diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f67b35caf99..13007542d834 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 4
-SUBLEVEL = 83
-EXTRAVERSION =
+SUBLEVEL = 84
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Blurry Fish Butt
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
index 9e11dbe1cec3..329c127e13dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ typedef struct user_fpsimd_state elf_fpregset_t;
 
 /*
  * This is the base location for PIE (ET_DYN with INTERP) loads. On
- * 64-bit, this is raised to 4GB to leave the entire 32-bit address
+ * 64-bit, this is above 4GB to leave the entire 32-bit address
  * space open for things that want to use the area for 32-bit pointers.
  */
-#define ELF_ET_DYN_BASE		0x100000000UL
+#define ELF_ET_DYN_BASE		(2 * TASK_SIZE_64 / 3)
 
 /*
  * When the program starts, a1 contains a pointer to a function to be
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_avx2_x86_64_asm.S b/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_avx2_x86_64_asm.S
index 1cd792db15ef..1eab79c9ac48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_avx2_x86_64_asm.S
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_avx2_x86_64_asm.S
@@ -117,11 +117,10 @@
 	.set T1, REG_T1
 .endm
 
-#define K_BASE		%r8
 #define HASH_PTR	%r9
+#define BLOCKS_CTR	%r8
 #define BUFFER_PTR	%r10
 #define BUFFER_PTR2	%r13
-#define BUFFER_END	%r11
 
 #define PRECALC_BUF	%r14
 #define WK_BUF		%r15
@@ -205,14 +204,14 @@
 		 * blended AVX2 and ALU instruction scheduling
 		 * 1 vector iteration per 8 rounds
 		 */
-		vmovdqu ((i * 2) + PRECALC_OFFSET)(BUFFER_PTR), W_TMP
+		vmovdqu (i * 2)(BUFFER_PTR), W_TMP
 	.elseif ((i & 7) == 1)
-		vinsertf128 $1, (((i-1) * 2)+PRECALC_OFFSET)(BUFFER_PTR2),\
+		vinsertf128 $1, ((i-1) * 2)(BUFFER_PTR2),\
 			 WY_TMP, WY_TMP
 	.elseif ((i & 7) == 2)
 		vpshufb YMM_SHUFB_BSWAP, WY_TMP, WY
 	.elseif ((i & 7) == 4)
-		vpaddd  K_XMM(K_BASE), WY, WY_TMP
+		vpaddd  K_XMM + K_XMM_AR(%rip), WY, WY_TMP
 	.elseif ((i & 7) == 7)
 		vmovdqu  WY_TMP, PRECALC_WK(i&~7)
 
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@
 		vpxor	WY, WY_TMP, WY_TMP
 	.elseif ((i & 7) == 7)
 		vpxor	WY_TMP2, WY_TMP, WY
-		vpaddd	K_XMM(K_BASE), WY, WY_TMP
+		vpaddd  K_XMM + K_XMM_AR(%rip), WY, WY_TMP
 		vmovdqu	WY_TMP, PRECALC_WK(i&~7)
 
 		PRECALC_ROTATE_WY
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@
 		vpsrld	$30, WY, WY
 		vpor	WY, WY_TMP, WY
 	.elseif ((i & 7) == 7)
-		vpaddd	K_XMM(K_BASE), WY, WY_TMP
+		vpaddd  K_XMM + K_XMM_AR(%rip), WY, WY_TMP
 		vmovdqu	WY_TMP, PRECALC_WK(i&~7)
 
 		PRECALC_ROTATE_WY
@@ -446,6 +445,16 @@
 
 .endm
 
+/* Add constant only if (%2 > %3) condition met (uses RTA as temp)
+ * %1 + %2 >= %3 ? %4 : 0
+ */
+.macro ADD_IF_GE a, b, c, d
+	mov     \a, RTA
+	add     $\d, RTA
+	cmp     $\c, \b
+	cmovge  RTA, \a
+.endm
+
 /*
  * macro implements 80 rounds of SHA-1, for multiple blocks with s/w pipelining
  */
@@ -463,13 +472,16 @@
 	lea	(2*4*80+32)(%rsp), WK_BUF
 
