Merge branch 'master' into for-next

Sync with Linus' tree to be able to apply pending patches that
are based on newer code already present upstream.

23 files changed, 743 insertions, 554 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 07dc154fc799..14c9b63a96c3 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -560,29 +560,28 @@ void exit_files(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MM_OWNER
 /*
- * Task p is exiting and it owned mm, lets find a new owner for it
+ * A task is exiting.   If it owned this mm, find a new owner for the mm.
  */
-static inline int
-mm_need_new_owner(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
-{
-        /*
-         * If there are other users of the mm and the owner (us) is exiting
-         * we need to find a new owner to take on the responsibility.
-         */
-        if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1)
-                return 0;
-        if (mm->owner != p)
-                return 0;
-        return 1;
-}
-
 void mm_update_next_owner(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
         struct task_struct *c, *g, *p = current;
 
 retry:
-        if (!mm_need_new_owner(mm, p))
+        /*
+         * If the exiting or execing task is not the owner, it's
+         * someone else's problem.
+         */
+        if (mm->owner != p)
                 return;
+        /*
+         * The current owner is exiting/execing and there are no other
+         * candidates.  Do not leave the mm pointing to a possibly
+         * freed task structure.
+         */
+        if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1) {
+                mm->owner = NULL;
+                return;
+        }
 
         read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
         /*
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
index b8cadf70b1fb..5bf924d80b5c 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ menu "GCOV-based kernel profiling"
 
 config GCOV_KERNEL
         bool "Enable gcov-based kernel profiling"
-        depends on DEBUG_FS && CONSTRUCTORS
+        depends on DEBUG_FS
+        select CONSTRUCTORS
         default n
         ---help---
         This option enables gcov-based code profiling (e.g. for code coverage
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index d64bafb1afd0..0a7840aeb0fb 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ int irq_set_irq_wake(unsigned int irq, unsigned int on)
         struct irq_desc *desc = irq_get_desc_buslock(irq, &flags);
         int ret = 0;
 
+        if (!desc)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         /* wakeup-capable irqs can be shared between drivers that
          * don't need to have the same sleep mode behaviors.
          */
diff --git a/kernel/jump_label.c b/kernel/jump_label.c
index fa27e750dbc0..a8ce45097f3d 100644
--- a/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -375,15 +375,19 @@ int jump_label_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 
 static void jump_label_update(struct jump_label_key *key, int enable)
 {
-        struct jump_entry *entry = key->entries;
-
-        /* if there are no users, entry can be NULL */
-        if (entry)
-                __jump_label_update(key, entry, __stop___jump_table, enable);
+        struct jump_entry *entry = key->entries, *stop = __stop___jump_table;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+        struct module *mod = __module_address((jump_label_t)key);
+
         __jump_label_mod_update(key, enable);
+
+        if (mod)
+                stop = mod->jump_entries + mod->num_jump_entries;
 #endif
+        /* if there are no users, entry can be NULL */
+        if (entry)
+                __jump_label_update(key, entry, stop, enable);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index ad6a81c58b44..47613dfb7b28 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
          */
         set_user_nice(current, 0);
 
-        if (sub_info->init) {
-                retval = sub_info->init(sub_info);
-                if (retval)
-                        goto fail;
-        }
-
         retval = -ENOMEM;
         new = prepare_kernel_cred(current);
         if (!new)
@@ -173,6 +167,14 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
                                              new->cap_inheritable);
         spin_unlock(&umh_sysctl_lock);
 
+        if (sub_info->init) {
+                retval = sub_info->init(sub_info, new);
+                if (retval) {
+                        abort_creds(new);
+                        goto fail;
+                }
+        }
+
         commit_creds(new);
 
         retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setup);
  * context in which call_usermodehelper_exec is called.
  */
 void call_usermodehelper_setfns(struct subprocess_info *info,
-                    int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info),
+                    int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new),
                     void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *info),
                     void *data)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index ace55889f702..06efa54f93d6 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -1211,7 +1211,11 @@ static void free_unnecessary_pages(void)
                 to_free_highmem = alloc_highmem - save;
         } else {
                 to_free_highmem = 0;
-                to_free_normal -= save - alloc_highmem;
+                save -= alloc_highmem;
+                if (to_free_normal > save)
+                        to_free_normal -= save;
+                else
+                        to_free_normal = 0;
         }
 
         memory_bm_position_reset(&copy_bm);
diff --git a/kernel/power/user.c b/kernel/power/user.c
index 7d02d33be699..42ddbc6f0de6 100644
--- a/kernel/power/user.c
+++ b/kernel/power/user.c
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ static int snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
                 if (error)
                         pm_notifier_call_chain(PM_POST_RESTORE);
         }
-        if (error)
+        if (error) {
+                free_basic_memory_bitmaps();
                 atomic_inc(&snapshot_device_available);
+        }
         data->frozen = 0;
         data->ready = 0;
         data->platform_support = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 89419ff92e99..7e59ffb3d0ba 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ static struct rcu_state *rcu_state;
 int rcu_scheduler_active __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_scheduler_active);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+
 /*
  * Control variables for per-CPU and per-rcu_node kthreads.  These
  * handle all flavors of RCU.
@@ -98,8 +100,11 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work);
 static char rcu_kthreads_spawnable;
 
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+
 static void rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu);
-static void invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread(void);
+static void invoke_rcu_core(void);
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp);
 
 #define RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO 1      /* RT priority for per-CPU kthreads. */
 
@@ -1088,14 +1093,8 @@ static void __rcu_offline_cpu(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
         int need_report = 0;
         struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
         struct rcu_node *rnp;
-        struct task_struct *t;
 
-        /* Stop the CPU's kthread. */
-        t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-        if (t != NULL) {
-                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = NULL;
-                kthread_stop(t);
-        }
+        rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(cpu);
 
         /* Exclude any attempts to start a new grace period. */
         raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rsp->onofflock, flags);
@@ -1231,7 +1230,7 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 
         /* Re-raise the RCU softirq if there are callbacks remaining. */
         if (cpu_has_callbacks_ready_to_invoke(rdp))
-                invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread();
+                invoke_rcu_core();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1277,7 +1276,7 @@ void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user)
         }
         rcu_preempt_check_callbacks(cpu);
         if (rcu_pending(cpu))
-                invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread();
+                invoke_rcu_core();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -1442,13 +1441,14 @@ __rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
         }
 
         /* If there are callbacks ready, invoke them. */
-        rcu_do_batch(rsp, rdp);
+        if (cpu_has_callbacks_ready_to_invoke(rdp))
+                invoke_rcu_callbacks(rsp, rdp);
 }
 
