Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

Conflicts:
	drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rxon.c
	drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
	net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c

25 files changed, 621 insertions, 512 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d863b3c057bb..9efe7108ccaf 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7402,26 +7402,12 @@ static int __perf_cgroup_move(void *info)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void perf_cgroup_move(struct task_struct *task)
+static void
+perf_cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	task_function_call(task, __perf_cgroup_move, task);
 }
 
-static void perf_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-		struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task,
-		bool threadgroup)
-{
-	perf_cgroup_move(task);
-	if (threadgroup) {
-		struct task_struct *c;
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		list_for_each_entry_rcu(c, &task->thread_group, thread_group) {
-			perf_cgroup_move(c);
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
-}
-
 static void perf_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 		struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
 {
@@ -7433,7 +7419,7 @@ static void perf_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	if (!(task->flags & PF_EXITING))
 		return;
 
-	perf_cgroup_move(task);
+	perf_cgroup_attach_task(cgrp, task);
 }
 
 struct cgroup_subsys perf_subsys = {
@@ -7442,6 +7428,6 @@ struct cgroup_subsys perf_subsys = {
 	.create		= perf_cgroup_create,
 	.destroy	= perf_cgroup_destroy,
 	.exit		= perf_cgroup_exit,
-	.attach		= perf_cgroup_attach,
+	.attach_task	= perf_cgroup_attach_task,
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF */
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 20a406471525..f2b321bae440 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -561,29 +561,28 @@ void exit_files(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MM_OWNER
 /*
- * Task p is exiting and it owned mm, lets find a new owner for it
+ * A task is exiting.   If it owned this mm, find a new owner for the mm.
  */
-static inline int
-mm_need_new_owner(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If there are other users of the mm and the owner (us) is exiting
-	 * we need to find a new owner to take on the responsibility.
-	 */
-	if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1)
-		return 0;
-	if (mm->owner != p)
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
 void mm_update_next_owner(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	struct task_struct *c, *g, *p = current;
 
 retry:
-	if (!mm_need_new_owner(mm, p))
+	/*
+	 * If the exiting or execing task is not the owner, it's
+	 * someone else's problem.
+	 */
+	if (mm->owner != p)
 		return;
+	/*
+	 * The current owner is exiting/execing and there are no other
+	 * candidates.  Do not leave the mm pointing to a possibly
+	 * freed task structure.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1) {
+		mm->owner = NULL;
+		return;
+	}
 
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
index b8cadf70b1fb..5bf924d80b5c 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ menu "GCOV-based kernel profiling"
 
 config GCOV_KERNEL
 	bool "Enable gcov-based kernel profiling"
-	depends on DEBUG_FS && CONSTRUCTORS
+	depends on DEBUG_FS
+	select CONSTRUCTORS
 	default n
 	---help---
 	This option enables gcov-based code profiling (e.g. for code coverage
diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index 90cb55f6d7eb..470d08c82bbe 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -133,12 +133,6 @@ handle_irq_event_percpu(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
 		switch (res) {
 		case IRQ_WAKE_THREAD:
 			/*
-			 * Set result to handled so the spurious check
-			 * does not trigger.
-			 */
-			res = IRQ_HANDLED;
-
-			/*
 			 * Catch drivers which return WAKE_THREAD but
 			 * did not set up a thread function
 			 */
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index 886e80347b32..4c60a50e66b2 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -257,13 +257,11 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
 	count = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_desc);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		desc[i].irq_data.irq = i;
-		desc[i].irq_data.chip = &no_irq_chip;
 		desc[i].kstat_irqs = alloc_percpu(unsigned int);
-		irq_settings_clr_and_set(desc, ~0, _IRQ_DEFAULT_INIT_FLAGS);
-		alloc_masks(desc + i, GFP_KERNEL, node);
-		desc_smp_init(desc + i, node);
+		alloc_masks(&desc[i], GFP_KERNEL, node);
+		raw_spin_lock_init(&desc[i].lock);
 		lockdep_set_class(&desc[i].lock, &irq_desc_lock_class);
+		desc_set_defaults(i, &desc[i], node);
 	}
 	return arch_early_irq_init();
 }
@@ -346,6 +344,12 @@ irq_alloc_descs(int irq, unsigned int from, unsigned int cnt, int node)
 	if (!cnt)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (irq >= 0) {
+		if (from > irq)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		from = irq;
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&sparse_irq_lock);
 
 	start = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(allocated_irqs, IRQ_BITMAP_BITS,
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index f7ce0021e1c4..0a7840aeb0fb 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ int irq_set_irq_wake(unsigned int irq, unsigned int on)
 	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_get_desc_buslock(irq, &flags);
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (!desc)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* wakeup-capable irqs can be shared between drivers that
 	 * don't need to have the same sleep mode behaviors.
 	 */
@@ -723,13 +726,16 @@ irq_thread_check_affinity(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action) { }
  * context. So we need to disable bh here to avoid deadlocks and other
  * side effects.
  */
-static void
+static irqreturn_t
 irq_forced_thread_fn(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
 {
+	irqreturn_t ret;
+
 	local_bh_disable();
-	action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
+	ret = action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
 	irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action, false);
 	local_bh_enable();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -737,10 +743,14 @@ irq_forced_thread_fn(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
  * preemtible - many of them need to sleep and wait for slow busses to
  * complete.
  */
-static void irq_thread_fn(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
+static irqreturn_t irq_thread_fn(struct irq_desc *desc,
+		struct irqaction *action)
 {
-	action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
+	irqreturn_t ret;
+
+	ret = action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
 	irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action, false);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -753,7 +763,8 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
 	};
 	struct irqaction *action = data;
 	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(action->irq);
-	void (*handler_fn)(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action);
+	irqreturn_t (*handler_fn)(struct irq_desc *desc,
+			struct irqaction *action);
 	int wake;
 
 	if (force_irqthreads & test_bit(IRQTF_FORCED_THREAD,
@@ -783,8 +794,12 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data)
 			desc->istate |= IRQS_PENDING;
 			raw_spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
 		} else {
+			irqreturn_t action_ret;
+
 			raw_spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
-			handler_fn(desc, action);
+			action_ret = handler_fn(desc, action);
+			if (!noirqdebug)
+				note_interrupt(action->irq, desc, action_ret);
 		}
 
 		wake = atomic_dec_and_test(&desc->threads_active);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/spurious.c b/kernel/irq/spurious.c
index dfbd550401b2..aa57d5da18c1 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/spurious.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/spurious.c
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ out:
 		  jiffies + POLL_SPURIOUS_IRQ_INTERVAL);
 }
 