 	# Precalc WK for first 2 blocks
-	PRECALC_OFFSET = 0
+	ADD_IF_GE BUFFER_PTR2, BLOCKS_CTR, 2, 64
 	.set i, 0
 	.rept    160
 		PRECALC i
 		.set i, i + 1
 	.endr
-	PRECALC_OFFSET = 128
+
+	/* Go to next block if needed */
+	ADD_IF_GE BUFFER_PTR, BLOCKS_CTR, 3, 128
+	ADD_IF_GE BUFFER_PTR2, BLOCKS_CTR, 4, 128
 	xchg	WK_BUF, PRECALC_BUF
 
 	.align 32
@@ -479,8 +491,8 @@ _loop:
 	 * we use K_BASE value as a signal of a last block,
 	 * it is set below by: cmovae BUFFER_PTR, K_BASE
 	 */
-	cmp	K_BASE, BUFFER_PTR
-	jne	_begin
+	test BLOCKS_CTR, BLOCKS_CTR
+	jnz _begin
 	.align 32
 	jmp	_end
 	.align 32
@@ -512,10 +524,10 @@ _loop0:
 		.set j, j+2
 	.endr
 
-	add	$(2*64), BUFFER_PTR       /* move to next odd-64-byte block */
-	cmp	BUFFER_END, BUFFER_PTR    /* is current block the last one? */
-	cmovae	K_BASE, BUFFER_PTR	/* signal the last iteration smartly */
-
+	/* Update Counter */
+	sub $1, BLOCKS_CTR
+	/* Move to the next block only if needed*/
+	ADD_IF_GE BUFFER_PTR, BLOCKS_CTR, 4, 128
 	/*
 	 * rounds
 	 * 60,62,64,66,68
@@ -532,8 +544,8 @@ _loop0:
 	UPDATE_HASH	12(HASH_PTR), D
 	UPDATE_HASH	16(HASH_PTR), E
 
-	cmp	K_BASE, BUFFER_PTR	/* is current block the last one? */
-	je	_loop
+	test	BLOCKS_CTR, BLOCKS_CTR
+	jz	_loop
 
 	mov	TB, B
 
@@ -575,10 +587,10 @@ _loop2:
 		.set j, j+2
 	.endr
 
-	add	$(2*64), BUFFER_PTR2      /* move to next even-64-byte block */
-
-	cmp	BUFFER_END, BUFFER_PTR2   /* is current block the last one */
-	cmovae	K_BASE, BUFFER_PTR       /* signal the last iteration smartly */
+	/* update counter */
+	sub     $1, BLOCKS_CTR
+	/* Move to the next block only if needed*/
+	ADD_IF_GE BUFFER_PTR2, BLOCKS_CTR, 4, 128
 
 	jmp	_loop3
 _loop3:
@@ -641,19 +653,12 @@ _loop3:
 
 	avx2_zeroupper
 
-	lea	K_XMM_AR(%rip), K_BASE
-
+	/* Setup initial values */
 	mov	CTX, HASH_PTR
 	mov	BUF, BUFFER_PTR
-	lea	64(BUF), BUFFER_PTR2
-
-	shl	$6, CNT			/* mul by 64 */
-	add	BUF, CNT
-	add	$64, CNT
-	mov	CNT, BUFFER_END
 
-	cmp	BUFFER_END, BUFFER_PTR2
-	cmovae	K_BASE, BUFFER_PTR2
+	mov	BUF, BUFFER_PTR2
+	mov	CNT, BLOCKS_CTR
 
 	xmm_mov	BSWAP_SHUFB_CTL(%rip), YMM_SHUFB_BSWAP
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ssse3_glue.c b/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ssse3_glue.c
index 7de207a11014..dd14616b7739 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ssse3_glue.c
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ssse3_glue.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ asmlinkage void sha1_transform_avx2(u32 *digest, const char *data,
 
 static bool avx2_usable(void)
 {
-	if (false && avx_usable() && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX2)
+	if (avx_usable() && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX2)
 		&& boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_BMI1)
 		&& boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_BMI2))
 		return true;
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index a55697d19824..cc0f2f5da19b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1190,6 +1190,8 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
 	 * other IST entries.
 	 */
 
+	ASM_CLAC
+
 	/* Use %rdx as our temp variable throughout */
 	pushq	%rdx
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
index 07cf288b692e..bcd3d6199464 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -247,11 +247,11 @@ extern int force_personality32;
 
