diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 7ff5d64d62f..e3efaa81df6 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1293,8 +1293,8 @@ o Libraries (libc/, libm/)
   Priority:    ??
 
   Title:       FLOATING POINT FORMATS
-  Description: Only the %f floating point format is supported.  Others are accepted
-               but treated like %f.
+  Description: Only the %f floating point format is supported.  Others are
+               accepted but treated like %f.
   Status:      Open
   Priority:    Medium (this might important to someone).
 
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ o Libraries (libc/, libm/)
   Priority:    Low for casual users but clearly high if you need care about
                these incorrect corner case behaviors in the math libraries.
 
-  Title:       Repartition libc functionality.
+  Title:       REPARTITION LIBC FUNCTIONALITY
   Description: There are many things implemented within the kernel (for example
                under sched/pthread) that probably should be migrated in the
                C library where it belongs.
@@ -1877,9 +1877,10 @@ o Network Utilities (apps/netutils/)
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
   Title:       UNVERIFIED THTTPD FEATURES
-  Description: Not all THTTPD features/options have been verified.  In particular, there is no
-               test case of a CGI program receiving POST input.  Only the configuration of
-               apps/examples/thttpd has been tested.
+  Description: Not all THTTPD features/options have been verified.  In
+               particular, there is no test case of a CGI program receiving
+               POST input.  Only the configuration of apps/examples/thttpd
+               has been tested.
   Status:      Open
   Priority:    Medium
 
diff --git a/fs/inode/fs_inodesearch.c b/fs/inode/fs_inodesearch.c
index 0c452de1a53..c4d6cc07922 100644
--- a/fs/inode/fs_inodesearch.c
+++ b/fs/inode/fs_inodesearch.c
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ static int _inode_search(FAR struct inode_search_s *desc)
   DEBUGASSERT(desc != NULL && desc->path != NULL);
   name  = desc->path;
 
-  DEBUGASSERT(*name == '/');
   if (*name != '/')
     {
       return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/procfs/fs_procfs.c b/fs/procfs/fs_procfs.c
index 13998e53ffc..0be299c3954 100644
--- a/fs/procfs/fs_procfs.c
+++ b/fs/procfs/fs_procfs.c
@@ -474,16 +474,32 @@ static int procfs_dup(FAR const struct file *oldp, FAR struct file *newp)
 
 static int procfs_fstat(FAR const struct file *filep, FAR struct stat *buf)
 {
-  /* This is trivially simple in the current implementation.  The procfs
-   * file system contains only directory and read-only data file entries.
-   * Therefore, the return buf always has the same fixed values.
-   *
-   * REVISIT:  This, of course, will need to change if read-write procfs
-   * entries are to be supported.
+  FAR struct procfs_file_s *handler;
+
+  finfo("buf=%p\n", buf);
+
+  /* Recover our private data from the struct file instance */
+
+  handler = (FAR struct procfs_file_s *)filep->f_priv;
+  DEBUGASSERT(handler);
+
+  /* The procfs file system contains only directory and data file entries.
+   * Since the file has been opened, we know that this is a data file and,
+   * at a minimum, readable.
    */
 
   memset(buf, 0, sizeof(struct stat));
   buf->st_mode = S_IFREG | S_IROTH | S_IRGRP | S_IRUSR;
+
+  /* If the write method is provided, then let's also claim that the file is
+   * writable.
+   */
+
+  if (handler->procfsentry->ops->write != NULL)
+    {
+      buf->st_mode |= S_IWOTH | S_IWGRP | S_IWUSR;
+    }
+
   return OK;
 }