Merge branch 'patches_for_2.6.38rc' of git://git.pwsan.com/linux-2.6 into devel-fixes

22 files changed, 185 insertions, 139 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 2f05303715a5..9e9385f132c8 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int capable(int cap)
                 BUG();
         }
 
-        if (security_capable(cap) == 0) {
+        if (security_capable(current_cred(), cap) == 0) {
                 current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
                 return 1;
         }
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 6a1aa004e376..3a9d6dd53a6c 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -252,13 +252,13 @@ struct cred *cred_alloc_blank(void)
 #endif
 
         atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
+        new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
+#endif
 
         if (security_cred_alloc_blank(new, GFP_KERNEL) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
-        new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
-#endif
         return new;
 
 error:
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
         validate_creds(old);
 
         *new = *old;
+        atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
+        set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
         get_uid(new->user);
         get_group_info(new->group_info);
 
@@ -674,8 +676,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
         if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
-        atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
-        set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
         put_cred(old);
         validate_creds(new);
         return new;
@@ -748,7 +748,11 @@ bool creds_are_invalid(const struct cred *cred)
         if (cred->magic != CRED_MAGIC)
                 return true;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
-        if (selinux_is_enabled()) {
+        /*
+         * cred->security == NULL if security_cred_alloc_blank() or
+         * security_prepare_creds() returned an error.
+         */
+        if (selinux_is_enabled() && cred->security) {
                 if ((unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE)
                         return true;
                 if ((*(u32 *)cred->security & 0xffffff00) ==
diff --git a/kernel/irq/migration.c b/kernel/irq/migration.c
index 1d2541940480..441fd629ff04 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/migration.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/migration.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ void move_masked_irq(int irq)
 void move_native_irq(int irq)
 {
         struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+        bool masked;
 
         if (likely(!(desc->status & IRQ_MOVE_PENDING)))
                 return;
@@ -63,8 +64,15 @@ void move_native_irq(int irq)
         if (unlikely(desc->status & IRQ_DISABLED))
                 return;
 
-        desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask(&desc->irq_data);
+        /*
+         * Be careful vs. already masked interrupts. If this is a
+         * threaded interrupt with ONESHOT set, we can end up with an
+         * interrupt storm.
+         */
+        masked = desc->status & IRQ_MASKED;
+        if (!masked)
+                desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask(&desc->irq_data);
         move_masked_irq(irq);
-        desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(&desc->irq_data);
+        if (!masked)
+                desc->irq_data.chip->irq_unmask(&desc->irq_data);
 }
-
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 34e00b708fad..efa290ea94bf 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2460,9 +2460,9 @@ static void find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
-        mod->tracepoints = section_objs(info, "__tracepoints",
-                                        sizeof(*mod->tracepoints),
-                                        &mod->num_tracepoints);
+        mod->tracepoints_ptrs = section_objs(info, "__tracepoints_ptrs",
+                                             sizeof(*mod->tracepoints_ptrs),
+                                             &mod->num_tracepoints);
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
         mod->jump_entries = section_objs(info, "__jump_table",
@@ -3393,7 +3393,7 @@ void module_layout(struct module *mod,
                    struct modversion_info *ver,
                    struct kernel_param *kp,
                    struct kernel_symbol *ks,
-                   struct tracepoint *tp)
+                   struct tracepoint * const *tp)
 {
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_layout);
@@ -3407,8 +3407,8 @@ void module_update_tracepoints(void)
         mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
         list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list)
                 if (!mod->taints)
-                        tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints,
-                                mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints);
+                        tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+                                mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints);
         mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -3432,8 +3432,8 @@ int module_get_iter_tracepoints(struct tracepoint_iter *iter)
                         else if (iter_mod > iter->module)
                                 iter->tracepoint = NULL;
                         found = tracepoint_get_iter_range(&iter->tracepoint,
-                                iter_mod->tracepoints,
-                                iter_mod->tracepoints
+                                iter_mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+                                iter_mod->tracepoints_ptrs
                                         + iter_mod->num_tracepoints);
                         if (found) {
                                 iter->module = iter_mod;
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 126a302c481c..999835b6112b 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1901,11 +1901,12 @@ static void __perf_event_read(void *info)
                 return;
 
         raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
-        update_context_time(ctx);
+        if (ctx->is_active)
+                update_context_time(ctx);
         update_event_times(event);
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
+                event->pmu->read(event);
         raw_spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
-
-        event->pmu->read(event);
 }
 
 static inline u64 perf_event_count(struct perf_event *event)
@@ -1999,8 +2000,7 @@ static int alloc_callchain_buffers(void)
          * accessed from NMI. Use a temporary manual per cpu allocation
          * until that gets sorted out.
          */
-        size = sizeof(*entries) + sizeof(struct perf_callchain_entry *) *
-                num_possible_cpus();
+        size = offsetof(struct callchain_cpus_entries, cpu_entries[nr_cpu_ids]);
 
         entries = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!entries)
diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index 7b5db6a8561e..701853042c28 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_wq);
 
 static int __init pm_start_workqueue(void)
 {
-        pm_wq = alloc_workqueue("pm", WQ_FREEZEABLE, 0);
+        pm_wq = alloc_workqueue("pm", WQ_FREEZABLE, 0);
 
         return pm_wq ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index d6d2a10320e0..0cf3a27a6c9d 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  */
 #define TIMEOUT (20 * HZ)
 
-static inline int freezeable(struct task_struct * p)
+static inline int freezable(struct task_struct * p)
 {
         if ((p == current) ||
             (p->flags & PF_NOFREEZE) ||
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool sig_only)
                 todo = 0;
                 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
                 do_each_thread(g, p) {
-                        if (frozen(p) || !freezeable(p))
+                        if (frozen(p) || !freezable(p))
                                 continue;
 
                         if (!freeze_task(p, sig_only))
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void thaw_tasks(bool nosig_only)
 
         read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
         do_each_thread(g, p) {
-                if (!freezeable(p))
+                if (!freezable(p))
                         continue;
 
                 if (nosig_only && should_send_signal(p))
diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index 0dac75ea4456..64db648ff911 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -1519,11 +1519,8 @@ static int
 swsusp_alloc(struct memory_bitmap *orig_bm, struct memory_bitmap *copy_bm,
                 unsigned int nr_pages, unsigned int nr_highmem)
 {
-        int error = 0;
-
         if (nr_highmem > 0) {
-                error = get_highmem_buffer(PG_ANY);
-                if (error)
+                if (get_highmem_buffer(PG_ANY))
                         goto err_out;
                 if (nr_highmem > alloc_highmem) {
                         nr_highmem -= alloc_highmem;
@@ -1546,7 +1543,7 @@ swsusp_alloc(struct memory_bitmap *orig_bm, struct memory_bitmap *copy_bm,
 
  err_out:
         swsusp_free();
-        return error;
+        return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 asmlinkage int swsusp_save(void)
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 2ddbdc73aade..36231525e22f 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -262,25 +262,47 @@ int dmesg_restrict = 1;
 int dmesg_restrict;
 #endif
 
+static int syslog_action_restricted(int type)
+{
+        if (dmesg_restrict)
+                return 1;
+        /* Unless restricted, we allow "read all" and "get buffer size" for everybody */
+        return type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER;
+}
+
+static int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
+{
+        /*
+         * If this is from /proc/kmsg and we've already opened it, then we've
+         * already done the capabilities checks at open time.
+         */
+        if (from_file && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN)
+                return 0;
+
+        if (syslog_action_restricted(type)) {
+                if (capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
+                        return 0;
+                /* For historical reasons, accept CAP_SYS_ADMIN too, with a warning */
+                if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+                        WARN_ONCE(1, "Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN "
+                                 "but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated).\n");
+                        return 0;
+                }
+                return -EPERM;
+        }
+        return 0;
+}
+
 int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
 {
         unsigned i, j, limit, count;
         int do_clear = 0;
         char c;
-        int error = 0;
+        int error;
 