 /*
  * This is the base location for PIE (ET_DYN with INTERP) loads. On
- * 64-bit, this is raised to 4GB to leave the entire 32-bit address
+ * 64-bit, this is above 4GB to leave the entire 32-bit address
  * space open for things that want to use the area for 32-bit pointers.
  */
 #define ELF_ET_DYN_BASE		(mmap_is_ia32() ? 0x000400000UL : \
-						  0x100000000UL)
+						  (TASK_SIZE / 3 * 2))
 
 /* This yields a mask that user programs can use to figure out what
    instruction set this CPU supports.  This could be done in user space,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
index 8900400230c6..2cdae69d7e0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void __intel_pmu_lbr_enable(bool pmi)
 	 */
 	if (cpuc->lbr_sel)
 		lbr_select = cpuc->lbr_sel->config;
-	if (!pmi)
+	if (!pmi && cpuc->lbr_sel)
 		wrmsrl(MSR_LBR_SELECT, lbr_select);
 
 	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
@@ -432,8 +432,10 @@ static void intel_pmu_lbr_read_64(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc)
 	int out = 0;
 	int num = x86_pmu.lbr_nr;
 
-	if (cpuc->lbr_sel->config & LBR_CALL_STACK)
-		num = tos;
+	if (cpuc->lbr_sel) {
+		if (cpuc->lbr_sel->config & LBR_CALL_STACK)
+			num = tos;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 		unsigned long lbr_idx = (tos - i) & mask;
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c b/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c
index da5458dfb1e3..98d4e515587a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c
@@ -1235,6 +1235,10 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id elan_acpi_id[] = {
 	{ "ELAN0100", 0 },
 	{ "ELAN0600", 0 },
 	{ "ELAN0605", 0 },
+	{ "ELAN0608", 0 },
+	{ "ELAN0605", 0 },
+	{ "ELAN0609", 0 },
+	{ "ELAN060B", 0 },
 	{ "ELAN1000", 0 },
 	{ }
 };
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c
index 37199b9b2cfa..831a195cb806 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ void __init aic_common_rtc_irq_fixup(struct device_node *root)
 	struct device_node *np;
 	void __iomem *regs;
 
-	np = of_find_compatible_node(root, NULL, "atmel,at91rm9200-rtc");
+	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "atmel,at91rm9200-rtc");
 	if (!np)
-		np = of_find_compatible_node(root, NULL,
+		np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL,
 					     "atmel,at91sam9x5-rtc");
 
 	if (!np)
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ void __init aic_common_irq_fixup(const struct of_device_id *matches)
 		return;
 
 	match = of_match_node(matches, root);
-	of_node_put(root);
 
 	if (match) {
 		void (*fixup)(struct device_node *) = match->data;
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
index 582d8f0c6266..958af3b1af7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ static const struct usb_device_id products[] = {
 	{QMI_FIXED_INTF(0x19d2, 0x1428, 2)},	/* Telewell TW-LTE 4G v2 */
 	{QMI_FIXED_INTF(0x19d2, 0x2002, 4)},	/* ZTE (Vodafone) K3765-Z */
 	{QMI_FIXED_INTF(0x2001, 0x7e19, 4)},	/* D-Link DWM-221 B1 */
+	{QMI_FIXED_INTF(0x2001, 0x7e35, 4)},	/* D-Link DWM-222 */
 	{QMI_FIXED_INTF(0x0f3d, 0x68a2, 8)},    /* Sierra Wireless MC7700 */
 	{QMI_FIXED_INTF(0x114f, 0x68a2, 8)},    /* Sierra Wireless MC7750 */
 	{QMI_FIXED_INTF(0x1199, 0x68a2, 8)},	/* Sierra Wireless MC7710 in QMI mode */
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/dino.c b/drivers/parisc/dino.c
index 7b0ca1551d7b..005ea632ba53 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/dino.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/dino.c
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ static int __init dino_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)
 
 	dino_dev->hba.dev = dev;
 	dino_dev->hba.base_addr = ioremap_nocache(hpa, 4096);
-	dino_dev->hba.lmmio_space_offset = 0;	/* CPU addrs == bus addrs */
+	dino_dev->hba.lmmio_space_offset = PCI_F_EXTEND;
 	spin_lock_init(&dino_dev->dinosaur_pen);
 	dino_dev->hba.iommu = ccio_get_iommu(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb-acpi.c b/drivers/usb/core/usb-acpi.c
index 2776cfe64c09..ef9cf4a21afe 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb-acpi.c
@@ -127,6 +127,22 @@ out:
  */
 #define USB_ACPI_LOCATION_VALID (1 << 31)
 
