44 files changed, 542 insertions, 451 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 470839d1a30e..35ef1185e359 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the linux kernel.
 #
 
-obj-y     = fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o \
+obj-y     = fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o \
             cpu.o exit.o itimer.o time.o softirq.o resource.o \
             sysctl.o sysctl_binary.o capability.o ptrace.o timer.o user.o \
             signal.o sys.o kmod.o workqueue.o pid.o task_work.o \
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ endif
 
 obj-y += sched/
 obj-y += power/
+obj-y += printk/
 obj-y += cpu/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) += kcmp.o
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 0e0b20b8c5db..789ec4683db3 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1845,36 +1845,43 @@ out:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_path);
 
 /**
- * task_cgroup_path_from_hierarchy - cgroup path of a task on a hierarchy
+ * task_cgroup_path - cgroup path of a task in the first cgroup hierarchy
  * @task: target task
- * @hierarchy_id: the hierarchy to look up @task's cgroup from
  * @buf: the buffer to write the path into
  * @buflen: the length of the buffer
  *
- * Determine @task's cgroup on the hierarchy specified by @hierarchy_id and
- * copy its path into @buf.  This function grabs cgroup_mutex and shouldn't
- * be used inside locks used by cgroup controller callbacks.
+ * Determine @task's cgroup on the first (the one with the lowest non-zero
+ * hierarchy_id) cgroup hierarchy and copy its path into @buf.  This
+ * function grabs cgroup_mutex and shouldn't be used inside locks used by
+ * cgroup controller callbacks.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, fails with -%ENAMETOOLONG if @buflen is too short.
  */
-int task_cgroup_path_from_hierarchy(struct task_struct *task, int hierarchy_id,
-                                    char *buf, size_t buflen)
+int task_cgroup_path(struct task_struct *task, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
         struct cgroupfs_root *root;
-        struct cgroup *cgrp = NULL;
-        int ret = -ENOENT;
+        struct cgroup *cgrp;
+        int hierarchy_id = 1, ret = 0;
+
+        if (buflen < 2)
+                return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
         mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
 
-        root = idr_find(&cgroup_hierarchy_idr, hierarchy_id);
+        root = idr_get_next(&cgroup_hierarchy_idr, &hierarchy_id);
+
         if (root) {
                 cgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(task, root);
                 ret = cgroup_path(cgrp, buf, buflen);
+        } else {
+                /* if no hierarchy exists, everyone is in "/" */
+                memcpy(buf, "/", 2);
         }
 
         mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-
         return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_cgroup_path_from_hierarchy);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_cgroup_path);
 
 /*
  * Control Group taskset
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 198a38883e64..b2b227b82123 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_down);
 #endif /*CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU*/
 
 /* Requires cpu_add_remove_lock to be held */
-static int __cpuinit _cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen)
+static int _cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen)
 {
         int ret, nr_calls = 0;
         void *hcpu = (void *)(long)cpu;
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
-int __cpuinit cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
+int cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
 {
         int err = 0;
 
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ core_initcall(cpu_hotplug_pm_sync_init);
  * It must be called by the arch code on the new cpu, before the new cpu
  * enables interrupts and before the "boot" cpu returns from __cpu_up().
  */
-void __cpuinit notify_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
+void notify_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
 {
         unsigned long val = CPU_STARTING;
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index eba8fb5834ae..f86599e8c123 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6234,8 +6234,6 @@ perf_event_mux_interval_ms_store(struct device *dev,
         return count;
 }
 
-#define __ATTR_RW(attr) __ATTR(attr, 0644, attr##_show, attr##_store)
-
 static struct device_attribute pmu_dev_attrs[] = {
         __ATTR_RO(type),
         __ATTR_RW(perf_event_mux_interval_ms),
@@ -7630,7 +7628,7 @@ static void __init perf_event_init_all_cpus(void)
         }
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit perf_event_init_cpu(int cpu)
+static void perf_event_init_cpu(int cpu)
 {
         struct swevent_htable *swhash = &per_cpu(swevent_htable, cpu);
 
@@ -7719,7 +7717,7 @@ static struct notifier_block perf_reboot_notifier = {
         .priority = INT_MIN,
 };
 
-static int __cpuinit
+static int
 perf_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         unsigned int cpu = (long)hcpu;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 66635c80a813..403d2bb8a968 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ static inline void init_idle_pids(struct pid_link *links)
         }
 }
 
-struct task_struct * __cpuinit fork_idle(int cpu)
+struct task_struct *fork_idle(int cpu)
 {
         struct task_struct *task;
         task = copy_process(CLONE_VM, 0, 0, NULL, &init_struct_pid, 0);
diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
index 8b2afc1c9df0..b462fa197517 100644
--- a/kernel/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/freezer.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(freezer_lock);
  */
 bool freezing_slow_path(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-        if (p->flags & PF_NOFREEZE)
+        if (p->flags & (PF_NOFREEZE | PF_SUSPEND_TASK))
                 return false;
 
         if (pm_nosig_freezing || cgroup_freezing(p))
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index f0f4fe29cd21..383319bae3f7 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(nanosleep, struct timespec __user *, rqtp,
 /*
  * Functions related to boot-time initialization:
  */
-static void __cpuinit init_hrtimers_cpu(int cpu)
+static void init_hrtimers_cpu(int cpu)
 {
         struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base = &per_cpu(hrtimer_bases, cpu);
         int i;
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ static void migrate_hrtimers(int scpu)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
-static int __cpuinit hrtimer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+static int hrtimer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
                                         unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         int scpu = (long)hcpu;
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ static int __cpuinit hrtimer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
         return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata hrtimers_nb = {
+static struct notifier_block hrtimers_nb = {
         .notifier_call = hrtimer_cpu_notify,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/power/autosleep.c b/kernel/power/autosleep.c
index c6422ffeda9a..9012ecf7b814 100644
--- a/kernel/power/autosleep.c
+++ b/kernel/power/autosleep.c
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ static void try_to_suspend(struct work_struct *work)
 
         mutex_lock(&autosleep_lock);
 
-        if (!pm_save_wakeup_count(initial_count)) {
+        if (!pm_save_wakeup_count(initial_count) ||
+                system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
                 mutex_unlock(&autosleep_lock);
                 goto out;
         }
diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index fc0df8486449..06ec8869dbf1 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool user_only)
 
 /**
  * freeze_processes - Signal user space processes to enter the refrigerator.
+ * The current thread will not be frozen.  The same process that calls
+ * freeze_processes must later call thaw_processes.
  *
  * On success, returns 0.  On failure, -errno and system is fully thawed.
  */
@@ -120,6 +122,9 @@ int freeze_processes(void)
         if (error)
                 return error;
 
+        /* Make sure this task doesn't get frozen */
+        current->flags |= PF_SUSPEND_TASK;
+
         if (!pm_freezing)
                 atomic_inc(&system_freezing_cnt);
 
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ int freeze_kernel_threads(void)
 void thaw_processes(void)
 {
         struct task_struct *g, *p;
+        struct task_struct *curr = current;
 
         if (pm_freezing)
                 atomic_dec(&system_freezing_cnt);
@@ -182,10 +188,15 @@ void thaw_processes(void)
 
         read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
         do_each_thread(g, p) {
+                /* No other threads should have PF_SUSPEND_TASK set */
+                WARN_ON((p != curr) && (p->flags & PF_SUSPEND_TASK));
                 __thaw_task(p);
         } while_each_thread(g, p);
         read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
+        WARN_ON(!(curr->flags & PF_SUSPEND_TASK));
+        curr->flags &= ~PF_SUSPEND_TASK;
+
         usermodehelper_enable();
 
         schedule();
diff --git a/kernel/printk/Makefile b/kernel/printk/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85405bdcf2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/printk/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj-y   = printk.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE)      += braille.o
diff --git a/kernel/printk/braille.c b/kernel/printk/braille.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b51087fb9ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/printk/braille.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/console.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+#include "console_cmdline.h"
+#include "braille.h"
+
+char *_braille_console_setup(char **str, char **brl_options)
+{
+        if (!memcmp(*str, "brl,", 4)) {
+                *brl_options = "";
+                *str += 4;
+        } else if (!memcmp(str, "brl=", 4)) {
+                *brl_options = *str + 4;
+                *str = strchr(*brl_options, ',');
+                if (!*str)
+                        pr_err("need port name after brl=\n");
+                else
+                        *((*str)++) = 0;
+        }
+
+        return *str;
+}
+
+int
+_braille_register_console(struct console *console, struct console_cmdline *c)
+{
+        int rtn = 0;
+
+        if (c->brl_options) {
+                console->flags |= CON_BRL;
+                rtn = braille_register_console(console, c->index, c->options,
+                                               c->brl_options);
+        }
+
+        return rtn;
+}
+
+int
+_braille_unregister_console(struct console *console)
+{
+        if (console->flags & CON_BRL)
+                return braille_unregister_console(console);
+
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/printk/braille.h b/kernel/printk/braille.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..769d771145c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/printk/braille.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#ifndef _PRINTK_BRAILLE_H
+#define _PRINTK_BRAILLE_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
+
+static inline void
+braille_set_options(struct console_cmdline *c, char *brl_options)
+{
+        c->brl_options = brl_options;
+}
+
+char *
+_braille_console_setup(char **str, char **brl_options);
+
+int
+_braille_register_console(struct console *console, struct console_cmdline *c);
+
+int
+_braille_unregister_console(struct console *console);
+
+#else
+
+static inline void
+braille_set_options(struct console_cmdline *c, char *brl_options)
+{
+}
+
+static inline char *
+_braille_console_setup(char **str, char **brl_options)
+{
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline int
+_braille_register_console(struct console *console, struct console_cmdline *c)
+{
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+_braille_unregister_console(struct console *console)
+{
+        return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h b/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbd69d842341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef _CONSOLE_CMDLINE_H
+#define _CONSOLE_CMDLINE_H
+
+struct console_cmdline
+{
+        char    name[8];                        /* Name of the driver       */
+        int     index;                          /* Minor dev. to use        */
+        char    *options;                       /* Options for the driver   */
+#ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
+        char    *brl_options;                   /* Options for braille driver */
+#endif
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index d37d45c90ae6..5b5a7080e2a5 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/printk.h>
 
