diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2213fe336705..c90fff8716bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 9
-SUBLEVEL = 252
-EXTRAVERSION =
+SUBLEVEL = 253
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Roaring Lionus
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index fd79faab7892..5dc2d73c6499 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ bootpImage: vmlinux
 
 boot_targets += uImage uImage.bin uImage.gz
 
+PHONY += $(boot_targets)
 $(boot_targets): vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
index ffb5f33475f1..f0f43eb709d2 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #define clear_page(paddr)		memset((paddr), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
+#define copy_user_page(to, from, vaddr, pg)	copy_page(to, from)
 #define copy_page(to, from)		memcpy((to), (from), PAGE_SIZE)
 
 struct vm_area_struct;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/picoxcell-pc3x2.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/picoxcell-pc3x2.dtsi
index 533919e96eae..f22a6b436317 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/picoxcell-pc3x2.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/picoxcell-pc3x2.dtsi
@@ -54,18 +54,21 @@
 		emac: gem@30000 {
 			compatible = "cadence,gem";
 			reg = <0x30000 0x10000>;
+			interrupt-parent = <&vic0>;
 			interrupts = <31>;
 		};
 
 		dmac1: dmac@40000 {
 			compatible = "snps,dw-dmac";
 			reg = <0x40000 0x10000>;
+			interrupt-parent = <&vic0>;
 			interrupts = <25>;
 		};
 
 		dmac2: dmac@50000 {
 			compatible = "snps,dw-dmac";
 			reg = <0x50000 0x10000>;
+			interrupt-parent = <&vic0>;
 			interrupts = <26>;
 		};
 
@@ -243,6 +246,7 @@
 		axi2pico@c0000000 {
 			compatible = "picochip,axi2pico-pc3x2";
 			reg = <0xc0000000 0x10000>;
+			interrupt-parent = <&vic0>;
 			interrupts = <13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21>;
 		};
 	};
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
index fdf99e9dd4c3..3a015e41b762 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/libfdt.h>
 
 #include <asm/addrspace.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 /*
  * These two variables specify the free mem region
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ void decompress_kernel(unsigned long boot_heap_start)
 		dtb_size = fdt_totalsize((void *)&__appended_dtb);
 
 		/* last four bytes is always image size in little endian */
-		image_size = le32_to_cpup((void *)&__image_end - 4);
+		image_size = get_unaligned_le32((void *)&__image_end - 4);
 
 		/* copy dtb to where the booted kernel will expect it */
 		memcpy((void *)VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS_ULL + image_size,
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
index 9c7f3e136d50..7f2b242e9189 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
@@ -110,4 +110,11 @@ cputime_to_compat_timeval(const cputime_t cputime, struct compat_timeval *value)
 	value->tv_sec = jiffies / HZ;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Some data types as stored in coredump.
+ */
+#define user_long_t             compat_long_t
+#define user_siginfo_t          compat_siginfo_t
+#define copy_siginfo_to_external        copy_siginfo_to_external32
+
 #include "../../../fs/binfmt_elf.c"
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
index 1ab34322dd97..f3ea07fb55ea 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
@@ -113,4 +113,11 @@ cputime_to_compat_timeval(const cputime_t cputime, struct compat_timeval *value)
 	value->tv_sec = jiffies / HZ;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Some data types as stored in coredump.
+ */
+#define user_long_t             compat_long_t
+#define user_siginfo_t          compat_siginfo_t
+#define copy_siginfo_to_external        copy_siginfo_to_external32
+
 #include "../../../fs/binfmt_elf.c"
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
index 1958910b75c0..b4a7c303019b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
@@ -175,8 +175,14 @@ static int __init relocate_exception_table(long offset)
 static inline __init unsigned long rotate_xor(unsigned long hash,
 					      const void *area, size_t size)
 {
-	size_t i;
-	unsigned long *ptr = (unsigned long *)area;
+	const typeof(hash) *ptr = PTR_ALIGN(area, sizeof(hash));
+	size_t diff, i;
+
+	diff = (void *)ptr - area;
+	if (unlikely(size < diff + sizeof(hash)))
+		return hash;
+
+	size = ALIGN_DOWN(size - diff, sizeof(hash));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size / sizeof(hash); i++) {
 		/* Rotate by odd number of bits and XOR. */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index b012e94b7d9f..eae0b278d517 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void acpi_scan_table_handler(u32 event, void *table, void *context);
 extern struct list_head acpi_bus_id_list;
 