+static struct acpi_device *usb_acpi_find_port(struct acpi_device *parent,
+					      int raw)
+{
+	struct acpi_device *adev;
+
+	if (!parent)
+		return NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(adev, &parent->children, node) {
+		if (acpi_device_adr(adev) == raw)
+			return adev;
+	}
+
+	return acpi_find_child_device(parent, raw, false);
+}
+
 static struct acpi_device *usb_acpi_find_companion(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct usb_device *udev;
@@ -174,8 +190,10 @@ static struct acpi_device *usb_acpi_find_companion(struct device *dev)
 			int raw;
 
 			raw = usb_hcd_find_raw_port_number(hcd, port1);
-			adev = acpi_find_child_device(ACPI_COMPANION(&udev->dev),
-					raw, false);
+
+			adev = usb_acpi_find_port(ACPI_COMPANION(&udev->dev),
+						  raw);
+
 			if (!adev)
 				return NULL;
 		} else {
@@ -186,7 +204,9 @@ static struct acpi_device *usb_acpi_find_companion(struct device *dev)
 				return NULL;
 
 			acpi_bus_get_device(parent_handle, &adev);
-			adev = acpi_find_child_device(adev, port1, false);
+
+			adev = usb_acpi_find_port(adev, port1);
+
 			if (!adev)
 				return NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/xen/biomerge.c b/drivers/xen/biomerge.c
index 4da69dbf7dca..1bdd02a6d6ac 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/biomerge.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/biomerge.c
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ bool xen_biovec_phys_mergeable(const struct bio_vec *vec1,
 	unsigned long bfn1 = pfn_to_bfn(page_to_pfn(vec1->bv_page));
 	unsigned long bfn2 = pfn_to_bfn(page_to_pfn(vec2->bv_page));
 
-	return __BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE(vec1, vec2) &&
-		((bfn1 == bfn2) || ((bfn1+1) == bfn2));
+	return bfn1 + PFN_DOWN(vec1->bv_offset + vec1->bv_len) == bfn2;
 #else
 	/*
 	 * XXX: Add support for merging bio_vec when using different page
diff --git a/include/linux/pid.h b/include/linux/pid.h
index 23705a53abba..97b745ddece5 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid.h
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ enum pid_type
 	PIDTYPE_PID,
 	PIDTYPE_PGID,
 	PIDTYPE_SID,
-	PIDTYPE_MAX
+	PIDTYPE_MAX,
+	/* only valid to __task_pid_nr_ns() */
+	__PIDTYPE_TGID
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index eff7c1fad26f..e887c8d6f395 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1949,31 +1949,8 @@ static inline pid_t task_tgid_nr(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return tsk->tgid;
 }
 
-pid_t task_tgid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid_namespace *ns);
-
-static inline pid_t task_tgid_vnr(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	return pid_vnr(task_tgid(tsk));
-}
-
 
 static inline int pid_alive(const struct task_struct *p);
-static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr_ns(const struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid_namespace *ns)
-{
-	pid_t pid = 0;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (pid_alive(tsk))
-		pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(tsk->real_parent), ns);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	return pid;
-}
-
-static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr(const struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	return task_ppid_nr_ns(tsk, &init_pid_ns);
-}
 
 static inline pid_t task_pgrp_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk,
 					struct pid_namespace *ns)
@@ -1998,6 +1975,33 @@ static inline pid_t task_session_vnr(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return __task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, PIDTYPE_SID, NULL);
 }
 
+static inline pid_t task_tgid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid_namespace *ns)
+{
+	return __task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, __PIDTYPE_TGID, ns);
+}
+
+static inline pid_t task_tgid_vnr(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	return __task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, __PIDTYPE_TGID, NULL);
+}
+
+static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr_ns(const struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid_namespace *ns)
+{
+	pid_t pid = 0;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (pid_alive(tsk))
+		pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(tsk->real_parent), ns);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return pid;
+}
+
+static inline pid_t task_ppid_nr(const struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	return task_ppid_nr_ns(tsk, &init_pid_ns);
+}
+
 /* obsolete, do not use */
 static inline pid_t task_pgrp_nr(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 939945a5649c..a162661c9d60 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -457,13 +457,15 @@ void audit_remove_watch_rule(struct audit_krule *krule)
 	list_del(&krule->rlist);
 