-        /*
-         * If this is from /proc/kmsg we only do the capabilities checks
-         * at open time.
-         */
-        if (type == SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN || !from_file) {
-                if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
-                        goto warn; /* switch to return -EPERM after 2.6.39 */
-                if ((type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL &&
-                     type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER) &&
-                    !capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
-                        goto warn; /* switch to return -EPERM after 2.6.39 */
-        }
+        error = check_syslog_permissions(type, from_file);
+        if (error)
+                goto out;
 
         error = security_syslog(type);
         if (error)
@@ -423,12 +445,6 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
         }
 out:
         return error;
-warn:
-        /* remove after 2.6.39 */
-        if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-                WARN_ONCE(1, "Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN "
-                  "but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated and denied).\n");
-        return -EPERM;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(syslog, int, type, char __user *, buf, int, len)
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 99bbaa3e5b0d..1708b1e2972d 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int data)
                 child->exit_code = data;
                 dead = __ptrace_detach(current, child);
                 if (!child->exit_state)
-                        wake_up_process(child);
+                        wake_up_state(child, TASK_TRACED | TASK_STOPPED);
         }
         write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 354769979c02..0c26e2df450e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -722,10 +722,10 @@ static void update_cfs_load(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, int global_update)
         u64 now, delta;
         unsigned long load = cfs_rq->load.weight;
 
-        if (!cfs_rq)
+        if (cfs_rq->tg == &root_task_group)
                 return;
 
-        now = rq_of(cfs_rq)->clock;
+        now = rq_of(cfs_rq)->clock_task;
         delta = now - cfs_rq->load_stamp;
 
         /* truncate load history at 4 idle periods */
@@ -830,9 +830,6 @@ static void update_cfs_shares(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, long weight_delta)
         struct sched_entity *se;
         long shares;
 
-        if (!cfs_rq)
-                return;
-
         tg = cfs_rq->tg;
         se = tg->se[cpu_of(rq_of(cfs_rq))];
         if (!se)
@@ -1432,7 +1429,7 @@ static inline unsigned long effective_load(struct task_group *tg, int cpu,
 
 static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p, int sync)
 {
-        unsigned long this_load, load;
+        s64 this_load, load;
         int idx, this_cpu, prev_cpu;
         unsigned long tl_per_task;
         struct task_group *tg;
@@ -1471,8 +1468,8 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p, int sync)
          * Otherwise check if either cpus are near enough in load to allow this
          * task to be woken on this_cpu.
          */
-        if (this_load) {
-                unsigned long this_eff_load, prev_eff_load;
+        if (this_load > 0) {
+                s64 this_eff_load, prev_eff_load;
 
                 this_eff_load = 100;
                 this_eff_load *= power_of(prev_cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index c914ec747ca6..ad6267714c84 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static void update_curr_rt(struct rq *rq)
         struct rt_rq *rt_rq = rt_rq_of_se(rt_se);
         u64 delta_exec;
 
-        if (!task_has_rt_policy(curr))
+        if (curr->sched_class != &rt_sched_class)
                 return;
 
         delta_exec = rq->clock_task - curr->se.exec_start;
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 31b71a276b40..18da702ec813 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,8 @@ static int check_prlimit_permission(struct task_struct *task)
         const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
 
         tcred = __task_cred(task);
-        if ((cred->uid != tcred->euid ||
+        if (current != task &&
+            (cred->uid != tcred->euid ||
              cred->uid != tcred->suid ||
              cred->uid != tcred->uid  ||
              cred->gid != tcred->egid ||
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index 32a19f9397fc..3258455549f4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void print_name_offset(struct seq_file *m, void *sym)
         char symname[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
 
         if (lookup_symbol_name((unsigned long)sym, symname) < 0)
-                SEQ_printf(m, "<%p>", sym);
+                SEQ_printf(m, "<%pK>", sym);
         else
                 SEQ_printf(m, "%s", symname);
 }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ next_one:
 static void
 print_base(struct seq_file *m, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base, u64 now)
 {
-        SEQ_printf(m, "  .base:       %p\n", base);
+        SEQ_printf(m, "  .base:       %pK\n", base);
         SEQ_printf(m, "  .index:      %d\n",
                         base->index);
         SEQ_printf(m, "  .resolution: %Lu nsecs\n",
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 43ca9936f2d0..d6459923d245 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
  *
  * Synchronization rules: Callers must prevent restarting of the timer,
  * otherwise this function is meaningless. It must not be called from
- * hardirq contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent
+ * interrupt contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent
  * completion of the timer's handler. The timer's handler must not call
  * add_timer_on(). Upon exit the timer is not queued and the handler is
  * not running on any CPU.
@@ -969,10 +969,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
 int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
-        local_bh_disable();
+        unsigned long flags;
+
+        local_irq_save(flags);
         lock_map_acquire(&timer->lockdep_map);
         lock_map_release(&timer->lockdep_map);
-        local_bh_enable();
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
 #endif
         /*
          * don't use it in hardirq context, because it
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index 153562d0b93c..d95721f33702 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *bt, const char *fmt, ...)
                      !blk_tracer_enabled))
                 return;
 