 /*
  * Do softirq processing for the current CPU.
  */
-static void rcu_process_callbacks(void)
+static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused)
 {
         __rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_sched_state,
                                 &__get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data));
@@ -1465,342 +1465,20 @@ static void rcu_process_callbacks(void)
  * the current CPU with interrupts disabled, the rcu_cpu_kthread_task
  * cannot disappear out from under us.
  */
-static void invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread(void)
-{
-        unsigned long flags;
-
-        local_irq_save(flags);
-        __this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
-        if (__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task) == NULL) {
-                local_irq_restore(flags);
-                return;
-        }
-        wake_up_process(__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task));
-        local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-
-/*
- * Wake up the specified per-rcu_node-structure kthread.
- * Because the per-rcu_node kthreads are immortal, we don't need
- * to do anything to keep them alive.
- */
-static void invoke_rcu_node_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
-{
-        struct task_struct *t;
-
-        t = rnp->node_kthread_task;
-        if (t != NULL)
-                wake_up_process(t);
-}
-
-/*
- * Set the specified CPU's kthread to run RT or not, as specified by
- * the to_rt argument.  The CPU-hotplug locks are held, so the task
- * is not going away.
- */
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt)
-{
-        int policy;
-        struct sched_param sp;
-        struct task_struct *t;
-
-        t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-        if (t == NULL)
-                return;
-        if (to_rt) {
-                policy = SCHED_FIFO;
-                sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-        } else {
-                policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
-                sp.sched_priority = 0;
-        }
-        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, policy, &sp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Timer handler to initiate the waking up of per-CPU kthreads that
- * have yielded the CPU due to excess numbers of RCU callbacks.
- * We wake up the per-rcu_node kthread, which in turn will wake up
- * the booster kthread.
- */
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_timer(unsigned long arg)
-{
-        struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, arg);
-        struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
-
-        atomic_or(rdp->grpmask, &rnp->wakemask);
-        invoke_rcu_node_kthread(rnp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Drop to non-real-time priority and yield, but only after posting a
- * timer that will cause us to regain our real-time priority if we
- * remain preempted.  Either way, we restore our real-time priority
- * before returning.
- */
-static void rcu_yield(void (*f)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg)
-{
-        struct sched_param sp;
-        struct timer_list yield_timer;
-
-        setup_timer_on_stack(&yield_timer, f, arg);
-        mod_timer(&yield_timer, jiffies + 2);
-        sp.sched_priority = 0;
-        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &sp);
-        set_user_nice(current, 19);
-        schedule();
-        sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-        del_timer(&yield_timer);
-}
-
-/*
- * Handle cases where the rcu_cpu_kthread() ends up on the wrong CPU.
- * This can happen while the corresponding CPU is either coming online
- * or going offline.  We cannot wait until the CPU is fully online
- * before starting the kthread, because the various notifier functions
- * can wait for RCU grace periods.  So we park rcu_cpu_kthread() until
- * the corresponding CPU is online.
- *
- * Return 1 if the kthread needs to stop, 0 otherwise.
- *
- * Caller must disable bh.  This function can momentarily enable it.
- */
-static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(int cpu)
-{
-        while (cpu_is_offline(cpu) ||
-               !cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)) ||
-               smp_processor_id() != cpu) {
-                if (kthread_should_stop())
-                        return 1;
-                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
-                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = raw_smp_processor_id();
-                local_bh_enable();
-                schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
-                if (!cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)))
-                        set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu));
-                local_bh_disable();
-        }
-        per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
-        return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Per-CPU kernel thread that invokes RCU callbacks.  This replaces the
- * earlier RCU softirq.
- */
-static int rcu_cpu_kthread(void *arg)
-{
-        int cpu = (int)(long)arg;
-        unsigned long flags;
-        int spincnt = 0;
-        unsigned int *statusp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu);
-        char work;
-        char *workp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu);
-
-        for (;;) {
-                *statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
-                rcu_wait(*workp != 0 || kthread_should_stop());
-                local_bh_disable();
-                if (rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(cpu)) {
-                        local_bh_enable();
-                        break;
-                }
-                *statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
-                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, cpu)++;
-                local_irq_save(flags);
-                work = *workp;
-                *workp = 0;
-                local_irq_restore(flags);
-                if (work)
-                        rcu_process_callbacks();
-                local_bh_enable();
-                if (*workp != 0)
-                        spincnt++;
-                else
-                        spincnt = 0;
-                if (spincnt > 10) {
-                        *statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING;
-                        rcu_yield(rcu_cpu_kthread_timer, (unsigned long)cpu);
-                        spincnt = 0;
-                }
-        }
-        *statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
-        return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Spawn a per-CPU kthread, setting up affinity and priority.
- * Because the CPU hotplug lock is held, no other CPU will be attempting
- * to manipulate rcu_cpu_kthread_task.  There might be another CPU
- * attempting to access it during boot, but the locking in kthread_bind()
- * will enforce sufficient ordering.
- */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 {
-        struct sched_param sp;
-        struct task_struct *t;
-
-        if (!rcu_kthreads_spawnable ||
-            per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL)
-                return 0;
-        t = kthread_create(rcu_cpu_kthread, (void *)(long)cpu, "rcuc%d", cpu);
-        if (IS_ERR(t))
-                return PTR_ERR(t);
-        kthread_bind(t, cpu);
-        per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
-        WARN_ON_ONCE(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL);
-        per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = t;
-        sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-        return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Per-rcu_node kthread, which is in charge of waking up the per-CPU
- * kthreads when needed.  We ignore requests to wake up kthreads
- * for offline CPUs, which is OK because force_quiescent_state()
- * takes care of this case.
- */
-static int rcu_node_kthread(void *arg)
-{
-        int cpu;
-        unsigned long flags;
-        unsigned long mask;
-        struct rcu_node *rnp = (struct rcu_node *)arg;
-        struct sched_param sp;
-        struct task_struct *t;
-
-        for (;;) {
-                rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
-                rcu_wait(atomic_read(&rnp->wakemask) != 0);
-                rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
-                raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
-                mask = atomic_xchg(&rnp->wakemask, 0);
-                rcu_initiate_boost(rnp, flags); /* releases rnp->lock. */
-                for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, mask >>= 1) {
-                        if ((mask & 0x1) == 0)
-                                continue;
-                        preempt_disable();
-                        t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-                        if (!cpu_online(cpu) || t == NULL) {
-                                preempt_enable();
-                                continue;
-                        }
-                        per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 1;
-                        sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-                        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-                        preempt_enable();
-                }
-        }
-        /* NOTREACHED */
-        rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
-        return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Set the per-rcu_node kthread's affinity to cover all CPUs that are
- * served by the rcu_node in question.  The CPU hotplug lock is still
- * held, so the value of rnp->qsmaskinit will be stable.
- *
- * We don't include outgoingcpu in the affinity set, use -1 if there is
- * no outgoing CPU.  If there are no CPUs left in the affinity set,
- * this function allows the kthread to execute on any CPU.
- */
-static void rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
-{
-        cpumask_var_t cm;
-        int cpu;
-        unsigned long mask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
-
-        if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL)
-                return;
-        if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&cm, GFP_KERNEL))
+        if (likely(!rsp->boost)) {
+                rcu_do_batch(rsp, rdp);
                 return;
-        cpumask_clear(cm);
-        for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, mask >>= 1)
-                if ((mask & 0x1) && cpu != outgoingcpu)
-                        cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cm);
-        if (cpumask_weight(cm) == 0) {
-                cpumask_setall(cm);
-                for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++)
-                        cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cm);
-                WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_weight(cm) == 0);
         }
-        set_cpus_allowed_ptr(rnp->node_kthread_task, cm);
-        rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, cm);
-        free_cpumask_var(cm);
+        invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread();
 }
 