 struct acpi_device_bus_id {
-	char bus_id[15];
+	const char *bus_id;
 	unsigned int instance_no;
 	struct list_head node;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 9a7f017dda47..f49e2b7880ac 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ static void acpi_device_del(struct acpi_device *device)
 				acpi_device_bus_id->instance_no--;
 			else {
 				list_del(&acpi_device_bus_id->node);
+				kfree_const(acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id);
 				kfree(acpi_device_bus_id);
 			}
 			break;
@@ -673,7 +674,14 @@ int acpi_device_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	}
 	if (!found) {
 		acpi_device_bus_id = new_bus_id;
-		strcpy(acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id, acpi_device_hid(device));
+		acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id =
+			kstrdup_const(acpi_device_hid(device), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id) {
+			pr_err(PREFIX "Memory allocation error for bus id\n");
+			result = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_free_new_bus_id;
+		}
+
 		acpi_device_bus_id->instance_no = 0;
 		list_add_tail(&acpi_device_bus_id->node, &acpi_bus_id_list);
 	}
@@ -708,6 +716,11 @@ int acpi_device_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	if (device->parent)
 		list_del(&device->node);
 	list_del(&device->wakeup_list);
+
+ err_free_new_bus_id:
+	if (!found)
+		kfree(new_bus_id);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&acpi_device_lock);
 
  err_detach:
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
index cacb720f44a0..2896808545f4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ find_free_vf_and_create_qp_grp(struct usnic_ib_dev *us_ibdev,
 
 		}
 		usnic_uiom_free_dev_list(dev_list);
+		dev_list = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (!found) {
@@ -207,6 +208,8 @@ find_free_vf_and_create_qp_grp(struct usnic_ib_dev *us_ibdev,
 	spin_unlock(&vf->lock);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(qp_grp)) {
 		usnic_err("Failed to allocate qp_grp\n");
+		if (usnic_ib_share_vf)
+			usnic_uiom_free_dev_list(dev_list);
 		return ERR_PTR(qp_grp ? PTR_ERR(qp_grp) : -ENOMEM);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/ff-core.c b/drivers/input/ff-core.c
index 8f2042432c85..66a46c84e28f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/ff-core.c
+++ b/drivers/input/ff-core.c
@@ -237,9 +237,15 @@ int input_ff_erase(struct input_dev *dev, int effect_id, struct file *file)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(input_ff_erase);
 
 /*
- * flush_effects - erase all effects owned by a file handle
+ * input_ff_flush - erase all effects owned by a file handle
+ * @dev: input device to erase effect from
+ * @file: purported owner of the effects
+ *
+ * This function erases all force-feedback effects associated with
+ * the given owner from specified device. Note that @file may be %NULL,
+ * in which case all effects will be erased.
  */
-static int flush_effects(struct input_dev *dev, struct file *file)
+int input_ff_flush(struct input_dev *dev, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct ff_device *ff = dev->ff;
 	int i;
@@ -255,6 +261,7 @@ static int flush_effects(struct input_dev *dev, struct file *file)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(input_ff_flush);
 
 /**
  * input_ff_event() - generic handler for force-feedback events
@@ -343,7 +350,7 @@ int input_ff_create(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int max_effects)
 	mutex_init(&ff->mutex);
 
 	dev->ff = ff;
-	dev->flush = flush_effects;
+	dev->flush = input_ff_flush;
 	dev->event = input_ff_event;
 	__set_bit(EV_FF, dev->evbit);
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
index 89d37d0d45ed..fcd10a4708c3 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
@@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ static int uinput_dev_erase_effect(struct input_dev *dev, int effect_id)
 	return uinput_request_submit(udev, &request);
 }
 