+#include "console_cmdline.h"
+#include "braille.h"
+
 /* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
 #define DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL CONFIG_DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
 
@@ -105,19 +108,11 @@ static struct console *exclusive_console;
 /*
  *      Array of consoles built from command line options (console=)
  */
-struct console_cmdline
-{
-        char    name[8];                        /* Name of the driver       */
-        int     index;                          /* Minor dev. to use        */
-        char    *options;                       /* Options for the driver   */
-#ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
-        char    *brl_options;                   /* Options for braille driver */
-#endif
-};
 
 #define MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES 8
 
 static struct console_cmdline console_cmdline[MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES];
+
 static int selected_console = -1;
 static int preferred_console = -1;
 int console_set_on_cmdline;
@@ -178,7 +173,7 @@ static int console_may_schedule;
  *         67                           "g"
  *   0032     00 00 00                  padding to next message header
  *
- * The 'struct log' buffer header must never be directly exported to
+ * The 'struct printk_log' buffer header must never be directly exported to
  * userspace, it is a kernel-private implementation detail that might
  * need to be changed in the future, when the requirements change.
  *
@@ -200,7 +195,7 @@ enum log_flags {
         LOG_CONT        = 8,    /* text is a fragment of a continuation line */
 };
 
-struct log {
+struct printk_log {
         u64 ts_nsec;            /* timestamp in nanoseconds */
         u16 len;                /* length of entire record */
         u16 text_len;           /* length of text buffer */
@@ -248,7 +243,7 @@ static u32 clear_idx;
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
 #define LOG_ALIGN 4
 #else
-#define LOG_ALIGN __alignof__(struct log)
+#define LOG_ALIGN __alignof__(struct printk_log)
 #endif
 #define __LOG_BUF_LEN (1 << CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT)
 static char __log_buf[__LOG_BUF_LEN] __aligned(LOG_ALIGN);
@@ -259,35 +254,35 @@ static u32 log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN;
 static volatile unsigned int logbuf_cpu = UINT_MAX;
 
 /* human readable text of the record */
-static char *log_text(const struct log *msg)
+static char *log_text(const struct printk_log *msg)
 {
-        return (char *)msg + sizeof(struct log);
+        return (char *)msg + sizeof(struct printk_log);
 }
 
 /* optional key/value pair dictionary attached to the record */
-static char *log_dict(const struct log *msg)
+static char *log_dict(const struct printk_log *msg)
 {
-        return (char *)msg + sizeof(struct log) + msg->text_len;
+        return (char *)msg + sizeof(struct printk_log) + msg->text_len;
 }
 
 /* get record by index; idx must point to valid msg */
-static struct log *log_from_idx(u32 idx)
+static struct printk_log *log_from_idx(u32 idx)
 {
-        struct log *msg = (struct log *)(log_buf + idx);
+        struct printk_log *msg = (struct printk_log *)(log_buf + idx);
 
         /*
          * A length == 0 record is the end of buffer marker. Wrap around and
          * read the message at the start of the buffer.
          */
         if (!msg->len)
-                return (struct log *)log_buf;
+                return (struct printk_log *)log_buf;
         return msg;
 }
 
 /* get next record; idx must point to valid msg */
 static u32 log_next(u32 idx)
 {
-        struct log *msg = (struct log *)(log_buf + idx);
+        struct printk_log *msg = (struct printk_log *)(log_buf + idx);
 
         /* length == 0 indicates the end of the buffer; wrap */
         /*
@@ -296,7 +291,7 @@ static u32 log_next(u32 idx)
          * return the one after that.
          */
         if (!msg->len) {
-                msg = (struct log *)log_buf;
+                msg = (struct printk_log *)log_buf;
                 return msg->len;
         }
         return idx + msg->len;
@@ -308,11 +303,11 @@ static void log_store(int facility, int level,
                       const char *dict, u16 dict_len,
                       const char *text, u16 text_len)
 {
-        struct log *msg;
+        struct printk_log *msg;
         u32 size, pad_len;
 
         /* number of '\0' padding bytes to next message */
-        size = sizeof(struct log) + text_len + dict_len;
+        size = sizeof(struct printk_log) + text_len + dict_len;
         pad_len = (-size) & (LOG_ALIGN - 1);
         size += pad_len;
 
@@ -324,7 +319,7 @@ static void log_store(int facility, int level,
                 else
                         free = log_first_idx - log_next_idx;
 
-                if (free > size + sizeof(struct log))
+                if (free > size + sizeof(struct printk_log))
                         break;
 
                 /* drop old messages until we have enough contiuous space */
@@ -332,18 +327,18 @@ static void log_store(int facility, int level,
                 log_first_seq++;
         }
 
-        if (log_next_idx + size + sizeof(struct log) >= log_buf_len) {
+        if (log_next_idx + size + sizeof(struct printk_log) >= log_buf_len) {
                 /*
                  * This message + an additional empty header does not fit
                  * at the end of the buffer. Add an empty header with len == 0
                  * to signify a wrap around.
                  */
-                memset(log_buf + log_next_idx, 0, sizeof(struct log));
+                memset(log_buf + log_next_idx, 0, sizeof(struct printk_log));
                 log_next_idx = 0;
         }
 
         /* fill message */
-        msg = (struct log *)(log_buf + log_next_idx);
+        msg = (struct printk_log *)(log_buf + log_next_idx);
         memcpy(log_text(msg), text, text_len);
         msg->text_len = text_len;
         memcpy(log_dict(msg), dict, dict_len);
@@ -356,7 +351,7 @@ static void log_store(int facility, int level,
         else
                 msg->ts_nsec = local_clock();
         memset(log_dict(msg) + dict_len, 0, pad_len);
-        msg->len = sizeof(struct log) + text_len + dict_len + pad_len;
+        msg->len = sizeof(struct printk_log) + text_len + dict_len + pad_len;
 
         /* insert message */
         log_next_idx += msg->len;
@@ -479,7 +474,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
                             size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
         struct devkmsg_user *user = file->private_data;
-        struct log *msg;
+        struct printk_log *msg;
         u64 ts_usec;
         size_t i;
         char cont = '-';
@@ -724,14 +719,14 @@ void log_buf_kexec_setup(void)
         VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(log_first_idx);
         VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(log_next_idx);
         /*
-         * Export struct log size and field offsets. User space tools can
+         * Export struct printk_log size and field offsets. User space tools can
          * parse it and detect any changes to structure down the line.
          */
-        VMCOREINFO_STRUCT_SIZE(log);
-        VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(log, ts_nsec);
-        VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(log, len);
-        VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(log, text_len);
-        VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(log, dict_len);
+        VMCOREINFO_STRUCT_SIZE(printk_log);
+        VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(printk_log, ts_nsec);
+        VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(printk_log, len);
+        VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(printk_log, text_len);
+        VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(printk_log, dict_len);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -884,7 +879,7 @@ static size_t print_time(u64 ts, char *buf)
                        (unsigned long)ts, rem_nsec / 1000);
 }
 
-static size_t print_prefix(const struct log *msg, bool syslog, char *buf)
+static size_t print_prefix(const struct printk_log *msg, bool syslog, char *buf)
 {
         size_t len = 0;
         unsigned int prefix = (msg->facility << 3) | msg->level;
@@ -907,7 +902,7 @@ static size_t print_prefix(const struct log *msg, bool syslog, char *buf)
         return len;
 }
 
-static size_t msg_print_text(const struct log *msg, enum log_flags prev,
+static size_t msg_print_text(const struct printk_log *msg, enum log_flags prev,
                              bool syslog, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
         const char *text = log_text(msg);
@@ -969,7 +964,7 @@ static size_t msg_print_text(const struct log *msg, enum log_flags prev,
 static int syslog_print(char __user *buf, int size)
 {
         char *text;
-        struct log *msg;
+        struct printk_log *msg;
         int len = 0;
 
         text = kmalloc(LOG_LINE_MAX + PREFIX_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1060,7 +1055,7 @@ static int syslog_print_all(char __user *buf, int size, bool clear)
                 idx = clear_idx;
                 prev = 0;
                 while (seq < log_next_seq) {
-                        struct log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
+                        struct printk_log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
 
                         len += msg_print_text(msg, prev, true, NULL, 0);
                         prev = msg->flags;
@@ -1073,7 +1068,7 @@ static int syslog_print_all(char __user *buf, int size, bool clear)
                 idx = clear_idx;
                 prev = 0;
                 while (len > size && seq < log_next_seq) {
-                        struct log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
+                        struct printk_log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
 
                         len -= msg_print_text(msg, prev, true, NULL, 0);
                         prev = msg->flags;
@@ -1087,7 +1082,7 @@ static int syslog_print_all(char __user *buf, int size, bool clear)
                 len = 0;
                 prev = 0;
                 while (len >= 0 && seq < next_seq) {
-                        struct log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
+                        struct printk_log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
                         int textlen;
 
                         textlen = msg_print_text(msg, prev, true, text,
@@ -1233,7 +1228,7 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
 
                         error = 0;
                         while (seq < log_next_seq) {
-                                struct log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
+                                struct printk_log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
 
                                 error += msg_print_text(msg, prev, true, NULL, 0);
                                 idx = log_next(idx);
@@ -1719,10 +1714,10 @@ static struct cont {
         u8 level;
         bool flushed:1;
 } cont;
-static struct log *log_from_idx(u32 idx) { return NULL; }
+static struct printk_log *log_from_idx(u32 idx) { return NULL; }
 static u32 log_next(u32 idx) { return 0; }
 static void call_console_drivers(int level, const char *text, size_t len) {}
-static size_t msg_print_text(const struct log *msg, enum log_flags prev,
+static size_t msg_print_text(const struct printk_log *msg, enum log_flags prev,
                              bool syslog, char *buf, size_t size) { return 0; }
 static size_t cont_print_text(char *text, size_t size) { return 0; }
 
