Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc2' into tracing/urgent

28 files changed, 785 insertions, 551 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index f7921a2ecf1..8ba0e0d934f 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void audit_trim_trees(void)
 	list_add(&cursor, &tree_list);
 	while (cursor.next != &tree_list) {
 		struct audit_tree *tree;
-		struct nameidata nd;
+		struct path path;
 		struct vfsmount *root_mnt;
 		struct node *node;
 		struct list_head list;
@@ -544,12 +544,12 @@ void audit_trim_trees(void)
 		list_add(&cursor, &tree->list);
 		mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
-		err = path_lookup(tree->pathname, 0, &nd);
+		err = kern_path(tree->pathname, 0, &path);
 		if (err)
 			goto skip_it;
 
-		root_mnt = collect_mounts(nd.path.mnt, nd.path.dentry);
-		path_put(&nd.path);
+		root_mnt = collect_mounts(path.mnt, path.dentry);
+		path_put(&path);
 		if (!root_mnt)
 			goto skip_it;
 
@@ -580,19 +580,19 @@ skip_it:
 }
 
 static int is_under(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
-		    struct nameidata *nd)
+		    struct path *path)
 {
-	if (mnt != nd->path.mnt) {
+	if (mnt != path->mnt) {
 		for (;;) {
 			if (mnt->mnt_parent == mnt)
 				return 0;
-			if (mnt->mnt_parent == nd->path.mnt)
+			if (mnt->mnt_parent == path->mnt)
 					break;
 			mnt = mnt->mnt_parent;
 		}
 		dentry = mnt->mnt_mountpoint;
 	}
-	return is_subdir(dentry, nd->path.dentry);
+	return is_subdir(dentry, path->dentry);
 }
 
 int audit_make_tree(struct audit_krule *rule, char *pathname, u32 op)
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ void audit_put_tree(struct audit_tree *tree)
 int audit_add_tree_rule(struct audit_krule *rule)
 {
 	struct audit_tree *seed = rule->tree, *tree;
-	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct path path;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt, *p;
 	struct list_head list;
 	int err;
@@ -637,11 +637,11 @@ int audit_add_tree_rule(struct audit_krule *rule)
 	/* do not set rule->tree yet */
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
-	err = path_lookup(tree->pathname, 0, &nd);
+	err = kern_path(tree->pathname, 0, &path);
 	if (err)
 		goto Err;
-	mnt = collect_mounts(nd.path.mnt, nd.path.dentry);
-	path_put(&nd.path);
+	mnt = collect_mounts(path.mnt, path.dentry);
+	path_put(&path);
 	if (!mnt) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto Err;
@@ -690,29 +690,29 @@ int audit_tag_tree(char *old, char *new)
 {
 	struct list_head cursor, barrier;
 	int failed = 0;
-	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct path path;
 	struct vfsmount *tagged;
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int err;
 
-	err = path_lookup(new, 0, &nd);
+	err = kern_path(new, 0, &path);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	tagged = collect_mounts(nd.path.mnt, nd.path.dentry);
-	path_put(&nd.path);
+	tagged = collect_mounts(path.mnt, path.dentry);
+	path_put(&path);
 	if (!tagged)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = path_lookup(old, 0, &nd);
+	err = kern_path(old, 0, &path);
 	if (err) {
 		drop_collected_mounts(tagged);
 		return err;
 	}
-	mnt = mntget(nd.path.mnt);
-	dentry = dget(nd.path.dentry);
-	path_put(&nd.path);
+	mnt = mntget(path.mnt);
+	dentry = dget(path.dentry);
+	path_put(&path);
 
 	if (dentry == tagged->mnt_root && dentry == mnt->mnt_root)
 		follow_up(&mnt, &dentry);
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ int audit_tag_tree(char *old, char *new)
 		list_add(&cursor, &tree->list);
 		mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
-		err = path_lookup(tree->pathname, 0, &nd);
+		err = kern_path(tree->pathname, 0, &path);
 		if (err) {
 			put_tree(tree);
 			mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
@@ -741,15 +741,15 @@ int audit_tag_tree(char *old, char *new)
 		}
 
 		spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
-		if (!is_under(mnt, dentry, &nd)) {
+		if (!is_under(mnt, dentry, &path)) {
 			spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
-			path_put(&nd.path);
+			path_put(&path);
 			put_tree(tree);
 			mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 			continue;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
-		path_put(&nd.path);
+		path_put(&path);
 
 		list_for_each_entry(p, &list, mnt_list) {
 			failed = tag_chunk(p->mnt_root->d_inode, tree);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 046c1609606..35eebd5510c 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ static void *cgroup_tasks_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *pos)
 	down_read(&cgrp->pids_mutex);
 	if (pid) {
 		int end = cgrp->pids_length;
-		int i;
+
 		while (index < end) {
 			int mid = (index + end) / 2;
 			if (cgrp->tasks_pids[mid] == pid) {
diff --git a/kernel/exec_domain.c b/kernel/exec_domain.c
index 0d407e88673..0511716e942 100644
--- a/kernel/exec_domain.c
+++ b/kernel/exec_domain.c
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/personality.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -173,20 +175,39 @@ __set_personality(u_long personality)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int
-get_exec_domain_list(char *page)
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+static int execdomains_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct exec_domain	*ep;
-	int			len = 0;
 
 	read_lock(&exec_domains_lock);
-	for (ep = exec_domains; ep && len < PAGE_SIZE - 80; ep = ep->next)
-		len += sprintf(page + len, "%d-%d\t%-16s\t[%s]\n",
+	for (ep = exec_domains; ep; ep = ep->next)
+		seq_printf(m, "%d-%d\t%-16s\t[%s]\n",
 			       ep->pers_low, ep->pers_high, ep->name,
 			       module_name(ep->module));
 	read_unlock(&exec_domains_lock);
-	return (len);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int execdomains_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return single_open(file, execdomains_proc_show, NULL);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations execdomains_proc_fops = {
+	.open		= execdomains_proc_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= single_release,
+};
+
+static int __init proc_execdomains_init(void)
+{
+	proc_create("execdomains", 0, NULL, &execdomains_proc_fops);
+	return 0;
 }
+module_init(proc_execdomains_init);
+#endif
 
 asmlinkage long
 sys_personality(u_long personality)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 4d093552dd6..f6083561dfe 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	p->prev_utime = cputime_zero;
 	p->prev_stime = cputime_zero;
 
+	p->default_timer_slack_ns = current->timer_slack_ns;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
 	p->last_switch_count = 0;
 	p->last_switch_timestamp = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 7d1136e97c1..8af10027514 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1296,13 +1296,16 @@ static int futex_wait(u32 __user *uaddr, struct rw_semaphore *fshared,
 		if (!abs_time)
 			schedule();
 		else {
+			unsigned long slack;
+			slack = current->timer_slack_ns;
+			if (rt_task(current))
+				slack = 0;
 			hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
 						HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 			hrtimer_init_sleeper(&t, current);
-			t.timer.expires = *abs_time;
+			hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(&t.timer, *abs_time, slack);
 
-			hrtimer_start(&t.timer, t.timer.expires,
-						HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+			hrtimer_start_expires(&t.timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 			if (!hrtimer_active(&t.timer))
 				t.task = NULL;
 
@@ -1404,7 +1407,7 @@ static int futex_lock_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, struct rw_semaphore *fshared,
 		hrtimer_init_on_stack(&to->timer, CLOCK_REALTIME,
 				      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 		hrtimer_init_sleeper(to, current);
-		to->timer.expires = *time;
+		hrtimer_set_expires(&to->timer, *time);
 	}
 
 	q.pi_state = NULL;
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 95978f48e03..2b465dfde42 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static void hrtimer_force_reprogram(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base)
 		if (!base->first)
 			continue;
 		timer = rb_entry(base->first, struct hrtimer, node);
-		expires = ktime_sub(timer->expires, base->offset);
+		expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), base->offset);
 		if (expires.tv64 < cpu_base->expires_next.tv64)
 			cpu_base->expires_next = expires;
 	}
@@ -539,10 +539,10 @@ static int hrtimer_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer,
 			     struct hrtimer_clock_base *base)
 {
 	ktime_t *expires_next = &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases).expires_next;
-	ktime_t expires = ktime_sub(timer->expires, base->offset);
+	ktime_t expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), base->offset);
 	int res;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(timer->expires.tv64 < 0);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer) < 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * When the callback is running, we do not reprogram the clock event
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ u64 hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
 	u64 orun = 1;
 	ktime_t delta;
 
-	delta = ktime_sub(now, timer->expires);
+	delta = ktime_sub(now, hrtimer_get_expires(timer));
 
 	if (delta.tv64 < 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -807,8 +807,8 @@ u64 hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
 		s64 incr = ktime_to_ns(interval);
 
 		orun = ktime_divns(delta, incr);
-		timer->expires = ktime_add_ns(timer->expires, incr * orun);
-		if (timer->expires.tv64 > now.tv64)
+		hrtimer_add_expires_ns(timer, incr * orun);
+		if (hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer) > now.tv64)
 			return orun;
 		/*
 		 * This (and the ktime_add() below) is the
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ u64 hrtimer_forward(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
 		 */
 		orun++;
 	}
-	timer->expires = ktime_add_safe(timer->expires, interval);
+	hrtimer_add_expires(timer, interval);
 
 	return orun;
 }
@@ -848,7 +848,8 @@ static void enqueue_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer,
 		 * We dont care about collisions. Nodes with
 		 * the same expiry time stay together.
 		 */
-		if (timer->expires.tv64 < entry->expires.tv64) {
+		if (hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer) <
+				hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(entry)) {
 			link = &(*link)->rb_left;
 		} else {
 			link = &(*link)->rb_right;
@@ -945,9 +946,10 @@ remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base)
 }
 