+static int uinput_dev_flush(struct input_dev *dev, struct file *file)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If we are called with file == NULL that means we are tearing
+	 * down the device, and therefore we can not handle FF erase
+	 * requests: either we are handling UI_DEV_DESTROY (and holding
+	 * the udev->mutex), or the file descriptor is closed and there is
+	 * nobody on the other side anymore.
+	 */
+	return file ? input_ff_flush(dev, file) : 0;
+}
+
 static void uinput_destroy_device(struct uinput_device *udev)
 {
 	const char *name, *phys;
@@ -298,6 +310,12 @@ static int uinput_create_device(struct uinput_device *udev)
 		dev->ff->playback = uinput_dev_playback;
 		dev->ff->set_gain = uinput_dev_set_gain;
 		dev->ff->set_autocenter = uinput_dev_set_autocenter;
+		/*
+		 * The standard input_ff_flush() implementation does
+		 * not quite work for uinput as we can't reasonably
+		 * handle FF requests during device teardown.
+		 */
+		dev->flush = uinput_dev_flush;
 	}
 
 	error = input_register_device(udev->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig
index c0730d5c734d..fb61181a5c4f 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if MISDN != n
 config MISDN_DSP
 	tristate "Digital Audio Processing of transparent data"
 	depends on MISDN
+	select BITREVERSE
 	help
 	  Enable support for digital audio processing capability.
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
index 1f015edcca22..3c6fc61597f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
@@ -223,3 +223,4 @@ static struct platform_driver fs_enet_bb_mdio_driver = {
 };
 
 module_platform_driver(fs_enet_bb_mdio_driver);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
index a89267b94352..fb2b0586469b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
@@ -224,3 +224,4 @@ static struct platform_driver fs_enet_fec_mdio_driver = {
 };
 
 module_platform_driver(fs_enet_fec_mdio_driver);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.h
index 5da19b440a6a..bf25e49d4fe3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.h
@@ -580,7 +580,14 @@ struct ucc_geth_tx_global_pram {
 	u32 vtagtable[0x8];	/* 8 4-byte VLAN tags */
 	u32 tqptr;		/* a base pointer to the Tx Queues Memory
 				   Region */
-	u8 res2[0x80 - 0x74];
+	u8 res2[0x78 - 0x74];
+	u64 snums_en;
+	u32 l2l3baseptr;	/* top byte consists of a few other bit fields */
+
+	u16 mtu[8];
+	u8 res3[0xa8 - 0x94];
+	u32 wrrtablebase;	/* top byte is reserved */
+	u8 res4[0xc0 - 0xac];
 } __packed;
 
 /* structure representing Extended Filtering Global Parameters in PRAM */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index 7a0281a36c28..a5ee3d328f3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -586,11 +586,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops netxen_netdev_ops = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static inline bool netxen_function_zero(struct pci_dev *pdev)
-{
-	return (PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn) == 0) ? true : false;
-}
-
 static inline void netxen_set_interrupt_mode(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
 					     u32 mode)
 {
@@ -686,7 +681,7 @@ static int netxen_setup_intr(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 	netxen_initialize_interrupt_registers(adapter);
 	netxen_set_msix_bit(pdev, 0);
 
-	if (netxen_function_zero(pdev)) {
+	if (adapter->portnum == 0) {
 		if (!netxen_setup_msi_interrupts(adapter, num_msix))
 			netxen_set_interrupt_mode(adapter, NETXEN_MSI_MODE);
 		else
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index 99ca9526dd65..d418542924e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -1128,7 +1128,10 @@ cdc_ncm_fill_tx_frame(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, __le32 sign)
 	 * accordingly. Otherwise, we should check here.
 	 */
 	if (ctx->drvflags & CDC_NCM_FLAG_NDP_TO_END)
-		delayed_ndp_size = ALIGN(ctx->max_ndp_size, ctx->tx_ndp_modulus);
+		delayed_ndp_size = ctx->max_ndp_size +
+			max_t(u32,
+			      ctx->tx_ndp_modulus,
+			      ctx->tx_modulus + ctx->tx_remainder) - 1;
 	else
 		delayed_ndp_size = 0;
 
