4 files changed, 22 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 333238564b67..5d76706139dd 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int genregs_set(struct task_struct *target,
         REG_IGNORE_ONE(pad2);
         REG_IN_CHUNK(callee, efa, cregs);       /* callee_regs[r25..r13] */
         REG_IGNORE_ONE(efa);                    /* efa update invalid */
-        REG_IN_ONE(stop_pc, &ptregs->ret);      /* stop_pc: PC update */
+        REG_IGNORE_ONE(stop_pc);                        /* PC updated via @ret */
 
         return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
index ee6ef2f60a28..7e95e1a86510 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
 {
         struct rt_sigframe __user *sf;
         unsigned int magic;
-        int err;
         struct pt_regs *regs = current_pt_regs();
 
         /* Always make any pending restarted system calls return -EINTR */
@@ -119,15 +118,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
         if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, sf, sizeof(*sf)))
                 goto badframe;
 
-        err = restore_usr_regs(regs, sf);
-        err |= __get_user(magic, &sf->sigret_magic);
-        if (err)
+        if (__get_user(magic, &sf->sigret_magic))
                 goto badframe;
 
         if (unlikely(is_do_ss_needed(magic)))
                 if (restore_altstack(&sf->uc.uc_stack))
                         goto badframe;
 
+        if (restore_usr_regs(regs, sf))
+                goto badframe;
+
         /* Don't restart from sigreturn */
         syscall_wont_restart(regs);
 
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ setup_rt_frame(int signo, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
                 return 1;
 
         /*
+         * w/o SA_SIGINFO, struct ucontext is partially populated (only
+         * uc_mcontext/uc_sigmask) for kernel's normal user state preservation
+         * during signal handler execution. This works for SA_SIGINFO as well
+         * although the semantics are now overloaded (the same reg state can be
+         * inspected by userland: but are they allowed to fiddle with it ?
+         */
+        err |= stash_usr_regs(sf, regs, set);
+
+        /*
          * SA_SIGINFO requires 3 args to signal handler:
          *  #1: sig-no (common to any handler)
          *  #2: struct siginfo
@@ -213,14 +222,6 @@ setup_rt_frame(int signo, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
                 magic = MAGIC_SIGALTSTK;
         }
 
-        /*
-         * w/o SA_SIGINFO, struct ucontext is partially populated (only
-         * uc_mcontext/uc_sigmask) for kernel's normal user state preservation
-         * during signal handler execution. This works for SA_SIGINFO as well
-         * although the semantics are now overloaded (the same reg state can be
-         * inspected by userland: but are they allowed to fiddle with it ?
-         */
-        err |= stash_usr_regs(sf, regs, set);
         err |= __put_user(magic, &sf->sigret_magic);
         if (err)
                 return err;
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
index 0e51e69cf30d..3fde7de3ea67 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
@@ -227,12 +227,9 @@ void __attribute__((weak)) arc_local_timer_setup(unsigned int cpu)
 {
         struct clock_event_device *clk = &per_cpu(arc_clockevent_device, cpu);
 
-        clockevents_calc_mult_shift(clk, arc_get_core_freq(), 5);
-
-        clk->max_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(ARC_TIMER_MAX, clk);
         clk->cpumask = cpumask_of(cpu);
-
-        clockevents_register_device(clk);
+        clockevents_config_and_register(clk, arc_get_core_freq(),
+                                        0, ARC_TIMER_MAX);
 
         /*
          * setup the per-cpu timer IRQ handler - for all cpus
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
index 28d170060747..7ff5b5c183bb 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ int misaligned_fixup(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs,
                 regs->status32 &= ~STATUS_DE_MASK;
         } else {
                 regs->ret += state.instr_len;
+
+                /* handle zero-overhead-loop */
+                if ((regs->ret == regs->lp_end) && (regs->lp_count)) {
+                        regs->ret = regs->lp_start;
+                        regs->lp_count--;
+                }
         }
 
         return 0;