-/*
- * Spawn a per-rcu_node kthread, setting priority and affinity.
- * Called during boot before online/offline can happen, or, if
- * during runtime, with the main CPU-hotplug locks held.  So only
- * one of these can be executing at a time.
- */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
-                                                struct rcu_node *rnp)
+static void invoke_rcu_core(void)
 {
-        unsigned long flags;
-        int rnp_index = rnp - &rsp->node[0];
-        struct sched_param sp;
-        struct task_struct *t;
-
-        if (!rcu_kthreads_spawnable ||
-            rnp->qsmaskinit == 0)
-                return 0;
-        if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL) {
-                t = kthread_create(rcu_node_kthread, (void *)rnp,
-                                   "rcun%d", rnp_index);
-                if (IS_ERR(t))
-                        return PTR_ERR(t);
-                raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
-                rnp->node_kthread_task = t;
-                raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
-                sp.sched_priority = 99;
-                sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-        }
-        return rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rsp, rnp, rnp_index);
+        raise_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ);
 }
 
-static void rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp);
-
-/*
- * Spawn all kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running.
- */
-static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
-{
-        int cpu;
-        struct rcu_node *rnp;
-        struct task_struct *t;
-
-        rcu_kthreads_spawnable = 1;
-        for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
-                if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
-                        (void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
-                        t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-                        if (t)
-                                wake_up_process(t);
-                }
-        }
-        rnp = rcu_get_root(rcu_state);
-        (void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
-        if (rnp->node_kthread_task)
-                wake_up_process(rnp->node_kthread_task);
-        if (NUM_RCU_NODES > 1) {
-                rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rcu_state, rnp) {
-                        (void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
-                        t = rnp->node_kthread_task;
-                        if (t)
-                                wake_up_process(t);
-                        rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
-                }
-        }
-        return 0;
-}
-early_initcall(rcu_spawn_kthreads);
-
 static void
 __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu),
            struct rcu_state *rsp)
@@ -2207,44 +1885,6 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_cpu(int cpu)
         rcu_preempt_init_percpu_data(cpu);
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
-{
-        struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu);
-        struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
-
-        /* Fire up the incoming CPU's kthread and leaf rcu_node kthread. */
-        if (rcu_kthreads_spawnable) {
-                (void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
-                if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL)
-                        (void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
-        }
-}
-
-/*
- * kthread_create() creates threads in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state,
- * but the RCU threads are woken on demand, and if demand is low this
- * could be a while triggering the hung task watchdog.
- *
- * In order to avoid this, poke all tasks once the CPU is fully
- * up and running.
- */
-static void __cpuinit rcu_online_kthreads(int cpu)
-{
-        struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu);
-        struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
-        struct task_struct *t;
-
-        t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-        if (t)
-                wake_up_process(t);
-
-        t = rnp->node_kthread_task;
-        if (t)
-                wake_up_process(t);
-
-        rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
-}
-
 /*
  * Handle CPU online/offline notification events.
  */
@@ -2262,7 +1902,6 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
                 rcu_prepare_kthreads(cpu);
                 break;
         case CPU_ONLINE:
-                rcu_online_kthreads(cpu);
         case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
                 rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, -1);
                 rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(cpu, 1);
@@ -2410,6 +2049,7 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
         rcu_init_one(&rcu_sched_state, &rcu_sched_data);
         rcu_init_one(&rcu_bh_state, &rcu_bh_data);
         __rcu_init_preempt();
+         open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks);
 
         /*
          * We don't need protection against CPU-hotplug here because
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index 7b9a08b4aaea..01b2ccda26fb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ struct rcu_state {
                                                 /*  period because */
                                                 /*  force_quiescent_state() */
                                                 /*  was running. */
+        u8      boost;                          /* Subject to priority boost. */
         unsigned long gpnum;                    /* Current gp number. */
         unsigned long completed;                /* # of last completed gp. */
 
@@ -426,6 +427,7 @@ static int rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 static void rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp(struct rcu_node *rnp,
                                       unsigned long flags);
+static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 static void rcu_print_detail_task_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp);
 static void rcu_print_task_stall(struct rcu_node *rnp);
@@ -450,11 +452,19 @@ static void rcu_preempt_send_cbs_to_online(void);
 static void __init __rcu_init_preempt(void);
 static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void);
 static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags);
+static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void);
 static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp,
                                           cpumask_var_t cm);
-static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
 static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
                                                  struct rcu_node *rnp,
                                                  int rnp_index);
+static void invoke_rcu_node_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp);
+static void rcu_yield(void (*f)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt);
+static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu);
 