 /**
- * hrtimer_start - (re)start an relative timer on the current CPU
+ * hrtimer_start_range_ns - (re)start an hrtimer on the current CPU
  * @timer:	the timer to be added
  * @tim:	expiry time
+ * @delta_ns:	"slack" range for the timer
  * @mode:	expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_ABS) or relative (HRTIMER_REL)
  *
  * Returns:
@@ -955,7 +957,8 @@ remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base)
  *  1 when the timer was active
  */
 int
-hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
+hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, unsigned long delta_ns,
+			const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 {
 	struct hrtimer_clock_base *base, *new_base;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -983,7 +986,7 @@ hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 #endif
 	}
 
-	timer->expires = tim;
+	hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(timer, tim, delta_ns);
 
 	timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer);
 
@@ -1016,8 +1019,26 @@ hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_start_range_ns);
+
+/**
+ * hrtimer_start - (re)start an hrtimer on the current CPU
+ * @timer:	the timer to be added
+ * @tim:	expiry time
+ * @mode:	expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_ABS) or relative (HRTIMER_REL)
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  0 on success
+ *  1 when the timer was active
+ */
+int
+hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
+{
+	return hrtimer_start_range_ns(timer, tim, 0, mode);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_start);
 
+
 /**
  * hrtimer_try_to_cancel - try to deactivate a timer
  * @timer:	hrtimer to stop
@@ -1077,7 +1098,7 @@ ktime_t hrtimer_get_remaining(const struct hrtimer *timer)
 	ktime_t rem;
 
 	base = lock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags);
-	rem = ktime_sub(timer->expires, base->get_time());
+	rem = hrtimer_expires_remaining(timer);
 	unlock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags);
 
 	return rem;
@@ -1109,7 +1130,7 @@ ktime_t hrtimer_get_next_event(void)
 				continue;
 
 			timer = rb_entry(base->first, struct hrtimer, node);
-			delta.tv64 = timer->expires.tv64;
+			delta.tv64 = hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer);
 			delta = ktime_sub(delta, base->get_time());
 			if (delta.tv64 < mindelta.tv64)
 				mindelta.tv64 = delta.tv64;
@@ -1310,10 +1331,23 @@ void hrtimer_interrupt(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 
 			timer = rb_entry(node, struct hrtimer, node);
 
-			if (basenow.tv64 < timer->expires.tv64) {
+			/*
+			 * The immediate goal for using the softexpires is
+			 * minimizing wakeups, not running timers at the
+			 * earliest interrupt after their soft expiration.
+			 * This allows us to avoid using a Priority Search
+			 * Tree, which can answer a stabbing querry for
+			 * overlapping intervals and instead use the simple
+			 * BST we already have.
+			 * We don't add extra wakeups by delaying timers that
+			 * are right-of a not yet expired timer, because that
+			 * timer will have to trigger a wakeup anyway.
+			 */
+
+			if (basenow.tv64 < hrtimer_get_softexpires_tv64(timer)) {
 				ktime_t expires;
 
-				expires = ktime_sub(timer->expires,
+				expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer),
 						    base->offset);
 				if (expires.tv64 < expires_next.tv64)
 					expires_next = expires;
@@ -1349,6 +1383,30 @@ void hrtimer_interrupt(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 		raise_softirq(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ);
 }
 
+/**
+ * hrtimer_peek_ahead_timers -- run soft-expired timers now
+ *
+ * hrtimer_peek_ahead_timers will peek at the timer queue of
+ * the current cpu and check if there are any timers for which
+ * the soft expires time has passed. If any such timers exist,
+ * they are run immediately and then removed from the timer queue.
+ *
+ */
+void hrtimer_peek_ahead_timers(void)
+{
+	struct tick_device *td;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (!hrtimer_hres_active())
+		return;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	td = &__get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device);
+	if (td && td->evtdev)
+		hrtimer_interrupt(td->evtdev);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
 static void run_hrtimer_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
 	run_hrtimer_pending(&__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases));
@@ -1414,7 +1472,8 @@ void hrtimer_run_queues(void)
 			struct hrtimer *timer;
 
 			timer = rb_entry(node, struct hrtimer, node);
-			if (base->softirq_time.tv64 <= timer->expires.tv64)
+			if (base->softirq_time.tv64 <=
+					hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer))
 				break;
 
 			if (timer->cb_mode == HRTIMER_CB_SOFTIRQ) {
@@ -1462,7 +1521,7 @@ static int __sched do_nanosleep(struct hrtimer_sleeper *t, enum hrtimer_mode mod
 
 	do {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		hrtimer_start(&t->timer, t->timer.expires, mode);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&t->timer, mode);
 		if (!hrtimer_active(&t->timer))
 			t->task = NULL;
 
@@ -1484,7 +1543,7 @@ static int update_rmtp(struct hrtimer *timer, struct timespec __user *rmtp)
 	struct timespec rmt;
 	ktime_t rem;
 
-	rem = ktime_sub(timer->expires, timer->base->get_time());
+	rem = hrtimer_expires_remaining(timer);
 	if (rem.tv64 <= 0)
 		return 0;
 	rmt = ktime_to_timespec(rem);
@@ -1503,7 +1562,7 @@ long __sched hrtimer_nanosleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
 
 	hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, restart->nanosleep.index,
 				HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
-	t.timer.expires.tv64 = restart->nanosleep.expires;
+	hrtimer_set_expires_tv64(&t.timer, restart->nanosleep.expires);
 
 	if (do_nanosleep(&t, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS))
 		goto out;
@@ -1528,9 +1587,14 @@ long hrtimer_nanosleep(struct timespec *rqtp, struct timespec __user *rmtp,
 	struct restart_block *restart;
 	struct hrtimer_sleeper t;
 	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned long slack;
+
+	slack = current->timer_slack_ns;
+	if (rt_task(current))
+		slack = 0;
 
 	hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, clockid, mode);
-	t.timer.expires = timespec_to_ktime(*rqtp);
+	hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(&t.timer, timespec_to_ktime(*rqtp), slack);
 	if (do_nanosleep(&t, mode))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1550,7 +1614,7 @@ long hrtimer_nanosleep(struct timespec *rqtp, struct timespec __user *rmtp,
 	restart->fn = hrtimer_nanosleep_restart;
 	restart->nanosleep.index = t.timer.base->index;
 	restart->nanosleep.rmtp = rmtp;
-	restart->nanosleep.expires = t.timer.expires.tv64;
+	restart->nanosleep.expires = hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(&t.timer);
 
 	ret = -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK;
 out:
@@ -1752,3 +1816,103 @@ void __init hrtimers_init(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+/**
+ * schedule_hrtimeout_range - sleep until timeout
+ * @expires:	timeout value (ktime_t)
+ * @delta:	slack in expires timeout (ktime_t)
+ * @mode:	timer mode, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS or HRTIMER_MODE_REL
+ *
+ * Make the current task sleep until the given expiry time has
+ * elapsed. The routine will return immediately unless
+ * the current task state has been set (see set_current_state()).
+ *
+ * The @delta argument gives the kernel the freedom to schedule the
+ * actual wakeup to a time that is both power and performance friendly.
+ * The kernel give the normal best effort behavior for "@expires+@delta",
+ * but may decide to fire the timer earlier, but no earlier than @expires.
+ *
+ * You can set the task state as follows -
+ *
+ * %TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE - at least @timeout time is guaranteed to
+ * pass before the routine returns.
+ *
+ * %TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE - the routine may return early if a signal is
+ * delivered to the current task.
+ *
+ * The current task state is guaranteed to be TASK_RUNNING when this
+ * routine returns.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 when the timer has expired otherwise -EINTR
+ */
+int __sched schedule_hrtimeout_range(ktime_t *expires, unsigned long delta,
+			       const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
+{
+	struct hrtimer_sleeper t;
+
+	/*
+	 * Optimize when a zero timeout value is given. It does not
+	 * matter whether this is an absolute or a relative time.
+	 */
+	if (expires && !expires->tv64) {
+		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * A NULL parameter means "inifinte"
+	 */
+	if (!expires) {
+		schedule();
+		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+		return -EINTR;
+	}
+
+	hrtimer_init_on_stack(&t.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, mode);
+	hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(&t.timer, *expires, delta);
+
+	hrtimer_init_sleeper(&t, current);
+
+	hrtimer_start_expires(&t.timer, mode);
+	if (!hrtimer_active(&t.timer))
+		t.task = NULL;
+
+	if (likely(t.task))
+		schedule();
+
+	hrtimer_cancel(&t.timer);
+	destroy_hrtimer_on_stack(&t.timer);
+
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+	return !t.task ? 0 : -EINTR;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(schedule_hrtimeout_range);
+
+/**
+ * schedule_hrtimeout - sleep until timeout
+ * @expires:	timeout value (ktime_t)
+ * @mode:	timer mode, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS or HRTIMER_MODE_REL
+ *
+ * Make the current task sleep until the given expiry time has
+ * elapsed. The routine will return immediately unless
+ * the current task state has been set (see set_current_state()).
+ *
+ * You can set the task state as follows -
+ *
+ * %TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE - at least @timeout time is guaranteed to
+ * pass before the routine returns.
+ *
+ * %TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE - the routine may return early if a signal is
+ * delivered to the current task.
+ *
+ * The current task state is guaranteed to be TASK_RUNNING when this
+ * routine returns.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 when the timer has expired otherwise -EINTR
+ */
+int __sched schedule_hrtimeout(ktime_t *expires,
+			       const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
+{
+	return schedule_hrtimeout_range(expires, 0, mode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(schedule_hrtimeout);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 4895fde4eb9..10b5092e9bf 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ void dynamic_irq_cleanup(unsigned int irq)
 	desc->chip_data = NULL;
 	desc->handle_irq = handle_bad_irq;
 	desc->chip = &no_irq_chip;
+	desc->name = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ int set_irq_type(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type)
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
-	ret = __irq_set_trigger(desc, irq, flags);
+	ret = __irq_set_trigger(desc, irq, type);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 0d8d21ee792..1f4cc00e0c2 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
 #include <linux/moduleloader.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/unwind.h>
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <linux/license.h>
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@
 #define INIT_OFFSET_MASK (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1))
 
