
+        ordering: Ordering,
+    ) -> Result<u32, Error> {
+        let virt = self.addr();
+        if virt % size_of::<u32>() != 0 {
+            // Misaligned atomic
+            return Err(Error::InvalidMemoryOperation);
+        }
+        let phys = space.translate_lock(virt)?;
+        let phys_virt: *const Self = ptr::with_exposed_provenance(phys.virtualize());
+        Ok(unsafe { &*phys_virt }.load(ordering))
+    }
+}
+
 fn validate_user_align_size(addr: usize, layout: &Layout) -> Result<(), Error> {
     // Explicitly disallow NULL
     if addr == 0 {
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/process.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/process.rs
index cb725d06..61d486bb 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/process.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/process.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ use yggdrasil_abi::{
 
 use crate::{
     task::{
-        binary, futex::UserspaceMutex, thread::Thread, types::AllocateProcessId, TaskContextImpl,
-        ThreadId,
+        futex::UserspaceMutex, thread::Thread, types::AllocateProcessId, TaskContextImpl, ThreadId,
     },
     vfs::{FileReadiness, FileSet, IoContext, NodeRef},
 };
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/runtime/mod.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/runtime/mod.rs
index 25248abf..e3926b37 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/runtime/mod.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/runtime/mod.rs
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ mod timer;
 
 pub use executor::{run_to_completion, spawn, spawn_async_worker};
 pub use task_queue::init_task_queue;
-pub use timer::{run_with_timeout, sleep, tick, FutureTimeout, SleepFuture};
+pub use timer::{maybe_timeout, sleep, tick, with_timeout, SleepFuture};
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/runtime/timer.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/runtime/timer.rs
index 967ba0d1..0c823723 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/runtime/timer.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/runtime/timer.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use core::{
+    future::poll_fn,
     pin::Pin,
     task::{Context, Poll, Waker},
     time::Duration,
 };
 
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
-use futures_util::{future::BoxFuture, Future, FutureExt};
+use futures_util::{Future, FutureExt};
 use libk_util::sync::IrqSafeSpinlock;
 use yggdrasil_abi::error::Error;
 
@@ -70,11 +71,6 @@ fn register_timeout(duration: Duration, waker: &Waker) {
     }
 }
 
-pub enum FutureTimeout<T> {
-    Ok(T),
-    Timeout,
-}
-
 pub struct SleepFuture {
     deadline: Duration,
 }
@@ -113,42 +109,33 @@ pub fn sleep(duration: Duration) -> SleepFuture {
     SleepFuture { deadline }
 }
 
-pub fn run_with_timeout<'a, T: 'a, F: Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a>(
-    duration: Duration,
+pub fn with_timeout<'a, T: 'a, F: Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a>(
     fut: F,
-) -> impl Future<Output = FutureTimeout<T>> + 'a {
-    struct TimeoutFuture<'f, T> {
-        fut: BoxFuture<'f, T>,
-        sleep_fut: BoxFuture<'f, ()>,
-    }
+    timeout: Duration,
+) -> impl Future<Output = Result<T, Error>> + Send + 'a {
+    let mut fut = fut.boxed();
+    let mut sleep_fut = sleep(timeout).boxed();
 
-    impl<'f, T> Future for TimeoutFuture<'f, T> {
-        type Output = FutureTimeout<T>;
-
-        fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-            let (timeout, result) = (self.sleep_fut.as_mut().poll(cx), self.fut.as_mut().poll(cx));
-
-            if let Poll::Ready(result) = result {
-                Poll::Ready(FutureTimeout::Ok(result))
-            } else if timeout.is_ready() {
-                Poll::Ready(FutureTimeout::Timeout)
-            } else {
-                Poll::Pending
-            }
+    poll_fn(move |cx| {
+        let (timeout, output) = (sleep_fut.poll_unpin(cx), fut.poll_unpin(cx));
+        if let Poll::Ready(output) = output {
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(output))
+        } else if timeout.is_ready() {
+            Poll::Ready(Err(Error::TimedOut))
+        } else {
+            Poll::Pending
         }
-    }
-
-    TimeoutFuture {
-        fut: fut.boxed(),
-        sleep_fut: sleep(duration).boxed(),
-    }
+    })
 }
 