 #endif /* #ifndef RCU_TREE_NONCORE */
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index c8bff3099a89..14dc7dd00902 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -602,6 +602,15 @@ static void rcu_preempt_process_callbacks(void)
                                 &__get_cpu_var(rcu_preempt_data));
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+
+static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void)
+{
+        rcu_do_batch(&rcu_preempt_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_preempt_data));
+}
+
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+
 /*
  * Queue a preemptible-RCU callback for invocation after a grace period.
  */
@@ -1249,6 +1258,23 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Wake up the per-CPU kthread to invoke RCU callbacks.
+ */
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
+{
+        unsigned long flags;
+
+        local_irq_save(flags);
+        __this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
+        if (__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task) == NULL) {
+                local_irq_restore(flags);
+                return;
+        }
+        wake_up_process(__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task));
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+/*
  * Set the affinity of the boost kthread.  The CPU-hotplug locks are
  * held, so no one should be messing with the existence of the boost
  * kthread.
@@ -1288,6 +1314,7 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 
         if (&rcu_preempt_state != rsp)
                 return 0;
+        rsp->boost = 1;
         if (rnp->boost_kthread_task != NULL)
                 return 0;
         t = kthread_create(rcu_boost_kthread, (void *)rnp,
@@ -1299,13 +1326,372 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
         raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
         sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
         sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+        wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+
+/*
+ * Stop the RCU's per-CPU kthread when its CPU goes offline,.
+ */
+static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
 {
-        if (rnp->boost_kthread_task)
-                wake_up_process(rnp->boost_kthread_task);
+        struct task_struct *t;
+
+        /* Stop the CPU's kthread. */
+        t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
+        if (t != NULL) {
+                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = NULL;
+                kthread_stop(t);
+        }
+}
+
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+
+static void rcu_kthread_do_work(void)
+{
+        rcu_do_batch(&rcu_sched_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data));
+        rcu_do_batch(&rcu_bh_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_bh_data));
+        rcu_preempt_do_callbacks();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wake up the specified per-rcu_node-structure kthread.
+ * Because the per-rcu_node kthreads are immortal, we don't need
+ * to do anything to keep them alive.
+ */
+static void invoke_rcu_node_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
+{
+        struct task_struct *t;
+
+        t = rnp->node_kthread_task;
+        if (t != NULL)
+                wake_up_process(t);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the specified CPU's kthread to run RT or not, as specified by
+ * the to_rt argument.  The CPU-hotplug locks are held, so the task
+ * is not going away.
+ */
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt)
+{
+        int policy;
+        struct sched_param sp;
+        struct task_struct *t;
+
+        t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
+        if (t == NULL)
+                return;
+        if (to_rt) {
+                policy = SCHED_FIFO;
+                sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+        } else {
+                policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
+                sp.sched_priority = 0;
+        }
+        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, policy, &sp);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Timer handler to initiate the waking up of per-CPU kthreads that
+ * have yielded the CPU due to excess numbers of RCU callbacks.
+ * We wake up the per-rcu_node kthread, which in turn will wake up
+ * the booster kthread.
+ */
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_timer(unsigned long arg)
+{
+        struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, arg);
+        struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
+
+        atomic_or(rdp->grpmask, &rnp->wakemask);
+        invoke_rcu_node_kthread(rnp);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Drop to non-real-time priority and yield, but only after posting a
+ * timer that will cause us to regain our real-time priority if we
+ * remain preempted.  Either way, we restore our real-time priority
+ * before returning.
+ */
+static void rcu_yield(void (*f)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg)
+{
+        struct sched_param sp;
+        struct timer_list yield_timer;
+
+        setup_timer_on_stack(&yield_timer, f, arg);
+        mod_timer(&yield_timer, jiffies + 2);
+        sp.sched_priority = 0;
+        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &sp);
+        set_user_nice(current, 19);
+        schedule();
+        sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+        del_timer(&yield_timer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Handle cases where the rcu_cpu_kthread() ends up on the wrong CPU.
+ * This can happen while the corresponding CPU is either coming online
+ * or going offline.  We cannot wait until the CPU is fully online
+ * before starting the kthread, because the various notifier functions
+ * can wait for RCU grace periods.  So we park rcu_cpu_kthread() until
+ * the corresponding CPU is online.
+ *
+ * Return 1 if the kthread needs to stop, 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * Caller must disable bh.  This function can momentarily enable it.
+ */
+static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(int cpu)
+{
+        while (cpu_is_offline(cpu) ||
+               !cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)) ||
+               smp_processor_id() != cpu) {
+                if (kthread_should_stop())
+                        return 1;
+                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
+                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = raw_smp_processor_id();
+                local_bh_enable();
+                schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+                if (!cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)))
+                        set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu));
+                local_bh_disable();
+        }
+        per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Per-CPU kernel thread that invokes RCU callbacks.  This replaces the
+ * earlier RCU softirq.
+ */
+static int rcu_cpu_kthread(void *arg)
+{
+        int cpu = (int)(long)arg;
+        unsigned long flags;
+        int spincnt = 0;
+        unsigned int *statusp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu);
+        char work;
+        char *workp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu);
+
+        for (;;) {
+                *statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
+                rcu_wait(*workp != 0 || kthread_should_stop());
+                local_bh_disable();
+                if (rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(cpu)) {
+                        local_bh_enable();
+                        break;
+                }
+                *statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
+                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, cpu)++;
+                local_irq_save(flags);
+                work = *workp;
+                *workp = 0;
+                local_irq_restore(flags);
+                if (work)
+                        rcu_kthread_do_work();
+                local_bh_enable();
+                if (*workp != 0)
+                        spincnt++;
+                else
+                        spincnt = 0;
+                if (spincnt > 10) {
+                        *statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING;
+                        rcu_yield(rcu_cpu_kthread_timer, (unsigned long)cpu);
+                        spincnt = 0;
+                }
+        }
+        *statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Spawn a per-CPU kthread, setting up affinity and priority.
+ * Because the CPU hotplug lock is held, no other CPU will be attempting
+ * to manipulate rcu_cpu_kthread_task.  There might be another CPU
+ * attempting to access it during boot, but the locking in kthread_bind()
+ * will enforce sufficient ordering.
+ *
+ * Please note that we cannot simply refuse to wake up the per-CPU
+ * kthread because kthreads are created in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state,
+ * which can result in softlockup complaints if the task ends up being
+ * idle for more than a couple of minutes.
+ *
+ * However, please note also that we cannot bind the per-CPU kthread to its
+ * CPU until that CPU is fully online.  We also cannot wait until the
+ * CPU is fully online before we create its per-CPU kthread, as this would
+ * deadlock the system when CPU notifiers tried waiting for grace
+ * periods.  So we bind the per-CPU kthread to its CPU only if the CPU
+ * is online.  If its CPU is not yet fully online, then the code in
+ * rcu_cpu_kthread() will wait until it is fully online, and then do
+ * the binding.
+ */
+static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
+{
+        struct sched_param sp;
+        struct task_struct *t;
+
+        if (!rcu_kthreads_spawnable ||
+            per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL)
+                return 0;
+        t = kthread_create(rcu_cpu_kthread, (void *)(long)cpu, "rcuc%d", cpu);
+        if (IS_ERR(t))
+                return PTR_ERR(t);
+        if (cpu_online(cpu))
+                kthread_bind(t, cpu);
+        per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL);
+        sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+        per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = t;
+        wake_up_process(t); /* Get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Per-rcu_node kthread, which is in charge of waking up the per-CPU
+ * kthreads when needed.  We ignore requests to wake up kthreads
+ * for offline CPUs, which is OK because force_quiescent_state()
+ * takes care of this case.
+ */
+static int rcu_node_kthread(void *arg)
+{
+        int cpu;
+        unsigned long flags;
+        unsigned long mask;
+        struct rcu_node *rnp = (struct rcu_node *)arg;
+        struct sched_param sp;
+        struct task_struct *t;
+
+        for (;;) {
+                rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
+                rcu_wait(atomic_read(&rnp->wakemask) != 0);
+                rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
+                raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
+                mask = atomic_xchg(&rnp->wakemask, 0);
+                rcu_initiate_boost(rnp, flags); /* releases rnp->lock. */
+                for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, mask >>= 1) {
+                        if ((mask & 0x1) == 0)
+                                continue;
+                        preempt_disable();
+                        t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
+                        if (!cpu_online(cpu) || t == NULL) {
+                                preempt_enable();
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                        per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 1;
+                        sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+                        sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+                        preempt_enable();
+                }
+        }
+        /* NOTREACHED */
+        rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the per-rcu_node kthread's affinity to cover all CPUs that are
+ * served by the rcu_node in question.  The CPU hotplug lock is still
+ * held, so the value of rnp->qsmaskinit will be stable.
+ *
+ * We don't include outgoingcpu in the affinity set, use -1 if there is
+ * no outgoing CPU.  If there are no CPUs left in the affinity set,
+ * this function allows the kthread to execute on any CPU.
+ */
+static void rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
+{
+        cpumask_var_t cm;
+        int cpu;
+        unsigned long mask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
+
+        if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL)
+                return;
+        if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&cm, GFP_KERNEL))
+                return;
+        cpumask_clear(cm);
+        for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, mask >>= 1)
+                if ((mask & 0x1) && cpu != outgoingcpu)
+                        cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cm);
+        if (cpumask_weight(cm) == 0) {
+                cpumask_setall(cm);
+                for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++)
+                        cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cm);
+                WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_weight(cm) == 0);
+        }
+        set_cpus_allowed_ptr(rnp->node_kthread_task, cm);
+        rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, cm);
+        free_cpumask_var(cm);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Spawn a per-rcu_node kthread, setting priority and affinity.
+ * Called during boot before online/offline can happen, or, if
+ * during runtime, with the main CPU-hotplug locks held.  So only
+ * one of these can be executing at a time.
+ */
+static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
+                                                struct rcu_node *rnp)
+{
+        unsigned long flags;
+        int rnp_index = rnp - &rsp->node[0];
+        struct sched_param sp;
+        struct task_struct *t;
+
+        if (!rcu_kthreads_spawnable ||
+            rnp->qsmaskinit == 0)
+                return 0;
+        if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL) {
+                t = kthread_create(rcu_node_kthread, (void *)rnp,
+                                   "rcun%d", rnp_index);
+                if (IS_ERR(t))
+                        return PTR_ERR(t);
+                raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
+                rnp->node_kthread_task = t;
+                raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
+                sp.sched_priority = 99;
+                sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+                wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
+        }
+        return rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rsp, rnp, rnp_index);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Spawn all kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running.
+ */
+static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
+{
+        int cpu;
+        struct rcu_node *rnp;
+
+        rcu_kthreads_spawnable = 1;
+        for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+                per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
+                if (cpu_online(cpu))
+                        (void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
+        }
+        rnp = rcu_get_root(rcu_state);
+        (void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
+        if (NUM_RCU_NODES > 1) {
+                rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rcu_state, rnp)
+                        (void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
+        }
+        return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(rcu_spawn_kthreads);
+
+static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
+{
+        struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu);
+        struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
+
+        /* Fire up the incoming CPU's kthread and leaf rcu_node kthread. */
+        if (rcu_kthreads_spawnable) {
+                (void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
+                if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL)
+                        (void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
+        }
 }
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
@@ -1315,23 +1701,32 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
         raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp,
-                                          cpumask_var_t cm)
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
 {
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 }
 