 /* List of modules, protected by module_mutex or preempt_disable
- * (add/delete uses stop_machine). */
+ * (delete uses stop_machine/add uses RCU list operations). */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(module_mutex);
 static LIST_HEAD(modules);
 
@@ -132,6 +135,29 @@ static unsigned int find_sec(Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Find a module section, or NULL. */
+static void *section_addr(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *shdrs,
+			  const char *secstrings, const char *name)
+{
+	/* Section 0 has sh_addr 0. */
+	return (void *)shdrs[find_sec(hdr, shdrs, secstrings, name)].sh_addr;
+}
+
+/* Find a module section, or NULL.  Fill in number of "objects" in section. */
+static void *section_objs(Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
+			  Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
+			  const char *secstrings,
+			  const char *name,
+			  size_t object_size,
+			  unsigned int *num)
+{
+	unsigned int sec = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, name);
+
+	/* Section 0 has sh_addr 0 and sh_size 0. */
+	*num = sechdrs[sec].sh_size / object_size;
+	return (void *)sechdrs[sec].sh_addr;
+}
+
 /* Provided by the linker */
 extern const struct kernel_symbol __start___ksymtab[];
 extern const struct kernel_symbol __stop___ksymtab[];
@@ -218,7 +244,7 @@ static bool each_symbol(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr,
 	if (each_symbol_in_section(arr, ARRAY_SIZE(arr), NULL, fn, data))
 		return true;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
 		struct symsearch arr[] = {
 			{ mod->syms, mod->syms + mod->num_syms, mod->crcs,
 			  NOT_GPL_ONLY, false },
@@ -1394,17 +1420,6 @@ static void mod_kobject_remove(struct module *mod)
 }
 
 /*
- * link the module with the whole machine is stopped with interrupts off
- * - this defends against kallsyms not taking locks
- */
-static int __link_module(void *_mod)
-{
-	struct module *mod = _mod;
-	list_add(&mod->list, &modules);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
  * unlink the module with the whole machine is stopped with interrupts off
  * - this defends against kallsyms not taking locks
  */
@@ -1789,32 +1804,20 @@ static inline void add_kallsyms(struct module *mod,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KALLSYMS */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG
-static void dynamic_printk_setup(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs, unsigned int verboseindex)
+static void dynamic_printk_setup(struct mod_debug *debug, unsigned int num)
 {
-	struct mod_debug *debug_info;
-	unsigned long pos, end;
-	unsigned int num_verbose;
-
-	pos = sechdrs[verboseindex].sh_addr;
-	num_verbose = sechdrs[verboseindex].sh_size /
-				sizeof(struct mod_debug);
-	end = pos + (num_verbose * sizeof(struct mod_debug));
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG
+	unsigned int i;
 
-	for (; pos < end; pos += sizeof(struct mod_debug)) {
-		debug_info = (struct mod_debug *)pos;
-		register_dynamic_debug_module(debug_info->modname,
-			debug_info->type, debug_info->logical_modname,
-			debug_info->flag_names, debug_info->hash,
-			debug_info->hash2);
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		register_dynamic_debug_module(debug[i].modname,
+					      debug[i].type,
+					      debug[i].logical_modname,
+					      debug[i].flag_names,
+					      debug[i].hash, debug[i].hash2);
 	}
-}
-#else
-static inline void dynamic_printk_setup(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
-					unsigned int verboseindex)
-{
-}
 #endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG */
+}
 
 static void *module_alloc_update_bounds(unsigned long size)
 {
@@ -1843,37 +1846,14 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int symindex = 0;
 	unsigned int strindex = 0;
-	unsigned int setupindex;
-	unsigned int exindex;
-	unsigned int exportindex;
-	unsigned int modindex;
-	unsigned int obsparmindex;
-	unsigned int infoindex;
-	unsigned int gplindex;
-	unsigned int crcindex;
-	unsigned int gplcrcindex;
-	unsigned int versindex;
-	unsigned int pcpuindex;
-	unsigned int gplfutureindex;
-	unsigned int gplfuturecrcindex;
+	unsigned int modindex, versindex, infoindex, pcpuindex;
 	unsigned int unwindex = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	unsigned int unusedindex;
-	unsigned int unusedcrcindex;
-	unsigned int unusedgplindex;
-	unsigned int unusedgplcrcindex;
-#endif
-	unsigned int markersindex;
-	unsigned int markersstringsindex;
-	unsigned int verboseindex;
-	unsigned int tracepointsindex;
-	unsigned int tracepointsstringsindex;
-	unsigned int mcountindex;
+	unsigned int num_kp, num_mcount;
+	struct kernel_param *kp;
 	struct module *mod;
 	long err = 0;
 	void *percpu = NULL, *ptr = NULL; /* Stops spurious gcc warning */
-	void *mseg;
-	struct exception_table_entry *extable;
+	unsigned long *mseg;
 	mm_segment_t old_fs;
 
 	DEBUGP("load_module: umod=%p, len=%lu, uargs=%p\n",
@@ -1937,6 +1917,7 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 		err = -ENOEXEC;
 		goto free_hdr;
 	}
+	/* This is temporary: point mod into copy of data. */
 	mod = (void *)sechdrs[modindex].sh_addr;
 
 	if (symindex == 0) {
@@ -1946,22 +1927,6 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 		goto free_hdr;
 	}
 
-	/* Optional sections */
-	exportindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab");
-	gplindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab_gpl");
-	gplfutureindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab_gpl_future");
-	crcindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab");
-	gplcrcindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab_gpl");
-	gplfuturecrcindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab_gpl_future");
-#ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	unusedindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab_unused");
-	unusedgplindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab_unused_gpl");
-	unusedcrcindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab_unused");
-	unusedgplcrcindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab_unused_gpl");
-#endif
-	setupindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__param");
-	exindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ex_table");
-	obsparmindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__obsparm");
 	versindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__versions");
 	infoindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, ".modinfo");
 	pcpuindex = find_pcpusec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings);
@@ -2117,42 +2082,57 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	/* Set up EXPORTed & EXPORT_GPLed symbols (section 0 is 0 length) */
-	mod->num_syms = sechdrs[exportindex].sh_size / sizeof(*mod->syms);
-	mod->syms = (void *)sechdrs[exportindex].sh_addr;
-	if (crcindex)
-		mod->crcs = (void *)sechdrs[crcindex].sh_addr;
-	mod->num_gpl_syms = sechdrs[gplindex].sh_size / sizeof(*mod->gpl_syms);
-	mod->gpl_syms = (void *)sechdrs[gplindex].sh_addr;
-	if (gplcrcindex)
-		mod->gpl_crcs = (void *)sechdrs[gplcrcindex].sh_addr;
-	mod->num_gpl_future_syms = sechdrs[gplfutureindex].sh_size /
-					sizeof(*mod->gpl_future_syms);
-	mod->gpl_future_syms = (void *)sechdrs[gplfutureindex].sh_addr;
-	if (gplfuturecrcindex)
-		mod->gpl_future_crcs = (void *)sechdrs[gplfuturecrcindex].sh_addr;
+	/* Now we've got everything in the final locations, we can
+	 * find optional sections. */
+	kp = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__param", sizeof(*kp),
+			  &num_kp);
+	mod->syms = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab",
+				 sizeof(*mod->syms), &mod->num_syms);
+	mod->crcs = section_addr(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab");
+	mod->gpl_syms = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab_gpl",
+				     sizeof(*mod->gpl_syms),
+				     &mod->num_gpl_syms);
+	mod->gpl_crcs = section_addr(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab_gpl");
+	mod->gpl_future_syms = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
+					    "__ksymtab_gpl_future",
+					    sizeof(*mod->gpl_future_syms),
+					    &mod->num_gpl_future_syms);
+	mod->gpl_future_crcs = section_addr(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
+					    "__kcrctab_gpl_future");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	mod->num_unused_syms = sechdrs[unusedindex].sh_size /
-					sizeof(*mod->unused_syms);
-	mod->num_unused_gpl_syms = sechdrs[unusedgplindex].sh_size /
-					sizeof(*mod->unused_gpl_syms);
-	mod->unused_syms = (void *)sechdrs[unusedindex].sh_addr;
-	if (unusedcrcindex)
-		mod->unused_crcs = (void *)sechdrs[unusedcrcindex].sh_addr;
-	mod->unused_gpl_syms = (void *)sechdrs[unusedgplindex].sh_addr;
-	if (unusedgplcrcindex)
-		mod->unused_gpl_crcs
-			= (void *)sechdrs[unusedgplcrcindex].sh_addr;
+	mod->unused_syms = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
+					"__ksymtab_unused",
+					sizeof(*mod->unused_syms),
+					&mod->num_unused_syms);
+	mod->unused_crcs = section_addr(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
+					"__kcrctab_unused");
+	mod->unused_gpl_syms = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
+					    "__ksymtab_unused_gpl",
+					    sizeof(*mod->unused_gpl_syms),
+					    &mod->num_unused_gpl_syms);
+	mod->unused_gpl_crcs = section_addr(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
+					    "__kcrctab_unused_gpl");
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MARKERS
+	mod->markers = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__markers",
+				    sizeof(*mod->markers), &mod->num_markers);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
+	mod->tracepoints = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
+					"__tracepoints",
+					sizeof(*mod->tracepoints),
+					&mod->num_tracepoints);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
-	if ((mod->num_syms && !crcindex)
-	    || (mod->num_gpl_syms && !gplcrcindex)
-	    || (mod->num_gpl_future_syms && !gplfuturecrcindex)
+	if ((mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs)
+	    || (mod->num_gpl_syms && !mod->gpl_crcs)
+	    || (mod->num_gpl_future_syms && !mod->gpl_future_crcs)
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS
-	    || (mod->num_unused_syms && !unusedcrcindex)
-	    || (mod->num_unused_gpl_syms && !unusedgplcrcindex)
+	    || (mod->num_unused_syms && !mod->unused_crcs)
+	    || (mod->num_unused_gpl_syms && !mod->unused_gpl_crcs)
 #endif
 		) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: No versions for exported symbols.\n", mod->name);
@@ -2161,16 +2141,6 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 			goto cleanup;
 	}
 #endif
-	markersindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__markers");
- 	markersstringsindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
-					"__markers_strings");
-	verboseindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__verbose");
-	tracepointsindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__tracepoints");
-	tracepointsstringsindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
-					"__tracepoints_strings");
-
-	mcountindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings,
-			       "__mcount_loc");
 