@@ -1761,23 +1756,23 @@ static int __add_preferred_console(char *name, int idx, char *options,
          *      See if this tty is not yet registered, and
          *      if we have a slot free.
          */
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0]; i++)
-                if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, name) == 0 &&
-                          console_cmdline[i].index == idx) {
-                                if (!brl_options)
-                                        selected_console = i;
-                                return 0;
+        for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
+             i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
+             i++, c++) {
+                if (strcmp(c->name, name) == 0 && c->index == idx) {
+                        if (!brl_options)
+                                selected_console = i;
+                        return 0;
                 }
+        }
         if (i == MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES)
                 return -E2BIG;
         if (!brl_options)
                 selected_console = i;
-        c = &console_cmdline[i];
         strlcpy(c->name, name, sizeof(c->name));
         c->options = options;
-#ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
-        c->brl_options = brl_options;
-#endif
+        braille_set_options(c, brl_options);
+
         c->index = idx;
         return 0;
 }
@@ -1790,20 +1785,8 @@ static int __init console_setup(char *str)
         char *s, *options, *brl_options = NULL;
         int idx;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
-        if (!memcmp(str, "brl,", 4)) {
-                brl_options = "";
-                str += 4;
-        } else if (!memcmp(str, "brl=", 4)) {
-                brl_options = str + 4;
-                str = strchr(brl_options, ',');
-                if (!str) {
-                        printk(KERN_ERR "need port name after brl=\n");
-                        return 1;
-                }
-                *(str++) = 0;
-        }
-#endif
+        if (_braille_console_setup(&str, &brl_options))
+                return 1;
 
         /*
          * Decode str into name, index, options.
@@ -1858,15 +1841,15 @@ int update_console_cmdline(char *name, int idx, char *name_new, int idx_new, cha
         struct console_cmdline *c;
         int i;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0]; i++)
-                if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, name) == 0 &&
-                          console_cmdline[i].index == idx) {
-                                c = &console_cmdline[i];
-                                strlcpy(c->name, name_new, sizeof(c->name));
-                                c->name[sizeof(c->name) - 1] = 0;
-                                c->options = options;
-                                c->index = idx_new;
-                                return i;
+        for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
+             i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
+             i++, c++)
+                if (strcmp(c->name, name) == 0 && c->index == idx) {
+                        strlcpy(c->name, name_new, sizeof(c->name));
+                        c->name[sizeof(c->name) - 1] = 0;
+                        c->options = options;
+                        c->index = idx_new;
+                        return i;
                 }
         /* not found */
         return -1;
@@ -1921,7 +1904,7 @@ void resume_console(void)
  * called when a new CPU comes online (or fails to come up), and ensures
  * that any such output gets printed.
  */
-static int __cpuinit console_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+static int console_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
         unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         switch (action) {
@@ -2046,7 +2029,7 @@ void console_unlock(void)
         console_cont_flush(text, sizeof(text));
 again:
         for (;;) {
-                struct log *msg;
+                struct printk_log *msg;
                 size_t len;
                 int level;
 
@@ -2241,6 +2224,7 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon)
         int i;
         unsigned long flags;
         struct console *bcon = NULL;
+        struct console_cmdline *c;
 
         /*
          * before we register a new CON_BOOT console, make sure we don't
@@ -2288,30 +2272,25 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon)
          *      See if this console matches one we selected on
          *      the command line.
          */
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0];
-                        i++) {
-                if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, newcon->name) != 0)
+        for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
+             i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
+             i++, c++) {
+                if (strcmp(c->name, newcon->name) != 0)
                         continue;
                 if (newcon->index >= 0 &&
-                    newcon->index != console_cmdline[i].index)
+                    newcon->index != c->index)
                         continue;
                 if (newcon->index < 0)
-                        newcon->index = console_cmdline[i].index;
-#ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
-                if (console_cmdline[i].brl_options) {
-                        newcon->flags |= CON_BRL;
-                        braille_register_console(newcon,
-                                        console_cmdline[i].index,
-                                        console_cmdline[i].options,
-                                        console_cmdline[i].brl_options);
+                        newcon->index = c->index;
+
+                if (_braille_register_console(newcon, c))
                         return;
-                }
-#endif
+
                 if (newcon->setup &&
                     newcon->setup(newcon, console_cmdline[i].options) != 0)
                         break;
                 newcon->flags |= CON_ENABLED;
-                newcon->index = console_cmdline[i].index;
+                newcon->index = c->index;
                 if (i == selected_console) {
                         newcon->flags |= CON_CONSDEV;
                         preferred_console = selected_console;
@@ -2394,13 +2373,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_console);
 int unregister_console(struct console *console)
 {
         struct console *a, *b;
-        int res = 1;
+        int res;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
-        if (console->flags & CON_BRL)
-                return braille_unregister_console(console);
-#endif
+        res = _braille_unregister_console(console);
+        if (res)
+                return res;
 
+        res = 1;
         console_lock();
         if (console_drivers == console) {
                 console_drivers=console->next;
@@ -2666,7 +2645,7 @@ void kmsg_dump(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
 bool kmsg_dump_get_line_nolock(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper, bool syslog,
                                char *line, size_t size, size_t *len)
 {
-        struct log *msg;
+        struct printk_log *msg;
         size_t l = 0;
         bool ret = false;
 
@@ -2778,7 +2757,7 @@ bool kmsg_dump_get_buffer(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper, bool syslog,
         idx = dumper->cur_idx;
         prev = 0;
         while (seq < dumper->next_seq) {
-                struct log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
+                struct printk_log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
 
                 l += msg_print_text(msg, prev, true, NULL, 0);
                 idx = log_next(idx);
@@ -2791,7 +2770,7 @@ bool kmsg_dump_get_buffer(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper, bool syslog,
         idx = dumper->cur_idx;
         prev = 0;
         while (l > size && seq < dumper->next_seq) {
-                struct log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
+                struct printk_log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
 
                 l -= msg_print_text(msg, prev, true, NULL, 0);
                 idx = log_next(idx);
@@ -2806,7 +2785,7 @@ bool kmsg_dump_get_buffer(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper, bool syslog,
         l = 0;
         prev = 0;
         while (seq < dumper->next_seq) {
-                struct log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
+                struct printk_log *msg = log_from_idx(idx);
 
                 l += msg_print_text(msg, prev, syslog, buf + l, size - l);
                 idx = log_next(idx);
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 0bf400737660..6631e1ef55ab 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ out:
         put_cpu();
 }
 
-static int __cpuinit profile_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *info,
+static int profile_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *info,
                                         unsigned long action, void *__cpu)
 {
         int node, cpu = (unsigned long)__cpu;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index b1fa5510388d..f4871e52c546 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ rcu_torture_shutdown(void *arg)
  * Execute random CPU-hotplug operations at the interval specified
  * by the onoff_interval.
  */
-static int __cpuinit
+static int
 rcu_torture_onoff(void *arg)
 {
         int cpu;
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ rcu_torture_onoff(void *arg)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int __cpuinit
+static int
 rcu_torture_onoff_init(void)
 {
         int ret;
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ static void rcu_torture_onoff_cleanup(void)
  * CPU-stall kthread.  It waits as specified by stall_cpu_holdoff, then
  * induces a CPU stall for the time specified by stall_cpu.
  */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_torture_stall(void *args)
+static int rcu_torture_stall(void *args)
 {
         unsigned long stop_at;
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index e08abb9461ac..068de3a93606 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -2910,7 +2910,7 @@ rcu_boot_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
  * can accept some slop in the rsp->completed access due to the fact
  * that this CPU cannot possibly have any RCU callbacks in flight yet.
  */
-static void __cpuinit
+static void
 rcu_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp, int preemptible)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ rcu_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp, int preemptible)
         mutex_unlock(&rsp->onoff_mutex);
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_cpu(int cpu)
+static void rcu_prepare_cpu(int cpu)
 {
         struct rcu_state *rsp;
 
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_cpu(int cpu)
 /*
  * Handle CPU online/offline notification events.
  */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+static int rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
                                     unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         long cpu = (long)hcpu;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index 4a39d364493c..b3832581043c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void);
 static bool rcu_is_callbacks_kthread(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
 static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void);
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
+static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
                                                  struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu);
+static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu);
 static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(int cpu);
 static void rcu_prepare_for_idle(int cpu);
 static void rcu_idle_count_callbacks_posted(void);
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index 63098a59216e..769e12e3151b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp)
  * already exist.  We only create this kthread for preemptible RCU.
  * Returns zero if all is well, a negated errno otherwise.
  */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
+static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
                                                  struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
         int rnp_index = rnp - &rsp->node[0];
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
 }
 early_initcall(rcu_spawn_kthreads);
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
+static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 {
         struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu);
         struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ static int __init rcu_scheduler_really_started(void)
 }
 early_initcall(rcu_scheduler_really_started);
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
+static void rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index b91488ba2e5a..5001c9887db1 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static void setup_callbacks(struct rchan *chan,
  *
  *      Returns the success/failure of the operation. (%NOTIFY_OK, %NOTIFY_BAD)
  */
-static int __cpuinit relay_hotcpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
+static int relay_hotcpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
                                 unsigned long action,
                                 void *hcpu)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 0d8eb4525e76..b7c32cb7bfeb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4133,7 +4133,7 @@ void show_state_filter(unsigned long state_filter)
                 debug_show_all_locks();
 }
 