 static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
 }
 
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
-                                                 struct rcu_node *rnp,
-                                                 int rnp_index)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+
+static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
+{
+}
+
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+
+static void rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
+{
+}
+
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt)
 {
-        return 0;
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
+static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 {
 }
 
@@ -1509,7 +1904,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, rcu_dyntick_holdoff);
  *
  * Because it is not legal to invoke rcu_process_callbacks() with irqs
  * disabled, we do one pass of force_quiescent_state(), then do a
- * invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread() to cause rcu_process_callbacks() to be invoked
+ * invoke_rcu_core() to cause rcu_process_callbacks() to be invoked
  * later.  The per-cpu rcu_dyntick_drain variable controls the sequencing.
  */
 int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
@@ -1560,7 +1955,7 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
 
         /* If RCU callbacks are still pending, RCU still needs this CPU. */
         if (c)
-                invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread();
+                invoke_rcu_core();
         return c;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_trace.c b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
index 9678cc3650f5..4e144876dc68 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 #define RCU_TREE_NONCORE
 #include "rcutree.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ static char convert_kthread_status(unsigned int kthread_status)
         return "SRWOY"[kthread_status];
 }
 
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+
 static void print_one_rcu_data(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 {
         if (!rdp->beenonline)
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ static void print_one_rcu_data(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
                    rdp->dynticks_fqs);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
         seq_printf(m, " of=%lu ri=%lu", rdp->offline_fqs, rdp->resched_ipi);
-        seq_printf(m, " ql=%ld qs=%c%c%c%c kt=%d/%c/%d ktl=%x b=%ld",
+        seq_printf(m, " ql=%ld qs=%c%c%c%c",
                    rdp->qlen,
                    ".N"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL] !=
                         rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]],
@@ -84,13 +88,16 @@ static void print_one_rcu_data(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
                         rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]],
                    ".W"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL] !=
                         rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]],
-                   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]],
+                   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]]);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+        seq_printf(m, " kt=%d/%c/%d ktl=%x",
                    per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, rdp->cpu),
                    convert_kthread_status(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status,
                                           rdp->cpu)),
                    per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, rdp->cpu),
-                   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, rdp->cpu) & 0xffff,
-                   rdp->blimit);
+                   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, rdp->cpu) & 0xffff);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+        seq_printf(m, " b=%ld", rdp->blimit);
         seq_printf(m, " ci=%lu co=%lu ca=%lu\n",
                    rdp->n_cbs_invoked, rdp->n_cbs_orphaned, rdp->n_cbs_adopted);
 }
@@ -147,18 +154,21 @@ static void print_one_rcu_data_csv(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
                    rdp->dynticks_fqs);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
         seq_printf(m, ",%lu,%lu", rdp->offline_fqs, rdp->resched_ipi);
-        seq_printf(m, ",%ld,\"%c%c%c%c\",%d,\"%c\",%ld", rdp->qlen,
+        seq_printf(m, ",%ld,\"%c%c%c%c\"", rdp->qlen,
                    ".N"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL] !=
                         rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]],
                    ".R"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL] !=
                         rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]],
                    ".W"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL] !=
                         rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]],
-                   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]],
+                   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]]);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+        seq_printf(m, ",%d,\"%c\"",
                    per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, rdp->cpu),
                    convert_kthread_status(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status,
-                                          rdp->cpu)),
-                   rdp->blimit);
+                                          rdp->cpu)));
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+        seq_printf(m, ",%ld", rdp->blimit);
         seq_printf(m, ",%lu,%lu,%lu\n",
                    rdp->n_cbs_invoked, rdp->n_cbs_orphaned, rdp->n_cbs_adopted);
 }
@@ -169,7 +179,11 @@ static int show_rcudata_csv(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
         seq_puts(m, "\"dt\",\"dt nesting\",\"dt NMI nesting\",\"df\",");
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
-        seq_puts(m, "\"of\",\"ri\",\"ql\",\"b\",\"ci\",\"co\",\"ca\"\n");
+        seq_puts(m, "\"of\",\"ri\",\"ql\",\"qs\"");
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+        seq_puts(m, "\"kt\",\"ktl\"");
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+        seq_puts(m, ",\"b\",\"ci\",\"co\",\"ca\"\n");
 #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
         seq_puts(m, "\"rcu_preempt:\"\n");
         PRINT_RCU_DATA(rcu_preempt_data, print_one_rcu_data_csv, m);
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 798e2fae2a06..3ff40178dce7 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ struct resource iomem_resource = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iomem_resource);
 
+/* constraints to be met while allocating resources */
+struct resource_constraint {
+        resource_size_t min, max, align;
+        resource_size_t (*alignf)(void *, const struct resource *,
+                        resource_size_t, resource_size_t);
+        void *alignf_data;
+};
+
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(resource_lock);
 
 static void *r_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
@@ -384,16 +392,13 @@ static bool resource_contains(struct resource *res1, struct resource *res2)
 }
 