@@ -1281,7 +1284,8 @@ cdc_ncm_fill_tx_frame(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, __le32 sign)
 	if (!(dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_SEND_ZLP) &&
 	    skb_out->len > ctx->min_tx_pkt) {
 		padding_count = ctx->tx_max - skb_out->len;
-		memset(skb_put(skb_out, padding_count), 0, padding_count);
+		if (!WARN_ON(padding_count > ctx->tx_max))
+			memset(skb_put(skb_out, padding_count), 0, padding_count);
 	} else if (skb_out->len < ctx->tx_max &&
 		   (skb_out->len % dev->maxpacket) == 0) {
 		*skb_put(skb_out, 1) = 0;	/* force short packet */
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c b/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
index 9ccbdf143106..dc5b8e69f8e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ generic_rndis_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf, int flags)
 	reply_len = sizeof *phym;
 	retval = rndis_query(dev, intf, u.buf,
 			     RNDIS_OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM,
-			     0, (void **) &phym, &reply_len);
+			     reply_len, (void **)&phym, &reply_len);
 	if (retval != 0 || !phym) {
 		/* OID is optional so don't fail here. */
 		phym_unspec = cpu_to_le32(RNDIS_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM_UNSPECIFIED);
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-cadence.c b/drivers/spi/spi-cadence.c
index 1c57ce64abba..e383c6368915 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-cadence.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-cadence.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct cdns_spi {
 	void __iomem *regs;
 	struct clk *ref_clk;
 	struct clk *pclk;
+	unsigned int clk_rate;
 	u32 speed_hz;
 	const u8 *txbuf;
 	u8 *rxbuf;
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ static void cdns_spi_config_clock_freq(struct spi_device *spi,
 	u32 ctrl_reg, baud_rate_val;
 	unsigned long frequency;
 
-	frequency = clk_get_rate(xspi->ref_clk);
+	frequency = xspi->clk_rate;
 
 	ctrl_reg = cdns_spi_read(xspi, CDNS_SPI_CR);
 
@@ -558,8 +559,9 @@ static int cdns_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	master->auto_runtime_pm = true;
 	master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA;
 
+	xspi->clk_rate = clk_get_rate(xspi->ref_clk);
 	/* Set to default valid value */
-	master->max_speed_hz = clk_get_rate(xspi->ref_clk) / 4;
+	master->max_speed_hz = xspi->clk_rate / 4;
 	xspi->speed_hz = master->max_speed_hz;
 
 	master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_MASK(8);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
index 2a14c71739d7..c1c7df26d62f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void io_watchdog_func(unsigned long _ohci);
 
 
 /* Some boards misreport power switching/overcurrent */
-static bool distrust_firmware = true;
+static bool distrust_firmware;
 module_param (distrust_firmware, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC (distrust_firmware,
 	"true to distrust firmware power/overcurrent setup");
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 2016f5a5d3cf..75fff707beb6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -799,7 +799,10 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, sbi->s_sbh);
 			if (err)
 				goto pwsalt_err_journal;
+			lock_buffer(sbi->s_sbh);
 			generate_random_uuid(sbi->s_es->s_encrypt_pw_salt);
+			ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
+			unlock_buffer(sbi->s_sbh);
 			err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL,
 							 sbi->s_sbh);
 		pwsalt_err_journal:
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 8ded38ac4cde..6224b0e6fb64 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3421,8 +3421,6 @@ static int ext4_setent(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_renament *ent,
 			return retval;
 		}
 	}
-	brelse(ent->bh);
-	ent->bh = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3635,6 +3633,7 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		}
 	}
 
+	old_file_type = old.de->file_type;
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(old.dir) || IS_DIRSYNC(new.dir))
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
@@ -3662,7 +3661,6 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	force_reread = (new.dir->i_ino == old.dir->i_ino &&
 			ext4_test_inode_flag(new.dir, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA));
 
-	old_file_type = old.de->file_type;
 	if (whiteout) {
 		/*
 		 * Do this before adding a new entry, so the old entry is sure
@@ -3734,15 +3732,19 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	retval = 0;
 
 end_rename:
-	brelse(old.dir_bh);
-	brelse(old.bh);
-	brelse(new.bh);
 	if (whiteout) {
-		if (retval)
+		if (retval) {
+			ext4_setent(handle, &old,
+				old.inode->i_ino, old_file_type);
 			drop_nlink(whiteout);
+		}
 		unlock_new_inode(whiteout);
 		iput(whiteout);
+
 	}
+	brelse(old.dir_bh);
+	brelse(old.bh);
+	brelse(new.bh);
 	if (handle)
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	return retval;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 52ea41bce038..e0f0397fc7ce 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -572,12 +572,14 @@ extern int nfs4_test_session_trunk(struct rpc_clnt *,
 