-impl<T> From<FutureTimeout<Result<T, Error>>> for Result<T, Error> {
-    fn from(value: FutureTimeout<Result<T, Error>>) -> Self {
-        match value {
-            FutureTimeout::Ok(res) => res,
-            FutureTimeout::Timeout => Err(Error::TimedOut),
+pub fn maybe_timeout<'a, T: 'a, F: Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a>(
+    fut: F,
+    timeout: Option<Duration>,
+) -> impl Future<Output = Result<T, Error>> + Send + 'a {
+    async move {
+        match timeout {
+            Some(timeout) => with_timeout(fut, timeout).await,
+            None => Ok(fut.await),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/thread.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/thread.rs
index 4bc32a7c..240d251c 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/thread.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/thread.rs
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ pub struct ThreadDebuggingInfo {
     pub breakpoints: BTreeMap<usize, BreakpointType>,
 }
 
-struct SignalEntry {
-    entry: usize,
-    stack: usize,
-}
-
 /// Describes a single thread within the system
 pub struct Thread {
     /// Unique thread ID
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/task/types.rs b/kernel/libk/src/task/types.rs
index 55eee8bb..f2df3768 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/task/types.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/task/types.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-use alloc::sync::Arc;
 use core::{
     fmt,
     sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, AtomicU64, Ordering},
 };
 
 use atomic_enum::atomic_enum;
-use libk_mm::PageBox;
 use yggdrasil_abi::process::ProcessId;
 
 pub trait AllocateProcessId {
diff --git a/kernel/libk/src/vfs/socket.rs b/kernel/libk/src/vfs/socket.rs
index 89a7f513..afe8d6aa 100644
--- a/kernel/libk/src/vfs/socket.rs
+++ b/kernel/libk/src/vfs/socket.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use core::{
     fmt,
-    future::Future,
     task::{Context, Poll},
     time::Duration,
 };
@@ -13,10 +12,7 @@ use yggdrasil_abi::{
     net::{SocketAddr, SocketOption},
 };
 
-use crate::{
-    task::runtime::{run_with_timeout, FutureTimeout},
-    vfs::FileReadiness,
-};
+use crate::{task::runtime::maybe_timeout, vfs::FileReadiness};
 
 enum SocketInner {
     Connection(Arc<dyn ConnectionSocket + Send + 'static>),
@@ -130,7 +126,7 @@ impl SocketWrapper {
         let (remote, remote_socket) = match (options.non_blocking, options.recv_timeout) {
             (false, timeout) => {
                 let fut = socket.accept();
-                block!(maybe_timeout(timeout, fut).await)??
+                block!(maybe_timeout(fut, timeout).await)???
             }
             (true, _) => socket.accept_nonblocking()?,
         };
@@ -157,11 +153,11 @@ impl SocketWrapper {
     ) -> Result<(usize, SocketAddr), Error> {
         match &self.inner {
             SocketInner::Packet(socket) => {
-                maybe_timeout(timeout, socket.receive_from(buffer)).await
+                maybe_timeout(socket.receive_from(buffer), timeout).await?
             }
             SocketInner::Connection(socket) => {
                 let remote = socket.remote_address().ok_or(Error::NotConnected)?;
-                let len = maybe_timeout(timeout, socket.receive(buffer)).await?;
+                let len = maybe_timeout(socket.receive(buffer), timeout).await??;
                 Ok((len, remote))
             }
             SocketInner::Listener(_) => Err(Error::InvalidOperation),
@@ -184,9 +180,9 @@ impl SocketWrapper {
     ) -> Result<usize, Error> {
         match &self.inner {
             SocketInner::Packet(socket) => {
-                maybe_timeout(timeout, socket.send_to(remote, buffer)).await
+                maybe_timeout(socket.send_to(remote, buffer), timeout).await?
             }
-            SocketInner::Connection(socket) => maybe_timeout(timeout, socket.send(buffer)).await,
+            SocketInner::Connection(socket) => maybe_timeout(socket.send(buffer), timeout).await?,
             SocketInner::Listener(_) => Err(Error::InvalidOperation),
         }
     }
@@ -325,20 +321,6 @@ impl Default for InnerOptions {
     }
 }
 