 /*
- * Find empty slot in the resource tree given range and alignment.
+ * Find empty slot in the resource tree with the given range and
+ * alignment constraints
  */
-static int find_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new,
-                         resource_size_t size, resource_size_t min,
-                         resource_size_t max, resource_size_t align,
-                         resource_size_t (*alignf)(void *,
-                                                   const struct resource *,
-                                                   resource_size_t,
-                                                   resource_size_t),
-                         void *alignf_data)
+static int __find_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *old,
+                         struct resource *new,
+                         resource_size_t  size,
+                         struct resource_constraint *constraint)
 {
         struct resource *this = root->child;
         struct resource tmp = *new, avail, alloc;
@@ -404,25 +409,26 @@ static int find_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new,
          * Skip past an allocated resource that starts at 0, since the assignment
          * of this->start - 1 to tmp->end below would cause an underflow.
          */
-        if (this && this->start == 0) {
-                tmp.start = this->end + 1;
+        if (this && this->start == root->start) {
+                tmp.start = (this == old) ? old->start : this->end + 1;
                 this = this->sibling;
         }
         for(;;) {
                 if (this)
-                        tmp.end = this->start - 1;
+                        tmp.end = (this == old) ?  this->end : this->start - 1;
                 else
                         tmp.end = root->end;
 
-                resource_clip(&tmp, min, max);
+                resource_clip(&tmp, constraint->min, constraint->max);
                 arch_remove_reservations(&tmp);
 
                 /* Check for overflow after ALIGN() */
                 avail = *new;
-                avail.start = ALIGN(tmp.start, align);
+                avail.start = ALIGN(tmp.start, constraint->align);
                 avail.end = tmp.end;
                 if (avail.start >= tmp.start) {
-                        alloc.start = alignf(alignf_data, &avail, size, align);
+                        alloc.start = constraint->alignf(constraint->alignf_data, &avail,
+                                        size, constraint->align);
                         alloc.end = alloc.start + size - 1;
                         if (resource_contains(&avail, &alloc)) {
                                 new->start = alloc.start;
@@ -432,14 +438,75 @@ static int find_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new,
                 }
                 if (!this)
                         break;
-                tmp.start = this->end + 1;
+                if (this != old)
+                        tmp.start = this->end + 1;
                 this = this->sibling;
         }
         return -EBUSY;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Find empty slot in the resource tree given range and alignment.
+ */
+static int find_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new,
+                        resource_size_t size,
+                        struct resource_constraint  *constraint)
+{
+        return  __find_resource(root, NULL, new, size, constraint);
+}
+
 /**
- * allocate_resource - allocate empty slot in the resource tree given range & alignment
+ * reallocate_resource - allocate a slot in the resource tree given range & alignment.
+ *      The resource will be relocated if the new size cannot be reallocated in the
+ *      current location.
+ *
+ * @root: root resource descriptor
+ * @old:  resource descriptor desired by caller
+ * @newsize: new size of the resource descriptor
+ * @constraint: the size and alignment constraints to be met.
+ */
+int reallocate_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *old,
+                        resource_size_t newsize,
+                        struct resource_constraint  *constraint)
+{
+        int err=0;
+        struct resource new = *old;
+        struct resource *conflict;
+
+        write_lock(&resource_lock);
+
+        if ((err = __find_resource(root, old, &new, newsize, constraint)))
+                goto out;
+
+        if (resource_contains(&new, old)) {
+                old->start = new.start;
+                old->end = new.end;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
+        if (old->child) {
+                err = -EBUSY;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
+        if (resource_contains(old, &new)) {
+                old->start = new.start;
+                old->end = new.end;
+        } else {
+                __release_resource(old);
+                *old = new;
+                conflict = __request_resource(root, old);
+                BUG_ON(conflict);
+        }
+out:
+        write_unlock(&resource_lock);
+        return err;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * allocate_resource - allocate empty slot in the resource tree given range & alignment.
+ *      The resource will be reallocated with a new size if it was already allocated
  * @root: root resource descriptor
  * @new: resource descriptor desired by caller
  * @size: requested resource region size
@@ -459,12 +526,25 @@ int allocate_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new,
                       void *alignf_data)
 {
         int err;
+        struct resource_constraint constraint;
 
         if (!alignf)
                 alignf = simple_align_resource;
 
+        constraint.min = min;
+        constraint.max = max;
+        constraint.align = align;
+        constraint.alignf = alignf;
+        constraint.alignf_data = alignf_data;
+
+        if ( new->parent ) {
+                /* resource is already allocated, try reallocating with
+                   the new constraints */
+                return reallocate_resource(root, new, size, &constraint);
+        }
+
         write_lock(&resource_lock);
-        err = find_resource(root, new, size, min, max, align, alignf, alignf_data);
+        err = find_resource(root, new, size, &constraint);
         if (err >= 0 && __request_resource(root, new))
                 err = -EBUSY;
         write_unlock(&resource_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 71e5a25a8a58..ad8ab90bb301 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(task_group_lock);
  * (The default weight is 1024 - so there's no practical
  *  limitation from this.)
  */
-#define MIN_SHARES      2
-#define MAX_SHARES      (1UL << (18 + SCHED_LOAD_RESOLUTION))
+#define MIN_SHARES      (1UL <<  1)
+#define MAX_SHARES      (1UL << 18)
 
 static int root_task_group_load = ROOT_TASK_GROUP_LOAD;
 #endif
@@ -8449,10 +8449,7 @@ int sched_group_set_shares(struct task_group *tg, unsigned long shares)
         if (!tg->se[0])
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        if (shares < MIN_SHARES)
-                shares = MIN_SHARES;
-        else if (shares > MAX_SHARES)
-                shares = MAX_SHARES;
+        shares = clamp(shares, scale_load(MIN_SHARES), scale_load(MAX_SHARES));
 
         mutex_lock(&shares_mutex);
         if (tg->shares == shares)
diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 88725c939e0b..10d018212bab 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ static void check_preempt_curr_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flag
          * to move current somewhere else, making room for our non-migratable
          * task.
          */
-        if (p->prio == rq->curr->prio && !need_resched())
+        if (p->prio == rq->curr->prio && !test_tsk_need_resched(rq->curr))
                 check_preempt_equal_prio(rq, p);
 #endif
 }
@@ -1239,6 +1239,10 @@ static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_struct *task)
         int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
         int cpu      = task_cpu(task);
 
+        /* Make sure the mask is initialized first */
+        if (unlikely(!lowest_mask))
+                return -1;
+
         if (task->rt.nr_cpus_allowed == 1)
                 return -1; /* No other targets possible */
 
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 86c32b884f8e..ff7678603328 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2365,7 +2365,7 @@ int sigprocmask(int how, sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
 /**
  *  sys_rt_sigprocmask - change the list of currently blocked signals
  *  @how: whether to add, remove, or set signals
- *  @set: stores pending signals
+ *  @nset: stores pending signals
  *  @oset: previous value of signal mask if non-null
  *  @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type
  */
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 73a195193558..fb67dfa8394e 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata hotplug_cfd_notifier = {
         .notifier_call          = hotplug_cfd,
 };
 