 static inline struct inode *nfs_igrab_and_active(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	inode = igrab(inode);
-	if (inode != NULL && !nfs_sb_active(inode->i_sb)) {
-		iput(inode);
-		inode = NULL;
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+
+	if (sb && nfs_sb_active(sb)) {
+		if (igrab(inode))
+			return inode;
+		nfs_sb_deactive(sb);
 	}
-	return inode;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static inline void nfs_iput_and_deactive(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
index 7e50248ca432..93c6fb53cc0e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -822,9 +822,14 @@ compose_entry_fh(struct nfsd3_readdirres *cd, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	if (isdotent(name, namlen)) {
 		if (namlen == 2) {
 			dchild = dget_parent(dparent);
-			/* filesystem root - cannot return filehandle for ".." */
+			/*
+			 * Don't return filehandle for ".." if we're at
+			 * the filesystem or export root:
+			 */
 			if (dchild == dparent)
 				goto out;
+			if (dparent == exp->ex_path.dentry)
+				goto out;
 		} else
 			dchild = dget(dparent);
 	} else
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 5670bb9788bb..192b045cc56e 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -734,6 +734,13 @@ static inline int acpi_device_modalias(struct device *dev,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+static inline struct platform_device *
+acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
+			    struct property_entry *properties)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline bool acpi_dma_supported(struct acpi_device *adev)
 {
 	return false;
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 61650c1830d4..1d6b7d30cc7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@
 
 #if GCC_VERSION < 30200
 # error Sorry, your compiler is too old - please upgrade it.
+#elif defined(CONFIG_ARM64) && GCC_VERSION < 50100
+/*
+ * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63293
+ * https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210107111841.GN1551@shell.armlinux.org.uk
+ */
+# error Sorry, your version of GCC is too old - please use 5.1 or newer.
 #endif
 
 #if GCC_VERSION < 30300
diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h
index a65e3b24fb18..fb5e23c7ed98 100644
--- a/include/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/linux/input.h
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ int input_ff_event(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int type, unsigned int code,
 
 int input_ff_upload(struct input_dev *dev, struct ff_effect *effect, struct file *file);
 int input_ff_erase(struct input_dev *dev, int effect_id, struct file *file);
+int input_ff_flush(struct input_dev *dev, struct file *file);
 
 int input_ff_create_memless(struct input_dev *dev, void *data,
 		int (*play_effect)(struct input_dev *, void *, struct ff_effect *));
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b469d099dc5f..52b5e0e026d6 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3767,7 +3767,7 @@ static int hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 * So we need to block hugepage fault by PG_hwpoison bit check.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(PageHWPoison(page))) {
-			ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON |
+			ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE |
 				VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(hstate_index(h));
 			goto backout_unlocked;
 		}
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 51a73d2d1082..7ccfc043c28e 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 
 		t = acquire_slab(s, n, page, object == NULL, &objects);
 		if (!t)
-			break;
+			continue; /* cmpxchg raced */
 
 		available += objects;
 		if (!object) {
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 026f4525063c..5582a4ed7c2f 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -489,13 +489,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_alloc_skb);
 struct sk_buff *__napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi, unsigned int len,
 				 gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
+	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	void *data;
 
 	len += NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN;
 
-	if ((len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE)) ||
+	/* If requested length is either too small or too big,
+	 * we use kmalloc() for skb->head allocation.
+	 */
+	if (len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(1024) ||
+	    len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE) ||
 	    (gfp_mask & (__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | GFP_DMA))) {
 		skb = __alloc_skb(len, gfp_mask, SKB_ALLOC_RX, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 		if (!skb)
@@ -503,6 +507,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi, unsigned int len,
 		goto skb_success;
 	}
 