+        /*
+         * If the BLK_TC_NOTIFY action mask isn't set, don't send any note
+         * message to the trace.
+         */
+        if (!(bt->act_mask & BLK_TC_NOTIFY))
+                return;
+
         local_irq_save(flags);
         buf = per_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data, smp_processor_id());
         va_start(args, fmt);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 35fde09b81de..5f499e0438a4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ trace_create_file_ops(struct module *mod)
 static void trace_module_add_events(struct module *mod)
 {
         struct ftrace_module_file_ops *file_ops = NULL;
-        struct ftrace_event_call *call, *start, *end;
+        struct ftrace_event_call **call, **start, **end;
 
         start = mod->trace_events;
         end = mod->trace_events + mod->num_trace_events;
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static void trace_module_add_events(struct module *mod)
                 return;
 
         for_each_event(call, start, end) {
-                __trace_add_event_call(call, mod,
+                __trace_add_event_call(*call, mod,
                                        &file_ops->id, &file_ops->enable,
                                        &file_ops->filter, &file_ops->format);
         }
@@ -1367,8 +1367,8 @@ static struct notifier_block trace_module_nb = {
         .priority = 0,
 };
 
-extern struct ftrace_event_call __start_ftrace_events[];
-extern struct ftrace_event_call __stop_ftrace_events[];
+extern struct ftrace_event_call *__start_ftrace_events[];
+extern struct ftrace_event_call *__stop_ftrace_events[];
 
 static char bootup_event_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
 
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ __setup("trace_event=", setup_trace_event);
 
 static __init int event_trace_init(void)
 {
-        struct ftrace_event_call *call;
+        struct ftrace_event_call **call;
         struct dentry *d_tracer;
         struct dentry *entry;
         struct dentry *d_events;
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ static __init int event_trace_init(void)
                 pr_warning("tracing: Failed to allocate common fields");
 
         for_each_event(call, __start_ftrace_events, __stop_ftrace_events) {
-                __trace_add_event_call(call, NULL, &ftrace_event_id_fops,
+                __trace_add_event_call(*call, NULL, &ftrace_event_id_fops,
                                        &ftrace_enable_fops,
                                        &ftrace_event_filter_fops,
                                        &ftrace_event_format_fops);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
index 4b74d71705c0..bbeec31e0ae3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ struct ftrace_event_class event_class_ftrace_##call = {			\
         .fields                 = LIST_HEAD_INIT(event_class_ftrace_##call.fields),\
 };                                                                      \
                                                                         \
-struct ftrace_event_call __used                                         \
-__attribute__((__aligned__(4)))                                         \
-__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {             \
+struct ftrace_event_call __used event_##call = {                        \
         .name                   = #call,                                \
         .event.type             = etype,                                \
         .class                  = &event_class_ftrace_##call,           \
         .print_fmt              = print,                                \
 };                                                                      \
+struct ftrace_event_call __used                                         \
+__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_##call = &event_##call;
 
 #include "trace_entries.h"
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index b706529b4fc7..5c9fe08d2093 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -55,20 +55,21 @@ struct ftrace_event_class event_class_syscall_exit = {
         .raw_init       = init_syscall_trace,
 };
 
-extern unsigned long __start_syscalls_metadata[];
-extern unsigned long __stop_syscalls_metadata[];
+extern struct syscall_metadata *__start_syscalls_metadata[];
+extern struct syscall_metadata *__stop_syscalls_metadata[];
 
 static struct syscall_metadata **syscalls_metadata;
 