-void __cpuinit init_idle_bootup_task(struct task_struct *idle)
+void init_idle_bootup_task(struct task_struct *idle)
 {
         idle->sched_class = &idle_sched_class;
 }
@@ -4146,7 +4146,7 @@ void __cpuinit init_idle_bootup_task(struct task_struct *idle)
  * NOTE: this function does not set the idle thread's NEED_RESCHED
  * flag, to make booting more robust.
  */
-void __cpuinit init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
+void init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
 {
         struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
         unsigned long flags;
@@ -4630,7 +4630,7 @@ static void set_rq_offline(struct rq *rq)
  * migration_call - callback that gets triggered when a CPU is added.
  * Here we can start up the necessary migration thread for the new CPU.
  */
-static int __cpuinit
+static int
 migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         int cpu = (long)hcpu;
@@ -4684,12 +4684,12 @@ migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
  * happens before everything else.  This has to be lower priority than
  * the notifier in the perf_event subsystem, though.
  */
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata migration_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block migration_notifier = {
         .notifier_call = migration_call,
         .priority = CPU_PRI_MIGRATION,
 };
 
-static int __cpuinit sched_cpu_active(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+static int sched_cpu_active(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                                       unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
@@ -4702,7 +4702,7 @@ static int __cpuinit sched_cpu_active(struct notifier_block *nfb,
         }
 }
 
-static int __cpuinit sched_cpu_inactive(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+static int sched_cpu_inactive(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                                         unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index f77f9c527449..9565645e3202 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ void task_numa_fault(int node, int pages, bool migrated)
 {
         struct task_struct *p = current;
 
-        if (!sched_feat_numa(NUMA))
+        if (!numabalancing_enabled)
                 return;
 
         /* FIXME: Allocate task-specific structure for placement policy here */
@@ -5506,7 +5506,7 @@ void nohz_balance_enter_idle(int cpu)
         set_bit(NOHZ_TICK_STOPPED, nohz_flags(cpu));
 }
 
-static int __cpuinit sched_ilb_notifier(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+static int sched_ilb_notifier(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                                         unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
@@ -5786,7 +5786,7 @@ static void task_tick_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *curr, int queued)
                 entity_tick(cfs_rq, se, queued);
         }
 
-        if (sched_feat_numa(NUMA))
+        if (numabalancing_enabled)
                 task_tick_numa(rq, curr);
 
         update_rq_runnable_avg(rq, 1);
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 4dba0f7b72ad..fe9f773d7114 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ hotplug_cfd(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
         return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata hotplug_cfd_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block hotplug_cfd_notifier = {
         .notifier_call          = hotplug_cfd,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c
index 02fc5c933673..eb89e1807408 100644
--- a/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, idle_threads);
 
-struct task_struct * __cpuinit idle_thread_get(unsigned int cpu)
+struct task_struct *idle_thread_get(unsigned int cpu)
 {
         struct task_struct *tsk = per_cpu(idle_threads, cpu);
 
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index ca25e6e704a2..be3d3514c325 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ void send_remote_softirq(struct call_single_data *cp, int cpu, int softirq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(send_remote_softirq);
 
-static int __cpuinit remote_softirq_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+static int remote_softirq_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
                                                unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         /*
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static int __cpuinit remote_softirq_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
         return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata remote_softirq_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block remote_softirq_cpu_notifier = {
         .notifier_call  = remote_softirq_cpu_notify,
 };
 
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static void takeover_tasklets(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
-static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+static int cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                                   unsigned long action,
                                   void *hcpu)
 {
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
         return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpu_nfb = {
+static struct notifier_block cpu_nfb = {
         .notifier_call = cpu_callback
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index ac09d98490aa..07f6fc468e17 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2346,7 +2346,11 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
                                             int write, void *data)
 {
         if (write) {
-                *valp = msecs_to_jiffies(*negp ? -*lvalp : *lvalp);
+                unsigned long jif = msecs_to_jiffies(*negp ? -*lvalp : *lvalp);
+
+                if (jif > INT_MAX)
+                        return 1;
+                *valp = (int)jif;
         } else {
                 int val = *valp;
                 unsigned long lval;
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 69601726a745..e77edc97e036 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int __init tick_nohz_full_setup(char *str)
 }
 __setup("nohz_full=", tick_nohz_full_setup);
 
-static int __cpuinit tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+static int tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                                                  unsigned long action,
                                                  void *hcpu)
 {
@@ -827,13 +827,10 @@ void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void)
 {
         struct tick_sched *ts = &__get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_sched);
 
-        if (ts->inidle) {
-                /* Cancel the timer because CPU already waken up from the C-states*/
-                menu_hrtimer_cancel();
+        if (ts->inidle)
                 __tick_nohz_idle_enter(ts);
-        } else {
+        else
                 tick_nohz_full_stop_tick(ts);
-        }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -931,8 +928,6 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void)
 
         ts->inidle = 0;
 
-        /* Cancel the timer because CPU already waken up from the C-states*/
-        menu_hrtimer_cancel();
         if (ts->idle_active || ts->tick_stopped)
                 now = ktime_get();
 
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 15bc1b41021d..4296d13db3d1 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1505,11 +1505,11 @@ signed long __sched schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(signed long timeout)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_timeout_uninterruptible);
 
-static int __cpuinit init_timers_cpu(int cpu)
+static int init_timers_cpu(int cpu)
 {
         int j;
         struct tvec_base *base;
-        static char __cpuinitdata tvec_base_done[NR_CPUS];
+        static char tvec_base_done[NR_CPUS];
 
         if (!tvec_base_done[cpu]) {
                 static char boot_done;
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ static void migrate_timer_list(struct tvec_base *new_base, struct list_head *hea
         }
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit migrate_timers(int cpu)
+static void migrate_timers(int cpu)
 {
         struct tvec_base *old_base;
         struct tvec_base *new_base;
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ static void __cpuinit migrate_timers(int cpu)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
-static int __cpuinit timer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+static int timer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
                                 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
         long cpu = (long)hcpu;
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ static int __cpuinit timer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
         return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata timers_nb = {
+static struct notifier_block timers_nb = {
         .notifier_call  = timer_cpu_notify,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 67708f46baae..8ce9eefc5bb4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1441,12 +1441,22 @@ ftrace_hash_move(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int enable,
  * the hashes are freed with call_rcu_sched().
  */
 static int
-ftrace_ops_test(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long ip)
+ftrace_ops_test(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long ip, void *regs)
 {
         struct ftrace_hash *filter_hash;
         struct ftrace_hash *notrace_hash;
         int ret;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
+        /*
+         * There's a small race when adding ops that the ftrace handler
+         * that wants regs, may be called without them. We can not
+         * allow that handler to be called if regs is NULL.
+         */
+        if (regs == NULL && (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS))
+                return 0;
+#endif
+
         filter_hash = rcu_dereference_raw_notrace(ops->filter_hash);
         notrace_hash = rcu_dereference_raw_notrace(ops->notrace_hash);
 
@@ -4218,7 +4228,7 @@ static inline void ftrace_startup_enable(int command) { }
 # define ftrace_shutdown_sysctl()       do { } while (0)
 
 static inline int
-ftrace_ops_test(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long ip)
+ftrace_ops_test(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long ip, void *regs)
 {
         return 1;
 }
@@ -4241,7 +4251,7 @@ ftrace_ops_control_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
         do_for_each_ftrace_op(op, ftrace_control_list) {
                 if (!(op->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_STUB) &&
                     !ftrace_function_local_disabled(op) &&
-                    ftrace_ops_test(op, ip))
+                    ftrace_ops_test(op, ip, regs))
                         op->func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs);
         } while_for_each_ftrace_op(op);
         trace_recursion_clear(TRACE_CONTROL_BIT);
@@ -4274,7 +4284,7 @@ __ftrace_ops_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
          */
         preempt_disable_notrace();
         do_for_each_ftrace_op(op, ftrace_ops_list) {
-                if (ftrace_ops_test(op, ip))
+                if (ftrace_ops_test(op, ip, regs))
                         op->func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs);
         } while_for_each_ftrace_op(op);
         preempt_enable_notrace();
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index e444ff88f0a4..cc2f66f68dc5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ int ring_buffer_print_entry_header(struct trace_seq *s)
 {
         int ret;
 
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "# compressed entry header\n");
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\ttype_len    :    5 bits\n");
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\ttime_delta  :   27 bits\n");
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\tarray       :   32 bits\n");
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "# compressed entry header\n");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "\ttype_len    :    5 bits\n");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "\ttime_delta  :   27 bits\n");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "\tarray       :   32 bits\n");
+        ret = trace_seq_putc(s, '\n');
         ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\tpadding     : type == %d\n",
                                RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING);
         ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\ttime_extend : type == %d\n",
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ static int rb_check_list(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 }
 
 /**
- * check_pages - integrity check of buffer pages
+ * rb_check_pages - integrity check of buffer pages
  * @cpu_buffer: CPU buffer with pages to test
  *
  * As a safety measure we check to make sure the data pages have not
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ static int rb_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 #endif
 
 /**
- * ring_buffer_alloc - allocate a new ring_buffer
+ * __ring_buffer_alloc - allocate a new ring_buffer
  * @size: the size in bytes per cpu that is needed.
  * @flags: attributes to set for the ring buffer.
  *
@@ -1607,6 +1607,7 @@ static void update_pages_handler(struct work_struct *work)
  * ring_buffer_resize - resize the ring buffer
  * @buffer: the buffer to resize.
  * @size: the new size.
+ * @cpu_id: the cpu buffer to resize
  *
  * Minimum size is 2 * BUF_PAGE_SIZE.
  *
@@ -3956,11 +3957,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_consume);
  * expected.
  *
  * After a sequence of ring_buffer_read_prepare calls, the user is
- * expected to make at least one call to ring_buffer_prepare_sync.
+ * expected to make at least one call to ring_buffer_read_prepare_sync.
  * Afterwards, ring_buffer_read_start is invoked to get things going
  * for real.
  *
- * This overall must be paired with ring_buffer_finish.
+ * This overall must be paired with ring_buffer_read_finish.
  */
 struct ring_buffer_iter *
 ring_buffer_read_prepare(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
@@ -4009,7 +4010,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_read_prepare_sync);
  * an intervening ring_buffer_read_prepare_sync must have been
  * performed.
  *
- * Must be paired with ring_buffer_finish.
+ * Must be paired with ring_buffer_read_finish.
  */
 void
 ring_buffer_read_start(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
@@ -4031,7 +4032,7 @@ ring_buffer_read_start(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_read_start);
 