+static inline int bad_action_ret(irqreturn_t action_ret)
+{
+	if (likely(action_ret <= (IRQ_HANDLED | IRQ_WAKE_THREAD)))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * If 99,900 of the previous 100,000 interrupts have not been handled
  * then assume that the IRQ is stuck in some manner. Drop a diagnostic
@@ -182,7 +189,7 @@ __report_bad_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc,
 	struct irqaction *action;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (action_ret != IRQ_HANDLED && action_ret != IRQ_NONE) {
+	if (bad_action_ret(action_ret)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "irq event %d: bogus return value %x\n",
 				irq, action_ret);
 	} else {
@@ -201,10 +208,11 @@ __report_bad_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc,
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
 	action = desc->action;
 	while (action) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "[<%p>]", action->handler);
-		print_symbol(" (%s)",
-			(unsigned long)action->handler);
-		printk("\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "[<%p>] %pf", action->handler, action->handler);
+		if (action->thread_fn)
+			printk(KERN_CONT " threaded [<%p>] %pf",
+					action->thread_fn, action->thread_fn);
+		printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
 		action = action->next;
 	}
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
@@ -262,7 +270,16 @@ void note_interrupt(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc,
 	if (desc->istate & IRQS_POLL_INPROGRESS)
 		return;
 
-	if (unlikely(action_ret != IRQ_HANDLED)) {
+	/* we get here again via the threaded handler */
+	if (action_ret == IRQ_WAKE_THREAD)
+		return;
+
+	if (bad_action_ret(action_ret)) {
+		report_bad_irq(irq, desc, action_ret);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(action_ret == IRQ_NONE)) {
 		/*
 		 * If we are seeing only the odd spurious IRQ caused by
 		 * bus asynchronicity then don't eventually trigger an error,
@@ -274,8 +291,6 @@ void note_interrupt(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc,
 		else
 			desc->irqs_unhandled++;
 		desc->last_unhandled = jiffies;
-		if (unlikely(action_ret != IRQ_NONE))
-			report_bad_irq(irq, desc, action_ret);
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(try_misrouted_irq(irq, desc, action_ret))) {
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index ad6a81c58b44..47613dfb7b28 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
 	 */
 	set_user_nice(current, 0);
 
-	if (sub_info->init) {
-		retval = sub_info->init(sub_info);
-		if (retval)
-			goto fail;
-	}
-
 	retval = -ENOMEM;
 	new = prepare_kernel_cred(current);
 	if (!new)
@@ -173,6 +167,14 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
 					     new->cap_inheritable);
 	spin_unlock(&umh_sysctl_lock);
 
+	if (sub_info->init) {
+		retval = sub_info->init(sub_info, new);
+		if (retval) {
+			abort_creds(new);
+			goto fail;
+		}
+	}
+
 	commit_creds(new);
 
 	retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setup);
  * context in which call_usermodehelper_exec is called.
  */
 void call_usermodehelper_setfns(struct subprocess_info *info,
-		    int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info),
+		    int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new),
 		    void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *info),
 		    void *data)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 63437d065ac8..298c9276dfdb 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@ int lock_is_held(struct lockdep_map *lock)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(current->lockdep_recursion))
-		return ret;
+		return 1; /* avoid false negative lockdep_assert_held() */
 
 	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
 	check_flags(flags);
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 89419ff92e99..7e59ffb3d0ba 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ static struct rcu_state *rcu_state;
 int rcu_scheduler_active __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_scheduler_active);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+
 /*
  * Control variables for per-CPU and per-rcu_node kthreads.  These
  * handle all flavors of RCU.
@@ -98,8 +100,11 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work);
 static char rcu_kthreads_spawnable;
 
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+
 static void rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu);
-static void invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread(void);
+static void invoke_rcu_core(void);
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp);
 
 #define RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO 1	/* RT priority for per-CPU kthreads. */
 
@@ -1088,14 +1093,8 @@ static void __rcu_offline_cpu(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	int need_report = 0;
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
 	struct rcu_node *rnp;
-	struct task_struct *t;
 
-	/* Stop the CPU's kthread. */
-	t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-	if (t != NULL) {
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = NULL;
-		kthread_stop(t);
-	}
+	rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(cpu);
 
 	/* Exclude any attempts to start a new grace period. */
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rsp->onofflock, flags);
@@ -1231,7 +1230,7 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 
 	/* Re-raise the RCU softirq if there are callbacks remaining. */
 	if (cpu_has_callbacks_ready_to_invoke(rdp))
-		invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread();
+		invoke_rcu_core();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1277,7 +1276,7 @@ void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user)
 	}
 	rcu_preempt_check_callbacks(cpu);
 	if (rcu_pending(cpu))
-		invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread();
+		invoke_rcu_core();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -1442,13 +1441,14 @@ __rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	}
 
 	/* If there are callbacks ready, invoke them. */
-	rcu_do_batch(rsp, rdp);
+	if (cpu_has_callbacks_ready_to_invoke(rdp))
+		invoke_rcu_callbacks(rsp, rdp);
 }
 