-static int __cpuinit init_call_single_data(void)
+void __init call_function_init(void)
 {
         void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
         int i;
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ static int __cpuinit init_call_single_data(void)
 
         hotplug_cfd(&hotplug_cfd_notifier, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
         register_cpu_notifier(&hotplug_cfd_notifier);
-
-        return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(init_call_single_data);
 
 /*
  * csd_lock/csd_unlock used to serialize access to per-cpu csd resources
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 13960170cad4..40cf63ddd4b3 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
 
 char *softirq_to_name[NR_SOFTIRQS] = {
         "HI", "TIMER", "NET_TX", "NET_RX", "BLOCK", "BLOCK_IOPOLL",
-        "TASKLET", "SCHED", "HRTIMER"
+        "TASKLET", "SCHED", "HRTIMER", "RCU"
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 9ffea360a778..fc0f22005417 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -285,16 +285,18 @@ ret:
 static int add_del_listener(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *mask, int isadd)
 {
         struct listener_list *listeners;
-        struct listener *s, *tmp;
+        struct listener *s, *tmp, *s2;
         unsigned int cpu;
 
         if (!cpumask_subset(mask, cpu_possible_mask))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
+        s = NULL;
         if (isadd == REGISTER) {
                 for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) {
-                        s = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct listener), GFP_KERNEL,
-                                         cpu_to_node(cpu));
+                        if (!s)
+                                s = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct listener),
+                                                 GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
                         if (!s)
                                 goto cleanup;
                         s->pid = pid;
@@ -303,9 +305,16 @@ static int add_del_listener(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *mask, int isadd)
 
                         listeners = &per_cpu(listener_array, cpu);
                         down_write(&listeners->sem);
+                        list_for_each_entry_safe(s2, tmp, &listeners->list, list) {
+                                if (s2->pid == pid)
+                                        goto next_cpu;
+                        }
                         list_add(&s->list, &listeners->list);
+                        s = NULL;
+next_cpu:
                         up_write(&listeners->sem);
                 }
+                kfree(s);
                 return 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 2d966244ea60..59f369f98a04 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -42,15 +42,75 @@ static struct alarm_base {
         clockid_t               base_clockid;
 } alarm_bases[ALARM_NUMTYPE];
 
+/* freezer delta & lock used to handle clock_nanosleep triggered wakeups */
+static ktime_t freezer_delta;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(freezer_delta_lock);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_CLASS
 /* rtc timer and device for setting alarm wakeups at suspend */
 static struct rtc_timer         rtctimer;
 static struct rtc_device        *rtcdev;
-#endif
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rtcdev_lock);
 
-/* freezer delta & lock used to handle clock_nanosleep triggered wakeups */
-static ktime_t freezer_delta;
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(freezer_delta_lock);
+/**
+ * has_wakealarm - check rtc device has wakealarm ability
+ * @dev: current device
+ * @name_ptr: name to be returned
+ *
+ * This helper function checks to see if the rtc device can wake
+ * from suspend.
+ */
+static int has_wakealarm(struct device *dev, void *name_ptr)
+{
+        struct rtc_device *candidate = to_rtc_device(dev);
+
+        if (!candidate->ops->set_alarm)
+                return 0;
+        if (!device_may_wakeup(candidate->dev.parent))
+                return 0;
+
+        *(const char **)name_ptr = dev_name(dev);
+        return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * alarmtimer_get_rtcdev - Return selected rtcdevice
+ *
+ * This function returns the rtc device to use for wakealarms.
+ * If one has not already been chosen, it checks to see if a
+ * functional rtc device is available.
+ */
+static struct rtc_device *alarmtimer_get_rtcdev(void)
+{
+        struct device *dev;
+        char *str;
+        unsigned long flags;
+        struct rtc_device *ret;
+
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&rtcdev_lock, flags);
+        if (!rtcdev) {
+                /* Find an rtc device and init the rtc_timer */
+                dev = class_find_device(rtc_class, NULL, &str, has_wakealarm);
+                /* If we have a device then str is valid. See has_wakealarm() */
+                if (dev) {
+                        rtcdev = rtc_class_open(str);
+                        /*
+                         * Drop the reference we got in class_find_device,
+                         * rtc_open takes its own.
+                         */
+                        put_device(dev);
+                        rtc_timer_init(&rtctimer, NULL, NULL);
+                }
+        }
+        ret = rtcdev;
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtcdev_lock, flags);
+
+        return ret;
+}
+#else
+#define alarmtimer_get_rtcdev() (0)
+#define rtcdev (0)
+#endif
 
 
 /**
@@ -166,6 +226,7 @@ static int alarmtimer_suspend(struct device *dev)
         struct rtc_time tm;
         ktime_t min, now;
         unsigned long flags;
+        struct rtc_device *rtc;
         int i;
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&freezer_delta_lock, flags);
@@ -173,8 +234,9 @@ static int alarmtimer_suspend(struct device *dev)
         freezer_delta = ktime_set(0, 0);
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&freezer_delta_lock, flags);
 
+        rtc = rtcdev;
         /* If we have no rtcdev, just return */
-        if (!rtcdev)
+        if (!rtc)
                 return 0;
 
         /* Find the soonest timer to expire*/
@@ -199,12 +261,12 @@ static int alarmtimer_suspend(struct device *dev)
         WARN_ON(min.tv64 < NSEC_PER_SEC);
 
         /* Setup an rtc timer to fire that far in the future */
-        rtc_timer_cancel(rtcdev, &rtctimer);
-        rtc_read_time(rtcdev, &tm);
+        rtc_timer_cancel(rtc, &rtctimer);
+        rtc_read_time(rtc, &tm);
         now = rtc_tm_to_ktime(tm);
         now = ktime_add(now, min);
 
-        rtc_timer_start(rtcdev, &rtctimer, now, ktime_set(0, 0));
+        rtc_timer_start(rtc, &rtctimer, now, ktime_set(0, 0));
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -322,6 +384,9 @@ static int alarm_clock_getres(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *tp)
 {
         clockid_t baseid = alarm_bases[clock2alarm(which_clock)].base_clockid;
 
+        if (!alarmtimer_get_rtcdev())
+                return -ENOTSUPP;
+
         return hrtimer_get_res(baseid, tp);
 }
 
@@ -336,6 +401,9 @@ static int alarm_clock_get(clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *tp)
 {
         struct alarm_base *base = &alarm_bases[clock2alarm(which_clock)];
 
+        if (!alarmtimer_get_rtcdev())
+                return -ENOTSUPP;
+
         *tp = ktime_to_timespec(base->gettime());
         return 0;
 }
@@ -351,6 +419,9 @@ static int alarm_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
         enum  alarmtimer_type type;
         struct alarm_base *base;
 
+        if (!alarmtimer_get_rtcdev())
+                return -ENOTSUPP;
+
         if (!capable(CAP_WAKE_ALARM))
                 return -EPERM;
 