-static struct syscall_metadata *find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
+static __init struct syscall_metadata *
+find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
 {
-        struct syscall_metadata *start;
-        struct syscall_metadata *stop;
+        struct syscall_metadata **start;
+        struct syscall_metadata **stop;
         char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
 
 
-        start = (struct syscall_metadata *)__start_syscalls_metadata;
-        stop = (struct syscall_metadata *)__stop_syscalls_metadata;
+        start = __start_syscalls_metadata;
+        stop = __stop_syscalls_metadata;
         kallsyms_lookup(syscall, NULL, NULL, NULL, str);
 
         for ( ; start < stop; start++) {
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ static struct syscall_metadata *find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
                  * with "SyS" instead of "sys", leading to an unwanted
                  * mismatch.
                  */
-                if (start->name && !strcmp(start->name + 3, str + 3))
-                        return start;
+                if ((*start)->name && !strcmp((*start)->name + 3, str + 3))
+                        return *start;
         }
         return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index e95ee7f31d43..68187af4889e 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 
-extern struct tracepoint __start___tracepoints[];
-extern struct tracepoint __stop___tracepoints[];
+extern struct tracepoint * const __start___tracepoints_ptrs[];
+extern struct tracepoint * const __stop___tracepoints_ptrs[];
 
 /* Set to 1 to enable tracepoint debug output */
 static const int tracepoint_debug;
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ static void disable_tracepoint(struct tracepoint *elem)
  *
  * Updates the probe callback corresponding to a range of tracepoints.
  */
-void
-tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
+void tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
+                                   struct tracepoint * const *end)
 {
-        struct tracepoint *iter;
+        struct tracepoint * const *iter;
         struct tracepoint_entry *mark_entry;
 
         if (!begin)
@@ -309,12 +309,12 @@ tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
 
         mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
         for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++) {
-                mark_entry = get_tracepoint(iter->name);
+                mark_entry = get_tracepoint((*iter)->name);
                 if (mark_entry) {
-                        set_tracepoint(&mark_entry, iter,
+                        set_tracepoint(&mark_entry, *iter,
                                         !!mark_entry->refcount);
                 } else {
-                        disable_tracepoint(iter);
+                        disable_tracepoint(*iter);
                 }
         }
         mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
 static void tracepoint_update_probes(void)
 {
         /* Core kernel tracepoints */
-        tracepoint_update_probe_range(__start___tracepoints,
-                __stop___tracepoints);
+        tracepoint_update_probe_range(__start___tracepoints_ptrs,
+                __stop___tracepoints_ptrs);
         /* tracepoints in modules. */
         module_update_tracepoints();
 }
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_update_all);
  * Will return the first tracepoint in the range if the input tracepoint is
  * NULL.
  */
-int tracepoint_get_iter_range(struct tracepoint **tracepoint,
-        struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
+int tracepoint_get_iter_range(struct tracepoint * const **tracepoint,
+        struct tracepoint * const *begin, struct tracepoint * const *end)
 {
         if (!*tracepoint && begin != end) {
                 *tracepoint = begin;
@@ -534,7 +534,8 @@ static void tracepoint_get_iter(struct tracepoint_iter *iter)
         /* Core kernel tracepoints */
         if (!iter->module) {
                 found = tracepoint_get_iter_range(&iter->tracepoint,
-                                __start___tracepoints, __stop___tracepoints);
+                                __start___tracepoints_ptrs,
+                                __stop___tracepoints_ptrs);
                 if (found)
                         goto end;
         }
@@ -585,8 +586,8 @@ int tracepoint_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
         switch (val) {
         case MODULE_STATE_COMING:
         case MODULE_STATE_GOING:
-                tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints,
-                        mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints);
+                tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+                        mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints);
                 break;
         }
         return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index d7ebdf4cea98..18bb15776c57 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
-int watchdog_enabled;
+int watchdog_enabled = 1;
 int __read_mostly softlockup_thresh = 60;
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, watchdog_touch_ts);
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, hrtimer_interrupts_saved);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, watchdog_ev);
 #endif
 