 /*
  * Do softirq processing for the current CPU.
  */
-static void rcu_process_callbacks(void)
+static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused)
 {
 	__rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_sched_state,
 				&__get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data));
@@ -1465,342 +1465,20 @@ static void rcu_process_callbacks(void)
  * the current CPU with interrupts disabled, the rcu_cpu_kthread_task
  * cannot disappear out from under us.
  */
-static void invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread(void)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	__this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
-	if (__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task) == NULL) {
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
-		return;
-	}
-	wake_up_process(__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task));
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-
-/*
- * Wake up the specified per-rcu_node-structure kthread.
- * Because the per-rcu_node kthreads are immortal, we don't need
- * to do anything to keep them alive.
- */
-static void invoke_rcu_node_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
-{
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	t = rnp->node_kthread_task;
-	if (t != NULL)
-		wake_up_process(t);
-}
-
-/*
- * Set the specified CPU's kthread to run RT or not, as specified by
- * the to_rt argument.  The CPU-hotplug locks are held, so the task
- * is not going away.
- */
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt)
-{
-	int policy;
-	struct sched_param sp;
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-	if (t == NULL)
-		return;
-	if (to_rt) {
-		policy = SCHED_FIFO;
-		sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-	} else {
-		policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
-		sp.sched_priority = 0;
-	}
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, policy, &sp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Timer handler to initiate the waking up of per-CPU kthreads that
- * have yielded the CPU due to excess numbers of RCU callbacks.
- * We wake up the per-rcu_node kthread, which in turn will wake up
- * the booster kthread.
- */
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_timer(unsigned long arg)
-{
-	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, arg);
-	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
-
-	atomic_or(rdp->grpmask, &rnp->wakemask);
-	invoke_rcu_node_kthread(rnp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Drop to non-real-time priority and yield, but only after posting a
- * timer that will cause us to regain our real-time priority if we
- * remain preempted.  Either way, we restore our real-time priority
- * before returning.
- */
-static void rcu_yield(void (*f)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg)
-{
-	struct sched_param sp;
-	struct timer_list yield_timer;
-
-	setup_timer_on_stack(&yield_timer, f, arg);
-	mod_timer(&yield_timer, jiffies + 2);
-	sp.sched_priority = 0;
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &sp);
-	set_user_nice(current, 19);
-	schedule();
-	sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-	del_timer(&yield_timer);
-}
-
-/*
- * Handle cases where the rcu_cpu_kthread() ends up on the wrong CPU.
- * This can happen while the corresponding CPU is either coming online
- * or going offline.  We cannot wait until the CPU is fully online
- * before starting the kthread, because the various notifier functions
- * can wait for RCU grace periods.  So we park rcu_cpu_kthread() until
- * the corresponding CPU is online.
- *
- * Return 1 if the kthread needs to stop, 0 otherwise.
- *
- * Caller must disable bh.  This function can momentarily enable it.
- */
-static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(int cpu)
-{
-	while (cpu_is_offline(cpu) ||
-	       !cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)) ||
-	       smp_processor_id() != cpu) {
-		if (kthread_should_stop())
-			return 1;
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = raw_smp_processor_id();
-		local_bh_enable();
-		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
-		if (!cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)))
-			set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu));
-		local_bh_disable();
-	}
-	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Per-CPU kernel thread that invokes RCU callbacks.  This replaces the
- * earlier RCU softirq.
- */
-static int rcu_cpu_kthread(void *arg)
-{
-	int cpu = (int)(long)arg;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int spincnt = 0;
-	unsigned int *statusp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu);
-	char work;
-	char *workp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu);
-
-	for (;;) {
-		*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
-		rcu_wait(*workp != 0 || kthread_should_stop());
-		local_bh_disable();
-		if (rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(cpu)) {
-			local_bh_enable();
-			break;
-		}
-		*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, cpu)++;
-		local_irq_save(flags);
-		work = *workp;
-		*workp = 0;
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
-		if (work)
-			rcu_process_callbacks();
-		local_bh_enable();
-		if (*workp != 0)
-			spincnt++;
-		else
-			spincnt = 0;
-		if (spincnt > 10) {
-			*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING;
-			rcu_yield(rcu_cpu_kthread_timer, (unsigned long)cpu);
-			spincnt = 0;
-		}
-	}
-	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Spawn a per-CPU kthread, setting up affinity and priority.
- * Because the CPU hotplug lock is held, no other CPU will be attempting
- * to manipulate rcu_cpu_kthread_task.  There might be another CPU
- * attempting to access it during boot, but the locking in kthread_bind()
- * will enforce sufficient ordering.
- */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 {
-	struct sched_param sp;
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	if (!rcu_kthreads_spawnable ||
-	    per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL)
-		return 0;
-	t = kthread_create(rcu_cpu_kthread, (void *)(long)cpu, "rcuc%d", cpu);
-	if (IS_ERR(t))
-		return PTR_ERR(t);
-	kthread_bind(t, cpu);
-	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL);
-	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = t;
-	sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Per-rcu_node kthread, which is in charge of waking up the per-CPU
- * kthreads when needed.  We ignore requests to wake up kthreads
- * for offline CPUs, which is OK because force_quiescent_state()
- * takes care of this case.
- */
-static int rcu_node_kthread(void *arg)
-{
-	int cpu;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned long mask;
-	struct rcu_node *rnp = (struct rcu_node *)arg;
-	struct sched_param sp;
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	for (;;) {
-		rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
-		rcu_wait(atomic_read(&rnp->wakemask) != 0);
-		rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
-		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
-		mask = atomic_xchg(&rnp->wakemask, 0);
-		rcu_initiate_boost(rnp, flags); /* releases rnp->lock. */
-		for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, mask >>= 1) {
-			if ((mask & 0x1) == 0)
-				continue;
-			preempt_disable();
-			t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-			if (!cpu_online(cpu) || t == NULL) {
-				preempt_enable();
-				continue;
-			}
-			per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 1;
-			sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-			sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-			preempt_enable();
-		}
-	}
-	/* NOTREACHED */
-	rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Set the per-rcu_node kthread's affinity to cover all CPUs that are
- * served by the rcu_node in question.  The CPU hotplug lock is still
- * held, so the value of rnp->qsmaskinit will be stable.
- *
- * We don't include outgoingcpu in the affinity set, use -1 if there is
- * no outgoing CPU.  If there are no CPUs left in the affinity set,
- * this function allows the kthread to execute on any CPU.
- */
-static void rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
-{
-	cpumask_var_t cm;
-	int cpu;
-	unsigned long mask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
-
-	if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL)
-		return;
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&cm, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (likely(!rsp->boost)) {
+		rcu_do_batch(rsp, rdp);
 		return;
-	cpumask_clear(cm);
-	for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, mask >>= 1)
-		if ((mask & 0x1) && cpu != outgoingcpu)
-			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cm);
-	if (cpumask_weight(cm) == 0) {
-		cpumask_setall(cm);
-		for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++)
-			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cm);
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_weight(cm) == 0);
 	}
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(rnp->node_kthread_task, cm);
-	rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, cm);
-	free_cpumask_var(cm);
+	invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread();
 }
 