@@ -385,6 +456,9 @@ static void alarm_timer_get(struct k_itimer *timr,
  */
 static int alarm_timer_del(struct k_itimer *timr)
 {
+        if (!rtcdev)
+                return -ENOTSUPP;
+
         alarm_cancel(&timr->it.alarmtimer);
         return 0;
 }
@@ -402,6 +476,9 @@ static int alarm_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,
                                 struct itimerspec *new_setting,
                                 struct itimerspec *old_setting)
 {
+        if (!rtcdev)
+                return -ENOTSUPP;
+
         /* Save old values */
         old_setting->it_interval =
                         ktime_to_timespec(timr->it.alarmtimer.period);
@@ -541,6 +618,9 @@ static int alarm_timer_nsleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
         int ret = 0;
         struct restart_block *restart;
 
+        if (!alarmtimer_get_rtcdev())
+                return -ENOTSUPP;
+
         if (!capable(CAP_WAKE_ALARM))
                 return -EPERM;
 
@@ -638,65 +718,3 @@ static int __init alarmtimer_init(void)
 }
 device_initcall(alarmtimer_init);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_CLASS
-/**
- * has_wakealarm - check rtc device has wakealarm ability
- * @dev: current device
- * @name_ptr: name to be returned
- *
- * This helper function checks to see if the rtc device can wake
- * from suspend.
- */
-static int __init has_wakealarm(struct device *dev, void *name_ptr)
-{
-        struct rtc_device *candidate = to_rtc_device(dev);
-
-        if (!candidate->ops->set_alarm)
-                return 0;
-        if (!device_may_wakeup(candidate->dev.parent))
-                return 0;
-
-        *(const char **)name_ptr = dev_name(dev);
-        return 1;
-}
-
-/**
- * alarmtimer_init_late - Late initializing of alarmtimer code
- *
- * This function locates a rtc device to use for wakealarms.
- * Run as late_initcall to make sure rtc devices have been
- * registered.
- */
-static int __init alarmtimer_init_late(void)
-{
-        struct device *dev;
-        char *str;
-
-        /* Find an rtc device and init the rtc_timer */
-        dev = class_find_device(rtc_class, NULL, &str, has_wakealarm);
-        /* If we have a device then str is valid. See has_wakealarm() */
-        if (dev) {
-                rtcdev = rtc_class_open(str);
-                /*
-                 * Drop the reference we got in class_find_device,
-                 * rtc_open takes its own.
-                 */
-                put_device(dev);
-        }
-        if (!rtcdev) {
-                printk(KERN_WARNING "No RTC device found, ALARM timers will"
-                        " not wake from suspend");
-        }
-        rtc_timer_init(&rtctimer, NULL, NULL);
-
-        return 0;
-}
-#else
-static int __init alarmtimer_init_late(void)
-{
-        printk(KERN_WARNING "Kernel not built with RTC support, ALARM timers"
-                " will not wake from suspend");
-        return 0;
-}
-#endif
-late_initcall(alarmtimer_init_late);
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 1c95fd677328..e0980f0d9a0a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static struct clocksource *watchdog;
 static struct timer_list watchdog_timer;
 static DECLARE_WORK(watchdog_work, clocksource_watchdog_work);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(watchdog_lock);
-static cycle_t watchdog_last;
 static int watchdog_running;
 
 static int clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void *data);
@@ -254,11 +253,6 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(unsigned long data)
         if (!watchdog_running)
                 goto out;
 
-        wdnow = watchdog->read(watchdog);
-        wd_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns((wdnow - watchdog_last) & watchdog->mask,
-                                     watchdog->mult, watchdog->shift);
-        watchdog_last = wdnow;
-
         list_for_each_entry(cs, &watchdog_list, wd_list) {
 
                 /* Clocksource already marked unstable? */
@@ -268,19 +262,28 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(unsigned long data)
                         continue;
                 }
 
+                local_irq_disable();
                 csnow = cs->read(cs);
+                wdnow = watchdog->read(watchdog);
+                local_irq_enable();
 
                 /* Clocksource initialized ? */
                 if (!(cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG)) {
                         cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG;
-                        cs->wd_last = csnow;
+                        cs->wd_last = wdnow;
+                        cs->cs_last = csnow;
                         continue;
                 }
 
-                /* Check the deviation from the watchdog clocksource. */
-                cs_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns((csnow - cs->wd_last) &
+                wd_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns((wdnow - cs->wd_last) & watchdog->mask,
+                                             watchdog->mult, watchdog->shift);
+
+                cs_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns((csnow - cs->cs_last) &
                                              cs->mask, cs->mult, cs->shift);
-                cs->wd_last = csnow;
+                cs->cs_last = csnow;
+                cs->wd_last = wdnow;
+
+                /* Check the deviation from the watchdog clocksource. */
                 if (abs(cs_nsec - wd_nsec) > WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD) {
                         clocksource_unstable(cs, cs_nsec - wd_nsec);
                         continue;
@@ -318,7 +321,6 @@ static inline void clocksource_start_watchdog(void)
                 return;
         init_timer(&watchdog_timer);
         watchdog_timer.function = clocksource_watchdog;
-        watchdog_last = watchdog->read(watchdog);
         watchdog_timer.expires = jiffies + WATCHDOG_INTERVAL;
         add_timer_on(&watchdog_timer, cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask));
         watchdog_running = 1;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 1ee417fcbfa5..908038f57440 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ static int ftrace_process_regex(struct ftrace_hash *hash,
 {
         char *func, *command, *next = buff;
         struct ftrace_func_command *p;
-        int ret;
+        int ret = -EINVAL;
 
         func = strsep(&next, ":");
 
@@ -3330,6 +3330,7 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 {
         unsigned long *p;
         unsigned long addr;
+        unsigned long flags;
 
         mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
         p = start;
@@ -3346,7 +3347,13 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
                 ftrace_record_ip(addr);
         }
 
+        /*
+         * Disable interrupts to prevent interrupts from executing
+         * code that is being modified.
+         */
+        local_irq_save(flags);
         ftrace_update_code(mod);
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
         mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index f925c45f0afa..27d13b36b8be 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1870,8 +1870,12 @@ fs_initcall(init_kprobe_trace);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
 
-static int kprobe_trace_selftest_target(int a1, int a2, int a3,
-                                        int a4, int a5, int a6)
+/*
+ * The "__used" keeps gcc from removing the function symbol
+ * from the kallsyms table.
+ */
+static __used int kprobe_trace_selftest_target(int a1, int a2, int a3,
+                                               int a4, int a5, int a6)
 {
         return a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 + a6;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
index dff763b7baf1..1f06468a10d7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
@@ -240,13 +240,10 @@ static const char **find_next(void *v, loff_t *pos)
         const char **fmt = v;
         int start_index;
 
-        if (!fmt)
-                fmt = __start___trace_bprintk_fmt + *pos;
-
         start_index = __stop___trace_bprintk_fmt - __start___trace_bprintk_fmt;
 
         if (*pos < start_index)
-                return fmt;
+                return __start___trace_bprintk_fmt + *pos;
 
         return find_next_mod_format(start_index, v, fmt, pos);
 }