 	/* Now do relocations. */
 	for (i = 1; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
@@ -2193,28 +2163,16 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto cleanup;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_MARKERS
-	mod->markers = (void *)sechdrs[markersindex].sh_addr;
-	mod->num_markers =
-		sechdrs[markersindex].sh_size / sizeof(*mod->markers);
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
-	mod->tracepoints = (void *)sechdrs[tracepointsindex].sh_addr;
-	mod->num_tracepoints =
-		sechdrs[tracepointsindex].sh_size / sizeof(*mod->tracepoints);
-#endif
-
 
         /* Find duplicate symbols */
 	err = verify_export_symbols(mod);
-
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
   	/* Set up and sort exception table */
-	mod->num_exentries = sechdrs[exindex].sh_size / sizeof(*mod->extable);
-	mod->extable = extable = (void *)sechdrs[exindex].sh_addr;
-	sort_extable(extable, extable + mod->num_exentries);
+	mod->extable = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ex_table",
+				    sizeof(*mod->extable), &mod->num_exentries);
+	sort_extable(mod->extable, mod->extable + mod->num_exentries);
 
 	/* Finally, copy percpu area over. */
 	percpu_modcopy(mod->percpu, (void *)sechdrs[pcpuindex].sh_addr,
@@ -2223,11 +2181,17 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 	add_kallsyms(mod, sechdrs, symindex, strindex, secstrings);
 
 	if (!mod->taints) {
+		struct mod_debug *debug;
+		unsigned int num_debug;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MARKERS
 		marker_update_probe_range(mod->markers,
 			mod->markers + mod->num_markers);
 #endif
-	dynamic_printk_setup(sechdrs, verboseindex);
+		debug = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__verbose",
+				     sizeof(*debug), &num_debug);
+		dynamic_printk_setup(debug, num_debug);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
 		tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints,
 			mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints);
@@ -2235,8 +2199,9 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 	}
 
 	/* sechdrs[0].sh_size is always zero */
-	mseg = (void *)sechdrs[mcountindex].sh_addr;
-	ftrace_init_module(mseg, mseg + sechdrs[mcountindex].sh_size);
+	mseg = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__mcount_loc",
+			    sizeof(*mseg), &num_mcount);
+	ftrace_init_module(mseg, mseg + num_mcount);
 
 	err = module_finalize(hdr, sechdrs, mod);
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -2261,30 +2226,24 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 
 	mod->args = args;
-	if (obsparmindex)
+	if (section_addr(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__obsparm"))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Ignoring obsolete parameters\n",
 		       mod->name);
 
 	/* Now sew it into the lists so we can get lockdep and oops
-         * info during argument parsing.  Noone should access us, since
-         * strong_try_module_get() will fail. */
-	stop_machine(__link_module, mod, NULL);
-
-	/* Size of section 0 is 0, so this works well if no params */
-	err = parse_args(mod->name, mod->args,
-			 (struct kernel_param *)
-			 sechdrs[setupindex].sh_addr,
-			 sechdrs[setupindex].sh_size
-			 / sizeof(struct kernel_param),
-			 NULL);
+	 * info during argument parsing.  Noone should access us, since
+	 * strong_try_module_get() will fail.
+	 * lockdep/oops can run asynchronous, so use the RCU list insertion
+	 * function to insert in a way safe to concurrent readers.
+	 * The mutex protects against concurrent writers.
+	 */
+	list_add_rcu(&mod->list, &modules);
+
+	err = parse_args(mod->name, mod->args, kp, num_kp, NULL);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto unlink;
 
-	err = mod_sysfs_setup(mod,
-			      (struct kernel_param *)
-			      sechdrs[setupindex].sh_addr,
-			      sechdrs[setupindex].sh_size
-			      / sizeof(struct kernel_param));
+	err = mod_sysfs_setup(mod, kp, num_kp);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto unlink;
 	add_sect_attrs(mod, hdr->e_shnum, secstrings, sechdrs);
@@ -2473,7 +2432,7 @@ const char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
 	const char *ret = NULL;
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
 		if (within(addr, mod->module_init, mod->init_size)
 		    || within(addr, mod->module_core, mod->core_size)) {
 			if (modname)
@@ -2496,7 +2455,7 @@ int lookup_module_symbol_name(unsigned long addr, char *symname)
 	struct module *mod;
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
 		if (within(addr, mod->module_init, mod->init_size) ||
 		    within(addr, mod->module_core, mod->core_size)) {
 			const char *sym;
@@ -2520,7 +2479,7 @@ int lookup_module_symbol_attrs(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
 	struct module *mod;
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
 		if (within(addr, mod->module_init, mod->init_size) ||
 		    within(addr, mod->module_core, mod->core_size)) {
 			const char *sym;
@@ -2547,7 +2506,7 @@ int module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum, unsigned long *value, char *type,
 	struct module *mod;
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
 		if (symnum < mod->num_symtab) {
 			*value = mod->symtab[symnum].st_value;
 			*type = mod->symtab[symnum].st_info;
@@ -2590,7 +2549,7 @@ unsigned long module_kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name)
 			ret = mod_find_symname(mod, colon+1);
 		*colon = ':';
 	} else {
-		list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list)
+		list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list)
 			if ((ret = mod_find_symname(mod, name)) != 0)
 				break;
 	}
@@ -2599,23 +2558,6 @@ unsigned long module_kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KALLSYMS */
 
-/* Called by the /proc file system to return a list of modules. */
-static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
-	return seq_list_start(&modules, *pos);
-}
-
-static void *m_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	return seq_list_next(p, &modules, pos);
-}
-
-static void m_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
-{
-	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
-}
-
 static char *module_flags(struct module *mod, char *buf)
 {
 	int bx = 0;
@@ -2649,6 +2591,24 @@ static char *module_flags(struct module *mod, char *buf)
 	return buf;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+/* Called by the /proc file system to return a list of modules. */
+static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+	return seq_list_start(&modules, *pos);
+}
+
+static void *m_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	return seq_list_next(p, &modules, pos);
+}
+
+static void m_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
+}
+
 static int m_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 {
 	struct module *mod = list_entry(p, struct module, list);
@@ -2679,13 +2639,33 @@ static int m_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
    Where refcount is a number or -, and deps is a comma-separated list
    of depends or -.
 */
-const struct seq_operations modules_op = {
+static const struct seq_operations modules_op = {
 	.start	= m_start,
 	.next	= m_next,
 	.stop	= m_stop,
 	.show	= m_show
 };
 
+static int modules_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return seq_open(file, &modules_op);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations proc_modules_operations = {
+	.open		= modules_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= seq_release,
+};
+
+static int __init proc_modules_init(void)
+{
+	proc_create("modules", 0, NULL, &proc_modules_operations);
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(proc_modules_init);
+#endif
+
 /* Given an address, look for it in the module exception tables. */
 const struct exception_table_entry *search_module_extables(unsigned long addr)
 {
@@ -2693,7 +2673,7 @@ const struct exception_table_entry *search_module_extables(unsigned long addr)
 	struct module *mod;
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
 		if (mod->num_exentries == 0)
 			continue;
 
@@ -2719,7 +2699,7 @@ int is_module_address(unsigned long addr)
 
 	preempt_disable();
 
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
 		if (within(addr, mod->module_core, mod->core_size)) {
 			preempt_enable();
 			return 1;
@@ -2740,7 +2720,7 @@ struct module *__module_text_address(unsigned long addr)
 	if (addr < module_addr_min || addr > module_addr_max)
 		return NULL;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list)
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list)
 		if (within(addr, mod->module_init, mod->init_text_size)
 		    || within(addr, mod->module_core, mod->core_text_size))
 			return mod;
@@ -2765,8 +2745,11 @@ void print_modules(void)
 	char buf[8];
 
 	printk("Modules linked in:");
-	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list)
+	/* Most callers should already have preempt disabled, but make sure */
+	preempt_disable();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list)
 		printk(" %s%s", mod->name, module_flags(mod, buf));
+	preempt_enable();
 	if (last_unloaded_module[0])
 		printk(" [last unloaded: %s]", last_unloaded_module);
 	printk("\n");
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index bda561ef3cd..6513aac8e99 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(panic_notifier_list);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_notifier_list);
 
-static int __init panic_setup(char *str)
-{
-	panic_timeout = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
-	return 1;
-}
-__setup("panic=", panic_setup);
-
 static long no_blink(long time)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -218,13 +211,6 @@ void add_taint(unsigned flag)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_taint);
 
-static int __init pause_on_oops_setup(char *str)
-{
-	pause_on_oops = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
-	return 1;
-}
-__setup("pause_on_oops=", pause_on_oops_setup);
-
 static void spin_msec(int msecs)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -384,3 +370,6 @@ void __stack_chk_fail(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__stack_chk_fail);
 #endif
+
+core_param(panic, panic_timeout, int, 0644);
+core_param(pause_on_oops, pause_on_oops, int, 0644);
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index afc46a23eb6..a1e3025b19a 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ int param_get_string(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
 }
 
 /* sysfs output in /sys/modules/XYZ/parameters/ */
+#define to_module_attr(n) container_of(n, struct module_attribute, attr);
+#define to_module_kobject(n) container_of(n, struct module_kobject, kobj);
 
 extern struct kernel_param __start___param[], __stop___param[];
 