-/*
- * Spawn a per-rcu_node kthread, setting priority and affinity.
- * Called during boot before online/offline can happen, or, if
- * during runtime, with the main CPU-hotplug locks held.  So only
- * one of these can be executing at a time.
- */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
-						struct rcu_node *rnp)
+static void invoke_rcu_core(void)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int rnp_index = rnp - &rsp->node[0];
-	struct sched_param sp;
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	if (!rcu_kthreads_spawnable ||
-	    rnp->qsmaskinit == 0)
-		return 0;
-	if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL) {
-		t = kthread_create(rcu_node_kthread, (void *)rnp,
-				   "rcun%d", rnp_index);
-		if (IS_ERR(t))
-			return PTR_ERR(t);
-		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
-		rnp->node_kthread_task = t;
-		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
-		sp.sched_priority = 99;
-		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-	}
-	return rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rsp, rnp, rnp_index);
+	raise_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ);
 }
 
-static void rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp);
-
-/*
- * Spawn all kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running.
- */
-static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
-{
-	int cpu;
-	struct rcu_node *rnp;
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	rcu_kthreads_spawnable = 1;
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
-		if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
-			(void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
-			t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-			if (t)
-				wake_up_process(t);
-		}
-	}
-	rnp = rcu_get_root(rcu_state);
-	(void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
-	if (rnp->node_kthread_task)
-		wake_up_process(rnp->node_kthread_task);
-	if (NUM_RCU_NODES > 1) {
-		rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rcu_state, rnp) {
-			(void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
-			t = rnp->node_kthread_task;
-			if (t)
-				wake_up_process(t);
-			rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-early_initcall(rcu_spawn_kthreads);
-
 static void
 __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu),
 	   struct rcu_state *rsp)
@@ -2207,44 +1885,6 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_cpu(int cpu)
 	rcu_preempt_init_percpu_data(cpu);
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
-{
-	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu);
-	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
-
-	/* Fire up the incoming CPU's kthread and leaf rcu_node kthread. */
-	if (rcu_kthreads_spawnable) {
-		(void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
-		if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL)
-			(void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * kthread_create() creates threads in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state,
- * but the RCU threads are woken on demand, and if demand is low this
- * could be a while triggering the hung task watchdog.
- *
- * In order to avoid this, poke all tasks once the CPU is fully
- * up and running.
- */
-static void __cpuinit rcu_online_kthreads(int cpu)
-{
-	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu);
-	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-	if (t)
-		wake_up_process(t);
-
-	t = rnp->node_kthread_task;
-	if (t)
-		wake_up_process(t);
-
-	rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(rnp);
-}
-
 /*
  * Handle CPU online/offline notification events.
  */
@@ -2262,7 +1902,6 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 		rcu_prepare_kthreads(cpu);
 		break;
 	case CPU_ONLINE:
-		rcu_online_kthreads(cpu);
 	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
 		rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, -1);
 		rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(cpu, 1);
@@ -2410,6 +2049,7 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
 	rcu_init_one(&rcu_sched_state, &rcu_sched_data);
 	rcu_init_one(&rcu_bh_state, &rcu_bh_data);
 	__rcu_init_preempt();
+	 open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks);
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't need protection against CPU-hotplug here because
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index 7b9a08b4aaea..01b2ccda26fb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ struct rcu_state {
 						/*  period because */
 						/*  force_quiescent_state() */
 						/*  was running. */
+	u8	boost;				/* Subject to priority boost. */
 	unsigned long gpnum;			/* Current gp number. */
 	unsigned long completed;		/* # of last completed gp. */
 
@@ -426,6 +427,7 @@ static int rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 static void rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp(struct rcu_node *rnp,
 				      unsigned long flags);
+static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 static void rcu_print_detail_task_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp);
 static void rcu_print_task_stall(struct rcu_node *rnp);
@@ -450,11 +452,19 @@ static void rcu_preempt_send_cbs_to_online(void);
 static void __init __rcu_init_preempt(void);
 static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void);
 static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags);
+static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void);
 static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp,
 					  cpumask_var_t cm);
-static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
 static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 						 struct rcu_node *rnp,
 						 int rnp_index);
+static void invoke_rcu_node_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp);
+static void rcu_yield(void (*f)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt);
+static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu);
 