-async fn maybe_timeout<R, F: Future<Output = Result<R, Error>> + Send>(
-    timeout: Option<Duration>,
-    fut: F,
-) -> Result<R, Error> {
-    if let Some(timeout) = timeout {
-        match run_with_timeout(timeout, fut).await {
-            FutureTimeout::Ok(value) => value,
-            FutureTimeout::Timeout => Err(Error::TimedOut),
-        }
-    } else {
-        fut.await
-    }
-}
-
 // impl From<Arc<dyn ConnectionSocket + 'static>> for SocketWrapper {
 //     fn from(value: Arc<dyn ConnectionSocket + 'static>) -> Self {
 //         Self::Connection(value)
diff --git a/kernel/src/syscall/imp/mod.rs b/kernel/src/syscall/imp/mod.rs
index 6c671f47..7a124bb0 100644
--- a/kernel/src/syscall/imp/mod.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/syscall/imp/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub(crate) use abi::{
     },
     mem::{MappingFlags, MappingSource},
     net::SocketType,
-    process::{Signal, SignalEntryData, SpawnOptions, ThreadOption},
+    process::{Signal, SignalEntryData, SpawnOptions},
     system::SystemInfo,
 };
 use abi::{
diff --git a/kernel/src/syscall/imp/sys_process.rs b/kernel/src/syscall/imp/sys_process.rs
index 353d7013..50cd9f2e 100644
--- a/kernel/src/syscall/imp/sys_process.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/syscall/imp/sys_process.rs
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ pub(crate) fn map_memory(
             }
         };
 
-        let result = space.allocate(
-            None,
-            len,
-            backing,
-            MapAttributes::USER_WRITE | MapAttributes::USER_READ | MapAttributes::NON_GLOBAL,
-        );
+        let mut attrs = MapAttributes::NON_GLOBAL | MapAttributes::USER_READ;
+        if flags.contains(MappingFlags::WRITE) {
+            attrs |= MapAttributes::USER_WRITE;
+        }
 
-        result
+        space.allocate(None, len, backing, attrs)
     })
 }
 
@@ -218,6 +216,8 @@ pub(crate) fn send_signal(pid: ProcessId, signal: Signal) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+// TODO this would've been much simpler if physical pages behaved like Rc<...>'s and kernel could
+//      keep a copy of it, guaranteeing it cannot be freed and remapped into another process.
 pub(crate) fn mutex(mutex: &AtomicU32, op: &MutexOperation) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let thread = Thread::current();
     let process = thread.process();
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ pub(crate) fn mutex(mutex: &AtomicU32, op: &MutexOperation) -> Result<(), Error>
     let mutex = process.get_or_insert_mutex((mutex as *const AtomicU32).addr())?;
 
     match op {
-        &MutexOperation::Wait(value, _timeout) => block! { mutex.wait(value).await },
-        &MutexOperation::WaitUntil(value, _timeout) => block! { mutex.wait_until(value).await },
+        &MutexOperation::Wait(value, _timeout) => block! { mutex.wait(value).await }?,
+        &MutexOperation::WaitUntil(value, _timeout) => block! { mutex.wait_until(value).await }?,
         MutexOperation::Wake => {
             mutex.wake();
             Ok(())
@@ -291,7 +291,10 @@ pub(crate) fn wait_thread(id: u32) -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn get_thread_option(option: &mut ThreadOption) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    todo!()
+    match option {
+        // There're better ways to do this, don't ask the kernel
+        ThreadOption::ThreadPointer(_) => Err(Error::InvalidOperation),
+    }
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn set_thread_option(option: &ThreadOption) -> Result<(), Error> {