@@ -384,6 +386,7 @@ struct param_attribute
 
 struct module_param_attrs
 {
+	unsigned int num;
 	struct attribute_group grp;
 	struct param_attribute attrs[0];
 };
@@ -434,93 +437,120 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 /*
- * param_sysfs_setup - setup sysfs support for one module or KBUILD_MODNAME
- * @mk: struct module_kobject (contains parent kobject)
- * @kparam: array of struct kernel_param, the actual parameter definitions
- * @num_params: number of entries in array
- * @name_skip: offset where the parameter name start in kparam[].name. Needed for built-in "modules"
+ * add_sysfs_param - add a parameter to sysfs
+ * @mk: struct module_kobject
+ * @kparam: the actual parameter definition to add to sysfs
+ * @name: name of parameter
  *
- * Create a kobject for a (per-module) group of parameters, and create files
- * in sysfs. A pointer to the param_kobject is returned on success,
- * NULL if there's no parameter to export, or other ERR_PTR(err).
+ * Create a kobject if for a (per-module) parameter if mp NULL, and
+ * create file in sysfs.  Returns an error on out of memory.  Always cleans up
+ * if there's an error.
  */
-static __modinit struct module_param_attrs *
-param_sysfs_setup(struct module_kobject *mk,
-		  struct kernel_param *kparam,
-		  unsigned int num_params,
-		  unsigned int name_skip)
+static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk,
+				     struct kernel_param *kp,
+				     const char *name)
 {
-	struct module_param_attrs *mp;
-	unsigned int valid_attrs = 0;
-	unsigned int i, size[2];
-	struct param_attribute *pattr;
-	struct attribute **gattr;
-	int err;
-
-	for (i=0; i<num_params; i++) {
-		if (kparam[i].perm)
-			valid_attrs++;
+	struct module_param_attrs *new;
+	struct attribute **attrs;
+	int err, num;
+
+	/* We don't bother calling this with invisible parameters. */
+	BUG_ON(!kp->perm);
+
+	if (!mk->mp) {
+		num = 0;
+		attrs = NULL;
+	} else {
+		num = mk->mp->num;
+		attrs = mk->mp->grp.attrs;
 	}
 
-	if (!valid_attrs)
-		return NULL;
-
-	size[0] = ALIGN(sizeof(*mp) +
-			valid_attrs * sizeof(mp->attrs[0]),
-			sizeof(mp->grp.attrs[0]));
-	size[1] = (valid_attrs + 1) * sizeof(mp->grp.attrs[0]);
-
-	mp = kzalloc(size[0] + size[1], GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mp)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	mp->grp.name = "parameters";
-	mp->grp.attrs = (void *)mp + size[0];
-
-	pattr = &mp->attrs[0];
-	gattr = &mp->grp.attrs[0];
-	for (i = 0; i < num_params; i++) {
-		struct kernel_param *kp = &kparam[i];
-		if (kp->perm) {
-			pattr->param = kp;
-			pattr->mattr.show = param_attr_show;
-			pattr->mattr.store = param_attr_store;
-			pattr->mattr.attr.name = (char *)&kp->name[name_skip];
-			pattr->mattr.attr.mode = kp->perm;
-			*(gattr++) = &(pattr++)->mattr.attr;
-		}
+	/* Enlarge. */
+	new = krealloc(mk->mp,
+		       sizeof(*mk->mp) + sizeof(mk->mp->attrs[0]) * (num+1),
+		       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new) {
+		kfree(mk->mp);
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail;
 	}
-	*gattr = NULL;
-
-	if ((err = sysfs_create_group(&mk->kobj, &mp->grp))) {
-		kfree(mp);
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	attrs = krealloc(attrs, sizeof(new->grp.attrs[0])*(num+2), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!attrs) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail_free_new;
 	}
-	return mp;
+
+	/* Sysfs wants everything zeroed. */
+	memset(new, 0, sizeof(*new));
+	memset(&new->attrs[num], 0, sizeof(new->attrs[num]));
+	memset(&attrs[num], 0, sizeof(attrs[num]));
+	new->grp.name = "parameters";
+	new->grp.attrs = attrs;
+
+	/* Tack new one on the end. */
+	new->attrs[num].param = kp;
+	new->attrs[num].mattr.show = param_attr_show;
+	new->attrs[num].mattr.store = param_attr_store;
+	new->attrs[num].mattr.attr.name = (char *)name;
+	new->attrs[num].mattr.attr.mode = kp->perm;
+	new->num = num+1;
+
+	/* Fix up all the pointers, since krealloc can move us */
+	for (num = 0; num < new->num; num++)
+		new->grp.attrs[num] = &new->attrs[num].mattr.attr;
+	new->grp.attrs[num] = NULL;
+
+	mk->mp = new;
+	return 0;
+
+fail_free_new:
+	kfree(new);
+fail:
+	mk->mp = NULL;
+	return err;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+static void free_module_param_attrs(struct module_kobject *mk)
+{
+	kfree(mk->mp->grp.attrs);
+	kfree(mk->mp);
+	mk->mp = NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * module_param_sysfs_setup - setup sysfs support for one module
  * @mod: module
  * @kparam: module parameters (array)
  * @num_params: number of module parameters
  *
- * Adds sysfs entries for module parameters, and creates a link from
- * /sys/module/[mod->name]/parameters to /sys/parameters/[mod->name]/
+ * Adds sysfs entries for module parameters under
+ * /sys/module/[mod->name]/parameters/
  */
 int module_param_sysfs_setup(struct module *mod,
 			     struct kernel_param *kparam,
 			     unsigned int num_params)
 {
-	struct module_param_attrs *mp;
+	int i, err;
+	bool params = false;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_params; i++) {
+		if (kparam[i].perm == 0)
+			continue;
+		err = add_sysfs_param(&mod->mkobj, &kparam[i], kparam[i].name);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		params = true;
+	}
 
-	mp = param_sysfs_setup(&mod->mkobj, kparam, num_params, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(mp))
-		return PTR_ERR(mp);
+	if (!params)
+		return 0;
 
-	mod->param_attrs = mp;
-	return 0;
+	/* Create the param group. */
+	err = sysfs_create_group(&mod->mkobj.kobj, &mod->mkobj.mp->grp);
+	if (err)
+		free_module_param_attrs(&mod->mkobj);
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -532,43 +562,55 @@ int module_param_sysfs_setup(struct module *mod,
  */
 void module_param_sysfs_remove(struct module *mod)
 {
-	if (mod->param_attrs) {
-		sysfs_remove_group(&mod->mkobj.kobj,
-				   &mod->param_attrs->grp);
+	if (mod->mkobj.mp) {
+		sysfs_remove_group(&mod->mkobj.kobj, &mod->mkobj.mp->grp);
 		/* We are positive that no one is using any param
 		 * attrs at this point.  Deallocate immediately. */
-		kfree(mod->param_attrs);
-		mod->param_attrs = NULL;
+		free_module_param_attrs(&mod->mkobj);
 	}
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * kernel_param_sysfs_setup - wrapper for built-in params support
- */
-static void __init kernel_param_sysfs_setup(const char *name,
-					    struct kernel_param *kparam,
-					    unsigned int num_params,
-					    unsigned int name_skip)
+static void __init kernel_add_sysfs_param(const char *name,
+					  struct kernel_param *kparam,
+					  unsigned int name_skip)
 {
 	struct module_kobject *mk;
-	int ret;
+	struct kobject *kobj;
+	int err;
 
-	mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
-	BUG_ON(!mk);
-
-	mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
-	mk->kobj.kset = module_kset;
-	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&mk->kobj, &module_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
-	if (ret) {
-		kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Module '%s' failed to be added to sysfs, "
-		      "error number %d\n", name, ret);
-		printk(KERN_ERR	"The system will be unstable now.\n");
-		return;
+	kobj = kset_find_obj(module_kset, name);
+	if (kobj) {
+		/* We already have one.  Remove params so we can add more. */
+		mk = to_module_kobject(kobj);
+		/* We need to remove it before adding parameters. */
+		sysfs_remove_group(&mk->kobj, &mk->mp->grp);
+	} else {
+		mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
+		BUG_ON(!mk);
+
+		mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
+		mk->kobj.kset = module_kset;
+		err = kobject_init_and_add(&mk->kobj, &module_ktype, NULL,
+					   "%s", name);
+		if (err) {
+			kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
+			printk(KERN_ERR "Module '%s' failed add to sysfs, "
+			       "error number %d\n", name, err);
+			printk(KERN_ERR	"The system will be unstable now.\n");
+			return;
+		}
+		/* So that exit path is even. */
+		kobject_get(&mk->kobj);
 	}
-	param_sysfs_setup(mk, kparam, num_params, name_skip);
+
+	/* These should not fail at boot. */
+	err = add_sysfs_param(mk, kparam, kparam->name + name_skip);
+	BUG_ON(err);
+	err = sysfs_create_group(&mk->kobj, &mk->mp->grp);
+	BUG_ON(err);
 	kobject_uevent(&mk->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -579,60 +621,36 @@ static void __init kernel_param_sysfs_setup(const char *name,
  * The "module" name (KBUILD_MODNAME) is stored before a dot, the
  * "parameter" name is stored behind a dot in kernel_param->name. So,
  * extract the "module" name for all built-in kernel_param-eters,
- * and for all who have the same, call kernel_param_sysfs_setup.
+ * and for all who have the same, call kernel_add_sysfs_param.
  */
 static void __init param_sysfs_builtin(void)
 {
-	struct kernel_param *kp, *kp_begin = NULL;
-	unsigned int i, name_len, count = 0;
-	char modname[MODULE_NAME_LEN + 1] = "";
+	struct kernel_param *kp;
+	unsigned int name_len;
+	char modname[MODULE_NAME_LEN];
 
-	for (i=0; i < __stop___param - __start___param; i++) {
+	for (kp = __start___param; kp < __stop___param; kp++) {
 		char *dot;
-		size_t max_name_len;
 
-		kp = &__start___param[i];
-		max_name_len =
-			min_t(size_t, MODULE_NAME_LEN, strlen(kp->name));
+		if (kp->perm == 0)
+			continue;
 
