diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
index 28c9ef8e5..4552428c0 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex_svnversion.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define luatex_svn_revision 7055
+#define luatex_svn_revision 7056
diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/mp.w b/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/mp.w
index 8afa03cd2..8dcfe337c 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/mp.w
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/mp.w
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ defined.
 @<Glob...@>=
 integer bad;    /* is some ``constant'' wrong? */
 
-@ Later on we will say `|if ( int_packets+(17+3)*int_increment>bistack_size )mp->bad=19;|',
+@ Later on we will say `|if ( int_packets+17*int_increment>bistack_size )mp->bad=19;|',
 or something similar.
 
 In case you are wondering about the non-consequtive values of |bad|: most
@@ -1253,6 +1253,9 @@ to the input buffer.  The variable |command_line| will be filled by the
     mp->term_in = (mp->open_file)(mp,"terminal", "r", mp_filetype_terminal);
     if (mp->command_line!=NULL) {
       mp->last = strlen(mp->command_line);
+      if (mp->last > (mp->buf_size+1)) {
+      	 mp_reallocate_buffer(mp,mp->last);
+      }
       (void)memcpy((void *)mp->buffer,(void *)mp->command_line,mp->last);
       xfree(mp->command_line);
     } else {
@@ -4797,7 +4800,7 @@ double mp_get_numeric_value (MP mp, const char *s, size_t l) {
 	   mp_loop_data *s;
            s = mp->loop_ptr;
            while (s != NULL && sym != s->var)
-             s = s->link;
+             s = mp->loop_ptr->link;
            if (s != NULL &&  sym == s->var ){
 	     mp_xfree (ss);
              return number_to_double(s->old_value) ;
@@ -4857,7 +4860,7 @@ mp_knot mp_get_path_value (MP mp, const char *s, size_t l) {
     char *ss = mp_xstrdup(mp,s);
     if (ss) {
         mp_sym sym = mp_id_lookup(mp,ss,l,false);
-        if (sym != NULL && sym->v.data.node != NULL) {
+        if (sym != NULL) {
             if (mp_type(sym->v.data.node) == mp_path_type) {
                 mp_xfree (ss);
                 return (mp_knot) sym->v.data.node->data.p;
@@ -15680,7 +15683,7 @@ mp->bisect_stack = xmalloc ((bistack_size + 1), sizeof (mp_number));
 xfree (mp->bisect_stack);
 
 @ @<Check the ``constant''...@>=
-if (int_packets + (17+2) * int_increment > bistack_size)
+if (int_packets + 17 * int_increment > bistack_size)
   mp->bad = 19;
 
 @ Computation of the min and max is a tedious but fairly fast sequence of
@@ -15769,28 +15772,11 @@ and |(pp,mp_link(pp))|, respectively.
 @c
 static void mp_cubic_intersection (MP mp, mp_knot p, mp_knot pp) {
   mp_knot q, qq;        /* |mp_link(p)|, |mp_link(pp)| */
-  mp_number x_two_t;     /* increment bit precision by x bit */
   mp->time_to_go = max_patience;
   set_number_from_scaled (mp->max_t, 2);
-  new_number (x_two_t);
-  number_clone (x_two_t,two_t);
-  number_double(x_two_t); number_double(x_two_t); /* add x=3 bit of precision */
-  number_double(x_two_t);
   @<Initialize for intersections at level zero@>;
 CONTINUE:
   while (1) {
-    /* When we are in arbitrary precision math, low precisions can */
-    /* lead to acces locations beyond the stack_size: in this case */
-    /* we say that there is no intersection.*/
-    if ( ((x_packet (mp->xy))+4)>bistack_size ||
-         ((u_packet (mp->uv))+4)>bistack_size ||
-    	 ((y_packet (mp->xy))+4)>bistack_size ||
-         ((v_packet (mp->uv))+4)>bistack_size ){
-    	 set_number_from_scaled (mp->cur_t, 1);
-    	 set_number_from_scaled (mp->cur_tt, 1);
-         goto NOT_FOUND;
-    }
-
     if (number_to_scaled (mp->delx) - mp->tol <=
         number_to_scaled (stack_max (x_packet (mp->xy))) - number_to_scaled (stack_min (u_packet (mp->uv))))
       if (number_to_scaled (mp->delx) + mp->tol >=
@@ -15800,8 +15786,7 @@ CONTINUE:
           if (number_to_scaled (mp->dely) + mp->tol >=
               number_to_scaled (stack_min (y_packet (mp->xy))) - number_to_scaled (stack_max (v_packet (mp->uv)))) {
             if (number_to_scaled (mp->cur_t) >= number_to_scaled (mp->max_t)) {
-              if (number_equal(mp->max_t, x_two_t)) {   /* we've done 17+x bisections */
-                number_divide_int(mp->cur_t,1<<3);number_divide_int(mp->cur_tt,1<<3);
+              if (number_equal(mp->max_t, two_t)) {   /* we've done 17 bisections */
                 set_number_from_scaled (mp->cur_t, ((number_to_scaled (mp->cur_t) + 1)/2));
                 set_number_from_scaled (mp->cur_tt, ((number_to_scaled (mp->cur_tt) + 1)/2));
                 return;
@@ -15816,7 +15801,6 @@ CONTINUE:
     if (mp->time_to_go > 0) {
       decr (mp->time_to_go);
     } else {
-      number_divide_int(mp->appr_t,1<<3);number_divide_int(mp->appr_tt,1<<3);
       while (number_less (mp->appr_t, unity_t)) {
         number_double(mp->appr_t);
         number_double(mp->appr_tt);