 /**
- * ring_buffer_finish - finish reading the iterator of the buffer
+ * ring_buffer_read_finish - finish reading the iterator of the buffer
  * @iter: The iterator retrieved by ring_buffer_start
  *
  * This re-enables the recording to the buffer, and frees the
@@ -4346,6 +4347,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_swap_cpu);
 /**
  * ring_buffer_alloc_read_page - allocate a page to read from buffer
  * @buffer: the buffer to allocate for.
+ * @cpu: the cpu buffer to allocate.
  *
  * This function is used in conjunction with ring_buffer_read_page.
  * When reading a full page from the ring buffer, these functions
@@ -4403,7 +4405,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_free_read_page);
  * to swap with a page in the ring buffer.
  *
  * for example:
- *      rpage = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(buffer);
+ *      rpage = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(buffer, cpu);
  *      if (!rpage)
  *              return error;
  *      ret = ring_buffer_read_page(buffer, &rpage, len, cpu, 0);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 0cd500bffd9b..882ec1dd1515 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1224,18 +1224,17 @@ void tracing_reset_current(int cpu)
         tracing_reset(&global_trace.trace_buffer, cpu);
 }
 
+/* Must have trace_types_lock held */
 void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void)
 {
         struct trace_array *tr;
 
-        mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
         list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
                 tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
                 tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->max_buffer);
 #endif
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 }
 
 #define SAVED_CMDLINES 128
@@ -2843,6 +2842,17 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
         return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Should be used after trace_array_get(), trace_types_lock
+ * ensures that i_cdev was already initialized.
+ */
+static inline int tracing_get_cpu(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        if (inode->i_cdev) /* See trace_create_cpu_file() */
+                return (long)inode->i_cdev - 1;
+        return RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS;
+}
+
 static const struct seq_operations tracer_seq_ops = {
         .start          = s_start,
         .next           = s_next,
@@ -2851,9 +2861,9 @@ static const struct seq_operations tracer_seq_ops = {
 };
 
 static struct trace_iterator *
-__tracing_open(struct trace_array *tr, struct trace_cpu *tc,
-               struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
+__tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
 {
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
         struct trace_iterator *iter;
         int cpu;
 
@@ -2894,8 +2904,8 @@ __tracing_open(struct trace_array *tr, struct trace_cpu *tc,
                 iter->trace_buffer = &tr->trace_buffer;
         iter->snapshot = snapshot;
         iter->pos = -1;
+        iter->cpu_file = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
         mutex_init(&iter->mutex);
-        iter->cpu_file = tc->cpu;
 
         /* Notify the tracer early; before we stop tracing. */
         if (iter->trace && iter->trace->open)
@@ -2971,45 +2981,22 @@ static int tracing_open_generic_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         filp->private_data = inode->i_private;
 
         return 0;
-        
-}
-
-static int tracing_open_generic_tc(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
-{
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
-
-        if (tracing_disabled)
-                return -ENODEV;
-
-        if (trace_array_get(tr) < 0)
-                return -ENODEV;
-
-        filp->private_data = inode->i_private;
-
-        return 0;
-        
 }
 
 static int tracing_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
         struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
         struct trace_iterator *iter;
-        struct trace_array *tr;
         int cpu;
 
-        /* Writes do not use seq_file, need to grab tr from inode */
         if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)) {
-                struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-
-                trace_array_put(tc->tr);
+                trace_array_put(tr);
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        /* Writes do not use seq_file */
         iter = m->private;
-        tr = iter->tr;
-        trace_array_put(tr);
-
         mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
         for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -3023,6 +3010,9 @@ static int tracing_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         if (!iter->snapshot)
                 /* reenable tracing if it was previously enabled */
                 tracing_start_tr(tr);
+
+        __trace_array_put(tr);
+
         mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
         mutex_destroy(&iter->mutex);
@@ -3042,15 +3032,6 @@ static int tracing_release_generic_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int tracing_release_generic_tc(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
-
-        trace_array_put(tr);
-        return 0;
-}
-
 static int tracing_single_release_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
         struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
@@ -3062,8 +3043,7 @@ static int tracing_single_release_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
         struct trace_iterator *iter;
         int ret = 0;
 
@@ -3071,16 +3051,17 @@ static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         /* If this file was open for write, then erase contents */
-        if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
-            (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
-                if (tc->cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
+        if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
+                int cpu = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
+
+                if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
                         tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
                 else
-                        tracing_reset(&tr->trace_buffer, tc->cpu);
+                        tracing_reset(&tr->trace_buffer, cpu);
         }
 
         if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
-                iter = __tracing_open(tr, tc, inode, file, false);
+                iter = __tracing_open(inode, file, false);
                 if (IS_ERR(iter))
                         ret = PTR_ERR(iter);
                 else if (trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT)
@@ -3447,6 +3428,7 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 static int tracing_trace_options_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
         struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+        int ret;
 
         if (tracing_disabled)
                 return -ENODEV;
@@ -3454,7 +3436,11 @@ static int tracing_trace_options_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         if (trace_array_get(tr) < 0)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        return single_open(file, tracing_trace_options_show, inode->i_private);
+        ret = single_open(file, tracing_trace_options_show, inode->i_private);
+        if (ret < 0)
+                trace_array_put(tr);
+
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations tracing_iter_fops = {
@@ -3537,14 +3523,14 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
         "\n  snapshot\t\t- Like 'trace' but shows the content of the static snapshot buffer\n"
         "\t\t\t  Read the contents for more information\n"
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_TRACER
         "  stack_trace\t\t- Shows the max stack trace when active\n"
         "  stack_max_size\t- Shows current max stack size that was traced\n"
         "\t\t\t  Write into this file to reset the max size (trigger a new trace)\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
         "  stack_trace_filter\t- Like set_ftrace_filter but limits what stack_trace traces\n"
 #endif
-#endif /* CONFIG_STACKTRACE */
+#endif /* CONFIG_STACK_TRACER */
 ;
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -3941,8 +3927,7 @@ tracing_max_lat_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 
 static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
         struct trace_iterator *iter;
         int ret = 0;
 
@@ -3958,6 +3943,7 @@ static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         iter = kzalloc(sizeof(*iter), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!iter) {
                 ret = -ENOMEM;
+                __trace_array_put(tr);
                 goto out;
         }
 
@@ -3987,9 +3973,9 @@ static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         if (trace_clocks[tr->clock_id].in_ns)
                 iter->iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_TIME_IN_NS;
 
-        iter->cpu_file = tc->cpu;
-        iter->tr = tc->tr;
-        iter->trace_buffer = &tc->tr->trace_buffer;
+        iter->tr = tr;
+        iter->trace_buffer = &tr->trace_buffer;
+        iter->cpu_file = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
         mutex_init(&iter->mutex);
         filp->private_data = iter;
 
@@ -4012,8 +3998,7 @@ fail:
 static int tracing_release_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
         struct trace_iterator *iter = file->private_data;
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
 
         mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
@@ -4366,15 +4351,16 @@ static ssize_t
 tracing_entries_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
                      size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = filp->private_data;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
+        struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+        int cpu = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
         char buf[64];
         int r = 0;
         ssize_t ret;
 
         mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-        if (tc->cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
+        if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
                 int cpu, buf_size_same;
                 unsigned long size;
 
@@ -4401,7 +4387,7 @@ tracing_entries_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
                 } else
                         r = sprintf(buf, "X\n");
         } else
-                r = sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", per_cpu_ptr(tr->trace_buffer.data, tc->cpu)->entries >> 10);
+                r = sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", per_cpu_ptr(tr->trace_buffer.data, cpu)->entries >> 10);
 
         mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
@@ -4413,7 +4399,8 @@ static ssize_t
 tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
                       size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = filp->private_data;
+        struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
         unsigned long val;
         int ret;
 
@@ -4427,8 +4414,7 @@ tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 
         /* value is in KB */
         val <<= 10;
-
-        ret = tracing_resize_ring_buffer(tc->tr, val, tc->cpu);
+        ret = tracing_resize_ring_buffer(tr, val, tracing_get_cpu(inode));
         if (ret < 0)
                 return ret;
 
@@ -4689,8 +4675,7 @@ struct ftrace_buffer_info {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
 static int tracing_snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
         struct trace_iterator *iter;
         struct seq_file *m;
         int ret = 0;
@@ -4699,26 +4684,29 @@ static int tracing_snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
-                iter = __tracing_open(tr, tc, inode, file, true);
+                iter = __tracing_open(inode, file, true);
                 if (IS_ERR(iter))
                         ret = PTR_ERR(iter);
         } else {
                 /* Writes still need the seq_file to hold the private data */
+                ret = -ENOMEM;
                 m = kzalloc(sizeof(*m), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!m)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
+                        goto out;
                 iter = kzalloc(sizeof(*iter), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!iter) {
                         kfree(m);
-                        return -ENOMEM;
+                        goto out;
                 }
+                ret = 0;
+
                 iter->tr = tr;
-                iter->trace_buffer = &tc->tr->max_buffer;
-                iter->cpu_file = tc->cpu;
+                iter->trace_buffer = &tr->max_buffer;
+                iter->cpu_file = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
                 m->private = iter;
                 file->private_data = m;
         }
-
+out:
         if (ret < 0)
                 trace_array_put(tr);
 