-		dot = memchr(kp->name, '.', max_name_len);
+		dot = strchr(kp->name, '.');
 		if (!dot) {
-			DEBUGP("couldn't find period in first %d characters "
-			       "of %s\n", MODULE_NAME_LEN, kp->name);
-			continue;
-		}
-		name_len = dot - kp->name;
-
- 		/* new kbuild_modname? */
-		if (strlen(modname) != name_len
-		    || strncmp(modname, kp->name, name_len) != 0) {
-			/* add a new kobject for previous kernel_params. */
-			if (count)
-				kernel_param_sysfs_setup(modname,
-							 kp_begin,
-							 count,
-							 strlen(modname)+1);
-
-			strncpy(modname, kp->name, name_len);
-			modname[name_len] = '\0';
-			count = 0;
-			kp_begin = kp;
+			/* This happens for core_param() */
+			strcpy(modname, "kernel");
+			name_len = 0;
+		} else {
+			name_len = dot - kp->name + 1;
+			strlcpy(modname, kp->name, name_len);
 		}
-		count++;
+		kernel_add_sysfs_param(modname, kp, name_len);
 	}
-
-	/* last kernel_params need to be registered as well */
-	if (count)
-		kernel_param_sysfs_setup(modname, kp_begin, count,
-					 strlen(modname)+1);
 }
 
 
 /* module-related sysfs stuff */
 
-#define to_module_attr(n) container_of(n, struct module_attribute, attr);
-#define to_module_kobject(n) container_of(n, struct module_kobject, kobj);
-
 static ssize_t module_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 				struct attribute *attr,
 				char *buf)
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index b931d7cedbf..5e79c662294 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ common_timer_get(struct k_itimer *timr, struct itimerspec *cur_setting)
 	    (timr->it_sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) == SIGEV_NONE))
 		timr->it_overrun += (unsigned int) hrtimer_forward(timer, now, iv);
 
-	remaining = ktime_sub(timer->expires, now);
+	remaining = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), now);
 	/* Return 0 only, when the timer is expired and not pending */
 	if (remaining.tv64 <= 0) {
 		/*
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ common_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,
 	hrtimer_init(&timr->it.real.timer, timr->it_clock, mode);
 	timr->it.real.timer.function = posix_timer_fn;
 
-	timer->expires = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value);
+	hrtimer_set_expires(timer, timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value));
 
 	/* Convert interval */
 	timr->it.real.interval = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_interval);
@@ -742,14 +742,12 @@ common_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,
 	if (((timr->it_sigev_notify & ~SIGEV_THREAD_ID) == SIGEV_NONE)) {
 		/* Setup correct expiry time for relative timers */
 		if (mode == HRTIMER_MODE_REL) {
-			timer->expires =
-				ktime_add_safe(timer->expires,
-					       timer->base->get_time());
+			hrtimer_add_expires(timer, timer->base->get_time());
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	hrtimer_start(timer, timer->expires, mode);
+	hrtimer_start_expires(timer, mode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/power/disk.c b/kernel/power/disk.c
index 331f9836383..c9d74083746 100644
--- a/kernel/power/disk.c
+++ b/kernel/power/disk.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static int software_resume(void)
 	pr_debug("PM: Preparing processes for restore.\n");
 	error = prepare_processes();
 	if (error) {
-		swsusp_close();
+		swsusp_close(FMODE_READ);
 		goto Done;
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/power/power.h b/kernel/power/power.h
index acc0c101dbd..46b5ec7a3af 100644
--- a/kernel/power/power.h
+++ b/kernel/power/power.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ extern int swsusp_shrink_memory(void);
 extern void swsusp_free(void);
 extern int swsusp_read(unsigned int *flags_p);
 extern int swsusp_write(unsigned int flags);
-extern void swsusp_close(void);
+extern void swsusp_close(fmode_t);
 
 struct timeval;
 /* kernel/power/swsusp.c */
diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c
index 80ccac849e4..b7713b53d07 100644
--- a/kernel/power/swap.c
+++ b/kernel/power/swap.c
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ static int swsusp_swap_check(void) /* This is called before saving image */
 		return res;
 
 	root_swap = res;
-	res = blkdev_get(resume_bdev, FMODE_WRITE, O_RDWR);
+	res = blkdev_get(resume_bdev, FMODE_WRITE);
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
 	res = set_blocksize(resume_bdev, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (res < 0)
-		blkdev_put(resume_bdev);
+		blkdev_put(resume_bdev, FMODE_WRITE);
 
 	return res;
 }
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ int swsusp_write(unsigned int flags)
 
 	release_swap_writer(&handle);
  out:
-	swsusp_close();
+	swsusp_close(FMODE_WRITE);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ int swsusp_read(unsigned int *flags_p)
 		error = load_image(&handle, &snapshot, header->pages - 1);
 	release_swap_reader(&handle);
 
-	blkdev_put(resume_bdev);
+	blkdev_put(resume_bdev, FMODE_READ);
 
 	if (!error)
 		pr_debug("PM: Image successfully loaded\n");
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ int swsusp_check(void)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		if (error)
-			blkdev_put(resume_bdev);
+			blkdev_put(resume_bdev, FMODE_READ);
 		else
 			pr_debug("PM: Signature found, resuming\n");
 	} else {
@@ -626,14 +626,14 @@ int swsusp_check(void)
  *	swsusp_close - close swap device.
  */
 
-void swsusp_close(void)
+void swsusp_close(fmode_t mode)
 {
 	if (IS_ERR(resume_bdev)) {
 		pr_debug("PM: Image device not initialised\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	blkdev_put(resume_bdev);
+	blkdev_put(resume_bdev, mode); /* move up */
 }
 
 static int swsusp_header_init(void)
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 467d5940f62..ad63af8b252 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -119,18 +119,19 @@ static void _rcu_barrier(enum rcu_barrier type)
 	/* Take cpucontrol mutex to protect against CPU hotplug */
 	mutex_lock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
 	init_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
-	atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 0);
 	/*
-	 * The queueing of callbacks in all CPUs must be atomic with
-	 * respect to RCU, otherwise one CPU may queue a callback,
-	 * wait for a grace period, decrement barrier count and call
-	 * complete(), while other CPUs have not yet queued anything.
-	 * So, we need to make sure that grace periods cannot complete
-	 * until all the callbacks are queued.
+	 * Initialize rcu_barrier_cpu_count to 1, then invoke
+	 * rcu_barrier_func() on each CPU, so that each CPU also has
+	 * incremented rcu_barrier_cpu_count.  Only then is it safe to
+	 * decrement rcu_barrier_cpu_count -- otherwise the first CPU
+	 * might complete its grace period before all of the other CPUs
+	 * did their increment, causing this function to return too
+	 * early.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 1);
 	on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, (void *)type, 1);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count))
+		complete(&rcu_barrier_completion);
 	wait_for_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
 	mutex_unlock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/rtmutex.c b/kernel/rtmutex.c
index 6522ae5b14a..69d9cb921ff 100644
--- a/kernel/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/rtmutex.c
@@ -631,8 +631,7 @@ rt_mutex_slowlock(struct rt_mutex *lock, int state,
 
 	/* Setup the timer, when timeout != NULL */
 	if (unlikely(timeout)) {
-		hrtimer_start(&timeout->timer, timeout->timer.expires,
-			      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&timeout->timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 		if (!hrtimer_active(&timeout->timer))
 			timeout->task = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index d906f72b42d..6625c3c4b10 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
@@ -227,9 +228,8 @@ static void start_rt_bandwidth(struct rt_bandwidth *rt_b)
 
 		now = hrtimer_cb_get_time(&rt_b->rt_period_timer);
 		hrtimer_forward(&rt_b->rt_period_timer, now, rt_b->rt_period);
-		hrtimer_start(&rt_b->rt_period_timer,
-			      rt_b->rt_period_timer.expires,
-			      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&rt_b->rt_period_timer,
+				HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&rt_b->rt_runtime_lock);
 }
@@ -819,6 +819,13 @@ const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate = 32;
 unsigned int sysctl_sched_shares_ratelimit = 250000;
 
 /*
+ * Inject some fuzzyness into changing the per-cpu group shares
+ * this avoids remote rq-locks at the expense of fairness.
+ * default: 4
+ */
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_shares_thresh = 4;
+
+/*
  * period over which we measure -rt task cpu usage in us.
  * default: 1s
  */
@@ -1064,7 +1071,7 @@ static void hrtick_start(struct rq *rq, u64 delay)
 	struct hrtimer *timer = &rq->hrtick_timer;
 	ktime_t time = ktime_add_ns(timer->base->get_time(), delay);
 
-	timer->expires = time;
+	hrtimer_set_expires(timer, time);
 
 	if (rq == this_rq()) {
 		hrtimer_restart(timer);
@@ -1454,8 +1461,8 @@ static void __set_se_shares(struct sched_entity *se, unsigned long shares);
  * Calculate and set the cpu's group shares.
  */
 static void
-__update_group_shares_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu,
-			  unsigned long sd_shares, unsigned long sd_rq_weight)
+update_group_shares_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu,
+			unsigned long sd_shares, unsigned long sd_rq_weight)
 {
 	int boost = 0;
 	unsigned long shares;
@@ -1486,19 +1493,23 @@ __update_group_shares_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu,
 	 *
 	 */
 	shares = (sd_shares * rq_weight) / (sd_rq_weight + 1);
+	shares = clamp_t(unsigned long, shares, MIN_SHARES, MAX_SHARES);
 
-	/*
-	 * record the actual number of shares, not the boosted amount.
-	 */
-	tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->shares = boost ? 0 : shares;
-	tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->rq_weight = rq_weight;
+	if (abs(shares - tg->se[cpu]->load.weight) >
+			sysctl_sched_shares_thresh) {
+		struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
+		unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (shares < MIN_SHARES)
-		shares = MIN_SHARES;
-	else if (shares > MAX_SHARES)
-		shares = MAX_SHARES;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+		/*
+		 * record the actual number of shares, not the boosted amount.
+		 */
+		tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->shares = boost ? 0 : shares;
+		tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->rq_weight = rq_weight;
 