+	nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
 	len += SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
 	len = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(len);
 
diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index a1116701287f..2dbf5a0faad3 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1726,6 +1726,8 @@ static int dcb_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	fn = &reply_funcs[dcb->cmd];
 	if (!fn->cb)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (fn->type == RTM_SETDCB && !netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!tb[DCB_ATTR_IFNAME])
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index df705303992e..a4a5863e482c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1583,8 +1583,11 @@ static int ipip6_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
-	if (ipip6_netlink_6rd_parms(data, &ip6rd))
+	if (ipip6_netlink_6rd_parms(data, &ip6rd)) {
 		err = ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd(nt, &ip6rd);
+		if (err < 0)
+			unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, NULL);
+	}
 #endif
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
index 5f446cd9f3fd..0dbd17137dee 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
@@ -458,6 +458,9 @@ nf_conntrack_hash_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	/* module_param hashsize could have changed value */
+	nf_conntrack_htable_size_user = nf_conntrack_htable_size;
+
 	ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 	if (ret < 0 || !write)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/key.c b/net/rxrpc/key.c
index fa475b02bdce..16efd04d4a80 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/key.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/key.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static long rxrpc_read(const struct key *key,
 		default: /* we have a ticket we can't encode */
 			pr_err("Unsupported key token type (%u)\n",
 			       token->security_index);
-			continue;
+			return -ENOPKG;
 		}
 
 		_debug("token[%u]: toksize=%u", ntoks, toksize);
@@ -1226,7 +1226,9 @@ static long rxrpc_read(const struct key *key,
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			break;
+			pr_err("Unsupported key token type (%u)\n",
+			       token->security_index);
+			return -ENOPKG;
 		}
 
 		ASSERTCMP((unsigned long)xdr - (unsigned long)oldxdr, ==,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/addr.c b/net/sunrpc/addr.c
index 8391c2785550..7404f02702a1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/addr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/addr.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int rpc_parse_scope_id(struct net *net, const char *buf,
 			scope_id = dev->ifindex;
 			dev_put(dev);
 		} else {
-			if (kstrtou32(p, 10, &scope_id) == 0) {
+			if (kstrtou32(p, 10, &scope_id) != 0) {
 				kfree(p);
 				return 0;
 			}
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index c7406c1fdc14..06327f78f203 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -877,9 +877,8 @@ void tipc_link_reset(struct tipc_link *l)
 int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 		   struct sk_buff_head *xmitq)
 {
-	struct tipc_msg *hdr = buf_msg(skb_peek(list));
 	unsigned int maxwin = l->window;
-	unsigned int i, imp = msg_importance(hdr);
+	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int mtu = l->mtu;
 	u16 ack = l->rcv_nxt - 1;
 	u16 seqno = l->snd_nxt;
@@ -888,7 +887,13 @@ int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 	struct sk_buff_head *backlogq = &l->backlogq;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *_skb, *bskb;
 	int pkt_cnt = skb_queue_len(list);
+	struct tipc_msg *hdr;
+	int imp;
+
+	if (pkt_cnt <= 0)
+		return 0;
 
+	imp = msg_importance(hdr);
 	/* Match msg importance against this and all higher backlog limits: */
 	if (!skb_queue_empty(backlogq)) {
 		for (i = imp; i <= TIPC_SYSTEM_IMPORTANCE; i++) {
@@ -896,6 +901,8 @@ int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 				return link_schedule_user(l, list);
 		}
 	}
+
+	hdr = buf_msg(skb_peek(list));
 	if (unlikely(msg_size(hdr) > mtu)) {
 		skb_queue_purge(list);
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
diff --git a/security/lsm_audit.c b/security/lsm_audit.c
index 44a20c218409..cc4000dba600 100644
--- a/security/lsm_audit.c
+++ b/security/lsm_audit.c
@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 		struct inode *inode;
 
 		audit_log_format(ab, " name=");
+		spin_lock(&a->u.dentry->d_lock);
 		audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, a->u.dentry->d_name.name);
+		spin_unlock(&a->u.dentry->d_lock);
 
 		inode = d_backing_inode(a->u.dentry);
 		if (inode) {
@@ -295,8 +297,9 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 		dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
 		if (dentry) {
 			audit_log_format(ab, " name=");
-			audit_log_untrustedstring(ab,
-					 dentry->d_name.name);
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, dentry->d_name.name);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			dput(dentry);
 		}
 		audit_log_format(ab, " dev=");
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index 41a29bb21519..11edb6f6bdaf 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -2349,6 +2349,7 @@ void snd_soc_dapm_free_widget(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w)
 	enum snd_soc_dapm_direction dir;
 
 	list_del(&w->list);
+	list_del(&w->dirty);
 	/*
 	 * remove source and sink paths associated to this widget.
 	 * While removing the path, remove reference to it from both