 #endif /* #ifndef RCU_TREE_NONCORE */
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index c8bff3099a89..14dc7dd00902 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -602,6 +602,15 @@ static void rcu_preempt_process_callbacks(void)
 				&__get_cpu_var(rcu_preempt_data));
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+
+static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void)
+{
+	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_preempt_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_preempt_data));
+}
+
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+
 /*
  * Queue a preemptible-RCU callback for invocation after a grace period.
  */
@@ -1249,6 +1258,23 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Wake up the per-CPU kthread to invoke RCU callbacks.
+ */
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
+	if (__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task) == NULL) {
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		return;
+	}
+	wake_up_process(__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task));
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+/*
  * Set the affinity of the boost kthread.  The CPU-hotplug locks are
  * held, so no one should be messing with the existence of the boost
  * kthread.
@@ -1288,6 +1314,7 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 
 	if (&rcu_preempt_state != rsp)
 		return 0;
+	rsp->boost = 1;
 	if (rnp->boost_kthread_task != NULL)
 		return 0;
 	t = kthread_create(rcu_boost_kthread, (void *)rnp,
@@ -1299,13 +1326,372 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 	sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
 	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+	wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+
+/*
+ * Stop the RCU's per-CPU kthread when its CPU goes offline,.
+ */
+static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
 {
-	if (rnp->boost_kthread_task)
-		wake_up_process(rnp->boost_kthread_task);
+	struct task_struct *t;
+
+	/* Stop the CPU's kthread. */
+	t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
+	if (t != NULL) {
+		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = NULL;
+		kthread_stop(t);
+	}
+}
+
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+
+static void rcu_kthread_do_work(void)
+{
+	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_sched_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data));
+	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_bh_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_bh_data));
+	rcu_preempt_do_callbacks();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wake up the specified per-rcu_node-structure kthread.
+ * Because the per-rcu_node kthreads are immortal, we don't need
+ * to do anything to keep them alive.
+ */
+static void invoke_rcu_node_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
+{
+	struct task_struct *t;
+
+	t = rnp->node_kthread_task;
+	if (t != NULL)
+		wake_up_process(t);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the specified CPU's kthread to run RT or not, as specified by
+ * the to_rt argument.  The CPU-hotplug locks are held, so the task
+ * is not going away.
+ */
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt)
+{
+	int policy;
+	struct sched_param sp;
+	struct task_struct *t;
+
+	t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
+	if (t == NULL)
+		return;
+	if (to_rt) {
+		policy = SCHED_FIFO;
+		sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+	} else {
+		policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
+		sp.sched_priority = 0;
+	}
+	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, policy, &sp);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Timer handler to initiate the waking up of per-CPU kthreads that
+ * have yielded the CPU due to excess numbers of RCU callbacks.
+ * We wake up the per-rcu_node kthread, which in turn will wake up
+ * the booster kthread.
+ */
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_timer(unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, arg);
+	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
+
+	atomic_or(rdp->grpmask, &rnp->wakemask);
+	invoke_rcu_node_kthread(rnp);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Drop to non-real-time priority and yield, but only after posting a
+ * timer that will cause us to regain our real-time priority if we
+ * remain preempted.  Either way, we restore our real-time priority
+ * before returning.
+ */
+static void rcu_yield(void (*f)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct sched_param sp;
+	struct timer_list yield_timer;
+
+	setup_timer_on_stack(&yield_timer, f, arg);
+	mod_timer(&yield_timer, jiffies + 2);
+	sp.sched_priority = 0;
+	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_NORMAL, &sp);
+	set_user_nice(current, 19);
+	schedule();
+	sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+	del_timer(&yield_timer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Handle cases where the rcu_cpu_kthread() ends up on the wrong CPU.
+ * This can happen while the corresponding CPU is either coming online
+ * or going offline.  We cannot wait until the CPU is fully online
+ * before starting the kthread, because the various notifier functions
+ * can wait for RCU grace periods.  So we park rcu_cpu_kthread() until
+ * the corresponding CPU is online.
+ *
+ * Return 1 if the kthread needs to stop, 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * Caller must disable bh.  This function can momentarily enable it.
+ */
+static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(int cpu)
+{
+	while (cpu_is_offline(cpu) ||
+	       !cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)) ||
+	       smp_processor_id() != cpu) {
+		if (kthread_should_stop())
+			return 1;
+		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
+		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = raw_smp_processor_id();
+		local_bh_enable();
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+		if (!cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)))
+			set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu));
+		local_bh_disable();
+	}
+	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Per-CPU kernel thread that invokes RCU callbacks.  This replaces the
+ * earlier RCU softirq.
+ */
+static int rcu_cpu_kthread(void *arg)
+{
+	int cpu = (int)(long)arg;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int spincnt = 0;
+	unsigned int *statusp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu);
+	char work;
+	char *workp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
+		rcu_wait(*workp != 0 || kthread_should_stop());
+		local_bh_disable();
+		if (rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(cpu)) {
+			local_bh_enable();
+			break;
+		}
+		*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
+		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, cpu)++;
+		local_irq_save(flags);
+		work = *workp;
+		*workp = 0;
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		if (work)
+			rcu_kthread_do_work();
+		local_bh_enable();
+		if (*workp != 0)
+			spincnt++;
+		else
+			spincnt = 0;