@@ -4873,11 +4861,11 @@ static const struct file_operations tracing_pipe_fops = {
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations tracing_entries_fops = {
-        .open           = tracing_open_generic_tc,
+        .open           = tracing_open_generic_tr,
         .read           = tracing_entries_read,
         .write          = tracing_entries_write,
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-        .release        = tracing_release_generic_tc,
+        .release        = tracing_release_generic_tr,
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations tracing_total_entries_fops = {
@@ -4929,8 +4917,7 @@ static const struct file_operations snapshot_raw_fops = {
 
 static int tracing_buffers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = inode->i_private;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
         struct ftrace_buffer_info *info;
         int ret;
 
@@ -4948,10 +4935,8 @@ static int tracing_buffers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
         mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-        tr->ref++;
-
         info->iter.tr           = tr;
-        info->iter.cpu_file     = tc->cpu;
+        info->iter.cpu_file     = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
         info->iter.trace        = tr->current_trace;
         info->iter.trace_buffer = &tr->trace_buffer;
         info->spare             = NULL;
@@ -5268,14 +5253,14 @@ static ssize_t
 tracing_stats_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
                    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct trace_cpu *tc = filp->private_data;
-        struct trace_array *tr = tc->tr;
+        struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
         struct trace_buffer *trace_buf = &tr->trace_buffer;
+        int cpu = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
         struct trace_seq *s;
         unsigned long cnt;
         unsigned long long t;
         unsigned long usec_rem;
-        int cpu = tc->cpu;
 
         s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!s)
@@ -5328,9 +5313,10 @@ tracing_stats_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations tracing_stats_fops = {
-        .open           = tracing_open_generic,
+        .open           = tracing_open_generic_tr,
         .read           = tracing_stats_read,
         .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
+        .release        = tracing_release_generic_tr,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
@@ -5519,10 +5505,20 @@ static struct dentry *tracing_dentry_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
         return tr->percpu_dir;
 }
 
+static struct dentry *
+trace_create_cpu_file(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
+                      void *data, long cpu, const struct file_operations *fops)
+{
+        struct dentry *ret = trace_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, fops);
+
+        if (ret) /* See tracing_get_cpu() */
+                ret->d_inode->i_cdev = (void *)(cpu + 1);
+        return ret;
+}
+
 static void
 tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, long cpu)
 {
-        struct trace_array_cpu *data = per_cpu_ptr(tr->trace_buffer.data, cpu);
         struct dentry *d_percpu = tracing_dentry_percpu(tr, cpu);
         struct dentry *d_cpu;
         char cpu_dir[30]; /* 30 characters should be more than enough */
@@ -5538,28 +5534,28 @@ tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, long cpu)
         }
 
         /* per cpu trace_pipe */
-        trace_create_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_cpu,
-                        (void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_pipe_fops);
+        trace_create_cpu_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_cpu,
+                                tr, cpu, &tracing_pipe_fops);
 
         /* per cpu trace */
-        trace_create_file("trace", 0644, d_cpu,
-                        (void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_fops);
+        trace_create_cpu_file("trace", 0644, d_cpu,
+                                tr, cpu, &tracing_fops);
 
-        trace_create_file("trace_pipe_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
-                        (void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_buffers_fops);
+        trace_create_cpu_file("trace_pipe_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
+                                tr, cpu, &tracing_buffers_fops);
 
-        trace_create_file("stats", 0444, d_cpu,
-                        (void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_stats_fops);
+        trace_create_cpu_file("stats", 0444, d_cpu,
+                                tr, cpu, &tracing_stats_fops);
 
-        trace_create_file("buffer_size_kb", 0444, d_cpu,
-                        (void *)&data->trace_cpu, &tracing_entries_fops);
+        trace_create_cpu_file("buffer_size_kb", 0444, d_cpu,
+                                tr, cpu, &tracing_entries_fops);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
-        trace_create_file("snapshot", 0644, d_cpu,
-                          (void *)&data->trace_cpu, &snapshot_fops);
+        trace_create_cpu_file("snapshot", 0644, d_cpu,
+                                tr, cpu, &snapshot_fops);
 
-        trace_create_file("snapshot_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
-                        (void *)&data->trace_cpu, &snapshot_raw_fops);
+        trace_create_cpu_file("snapshot_raw", 0444, d_cpu,
+                                tr, cpu, &snapshot_raw_fops);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -5868,17 +5864,6 @@ struct dentry *trace_instance_dir;
 static void
 init_tracer_debugfs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer);
 
-static void init_trace_buffers(struct trace_array *tr, struct trace_buffer *buf)
-{
-        int cpu;
-
-        for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
-                memset(per_cpu_ptr(buf->data, cpu), 0, sizeof(struct trace_array_cpu));
-                per_cpu_ptr(buf->data, cpu)->trace_cpu.cpu = cpu;
-                per_cpu_ptr(buf->data, cpu)->trace_cpu.tr = tr;
-        }
-}
-
 static int
 allocate_trace_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, struct trace_buffer *buf, int size)
 {
@@ -5896,8 +5881,6 @@ allocate_trace_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, struct trace_buffer *buf, int size
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
-        init_trace_buffers(tr, buf);
-
         /* Allocate the first page for all buffers */
         set_buffer_entries(&tr->trace_buffer,
                            ring_buffer_size(tr->trace_buffer.buffer, 0));
@@ -5964,17 +5947,15 @@ static int new_instance_create(const char *name)
         if (allocate_trace_buffers(tr, trace_buf_size) < 0)
                 goto out_free_tr;
 
-        /* Holder for file callbacks */
-        tr->trace_cpu.cpu = RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS;
-        tr->trace_cpu.tr = tr;
-
         tr->dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, trace_instance_dir);
         if (!tr->dir)
                 goto out_free_tr;
 
         ret = event_trace_add_tracer(tr->dir, tr);
-        if (ret)
+        if (ret) {
+                debugfs_remove_recursive(tr->dir);
                 goto out_free_tr;
+        }
 
         init_tracer_debugfs(tr, tr->dir);
 
@@ -6120,13 +6101,13 @@ init_tracer_debugfs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)
                           tr, &tracing_iter_fops);
 
         trace_create_file("trace", 0644, d_tracer,
-                        (void *)&tr->trace_cpu, &tracing_fops);
+                          tr, &tracing_fops);
 
         trace_create_file("trace_pipe", 0444, d_tracer,
-                        (void *)&tr->trace_cpu, &tracing_pipe_fops);
+                          tr, &tracing_pipe_fops);
 
         trace_create_file("buffer_size_kb", 0644, d_tracer,
-                        (void *)&tr->trace_cpu, &tracing_entries_fops);
+                          tr, &tracing_entries_fops);
 
         trace_create_file("buffer_total_size_kb", 0444, d_tracer,
                           tr, &tracing_total_entries_fops);
@@ -6141,11 +6122,11 @@ init_tracer_debugfs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)
                           &trace_clock_fops);
 
         trace_create_file("tracing_on", 0644, d_tracer,
-                            tr, &rb_simple_fops);
+                          tr, &rb_simple_fops);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
         trace_create_file("snapshot", 0644, d_tracer,
-                          (void *)&tr->trace_cpu, &snapshot_fops);
+                          tr, &snapshot_fops);
 #endif
 
         for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)
@@ -6439,10 +6420,6 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 
         global_trace.flags = TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL;
 
-        /* Holder for file callbacks */
-        global_trace.trace_cpu.cpu = RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS;
-        global_trace.trace_cpu.tr = &global_trace;
-
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&global_trace.systems);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&global_trace.events);
         list_add(&global_trace.list, &ftrace_trace_arrays);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 4a4f6e1828b6..afaae41b0a02 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -130,19 +130,12 @@ enum trace_flag_type {
 
 struct trace_array;
 
-struct trace_cpu {
-        struct trace_array      *tr;
-        struct dentry           *dir;
-        int                     cpu;
-};
-
 /*
  * The CPU trace array - it consists of thousands of trace entries
  * plus some other descriptor data: (for example which task started
  * the trace, etc.)
  */
 struct trace_array_cpu {
-        struct trace_cpu        trace_cpu;
         atomic_t                disabled;
         void                    *buffer_page;   /* ring buffer spare */
 
@@ -196,7 +189,6 @@ struct trace_array {
         bool                    allocated_snapshot;
 #endif
         int                     buffer_disabled;
-        struct trace_cpu        trace_cpu;      /* place holder */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
         int                     sys_refcount_enter;
         int                     sys_refcount_exit;
@@ -214,7 +206,6 @@ struct trace_array {
         struct dentry           *event_dir;
         struct list_head        systems;
         struct list_head        events;
-        struct task_struct      *waiter;
         int                     ref;
 };
 
@@ -680,6 +671,15 @@ extern int trace_selftest_startup_sched_switch(struct tracer *trace,
                                                struct trace_array *tr);
 extern int trace_selftest_startup_branch(struct tracer *trace,
                                          struct trace_array *tr);
+/*
+ * Tracer data references selftest functions that only occur
+ * on boot up. These can be __init functions. Thus, when selftests
+ * are enabled, then the tracers need to reference __init functions.
+ */
+#define __tracer_data           __refdata
+#else
+/* Tracers are seldom changed. Optimize when selftests are disabled. */
+#define __tracer_data           __read_mostly
 #endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST */
 
 extern void *head_page(struct trace_array_cpu *data);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index 84b1e045faba..80c36bcf66e8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ __kprobes void *perf_trace_buf_prepare(int size, unsigned short type,
 
         BUILD_BUG_ON(PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE % sizeof(unsigned long));
 
+        if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
+                        "perf buffer not large enough"))
+                return NULL;
+
         pc = preempt_count();
 
         *rctxp = perf_swevent_get_recursion_context();
@@ -266,6 +270,10 @@ perf_ftrace_function_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
         struct pt_regs regs;
         int rctx;
 
+        head = this_cpu_ptr(event_function.perf_events);
+        if (hlist_empty(head))
+                return;
+
 #define ENTRY_SIZE (ALIGN(sizeof(struct ftrace_entry) + sizeof(u32), \
                     sizeof(u64)) - sizeof(u32))
 