 	if (list_empty(&watch->rules)) {
+		/*
+		 * audit_remove_watch() drops our reference to 'parent' which
+		 * can get freed. Grab our own reference to be safe.
+		 */
+		audit_get_parent(parent);
 		audit_remove_watch(watch);
-
-		if (list_empty(&parent->watches)) {
-			audit_get_parent(parent);
+		if (list_empty(&parent->watches))
 			fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group);
-			audit_put_parent(parent);
-		}
+		audit_put_parent(parent);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 78b3d9f80d44..b17263be9082 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -526,8 +526,11 @@ pid_t __task_pid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type,
 	if (!ns)
 		ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
 	if (likely(pid_alive(task))) {
-		if (type != PIDTYPE_PID)
+		if (type != PIDTYPE_PID) {
+			if (type == __PIDTYPE_TGID)
+				type = PIDTYPE_PID;
 			task = task->group_leader;
+		}
 		nr = pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(task->pids[type].pid), ns);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -536,12 +539,6 @@ pid_t __task_pid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__task_pid_nr_ns);
 
-pid_t task_tgid_nr_ns(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pid_namespace *ns)
-{
-	return pid_nr_ns(task_tgid(tsk), ns);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(task_tgid_nr_ns);
-
 struct pid_namespace *task_active_pid_ns(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	return ns_of_pid(task_pid(tsk));
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index e09b1a0e2cfe..c947014d128a 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -894,11 +894,6 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
 		*policy |= (pol->flags & MPOL_MODE_FLAGS);
 	}
 
-	if (vma) {
-		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-		vma = NULL;
-	}
-
 	err = 0;
 	if (nmask) {
 		if (mpol_store_user_nodemask(pol)) {
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 72c09dea6526..afedcfab60e2 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/balloon_compaction.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
 #include <linux/page_idle.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
@@ -1483,7 +1484,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
 		const int __user *, nodes,
 		int __user *, status, int, flags)
 {
-	const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	int err;
@@ -1507,14 +1507,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if this process has the right to modify the specified
-	 * process. The right exists if the process has administrative
-	 * capabilities, superuser privileges or the same
-	 * userid as the target process.
+	 * process. Use the regular "ptrace_may_access()" checks.
 	 */
-	tcred = __task_cred(task);
-	if (!uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->suid) && !uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->uid) &&
-	    !uid_eq(cred->uid,  tcred->suid) && !uid_eq(cred->uid,  tcred->uid) &&
-	    !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = -EPERM;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c
index 1a9545965c0d..531ca55f1af6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.c
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ nf_ct_ext_create(struct nf_ct_ext **ext, enum nf_ct_ext_id id,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	t = rcu_dereference(nf_ct_ext_types[id]);
-	BUG_ON(t == NULL);
+	if (!t) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	off = ALIGN(sizeof(struct nf_ct_ext), t->align);
 	len = off + t->len + var_alloc_len;
 	alloc_size = t->alloc_size + var_alloc_len;
@@ -88,7 +92,10 @@ void *__nf_ct_ext_add_length(struct nf_conn *ct, enum nf_ct_ext_id id,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	t = rcu_dereference(nf_ct_ext_types[id]);
-	BUG_ON(t == NULL);
+	if (!t) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	newoff = ALIGN(old->len, t->align);
 	newlen = newoff + t->len + var_alloc_len;
@@ -186,6 +193,6 @@ void nf_ct_extend_unregister(struct nf_ct_ext_type *type)
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_ct_ext_types[type->id], NULL);
 	update_alloc_size(type);
 	mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_ext_type_mutex);
-	rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s */
+	synchronize_rcu();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_extend_unregister);
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
index c67f9c212dd1..e326c1d80416 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
@@ -1530,19 +1530,14 @@ static int snd_seq_ioctl_create_queue(struct snd_seq_client *client,
 				      void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct snd_seq_queue_info info;
-	int result;
 	struct snd_seq_queue *q;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&info, arg, sizeof(info)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	result = snd_seq_queue_alloc(client->number, info.locked, info.flags);
-	if (result < 0)
-		return result;
-
-	q = queueptr(result);
-	if (q == NULL)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	q = snd_seq_queue_alloc(client->number, info.locked, info.flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(q))
+		return PTR_ERR(q);
 
 	info.queue = q->queue;
 	info.locked = q->locked;
@@ -1552,7 +1547,7 @@ static int snd_seq_ioctl_create_queue(struct snd_seq_client *client,
 	if (! info.name[0])
 		snprintf(info.name, sizeof(info.name), "Queue-%d", q->queue);
 	strlcpy(q->name, info.name, sizeof(q->name));
-	queuefree(q);
+	snd_use_lock_free(&q->use_lock);
 
 	if (copy_to_user(arg, &info, sizeof(info)))
 		return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
index 450c5187eecb..79e0c5604ef8 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
@@ -184,22 +184,26 @@ void __exit snd_seq_queues_delete(void)
 static void queue_use(struct snd_seq_queue *queue, int client, int use);
 