-	__set_se_shares(tg->se[cpu], shares);
+		__set_se_shares(tg->se[cpu], shares);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1527,14 +1538,8 @@ static int tg_shares_up(struct task_group *tg, void *data)
 	if (!rq_weight)
 		rq_weight = cpus_weight(sd->span) * NICE_0_LOAD;
 
-	for_each_cpu_mask(i, sd->span) {
-		struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(i);
-		unsigned long flags;
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
-		__update_group_shares_cpu(tg, i, shares, rq_weight);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
-	}
+	for_each_cpu_mask(i, sd->span)
+		update_group_shares_cpu(tg, i, shares, rq_weight);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4443,12 +4448,8 @@ need_resched_nonpreemptible:
 	if (sched_feat(HRTICK))
 		hrtick_clear(rq);
 
-	/*
-	 * Do the rq-clock update outside the rq lock:
-	 */
-	local_irq_disable();
+	spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
 	update_rq_clock(rq);
-	spin_lock(&rq->lock);
 	clear_tsk_need_resched(prev);
 
 	if (prev->state && !(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_ACTIVE)) {
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index f604dae7131..9573c33688b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ unsigned int sysctl_sched_wakeup_granularity = 5000000UL;
 
 const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost = 500000UL;
 
+static const struct sched_class fair_sched_class;
+
 /**************************************************************
  * CFS operations on generic schedulable entities:
  */
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ int sched_nr_latency_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 #endif
 
 /*
- * delta *= w / rw
+ * delta *= P[w / rw]
  */
 static inline unsigned long
 calc_delta_weight(unsigned long delta, struct sched_entity *se)
@@ -348,15 +350,13 @@ calc_delta_weight(unsigned long delta, struct sched_entity *se)
 }
 
 /*
- * delta *= rw / w
+ * delta /= w
  */
 static inline unsigned long
 calc_delta_fair(unsigned long delta, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	for_each_sched_entity(se) {
-		delta = calc_delta_mine(delta,
-				cfs_rq_of(se)->load.weight, &se->load);
-	}
+	if (unlikely(se->load.weight != NICE_0_LOAD))
+		delta = calc_delta_mine(delta, NICE_0_LOAD, &se->load);
 
 	return delta;
 }
@@ -386,26 +386,26 @@ static u64 __sched_period(unsigned long nr_running)
  * We calculate the wall-time slice from the period by taking a part
  * proportional to the weight.
  *
- * s = p*w/rw
+ * s = p*P[w/rw]
  */
 static u64 sched_slice(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	return calc_delta_weight(__sched_period(cfs_rq->nr_running), se);
+	unsigned long nr_running = cfs_rq->nr_running;
+
+	if (unlikely(!se->on_rq))
+		nr_running++;
+
+	return calc_delta_weight(__sched_period(nr_running), se);
 }
 
 /*
  * We calculate the vruntime slice of a to be inserted task
  *
- * vs = s*rw/w = p
+ * vs = s/w
  */
-static u64 sched_vslice_add(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
+static u64 sched_vslice(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	unsigned long nr_running = cfs_rq->nr_running;
-
-	if (!se->on_rq)
-		nr_running++;
-
-	return __sched_period(nr_running);
+	return calc_delta_fair(sched_slice(cfs_rq, se), se);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ place_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, int initial)
 	 * stays open at the end.
 	 */
 	if (initial && sched_feat(START_DEBIT))
-		vruntime += sched_vslice_add(cfs_rq, se);
+		vruntime += sched_vslice(cfs_rq, se);
 
 	if (!initial) {
 		/* sleeps upto a single latency don't count. */
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ pick_next(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 	struct rq *rq = rq_of(cfs_rq);
 	u64 pair_slice = rq->clock - cfs_rq->pair_start;
 
-	if (!cfs_rq->next || pair_slice > sched_slice(cfs_rq, cfs_rq->next)) {
+	if (!cfs_rq->next || pair_slice > sysctl_sched_min_granularity) {
 		cfs_rq->pair_start = rq->clock;
 		return se;
 	}
@@ -849,11 +849,31 @@ static void hrtick_start_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 		hrtick_start(rq, delta);
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * called from enqueue/dequeue and updates the hrtick when the
+ * current task is from our class and nr_running is low enough
+ * to matter.
+ */
+static void hrtick_update(struct rq *rq)
+{
+	struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
+
+	if (curr->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
+		return;
+
+	if (cfs_rq_of(&curr->se)->nr_running < sched_nr_latency)
+		hrtick_start_fair(rq, curr);
+}
 #else /* !CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK */
 static inline void
 hrtick_start_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 }
+
+static inline void hrtick_update(struct rq *rq)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -874,7 +894,7 @@ static void enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wakeup)
 		wakeup = 1;
 	}
 
-	hrtick_start_fair(rq, rq->curr);
+	hrtick_update(rq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -896,7 +916,7 @@ static void dequeue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int sleep)
 		sleep = 1;
 	}
 
-	hrtick_start_fair(rq, rq->curr);
+	hrtick_update(rq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1002,8 +1022,6 @@ static inline int wake_idle(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
-static const struct sched_class fair_sched_class;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 /*
  * effective_load() calculates the load change as seen from the root_task_group
diff --git a/kernel/sched_features.h b/kernel/sched_features.h
index 7c9e8f4a049..fda01621829 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched_features.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SCHED_FEAT(START_DEBIT, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(AFFINE_WAKEUPS, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(CACHE_HOT_BUDDY, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(SYNC_WAKEUPS, 1)
-SCHED_FEAT(HRTICK, 1)
+SCHED_FEAT(HRTICK, 0)
 SCHED_FEAT(DOUBLE_TICK, 0)
 SCHED_FEAT(ASYM_GRAN, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(LB_BIAS, 1)
diff --git a/kernel/sched_stats.h b/kernel/sched_stats.h
index b8c156979cf..ee71bec1da6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_stats.h
+++ b/kernel/sched_stats.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 static int show_schedstat(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	int cpu;
-	int mask_len = NR_CPUS/32 * 9;
+	int mask_len = DIV_ROUND_UP(NR_CPUS, 32) * 9;
 	char *mask_str = kmalloc(mask_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (mask_str == NULL)
@@ -90,13 +90,20 @@ static int schedstat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return res;
 }
 
-const struct file_operations proc_schedstat_operations = {
+static const struct file_operations proc_schedstat_operations = {
 	.open    = schedstat_open,
 	.read    = seq_read,
 	.llseek  = seq_lseek,
 	.release = single_release,
 };
 
+static int __init proc_schedstat_init(void)
+{
+	proc_create("schedstat", 0, NULL, &proc_schedstat_operations);
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(proc_schedstat_init);
+
 /*
  * Expects runqueue lock to be held for atomicity of update
  */
diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index af3c7cea258..9bc4c00872c 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ struct stop_machine_data {
 /* Like num_online_cpus(), but hotplug cpu uses us, so we need this. */
 static unsigned int num_threads;
 static atomic_t thread_ack;
-static struct completion finished;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(lock);
 
+static struct workqueue_struct *stop_machine_wq;
+static struct stop_machine_data active, idle;
+static const cpumask_t *active_cpus;
+static void *stop_machine_work;
+
 static void set_state(enum stopmachine_state newstate)
 {
 	/* Reset ack counter. */
@@ -51,21 +55,26 @@ static void set_state(enum stopmachine_state newstate)
 /* Last one to ack a state moves to the next state. */
 static void ack_state(void)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&thread_ack)) {
-		/* If we're the last one to ack the EXIT, we're finished. */
-		if (state == STOPMACHINE_EXIT)
-			complete(&finished);
-		else
-			set_state(state + 1);
-	}
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&thread_ack))
+		set_state(state + 1);
 }
 
-/* This is the actual thread which stops the CPU.  It exits by itself rather
- * than waiting for kthread_stop(), because it's easier for hotplug CPU. */
-static int stop_cpu(struct stop_machine_data *smdata)
+/* This is the actual function which stops the CPU. It runs
+ * in the context of a dedicated stopmachine workqueue. */
+static void stop_cpu(struct work_struct *unused)
 {
 	enum stopmachine_state curstate = STOPMACHINE_NONE;
-
+	struct stop_machine_data *smdata = &idle;
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	int err;
+
+	if (!active_cpus) {
+		if (cpu == first_cpu(cpu_online_map))
+			smdata = &active;
+	} else {
+		if (cpu_isset(cpu, *active_cpus))
+			smdata = &active;
+	}
 	/* Simple state machine */
 	do {
 		/* Chill out and ensure we re-read stopmachine_state. */
@@ -78,9 +87,11 @@ static int stop_cpu(struct stop_machine_data *smdata)
 				hard_irq_disable();
 				break;
 			case STOPMACHINE_RUN:
-				/* |= allows error detection if functions on
-				 * multiple CPUs. */
-				smdata->fnret |= smdata->fn(smdata->data);
+				/* On multiple CPUs only a single error code
+				 * is needed to tell that something failed. */
+				err = smdata->fn(smdata->data);
+				if (err)
+					smdata->fnret = err;
 				break;
 			default:
 				break;
@@ -90,7 +101,6 @@ static int stop_cpu(struct stop_machine_data *smdata)
 	} while (curstate != STOPMACHINE_EXIT);
 
 	local_irq_enable();
-	do_exit(0);
 }
 
 /* Callback for CPUs which aren't supposed to do anything. */
@@ -101,78 +111,34 @@ static int chill(void *unused)
 
 int __stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const cpumask_t *cpus)
 {
-	int i, err;
-	struct stop_machine_data active, idle;
-	struct task_struct **threads;
+	struct work_struct *sm_work;
+	int i;
 