+		if (spincnt > 10) {
+			*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING;
+			rcu_yield(rcu_cpu_kthread_timer, (unsigned long)cpu);
+			spincnt = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Spawn a per-CPU kthread, setting up affinity and priority.
+ * Because the CPU hotplug lock is held, no other CPU will be attempting
+ * to manipulate rcu_cpu_kthread_task.  There might be another CPU
+ * attempting to access it during boot, but the locking in kthread_bind()
+ * will enforce sufficient ordering.
+ *
+ * Please note that we cannot simply refuse to wake up the per-CPU
+ * kthread because kthreads are created in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state,
+ * which can result in softlockup complaints if the task ends up being
+ * idle for more than a couple of minutes.
+ *
+ * However, please note also that we cannot bind the per-CPU kthread to its
+ * CPU until that CPU is fully online.  We also cannot wait until the
+ * CPU is fully online before we create its per-CPU kthread, as this would
+ * deadlock the system when CPU notifiers tried waiting for grace
+ * periods.  So we bind the per-CPU kthread to its CPU only if the CPU
+ * is online.  If its CPU is not yet fully online, then the code in
+ * rcu_cpu_kthread() will wait until it is fully online, and then do
+ * the binding.
+ */
+static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
+{
+	struct sched_param sp;
+	struct task_struct *t;
+
+	if (!rcu_kthreads_spawnable ||
+	    per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL)
+		return 0;
+	t = kthread_create(rcu_cpu_kthread, (void *)(long)cpu, "rcuc%d", cpu);
+	if (IS_ERR(t))
+		return PTR_ERR(t);
+	if (cpu_online(cpu))
+		kthread_bind(t, cpu);
+	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL);
+	sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = t;
+	wake_up_process(t); /* Get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Per-rcu_node kthread, which is in charge of waking up the per-CPU
+ * kthreads when needed.  We ignore requests to wake up kthreads
+ * for offline CPUs, which is OK because force_quiescent_state()
+ * takes care of this case.
+ */
+static int rcu_node_kthread(void *arg)
+{
+	int cpu;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long mask;
+	struct rcu_node *rnp = (struct rcu_node *)arg;
+	struct sched_param sp;
+	struct task_struct *t;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
+		rcu_wait(atomic_read(&rnp->wakemask) != 0);
+		rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
+		mask = atomic_xchg(&rnp->wakemask, 0);
+		rcu_initiate_boost(rnp, flags); /* releases rnp->lock. */
+		for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, mask >>= 1) {
+			if ((mask & 0x1) == 0)
+				continue;
+			preempt_disable();
+			t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
+			if (!cpu_online(cpu) || t == NULL) {
+				preempt_enable();
+				continue;
+			}
+			per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 1;
+			sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+			sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+			preempt_enable();
+		}
+	}
+	/* NOTREACHED */
+	rnp->node_kthread_status = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the per-rcu_node kthread's affinity to cover all CPUs that are
+ * served by the rcu_node in question.  The CPU hotplug lock is still
+ * held, so the value of rnp->qsmaskinit will be stable.
+ *
+ * We don't include outgoingcpu in the affinity set, use -1 if there is
+ * no outgoing CPU.  If there are no CPUs left in the affinity set,
+ * this function allows the kthread to execute on any CPU.
+ */
+static void rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
+{
+	cpumask_var_t cm;
+	int cpu;
+	unsigned long mask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
+
+	if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL)
+		return;
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&cm, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return;
+	cpumask_clear(cm);
+	for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, mask >>= 1)
+		if ((mask & 0x1) && cpu != outgoingcpu)
+			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cm);
+	if (cpumask_weight(cm) == 0) {
+		cpumask_setall(cm);
+		for (cpu = rnp->grplo; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++)
+			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, cm);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_weight(cm) == 0);
+	}
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(rnp->node_kthread_task, cm);
+	rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, cm);
+	free_cpumask_var(cm);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Spawn a per-rcu_node kthread, setting priority and affinity.
+ * Called during boot before online/offline can happen, or, if
+ * during runtime, with the main CPU-hotplug locks held.  So only
+ * one of these can be executing at a time.
+ */
+static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
+						struct rcu_node *rnp)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int rnp_index = rnp - &rsp->node[0];
+	struct sched_param sp;
+	struct task_struct *t;
+
+	if (!rcu_kthreads_spawnable ||
+	    rnp->qsmaskinit == 0)
+		return 0;
+	if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL) {
+		t = kthread_create(rcu_node_kthread, (void *)rnp,
+				   "rcun%d", rnp_index);
+		if (IS_ERR(t))
+			return PTR_ERR(t);
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
+		rnp->node_kthread_task = t;
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
+		sp.sched_priority = 99;
+		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+		wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
+	}
+	return rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rsp, rnp, rnp_index);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Spawn all kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running.
+ */
+static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+	struct rcu_node *rnp;
+
+	rcu_kthreads_spawnable = 1;
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
+		if (cpu_online(cpu))
+			(void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
+	}
+	rnp = rcu_get_root(rcu_state);
+	(void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
+	if (NUM_RCU_NODES > 1) {
+		rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rcu_state, rnp)
+			(void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(rcu_spawn_kthreads);
+
+static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
+{
+	struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu);
+	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
+
+	/* Fire up the incoming CPU's kthread and leaf rcu_node kthread. */
+	if (rcu_kthreads_spawnable) {
+		(void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
+		if (rnp->node_kthread_task == NULL)
+			(void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
+	}
 }
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
@@ -1315,23 +1701,32 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp,
-					  cpumask_var_t cm)
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
 {
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 }
 