@@ -279,8 +287,6 @@ perf_ftrace_function_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 
         entry->ip = ip;
         entry->parent_ip = parent_ip;
-
-        head = this_cpu_ptr(event_function.perf_events);
         perf_trace_buf_submit(entry, ENTRY_SIZE, rctx, 0,
                               1, &regs, head, NULL);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 7d854290bf81..898f868833f2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -826,59 +826,33 @@ enum {
 static void *f_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
         struct ftrace_event_call *call = m->private;
-        struct ftrace_event_field *field;
         struct list_head *common_head = &ftrace_common_fields;
         struct list_head *head = trace_get_fields(call);
+        struct list_head *node = v;
 
         (*pos)++;
 
         switch ((unsigned long)v) {
         case FORMAT_HEADER:
-                if (unlikely(list_empty(common_head)))
-                        return NULL;
-
-                field = list_entry(common_head->prev,
-                                   struct ftrace_event_field, link);
-                return field;
+                node = common_head;
+                break;
 
         case FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR:
-                if (unlikely(list_empty(head)))
-                        return NULL;
-
-                field = list_entry(head->prev, struct ftrace_event_field, link);
-                return field;
+                node = head;
+                break;
 
         case FORMAT_PRINTFMT:
                 /* all done */
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        field = v;
-        if (field->link.prev == common_head)
+        node = node->prev;
+        if (node == common_head)
                 return (void *)FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR;
-        else if (field->link.prev == head)
+        else if (node == head)
                 return (void *)FORMAT_PRINTFMT;
-
-        field = list_entry(field->link.prev, struct ftrace_event_field, link);
-
-        return field;
-}
-
-static void *f_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
-{
-        loff_t l = 0;
-        void *p;
-
-        /* Start by showing the header */
-        if (!*pos)
-                return (void *)FORMAT_HEADER;
-
-        p = (void *)FORMAT_HEADER;
-        do {
-                p = f_next(m, p, &l);
-        } while (p && l < *pos);
-
-        return p;
+        else
+                return node;
 }
 
 static int f_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
@@ -904,8 +878,7 @@ static int f_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        field = v;
-
+        field = list_entry(v, struct ftrace_event_field, link);
         /*
          * Smartly shows the array type(except dynamic array).
          * Normal:
@@ -932,6 +905,17 @@ static int f_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
         return 0;
 }
 
+static void *f_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+{
+        void *p = (void *)FORMAT_HEADER;
+        loff_t l = 0;
+
+        while (l < *pos && p)
+                p = f_next(m, p, &l);
+
+        return p;
+}
+
 static void f_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 {
 }
@@ -963,23 +947,14 @@ static ssize_t
 event_id_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
         struct ftrace_event_call *call = filp->private_data;
-        struct trace_seq *s;
-        int r;
+        char buf[32];
+        int len;
 
         if (*ppos)
                 return 0;
 
-        s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!s)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
-        trace_seq_init(s);
-        trace_seq_printf(s, "%d\n", call->event.type);
-
-        r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
-                                    s->buffer, s->len);
-        kfree(s);
-        return r;
+        len = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", call->event.type);
+        return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, len);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -1218,6 +1193,7 @@ show_header(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 
 static int ftrace_event_avail_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int ftrace_event_set_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
+static int ftrace_event_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 
 static const struct seq_operations show_event_seq_ops = {
         .start = t_start,
@@ -1245,7 +1221,7 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_set_event_fops = {
         .read = seq_read,
         .write = ftrace_event_write,
         .llseek = seq_lseek,
-        .release = seq_release,
+        .release = ftrace_event_release,
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations ftrace_enable_fops = {
@@ -1323,6 +1299,15 @@ ftrace_event_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
         return ret;
 }
 
+static int ftrace_event_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+        struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+
+        trace_array_put(tr);
+
+        return seq_release(inode, file);
+}
+
 static int
 ftrace_event_avail_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
@@ -1336,12 +1321,19 @@ ftrace_event_set_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
         const struct seq_operations *seq_ops = &show_set_event_seq_ops;
         struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+        int ret;
+
+        if (trace_array_get(tr) < 0)
+                return -ENODEV;
 
         if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
             (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC))
                 ftrace_clear_events(tr);
 
-        return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, seq_ops);
+        ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, seq_ops);
+        if (ret < 0)
+                trace_array_put(tr);
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static struct event_subsystem *
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 0d883dc057d6..0c7b75a8acc8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ void print_event_filter(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct trace_seq *s)
         if (filter && filter->filter_string)
                 trace_seq_printf(s, "%s\n", filter->filter_string);
         else
-                trace_seq_printf(s, "none\n");
+                trace_seq_puts(s, "none\n");
         mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ void print_subsystem_event_filter(struct event_subsystem *system,
         if (filter && filter->filter_string)
                 trace_seq_printf(s, "%s\n", filter->filter_string);
         else
-                trace_seq_printf(s, DEFAULT_SYS_FILTER_MESSAGE "\n");
+                trace_seq_puts(s, DEFAULT_SYS_FILTER_MESSAGE "\n");
         mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
index b863f93b30f3..38fe1483c508 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int func_set_flag(u32 old_flags, u32 bit, int set)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static struct tracer function_trace __read_mostly =
+static struct tracer function_trace __tracer_data =
 {
         .name           = "function",
         .init           = function_trace_init,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index 8388bc99f2ee..b5c09242683d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ print_graph_proc(struct trace_seq *s, pid_t pid)
 
         /* First spaces to align center */
         for (i = 0; i < spaces / 2; i++) {
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " ");
+                ret = trace_seq_putc(s, ' ');
                 if (!ret)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         }
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ print_graph_proc(struct trace_seq *s, pid_t pid)
 
         /* Last spaces to align center */
         for (i = 0; i < spaces - (spaces / 2); i++) {
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " ");
+                ret = trace_seq_putc(s, ' ');
                 if (!ret)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         }
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ verif_pid(struct trace_seq *s, pid_t pid, int cpu, struct fgraph_data *data)
  ------------------------------------------
 
  */
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s,
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s,
                 " ------------------------------------------\n");
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ verif_pid(struct trace_seq *s, pid_t pid, int cpu, struct fgraph_data *data)
         if (ret == TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " => ");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, " => ");
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ verif_pid(struct trace_seq *s, pid_t pid, int cpu, struct fgraph_data *data)
         if (ret == TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s,
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s,
                 "\n ------------------------------------------\n\n");
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ print_graph_irq(struct trace_iterator *iter, unsigned long addr,
                         ret = print_graph_proc(s, pid);
                         if (ret == TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE)
                                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
-                        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " | ");
+                        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, " | ");
                         if (!ret)
                                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
                 }
@@ -657,9 +657,9 @@ print_graph_irq(struct trace_iterator *iter, unsigned long addr,
                 return ret;
 
         if (type == TRACE_GRAPH_ENT)
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "==========>");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "==========>");
         else
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "<==========");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "<==========");
 
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ print_graph_irq(struct trace_iterator *iter, unsigned long addr,
         if (ret != TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED)
                 return ret;
 
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+        ret = trace_seq_putc(s, '\n');
 
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
@@ -705,13 +705,13 @@ trace_print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s)
                 len += strlen(nsecs_str);
         }
 
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " us ");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, " us ");
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
         /* Print remaining spaces to fit the row's width */
         for (i = len; i < 7; i++) {
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " ");
+                ret = trace_seq_putc(s, ' ');
                 if (!ret)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         }
@@ -731,13 +731,13 @@ print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s,
         /* No real adata, just filling the column with spaces */
         switch (duration) {
         case DURATION_FILL_FULL:
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "              |  ");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "              |  ");
                 return ret ? TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED : TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         case DURATION_FILL_START:
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "  ");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "  ");
                 return ret ? TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED : TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         case DURATION_FILL_END:
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " |");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, " |");
                 return ret ? TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED : TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         }
 
@@ -745,10 +745,10 @@ print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s,
         if (flags & TRACE_GRAPH_PRINT_OVERHEAD) {
                 /* Duration exceeded 100 msecs */
                 if (duration > 100000ULL)
-                        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "! ");
+                        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "! ");
                 /* Duration exceeded 10 msecs */
                 else if (duration > 10000ULL)
-                        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "+ ");
+                        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "+ ");
         }
 
         /*
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s,
          * to fill out the space.
          */
         if (ret == -1)
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "  ");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "  ");
 
         /* Catching here any failure happenned above */
         if (!ret)
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s,
         if (ret != TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED)
                 return ret;
 
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "|  ");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "|  ");
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ print_graph_entry_leaf(struct trace_iterator *iter,
 
         /* Function */
         for (i = 0; i < call->depth * TRACE_GRAPH_INDENT; i++) {
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " ");
+                ret = trace_seq_putc(s, ' ');
                 if (!ret)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         }
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ print_graph_entry_nested(struct trace_iterator *iter,
 
         /* Function */
         for (i = 0; i < call->depth * TRACE_GRAPH_INDENT; i++) {
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " ");
+                ret = trace_seq_putc(s, ' ');
                 if (!ret)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         }
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ print_graph_prologue(struct trace_iterator *iter, struct trace_seq *s,
                 if (ret == TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " | ");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, " | ");
                 if (!ret)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         }
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ print_graph_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace, struct trace_seq *s,
 
         /* Closing brace */
         for (i = 0; i < trace->depth * TRACE_GRAPH_INDENT; i++) {
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " ");
+                ret = trace_seq_putc(s, ' ');
                 if (!ret)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         }
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ print_graph_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace, struct trace_seq *s,
          * belongs to, write out the function name.
          */
         if (func_match) {
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "}\n");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "}\n");
                 if (!ret)
                         return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
         } else {
@@ -1179,13 +1179,13 @@ print_graph_comment(struct trace_seq *s, struct trace_entry *ent,
         /* Indentation */
         if (depth > 0)
                 for (i = 0; i < (depth + 1) * TRACE_GRAPH_INDENT; i++) {
-                        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " ");
+                        ret = trace_seq_putc(s, ' ');
                         if (!ret)
                                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
                 }
 