 /* allocate a new queue -
- * return queue index value or negative value for error
+ * return pointer to new queue or ERR_PTR(-errno) for error
+ * The new queue's use_lock is set to 1. It is the caller's responsibility to
+ * call snd_use_lock_free(&q->use_lock).
  */
-int snd_seq_queue_alloc(int client, int locked, unsigned int info_flags)
+struct snd_seq_queue *snd_seq_queue_alloc(int client, int locked, unsigned int info_flags)
 {
 	struct snd_seq_queue *q;
 
 	q = queue_new(client, locked);
 	if (q == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	q->info_flags = info_flags;
 	queue_use(q, client, 1);
+	snd_use_lock_use(&q->use_lock);
 	if (queue_list_add(q) < 0) {
+		snd_use_lock_free(&q->use_lock);
 		queue_delete(q);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
-	return q->queue;
+	return q;
 }
 
 /* delete a queue - queue must be owned by the client */
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.h b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.h
index 30c8111477f6..719093489a2c 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.h
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void snd_seq_queues_delete(void);
 
 
 /* create new queue (constructor) */
-int snd_seq_queue_alloc(int client, int locked, unsigned int flags);
+struct snd_seq_queue *snd_seq_queue_alloc(int client, int locked, unsigned int flags);
 
 /* delete queue (destructor) */
 int snd_seq_queue_delete(int client, int queueid);
diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.c b/sound/usb/mixer.c
index 499b03c8281d..696de5ac69be 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer.c
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ int snd_usb_mixer_vol_tlv(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, int op_flag,
 
 	if (size < sizeof(scale))
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (cval->min_mute)
+		scale[0] = SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_MINMAX_MUTE;
 	scale[2] = cval->dBmin;
 	scale[3] = cval->dBmax;
 	if (copy_to_user(_tlv, scale, sizeof(scale)))
diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.h b/sound/usb/mixer.h
index 3417ef347e40..2b4b067646ab 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer.h
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct usb_mixer_elem_info {
 	int cached;
 	int cache_val[MAX_CHANNELS];
 	u8 initialized;
+	u8 min_mute;
 	void *private_data;
 };
 
diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c b/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c
index 04991b009132..5d2fc5f58bfe 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer_quirks.c
@@ -1873,6 +1873,12 @@ void snd_usb_mixer_fu_apply_quirk(struct usb_mixer_interface *mixer,
 		if (unitid == 7 && cval->control == UAC_FU_VOLUME)
 			snd_dragonfly_quirk_db_scale(mixer, cval, kctl);
 		break;
+	/* lowest playback value is muted on C-Media devices */
+	case USB_ID(0x0d8c, 0x000c):
+	case USB_ID(0x0d8c, 0x0014):
+		if (strstr(kctl->id.name, "Playback"))
+			cval->min_mute = 1;
+		break;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/usb/quirks.c b/sound/usb/quirks.c
index 29f38e2b4ca9..1cc20d138dae 100644
--- a/sound/usb/quirks.c
+++ b/sound/usb/quirks.c
@@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ bool snd_usb_get_sample_rate_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip)
 	case USB_ID(0x0556, 0x0014): /* Phoenix Audio TMX320VC */
 	case USB_ID(0x05A3, 0x9420): /* ELP HD USB Camera */
 	case USB_ID(0x074D, 0x3553): /* Outlaw RR2150 (Micronas UAC3553B) */
+	case USB_ID(0x1395, 0x740a): /* Sennheiser DECT */
 	case USB_ID(0x1901, 0x0191): /* GE B850V3 CP2114 audio interface */
 	case USB_ID(0x1de7, 0x0013): /* Phoenix Audio MT202exe */
 	case USB_ID(0x1de7, 0x0014): /* Phoenix Audio TMX320 */