 static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
 }
 
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
-						 struct rcu_node *rnp,
-						 int rnp_index)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+
+static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
+{
+}
+
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+
+static void rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
+{
+}
+
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
+static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 {
 }
 
@@ -1509,7 +1904,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, rcu_dyntick_holdoff);
  *
  * Because it is not legal to invoke rcu_process_callbacks() with irqs
  * disabled, we do one pass of force_quiescent_state(), then do a
- * invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread() to cause rcu_process_callbacks() to be invoked
+ * invoke_rcu_core() to cause rcu_process_callbacks() to be invoked
  * later.  The per-cpu rcu_dyntick_drain variable controls the sequencing.
  */
 int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
@@ -1560,7 +1955,7 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
 
 	/* If RCU callbacks are still pending, RCU still needs this CPU. */
 	if (c)
-		invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread();
+		invoke_rcu_core();
 	return c;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_trace.c b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
index 9678cc3650f5..4e144876dc68 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 #define RCU_TREE_NONCORE
 #include "rcutree.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ static char convert_kthread_status(unsigned int kthread_status)
 	return "SRWOY"[kthread_status];
 }
 
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+
 static void print_one_rcu_data(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 {
 	if (!rdp->beenonline)
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ static void print_one_rcu_data(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 		   rdp->dynticks_fqs);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
 	seq_printf(m, " of=%lu ri=%lu", rdp->offline_fqs, rdp->resched_ipi);
-	seq_printf(m, " ql=%ld qs=%c%c%c%c kt=%d/%c/%d ktl=%x b=%ld",
+	seq_printf(m, " ql=%ld qs=%c%c%c%c",
 		   rdp->qlen,
 		   ".N"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL] !=
 			rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]],
@@ -84,13 +88,16 @@ static void print_one_rcu_data(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 			rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]],
 		   ".W"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL] !=
 			rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]],
-		   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]],
+		   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]]);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+	seq_printf(m, " kt=%d/%c/%d ktl=%x",
 		   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, rdp->cpu),
 		   convert_kthread_status(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status,
 					  rdp->cpu)),
 		   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, rdp->cpu),
-		   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, rdp->cpu) & 0xffff,
-		   rdp->blimit);
+		   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, rdp->cpu) & 0xffff);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+	seq_printf(m, " b=%ld", rdp->blimit);
 	seq_printf(m, " ci=%lu co=%lu ca=%lu\n",
 		   rdp->n_cbs_invoked, rdp->n_cbs_orphaned, rdp->n_cbs_adopted);
 }
@@ -147,18 +154,21 @@ static void print_one_rcu_data_csv(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 		   rdp->dynticks_fqs);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
 	seq_printf(m, ",%lu,%lu", rdp->offline_fqs, rdp->resched_ipi);
-	seq_printf(m, ",%ld,\"%c%c%c%c\",%d,\"%c\",%ld", rdp->qlen,
+	seq_printf(m, ",%ld,\"%c%c%c%c\"", rdp->qlen,
 		   ".N"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL] !=
 			rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL]],
 		   ".R"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL] !=
 			rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL]],
 		   ".W"[rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL] !=
 			rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]],
-		   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]],
+		   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]]);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+	seq_printf(m, ",%d,\"%c\"",
 		   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, rdp->cpu),
 		   convert_kthread_status(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status,
-					  rdp->cpu)),
-		   rdp->blimit);
+					  rdp->cpu)));
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+	seq_printf(m, ",%ld", rdp->blimit);
 	seq_printf(m, ",%lu,%lu,%lu\n",
 		   rdp->n_cbs_invoked, rdp->n_cbs_orphaned, rdp->n_cbs_adopted);
 }
@@ -169,7 +179,11 @@ static int show_rcudata_csv(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
 	seq_puts(m, "\"dt\",\"dt nesting\",\"dt NMI nesting\",\"df\",");
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
-	seq_puts(m, "\"of\",\"ri\",\"ql\",\"b\",\"ci\",\"co\",\"ca\"\n");
+	seq_puts(m, "\"of\",\"ri\",\"ql\",\"qs\"");
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+	seq_puts(m, "\"kt\",\"ktl\"");
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+	seq_puts(m, ",\"b\",\"ci\",\"co\",\"ca\"\n");
 #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
 	seq_puts(m, "\"rcu_preempt:\"\n");
 	PRINT_RCU_DATA(rcu_preempt_data, print_one_rcu_data_csv, m);
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index cbb3a0eee58e..3f2e502d609b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -605,10 +605,10 @@ static inline int cpu_of(struct rq *rq)
 /*
  * Return the group to which this tasks belongs.
  *
- * We use task_subsys_state_check() and extend the RCU verification
- * with lockdep_is_held(&p->pi_lock) because cpu_cgroup_attach()
- * holds that lock for each task it moves into the cgroup. Therefore
- * by holding that lock, we pin the task to the current cgroup.
+ * We use task_subsys_state_check() and extend the RCU verification with
+ * pi->lock and rq->lock because cpu_cgroup_attach() holds those locks for each
+ * task it moves into the cgroup. Therefore by holding either of those locks,
+ * we pin the task to the current cgroup.
  */
 static inline struct task_group *task_group(struct task_struct *p)
 {
@@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ static inline struct task_group *task_group(struct task_struct *p)
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 
 	css = task_subsys_state_check(p, cpu_cgroup_subsys_id,
-			lockdep_is_held(&p->pi_lock));
+			lockdep_is_held(&p->pi_lock) ||
+			lockdep_is_held(&task_rq(p)->lock));
 	tg = container_of(css, struct task_group, css);
 
 	return autogroup_task_group(p, tg);
@@ -2200,6 +2201,16 @@ void set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int new_cpu)
 			!(task_thread_info(p)->preempt_count & PREEMPT_ACTIVE));
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	/*
+	 * The caller should hold either p->pi_lock or rq->lock, when changing
+	 * a task's CPU. ->pi_lock for waking tasks, rq->lock for runnable tasks.
+	 *
+	 * sched_move_task() holds both and thus holding either pins the cgroup,
+	 * see set_task_rq().
+	 *
+	 * Furthermore, all task_rq users should acquire both locks, see
+	 * task_rq_lock().
+	 */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(debug_locks && !(lockdep_is_held(&p->pi_lock) ||
 				      lockdep_is_held(&task_rq(p)->lock)));
 #endif
@@ -2447,6 +2458,10 @@ ttwu_stat(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int wake_flags)
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
+
+	if (wake_flags & WF_MIGRATED)
+		schedstat_inc(p, se.statistics.nr_wakeups_migrate);
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 	schedstat_inc(rq, ttwu_count);
@@ -2455,9 +2470,6 @@ ttwu_stat(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int wake_flags)
 	if (wake_flags & WF_SYNC)
 		schedstat_inc(p, se.statistics.nr_wakeups_sync);
 
-	if (cpu != task_cpu(p))
-		schedstat_inc(p, se.statistics.nr_wakeups_migrate);
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS */
 }
 
@@ -2600,6 +2612,7 @@ static void ttwu_queue(struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	if (sched_feat(TTWU_QUEUE) && cpu != smp_processor_id()) {
+		sched_clock_cpu(cpu); /* sync clocks x-cpu */
 		ttwu_queue_remote(p, cpu);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2674,8 +2687,10 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
 		p->sched_class->task_waking(p);
 
 	cpu = select_task_rq(p, SD_BALANCE_WAKE, wake_flags);
-	if (task_cpu(p) != cpu)
+	if (task_cpu(p) != cpu) {
+		wake_flags |= WF_MIGRATED;
 		set_task_cpu(p, cpu);
+	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 	ttwu_queue(p, cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 88725c939e0b..10d018212bab 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ static void check_preempt_curr_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flag
 	 * to move current somewhere else, making room for our non-migratable
 	 * task.
 	 */
-	if (p->prio == rq->curr->prio && !need_resched())
+	if (p->prio == rq->curr->prio && !test_tsk_need_resched(rq->curr))
 		check_preempt_equal_prio(rq, p);
 #endif
 }
@@ -1239,6 +1239,10 @@ static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_struct *task)
 	int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	int cpu      = task_cpu(task);
 
+	/* Make sure the mask is initialized first */
+	if (unlikely(!lowest_mask))
+		return -1;
+
 	if (task->rt.nr_cpus_allowed == 1)
 		return -1; /* No other targets possible */
 
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 86c32b884f8e..ff7678603328 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2365,7 +2365,7 @@ int sigprocmask(int how, sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
 /**
  *  sys_rt_sigprocmask - change the list of currently blocked signals
  *  @how: whether to add, remove, or set signals
- *  @set: stores pending signals
+ *  @nset: stores pending signals
  *  @oset: previous value of signal mask if non-null
  *  @sigsetsize: size of sigset_t type
  */
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 73a195193558..fb67dfa8394e 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata hotplug_cfd_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call		= hotplug_cfd,
 };
 
-static int __cpuinit init_call_single_data(void)
+void __init call_function_init(void)
 {
 	void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
 	int i;
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ static int __cpuinit init_call_single_data(void)
 
 	hotplug_cfd(&hotplug_cfd_notifier, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
 	register_cpu_notifier(&hotplug_cfd_notifier);
-
-	return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(init_call_single_data);
 