         /* The comment */
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "/* ");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "/* ");
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ print_graph_comment(struct trace_seq *s, struct trace_entry *ent,
                 s->len--;
         }
 
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " */\n");
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, " */\n");
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ static struct trace_event graph_trace_ret_event = {
         .funcs          = &graph_functions
 };
 
-static struct tracer graph_trace __read_mostly = {
+static struct tracer graph_trace __tracer_data = {
         .name           = "function_graph",
         .open           = graph_trace_open,
         .pipe_open      = graph_trace_open,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 7ed6976493c8..3811487e7a7a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@ find_event_file_link(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
 static int
 disable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
 {
+        struct event_file_link *link = NULL;
+        int wait = 0;
         int ret = 0;
 
         if (file) {
-                struct event_file_link *link;
-
                 link = find_event_file_link(tp, file);
                 if (!link) {
                         ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -255,10 +255,7 @@ disable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
                 }
 
                 list_del_rcu(&link->list);
-                /* synchronize with kprobe_trace_func/kretprobe_trace_func */
-                synchronize_sched();
-                kfree(link);
-
+                wait = 1;
                 if (!list_empty(&tp->files))
                         goto out;
 
@@ -271,8 +268,22 @@ disable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
                         disable_kretprobe(&tp->rp);
                 else
                         disable_kprobe(&tp->rp.kp);
+                wait = 1;
         }
  out:
+        if (wait) {
+                /*
+                 * Synchronize with kprobe_trace_func/kretprobe_trace_func
+                 * to ensure disabled (all running handlers are finished).
+                 * This is not only for kfree(), but also the caller,
+                 * trace_remove_event_call() supposes it for releasing
+                 * event_call related objects, which will be accessed in
+                 * the kprobe_trace_func/kretprobe_trace_func.
+                 */
+                synchronize_sched();
+                kfree(link);    /* Ignored if link == NULL */
+        }
+
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1087,9 +1098,6 @@ kprobe_perf_func(struct trace_probe *tp, struct pt_regs *regs)
         __size = sizeof(*entry) + tp->size + dsize;
         size = ALIGN(__size + sizeof(u32), sizeof(u64));
         size -= sizeof(u32);
-        if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
-                     "profile buffer not large enough"))
-                return;
 
         entry = perf_trace_buf_prepare(size, call->event.type, regs, &rctx);
         if (!entry)
@@ -1120,9 +1128,6 @@ kretprobe_perf_func(struct trace_probe *tp, struct kretprobe_instance *ri,
         __size = sizeof(*entry) + tp->size + dsize;
         size = ALIGN(__size + sizeof(u32), sizeof(u64));
         size -= sizeof(u32);
-        if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
-                     "profile buffer not large enough"))
-                return;
 
         entry = perf_trace_buf_prepare(size, call->event.type, regs, &rctx);
         if (!entry)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
index a5e8f4878bfa..b3dcfb2f0fef 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static int mmio_print_pcidev(struct trace_seq *s, const struct pci_dev *dev)
         if (drv)
                 ret += trace_seq_printf(s, " %s\n", drv->name);
         else
-                ret += trace_seq_printf(s, " \n");
+                ret += trace_seq_puts(s, " \n");
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void mmio_pipe_open(struct trace_iterator *iter)
         struct header_iter *hiter;
         struct trace_seq *s = &iter->seq;
 
-        trace_seq_printf(s, "VERSION 20070824\n");
+        trace_seq_puts(s, "VERSION 20070824\n");
 
         hiter = kzalloc(sizeof(*hiter), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!hiter)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static enum print_line_t mmio_print_rw(struct trace_iterator *iter)
                         (rw->value >> 0) & 0xff, rw->pc, 0);
                 break;
         default:
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "rw what?\n");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "rw what?\n");
                 break;
         }
         if (ret)
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static enum print_line_t mmio_print_map(struct trace_iterator *iter)
                         secs, usec_rem, m->map_id, 0UL, 0);
                 break;
         default:
-                ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "map what?\n");
+                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "map what?\n");
                 break;
         }
         if (ret)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index bb922d9ee51b..34e7cbac0c9c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ enum print_line_t trace_print_printk_msg_only(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 
         trace_assign_type(field, entry);
 
-        ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "%s", field->buf);
+        ret = trace_seq_puts(s, field->buf);
         if (!ret)
                 return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
 
@@ -558,14 +558,14 @@ seq_print_userip_objs(const struct userstack_entry *entry, struct trace_seq *s,
                         if (ret)
                                 ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "??");
                         if (ret)
-                                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "\n");
+                                ret = trace_seq_putc(s, '\n');
                         continue;
                 }
                 if (!ret)
                         break;
                 if (ret)
                         ret = seq_print_user_ip(s, mm, ip, sym_flags);
-                ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "\n");
+                ret = trace_seq_putc(s, '\n');
         }
 
         if (mm)
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ seq_print_ip_sym(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long ip, unsigned long sym_flags)
         int ret;
 
         if (!ip)
-                return trace_seq_printf(s, "0");
+                return trace_seq_putc(s, '0');
 
         if (sym_flags & TRACE_ITER_SYM_OFFSET)
                 ret = seq_print_sym_offset(s, "%s", ip);
@@ -964,14 +964,14 @@ static enum print_line_t trace_fn_trace(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
                 goto partial;
 
         if ((flags & TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT) && field->parent_ip) {
-                if (!trace_seq_printf(s, " <-"))
+                if (!trace_seq_puts(s, " <-"))
                         goto partial;
                 if (!seq_print_ip_sym(s,
                                       field->parent_ip,
                                       flags))
                         goto partial;
         }
-        if (!trace_seq_printf(s, "\n"))
+        if (!trace_seq_putc(s, '\n'))
                 goto partial;
 
         return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ static enum print_line_t trace_stack_print(struct trace_iterator *iter,
 
                 if (!seq_print_ip_sym(s, *p, flags))
                         goto partial;
-                if (!trace_seq_puts(s, "\n"))
+                if (!trace_seq_putc(s, '\n'))
                         goto partial;
         }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 322e16461072..8fd03657bc7d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
         entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall);
 
         if (!entry) {
-                trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
+                trace_seq_putc(s, '\n');
                 return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;
         }
 
@@ -566,15 +566,15 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
         if (!sys_data)
                 return;
 
+        head = this_cpu_ptr(sys_data->enter_event->perf_events);
+        if (hlist_empty(head))
+                return;
+
         /* get the size after alignment with the u32 buffer size field */
         size = sizeof(unsigned long) * sys_data->nb_args + sizeof(*rec);
         size = ALIGN(size + sizeof(u32), sizeof(u64));
         size -= sizeof(u32);
 
-        if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
-                      "perf buffer not large enough"))
-                return;
-
         rec = (struct syscall_trace_enter *)perf_trace_buf_prepare(size,
                                 sys_data->enter_event->event.type, regs, &rctx);
         if (!rec)
@@ -583,8 +583,6 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
         rec->nr = syscall_nr;
         syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args,
                                (unsigned long *)&rec->args);
-
-        head = this_cpu_ptr(sys_data->enter_event->perf_events);
         perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -642,18 +640,14 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
         if (!sys_data)
                 return;
 
+        head = this_cpu_ptr(sys_data->exit_event->perf_events);
+        if (hlist_empty(head))
+                return;
+
         /* We can probably do that at build time */
         size = ALIGN(sizeof(*rec) + sizeof(u32), sizeof(u64));
         size -= sizeof(u32);
 
-        /*
-         * Impossible, but be paranoid with the future
-         * How to put this check outside runtime?
-         */
-        if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
-                "exit event has grown above perf buffer size"))
-                return;
-
         rec = (struct syscall_trace_exit *)perf_trace_buf_prepare(size,
                                 sys_data->exit_event->event.type, regs, &rctx);
         if (!rec)
@@ -661,8 +655,6 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
 
         rec->nr = syscall_nr;
         rec->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs);
-
-        head = this_cpu_ptr(sys_data->exit_event->perf_events);
         perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index d5d0cd368a56..a23d2d71188e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -818,8 +818,6 @@ static void uprobe_perf_print(struct trace_uprobe *tu,
 
         size = SIZEOF_TRACE_ENTRY(is_ret_probe(tu));
         size = ALIGN(size + tu->size + sizeof(u32), sizeof(u64)) - sizeof(u32);
-        if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE, "profile buffer not large enough"))
-                return;
 
         preempt_disable();
         head = this_cpu_ptr(call->perf_events);
diff --git a/kernel/wait.c b/kernel/wait.c
index ce0daa320a26..dec68bd4e9d8 100644
--- a/kernel/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/wait.c
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ int __wait_on_atomic_t(wait_queue_head_t *wq, struct wait_bit_queue *q,
                 prepare_to_wait(wq, &q->wait, mode);
                 val = q->key.flags;
                 if (atomic_read(val) == 0)
-                        ret = (*action)(val);
+                        break;
+                ret = (*action)(val);
         } while (!ret && atomic_read(val) != 0);
         finish_wait(wq, &q->wait);
         return ret;
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index f02c4a4a0c3c..0b72e816b8d0 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -4644,7 +4644,7 @@ static void restore_unbound_workers_cpumask(struct worker_pool *pool, int cpu)
  * Workqueues should be brought up before normal priority CPU notifiers.
  * This will be registered high priority CPU notifier.
  */
-static int __cpuinit workqueue_cpu_up_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+static int workqueue_cpu_up_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                                                unsigned long action,
                                                void *hcpu)
 {
@@ -4697,7 +4697,7 @@ static int __cpuinit workqueue_cpu_up_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
  * Workqueues should be brought down after normal priority CPU notifiers.
  * This will be registered as low priority CPU notifier.
  */
-static int __cpuinit workqueue_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+static int workqueue_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                                                  unsigned long action,
                                                  void *hcpu)
 {