-static int no_watchdog;
-
-
 /* boot commands */
 /*
  * Should we panic when a soft-lockup or hard-lockup occurs:
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ static int __init hardlockup_panic_setup(char *str)
         if (!strncmp(str, "panic", 5))
                 hardlockup_panic = 1;
         else if (!strncmp(str, "0", 1))
-                no_watchdog = 1;
+                watchdog_enabled = 0;
         return 1;
 }
 __setup("nmi_watchdog=", hardlockup_panic_setup);
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ __setup("softlockup_panic=", softlockup_panic_setup);
 
 static int __init nowatchdog_setup(char *str)
 {
-        no_watchdog = 1;
+        watchdog_enabled = 0;
         return 1;
 }
 __setup("nowatchdog", nowatchdog_setup);
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ __setup("nowatchdog", nowatchdog_setup);
 /* deprecated */
 static int __init nosoftlockup_setup(char *str)
 {
-        no_watchdog = 1;
+        watchdog_enabled = 0;
         return 1;
 }
 __setup("nosoftlockup", nosoftlockup_setup);
@@ -366,8 +363,14 @@ static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
                 goto out_save;
         }
 
-        printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled for cpu%i: unable to create perf event: %ld\n",
-               cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
+
+        /* vary the KERN level based on the returned errno */
+        if (PTR_ERR(event) == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+                printk(KERN_INFO "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): not supported (no LAPIC?)\n", cpu);
+        else if (PTR_ERR(event) == -ENOENT)
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): hardware events not enabled\n", cpu);
+        else
+                printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): unable to create perf event: %ld\n", cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
         return PTR_ERR(event);
 
         /* success path */
@@ -432,9 +435,6 @@ static int watchdog_enable(int cpu)
                 wake_up_process(p);
         }
 
-        /* if any cpu succeeds, watchdog is considered enabled for the system */
-        watchdog_enabled = 1;
-
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -462,12 +462,16 @@ static void watchdog_disable(int cpu)
 static void watchdog_enable_all_cpus(void)
 {
         int cpu;
-        int result = 0;
+
+        watchdog_enabled = 0;
 
         for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-                result += watchdog_enable(cpu);
+                if (!watchdog_enable(cpu))
+                        /* if any cpu succeeds, watchdog is considered
+                           enabled for the system */
+                        watchdog_enabled = 1;
 
-        if (result)
+        if (!watchdog_enabled)
                 printk(KERN_ERR "watchdog: failed to be enabled on some cpus\n");
 
 }
@@ -476,9 +480,6 @@ static void watchdog_disable_all_cpus(void)
 {
         int cpu;
 
-        if (no_watchdog)
-                return;
-
         for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
                 watchdog_disable(cpu);
 
@@ -498,10 +499,12 @@ int proc_dowatchdog_enabled(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
         proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
 
-        if (watchdog_enabled)
-                watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
-        else
-                watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+        if (write) {
+                if (watchdog_enabled)
+                        watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
+                else
+                        watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+        }
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -530,7 +533,8 @@ cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
                 break;
         case CPU_ONLINE:
         case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
-                err = watchdog_enable(hotcpu);
+                if (watchdog_enabled)
+                        err = watchdog_enable(hotcpu);
                 break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
         case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
@@ -555,9 +559,6 @@ void __init lockup_detector_init(void)
         void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
         int err;
 
-        if (no_watchdog)
-                return;
-
         err = cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
         WARN_ON(notifier_to_errno(err));
 
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 11869faa6819..ee6578b578ad 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ enum {
         MAX_IDLE_WORKERS_RATIO  = 4,            /* 1/4 of busy can be idle */
         IDLE_WORKER_TIMEOUT     = 300 * HZ,     /* keep idle ones for 5 mins */
 