 /*
  * csd_lock/csd_unlock used to serialize access to per-cpu csd resources
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 13960170cad4..40cf63ddd4b3 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
 
 char *softirq_to_name[NR_SOFTIRQS] = {
 	"HI", "TIMER", "NET_TX", "NET_RX", "BLOCK", "BLOCK_IOPOLL",
-	"TASKLET", "SCHED", "HRTIMER"
+	"TASKLET", "SCHED", "HRTIMER", "RCU"
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4fc92445a29c..f175d98bd355 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -938,6 +938,12 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+	/*
+	 * User-space scripts rely on the existence of this file
+	 * as a feature check for perf_events being enabled.
+	 *
+	 * So it's an ABI, do not remove!
+	 */
 	{
 		.procname	= "perf_event_paranoid",
 		.data		= &sysctl_perf_event_paranoid,
diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index c027d4f602f1..e4c699dfa4e8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	BUG_ON(dev->mode != CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
-	BUG_ON(!dev->cpumask);
+	if (!dev->cpumask) {
+		WARN_ON(num_possible_cpus() > 1);
+		dev->cpumask = cpumask_of(smp_processor_id());
+	}
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&clockevents_lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 1c95fd677328..e0980f0d9a0a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static struct clocksource *watchdog;
 static struct timer_list watchdog_timer;
 static DECLARE_WORK(watchdog_work, clocksource_watchdog_work);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(watchdog_lock);
-static cycle_t watchdog_last;
 static int watchdog_running;
 
 static int clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void *data);
@@ -254,11 +253,6 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(unsigned long data)
 	if (!watchdog_running)
 		goto out;
 
-	wdnow = watchdog->read(watchdog);
-	wd_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns((wdnow - watchdog_last) & watchdog->mask,
-				     watchdog->mult, watchdog->shift);
-	watchdog_last = wdnow;
-
 	list_for_each_entry(cs, &watchdog_list, wd_list) {
 
 		/* Clocksource already marked unstable? */
@@ -268,19 +262,28 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(unsigned long data)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		local_irq_disable();
 		csnow = cs->read(cs);
+		wdnow = watchdog->read(watchdog);
+		local_irq_enable();
 
 		/* Clocksource initialized ? */
 		if (!(cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG)) {
 			cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG;
-			cs->wd_last = csnow;
+			cs->wd_last = wdnow;
+			cs->cs_last = csnow;
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* Check the deviation from the watchdog clocksource. */
-		cs_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns((csnow - cs->wd_last) &
+		wd_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns((wdnow - cs->wd_last) & watchdog->mask,
+					     watchdog->mult, watchdog->shift);
+
+		cs_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns((csnow - cs->cs_last) &
 					     cs->mask, cs->mult, cs->shift);
-		cs->wd_last = csnow;
+		cs->cs_last = csnow;
+		cs->wd_last = wdnow;
+
+		/* Check the deviation from the watchdog clocksource. */
 		if (abs(cs_nsec - wd_nsec) > WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD) {
 			clocksource_unstable(cs, cs_nsec - wd_nsec);
 			continue;
@@ -318,7 +321,6 @@ static inline void clocksource_start_watchdog(void)
 		return;
 	init_timer(&watchdog_timer);
 	watchdog_timer.function = clocksource_watchdog;
-	watchdog_last = watchdog->read(watchdog);
 	watchdog_timer.expires = jiffies + WATCHDOG_INTERVAL;
 	add_timer_on(&watchdog_timer, cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask));
 	watchdog_running = 1;
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index fd6198692b57..8cff36119e4d 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -749,16 +749,15 @@ unsigned long apply_slack(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
 	unsigned long expires_limit, mask;
 	int bit;
 
-	expires_limit = expires;
-
 	if (timer->slack >= 0) {
 		expires_limit = expires + timer->slack;
 	} else {
-		unsigned long now = jiffies;
+		long delta = expires - jiffies;
+
+		if (delta < 256)
+			return expires;
 
-		/* No slack, if already expired else auto slack 0.4% */
-		if (time_after(expires, now))
-			expires_limit = expires + (expires - now)/256;
+		expires_limit = expires + delta / 256;
 	}
 	mask = expires ^ expires_limit;
 	if (mask == 0)
@@ -795,6 +794,8 @@ unsigned long apply_slack(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
  */
 int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
 {
+	expires = apply_slack(timer, expires);
+
 	/*
 	 * This is a common optimization triggered by the
 	 * networking code - if the timer is re-modified
@@ -803,8 +804,6 @@ int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
 	if (timer_pending(timer) && timer->expires == expires)
 		return 1;
 
-	expires = apply_slack(timer, expires);
-
 	return __mod_timer(timer, expires, false, TIMER_NOT_PINNED);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mod_timer);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 1ee417fcbfa5..908038f57440 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ static int ftrace_process_regex(struct ftrace_hash *hash,
 {
 	char *func, *command, *next = buff;
 	struct ftrace_func_command *p;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	func = strsep(&next, ":");
 
@@ -3330,6 +3330,7 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 {
 	unsigned long *p;
 	unsigned long addr;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
 	p = start;
@@ -3346,7 +3347,13 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 		ftrace_record_ip(addr);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Disable interrupts to prevent interrupts from executing
+	 * code that is being modified.
+	 */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	ftrace_update_code(mod);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index f925c45f0afa..27d13b36b8be 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1870,8 +1870,12 @@ fs_initcall(init_kprobe_trace);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
 
-static int kprobe_trace_selftest_target(int a1, int a2, int a3,
-					int a4, int a5, int a6)
+/*
+ * The "__used" keeps gcc from removing the function symbol
+ * from the kallsyms table.
+ */
+static __used int kprobe_trace_selftest_target(int a1, int a2, int a3,
+					       int a4, int a5, int a6)
 {
 	return a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 + a6;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
index dff763b7baf1..1f06468a10d7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
@@ -240,13 +240,10 @@ static const char **find_next(void *v, loff_t *pos)
 	const char **fmt = v;
 	int start_index;
 
-	if (!fmt)
-		fmt = __start___trace_bprintk_fmt + *pos;
-
 	start_index = __stop___trace_bprintk_fmt - __start___trace_bprintk_fmt;
 
 	if (*pos < start_index)
-		return fmt;
+		return __start___trace_bprintk_fmt + *pos;
 
 	return find_next_mod_format(start_index, v, fmt, pos);
 }