+	/* Set up initial state. */
+	mutex_lock(&lock);
+	num_threads = num_online_cpus();
+	active_cpus = cpus;
 	active.fn = fn;
 	active.data = data;
 	active.fnret = 0;
 	idle.fn = chill;
 	idle.data = NULL;
 
-	/* This could be too big for stack on large machines. */
-	threads = kcalloc(NR_CPUS, sizeof(threads[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!threads)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	/* Set up initial state. */
-	mutex_lock(&lock);
-	init_completion(&finished);
-	num_threads = num_online_cpus();
 	set_state(STOPMACHINE_PREPARE);
 
-	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
-		struct stop_machine_data *smdata = &idle;
-		struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 };
-
-		if (!cpus) {
-			if (i == first_cpu(cpu_online_map))
-				smdata = &active;
-		} else {
-			if (cpu_isset(i, *cpus))
-				smdata = &active;
-		}
-
-		threads[i] = kthread_create((void *)stop_cpu, smdata, "kstop%u",
-					    i);
-		if (IS_ERR(threads[i])) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(threads[i]);
-			threads[i] = NULL;
-			goto kill_threads;
-		}
-
-		/* Place it onto correct cpu. */
-		kthread_bind(threads[i], i);
-
-		/* Make it highest prio. */
-		if (sched_setscheduler_nocheck(threads[i], SCHED_FIFO, &param))
-			BUG();
-	}
-
-	/* We've created all the threads.  Wake them all: hold this CPU so one
+	/* Schedule the stop_cpu work on all cpus: hold this CPU so one
 	 * doesn't hit this CPU until we're ready. */
 	get_cpu();
-	for_each_online_cpu(i)
-		wake_up_process(threads[i]);
-
+	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
+		sm_work = percpu_ptr(stop_machine_work, i);
+		INIT_WORK(sm_work, stop_cpu);
+		queue_work_on(i, stop_machine_wq, sm_work);
+	}
 	/* This will release the thread on our CPU. */
 	put_cpu();
-	wait_for_completion(&finished);
+	flush_workqueue(stop_machine_wq);
 	mutex_unlock(&lock);
-
-	kfree(threads);
-
 	return active.fnret;
-
-kill_threads:
-	for_each_online_cpu(i)
-		if (threads[i])
-			kthread_stop(threads[i]);
-	mutex_unlock(&lock);
-
-	kfree(threads);
-	return err;
 }
 
 int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const cpumask_t *cpus)
@@ -187,3 +153,11 @@ int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const cpumask_t *cpus)
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stop_machine);
+
+static int __init stop_machine_init(void)
+{
+	stop_machine_wq = create_rt_workqueue("kstop");
+	stop_machine_work = alloc_percpu(struct work_struct);
+	return 0;
+}
+core_initcall(stop_machine_init);
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 53879cdae48..31deba8f7d1 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1716,6 +1716,16 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 		case PR_SET_TSC:
 			error = SET_TSC_CTL(arg2);
 			break;
+		case PR_GET_TIMERSLACK:
+			error = current->timer_slack_ns;
+			break;
+		case PR_SET_TIMERSLACK:
+			if (arg2 <= 0)
+				current->timer_slack_ns =
+					current->default_timer_slack_ns;
+			else
+				current->timer_slack_ns = arg2;
+			break;
 		default:
 			error = -EINVAL;
 			break;
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index edb1075f80d..9d048fa2d90 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "sched_shares_thresh",
+		.data		= &sysctl_sched_shares_thresh,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "sched_child_runs_first",
 		.data		= &sysctl_sched_child_runs_first,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 6a08660b4fa..d63a4336fad 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -669,3 +669,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_jiffies_64);
 #endif
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies);
+
+/*
+ * Add two timespec values and do a safety check for overflow.
+ * It's assumed that both values are valid (>= 0)
+ */
+struct timespec timespec_add_safe(const struct timespec lhs,
+				  const struct timespec rhs)
+{
+	struct timespec res;
+
+	set_normalized_timespec(&res, lhs.tv_sec + rhs.tv_sec,
+				lhs.tv_nsec + rhs.tv_nsec);
+
+	if (res.tv_sec < lhs.tv_sec || res.tv_sec < rhs.tv_sec)
+		res.tv_sec = TIME_T_MAX;
+
+	return res;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 1a20715bfd6..8ff15e5d486 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart ntp_leap_second(struct hrtimer *timer)
 		time_state = TIME_OOP;
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Clock: "
 		       "inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC\n");
-		leap_timer.expires = ktime_add_ns(leap_timer.expires,
-						  NSEC_PER_SEC);
+		hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&leap_timer, NSEC_PER_SEC);
 		res = HRTIMER_RESTART;
 		break;
 	case TIME_DEL:
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 0581c11fe6c..5bbb1044f84 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ts->idle_tick = ts->sched_timer.expires;
+			ts->idle_tick = hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer);
 			ts->tick_stopped = 1;
 			ts->idle_jiffies = last_jiffies;
 			rcu_enter_nohz();
@@ -380,21 +380,21 @@ ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void)
 static void tick_nohz_restart(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 {
 	hrtimer_cancel(&ts->sched_timer);
-	ts->sched_timer.expires = ts->idle_tick;
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, ts->idle_tick);
 
 	while (1) {
 		/* Forward the time to expire in the future */
 		hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period);
 
 		if (ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_HIGHRES) {
-			hrtimer_start(&ts->sched_timer,
-				      ts->sched_timer.expires,
+			hrtimer_start_expires(&ts->sched_timer,
 				      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 			/* Check, if the timer was already in the past */
 			if (hrtimer_active(&ts->sched_timer))
 				break;
 		} else {
-			if (!tick_program_event(ts->sched_timer.expires, 0))
+			if (!tick_program_event(
+				hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), 0))
 				break;
 		}
 		/* Update jiffies and reread time */
@@ -456,14 +456,16 @@ void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void)
 	 */
 	ts->tick_stopped  = 0;
 	ts->idle_exittime = now;
+
 	tick_nohz_restart(ts, now);
+
 	local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 static int tick_nohz_reprogram(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
 {
 	hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period);
-	return tick_program_event(ts->sched_timer.expires, 0);
+	return tick_program_event(hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -542,7 +544,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
 	next = tick_init_jiffy_update();
 
 	for (;;) {
-		ts->sched_timer.expires = next;
+		hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, next);
 		if (!tick_program_event(next, 0))
 			break;
 		next = ktime_add(next, tick_period);
@@ -567,11 +569,21 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
 static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
 {
 	struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+	ktime_t delta, now;
 
 	if (!ts->tick_stopped)
 		return;
 
-	tick_nohz_restart(ts, ktime_get());
+	/*
+	 * Do not touch the tick device, when the next expiry is either
+	 * already reached or less/equal than the tick period.
+	 */
+	now = ktime_get();
+	delta =	ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), now);
+	if (delta.tv64 <= tick_period.tv64)
+		return;
+
+	tick_nohz_restart(ts, now);
 }
 
 #else
@@ -668,16 +680,15 @@ void tick_setup_sched_timer(void)
 	ts->sched_timer.cb_mode = HRTIMER_CB_IRQSAFE_PERCPU;
 
 	/* Get the next period (per cpu) */
-	ts->sched_timer.expires = tick_init_jiffy_update();
+	hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, tick_init_jiffy_update());
 	offset = ktime_to_ns(tick_period) >> 1;
 	do_div(offset, num_possible_cpus());
 	offset *= smp_processor_id();
-	ts->sched_timer.expires = ktime_add_ns(ts->sched_timer.expires, offset);
+	hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&ts->sched_timer, offset);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period);
-		hrtimer_start(&ts->sched_timer, ts->sched_timer.expires,
-			      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+		hrtimer_start_expires(&ts->sched_timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 		/* Check, if the timer was already in the past */
 		if (hrtimer_active(&ts->sched_timer))
 			break;
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index f6426911e35..a999b92a127 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ print_timer(struct seq_file *m, struct hrtimer *taddr, struct hrtimer *timer,
 	SEQ_printf(m, ", %s/%d", tmp, timer->start_pid);
 #endif
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
-	SEQ_printf(m, " # expires at %Lu nsecs [in %Ld nsecs]\n",
-		(unsigned long long)ktime_to_ns(timer->expires),
-		(long long)(ktime_to_ns(timer->expires) - now));
+	SEQ_printf(m, " # expires at %Lu-%Lu nsecs [in %Ld to %Ld nsecs]\n",
+		(unsigned long long)ktime_to_ns(hrtimer_get_softexpires(timer)),
+		(unsigned long long)ktime_to_ns(hrtimer_get_expires(timer)),
+		(long long)(ktime_to_ns(hrtimer_get_softexpires(timer)) - now),
+		(long long)(ktime_to_ns(hrtimer_get_expires(timer)) - now));
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 714afad4653..f928f2a87b9 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct {
 	const char *name;
 	int singlethread;
 	int freezeable;		/* Freeze threads during suspend */
+	int rt;
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
 	struct lockdep_map lockdep_map;
 #endif
@@ -766,6 +767,7 @@ init_cpu_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int cpu)
 
 static int create_workqueue_thread(struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq, int cpu)
 {
+	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 };
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq = cwq->wq;
 	const char *fmt = is_single_threaded(wq) ? "%s" : "%s/%d";
 	struct task_struct *p;
@@ -781,7 +783,8 @@ static int create_workqueue_thread(struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq, int cpu)
 	 */
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		return PTR_ERR(p);
-
+	if (cwq->wq->rt)
+		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(p, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
 	cwq->thread = p;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -801,6 +804,7 @@ static void start_workqueue_thread(struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq, int cpu)
 struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqueue_key(const char *name,
 						int singlethread,
 						int freezeable,
+						int rt,
 						struct lock_class_key *key,
 						const char *lock_name)
 {
@@ -822,6 +826,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqueue_key(const char *name,
 	lockdep_init_map(&wq->lockdep_map, lock_name, key, 0);
 	wq->singlethread = singlethread;
 	wq->freezeable = freezeable;
+	wq->rt = rt;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wq->list);
 
 	if (singlethread) {