-        MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT  = HZ / 100,     /* call for help after 10ms */
+        MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT  = HZ / 100 >= 2 ? HZ / 100 : 2,
+                                                /* call for help after 10ms
+                                                   (min two ticks) */
         MAYDAY_INTERVAL         = HZ / 10,      /* and then every 100ms */
         CREATE_COOLDOWN         = HZ,           /* time to breath after fail */
         TRUSTEE_COOLDOWN        = HZ / 10,      /* for trustee draining */
@@ -2047,6 +2049,15 @@ repeat:
                                 move_linked_works(work, scheduled, &n);
 
                 process_scheduled_works(rescuer);
+
+                /*
+                 * Leave this gcwq.  If keep_working() is %true, notify a
+                 * regular worker; otherwise, we end up with 0 concurrency
+                 * and stalling the execution.
+                 */
+                if (keep_working(gcwq))
+                        wake_up_worker(gcwq);
+
                 spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
         }
 
@@ -2956,7 +2967,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *name,
          */
         spin_lock(&workqueue_lock);
 
-        if (workqueue_freezing && wq->flags & WQ_FREEZEABLE)
+        if (workqueue_freezing && wq->flags & WQ_FREEZABLE)
                 for_each_cwq_cpu(cpu, wq)
                         get_cwq(cpu, wq)->max_active = 0;
 
@@ -3068,7 +3079,7 @@ void workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int max_active)
 
                 spin_lock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
 
-                if (!(wq->flags & WQ_FREEZEABLE) ||
+                if (!(wq->flags & WQ_FREEZABLE) ||
                     !(gcwq->flags & GCWQ_FREEZING))
                         get_cwq(gcwq->cpu, wq)->max_active = max_active;
 
@@ -3318,7 +3329,7 @@ static int __cpuinit trustee_thread(void *__gcwq)
          * want to get it over with ASAP - spam rescuers, wake up as
          * many idlers as necessary and create new ones till the
          * worklist is empty.  Note that if the gcwq is frozen, there
-         * may be frozen works in freezeable cwqs.  Don't declare
+         * may be frozen works in freezable cwqs.  Don't declare
          * completion while frozen.
          */
         while (gcwq->nr_workers != gcwq->nr_idle ||
@@ -3576,9 +3587,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(work_on_cpu);
 /**
  * freeze_workqueues_begin - begin freezing workqueues
  *
- * Start freezing workqueues.  After this function returns, all
- * freezeable workqueues will queue new works to their frozen_works
- * list instead of gcwq->worklist.
+ * Start freezing workqueues.  After this function returns, all freezable
+ * workqueues will queue new works to their frozen_works list instead of
+ * gcwq->worklist.
  *
  * CONTEXT:
  * Grabs and releases workqueue_lock and gcwq->lock's.
@@ -3604,7 +3615,7 @@ void freeze_workqueues_begin(void)
                 list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
                         struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = get_cwq(cpu, wq);
 
-                        if (cwq && wq->flags & WQ_FREEZEABLE)
+                        if (cwq && wq->flags & WQ_FREEZABLE)
                                 cwq->max_active = 0;
                 }
 
@@ -3615,7 +3626,7 @@ void freeze_workqueues_begin(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * freeze_workqueues_busy - are freezeable workqueues still busy?
+ * freeze_workqueues_busy - are freezable workqueues still busy?
  *
  * Check whether freezing is complete.  This function must be called
  * between freeze_workqueues_begin() and thaw_workqueues().
@@ -3624,8 +3635,8 @@ void freeze_workqueues_begin(void)
  * Grabs and releases workqueue_lock.
  *
  * RETURNS:
- * %true if some freezeable workqueues are still busy.  %false if
- * freezing is complete.
+ * %true if some freezable workqueues are still busy.  %false if freezing
+ * is complete.
  */
 bool freeze_workqueues_busy(void)
 {
@@ -3645,7 +3656,7 @@ bool freeze_workqueues_busy(void)
                 list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
                         struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = get_cwq(cpu, wq);
 
-                        if (!cwq || !(wq->flags & WQ_FREEZEABLE))
+                        if (!cwq || !(wq->flags & WQ_FREEZABLE))
                                 continue;
 
                         BUG_ON(cwq->nr_active < 0);
@@ -3690,7 +3701,7 @@ void thaw_workqueues(void)
                 list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
                         struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = get_cwq(cpu, wq);
 
-                        if (!cwq || !(wq->flags & WQ_FREEZEABLE))
+                        if (!cwq || !(wq->flags & WQ_FREEZABLE))
                                 continue;
 
                         /* restore max_active and repopulate worklist */