Merge tag 'driver-core-3.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here's the big driver core merge for 3.11-rc1

  Lots of little things, and larger firmware subsystem updates, all
  described in the shortlog.  Nice thing here is that we finally get rid
  of CONFIG_HOTPLUG, after 10+ years, thanks to Stephen Rohtwell (it had
  been always on for a number of kernel releases, now it's just
  removed)"

* tag 'driver-core-3.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (27 commits)
  driver core: device.h: fix doc compilation warnings
  firmware loader: fix another compile warning with PM_SLEEP unset
  build some drivers only when compile-testing
  firmware loader: fix compile warning with PM_SLEEP set
  kobject: sanitize argument for format string
  sysfs_notify is only possible on file attributes
  firmware loader: simplify holding module for request_firmware
  firmware loader: don't export cache_firmware and uncache_firmware
  drivers/base: Use attribute groups to create sysfs memory files
  firmware loader: fix compile warning
  firmware loader: fix build failure with !CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
  Documentation: Updated broken link in HOWTO
  Finally eradicate CONFIG_HOTPLUG
  driver core: firmware loader: kill FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG requests before suspend
  driver core: firmware loader: don't cache FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG firmware
  Documentation: Tidy up some drivers/base/core.c kerneldoc content.
  platform_device: use a macro instead of platform_driver_register
  firmware: move EXPORT_SYMBOL annotations
  firmware: Avoid deadlock of usermodehelper lock at shutdown
  dell_rbu: Select CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER explicitly
  ...

53 files changed, 316 insertions, 265 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
index 1ce5ae329c0..5210a51c90f 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ Description:
 		Writing a non-zero value to this attribute will
 		force a rescan of all PCI buses in the system, and
 		re-discover previously removed devices.
-		Depends on CONFIG_HOTPLUG.
 
 What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../msi_irqs/
 Date:		September, 2011
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ Contact:	Linux PCI developers <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>
 Description:
 		Writing a non-zero value to this attribute will
 		hot-remove the PCI device and any of its children.
-		Depends on CONFIG_HOTPLUG.
 
 What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../pci_bus/.../rescan
 Date:		May 2011
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ Description:
 		Writing a non-zero value to this attribute will
 		force a rescan of the bus and all child buses,
 		and re-discover devices removed earlier from this
-		part of the device tree.  Depends on CONFIG_HOTPLUG.
+		part of the device tree.
 
 What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan
 Date:		January 2009
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ Description:
 		force a rescan of the device's parent bus and all
 		child buses, and re-discover devices removed earlier
 		from this part of the device tree.
-		Depends on CONFIG_HOTPLUG.
 
 What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../reset
 Date:		July 2009
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index a9f288ff54f..27faae3e384 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ required reading:
 
     Other excellent descriptions of how to create patches properly are:
 	"The Perfect Patch"
-		http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
+		http://kerneltrap.org/node/3737
 	"Linux kernel patch submission format"
 		http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html
 
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index dc0e33210d7..2b7e32dfe00 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ kernel patches.
     same time, just various/random combinations of them]:
 
     CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI,
-    CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
+    CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
     CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index 9f401350f50..0efd1b905b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ A: When doing make defconfig, Enable CPU hotplug support
 
    "Processor type and Features" -> Support for Hotpluggable CPUs
 
-Make sure that you have CONFIG_HOTPLUG, and CONFIG_SMP turned on as well.
+Make sure that you have CONFIG_SMP turned on as well.
 
 You would need to enable CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU for SMP suspend/resume support
 as well.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches
index 843751c41fe..46286460462 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ increase the chances of your change being accepted.
   explicitly below the patch header.
 
 * If your patch (or the driver) is affected by configuration options such as
-  CONFIG_SMP or CONFIG_HOTPLUG, make sure it compiles for all configuration
-  variants.
+  CONFIG_SMP, make sure it compiles for all configuration variants.
 
 
 2. Adding functionality to existing drivers
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index 3f429ed8b3b..213859e69e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Searching in menuconfig:
 	Example:
 		/hotplug
 		This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug",
-		e.g., HOTPLUG, HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
+		e.g., HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
 
 	For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight
 	<Help>) and Enter.  This will tell you that you can also use
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/hotplug.txt b/Documentation/usb/hotplug.txt
index 4c945716a66..6424b130485 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/hotplug.txt
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ you get the best hotplugging when you configure a highly modular system.
 
 KERNEL HOTPLUG HELPER (/sbin/hotplug)
 
-When you compile with CONFIG_HOTPLUG, you get a new kernel parameter:
-/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug, which normally holds the pathname "/sbin/hotplug".
-That parameter names a program which the kernel may invoke at various times.
+There is a kernel parameter: /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug, which normally
+holds the pathname "/sbin/hotplug".  That parameter names a program
+which the kernel may invoke at various times.
 
 The /sbin/hotplug program can be invoked by any subsystem as part of its
 reaction to a configuration change, from a thread in that subsystem.
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 136f263ed47..b5190158cea 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ config NR_CPUS
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
+	depends on SMP
 	help
 	  Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on.  CPUs
 	  can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
index 1e9be5d25e5..85c3fb6c93c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/module.c
@@ -288,24 +288,16 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf32_Ehdr *hdr, const Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 
 		if (strcmp(".ARM.exidx.init.text", secname) == 0)
 			maps[ARM_SEC_INIT].unw_sec = s;
-		else if (strcmp(".ARM.exidx.devinit.text", secname) == 0)
-			maps[ARM_SEC_DEVINIT].unw_sec = s;
 		else if (strcmp(".ARM.exidx", secname) == 0)
 			maps[ARM_SEC_CORE].unw_sec = s;
 		else if (strcmp(".ARM.exidx.exit.text", secname) == 0)
 			maps[ARM_SEC_EXIT].unw_sec = s;
-		else if (strcmp(".ARM.exidx.devexit.text", secname) == 0)
-			maps[ARM_SEC_DEVEXIT].unw_sec = s;
 		else if (strcmp(".init.text", secname) == 0)
 			maps[ARM_SEC_INIT].txt_sec = s;
-		else if (strcmp(".devinit.text", secname) == 0)
-			maps[ARM_SEC_DEVINIT].txt_sec = s;
 		else if (strcmp(".text", secname) == 0)
 			maps[ARM_SEC_CORE].txt_sec = s;
 		else if (strcmp(".exit.text", secname) == 0)
 			maps[ARM_SEC_EXIT].txt_sec = s;
-		else if (strcmp(".devexit.text", secname) == 0)
-			maps[ARM_SEC_DEVEXIT].txt_sec = s;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARM_SEC_MAX; i++)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a871b8e00fc..fa25e4e425f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(EXIT_TEXT)
 		ARM_EXIT_DISCARD(EXIT_DATA)
 		EXIT_CALL
-#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-		*(.ARM.exidx.devexit.text)
-		*(.ARM.extab.devexit.text)
-#endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 		*(.fixup)
 		*(__ex_table)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig
index 73a2d905af8..30e1ebe3a89 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/Kconfig
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ config IXP4XX_QMGR
 config IXP4XX_NPE
 	tristate "IXP4xx Network Processor Engine support"
 	select FW_LOADER
-	select HOTPLUG
 	help
 	  This driver supports IXP4xx built-in network coprocessors
 	  and is automatically selected by Ethernet and HSS drivers.
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index a117652b5fe..b573827d041 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ config NR_CPUS
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
+	depends on SMP
 	default y
 
 config BF_REV_MIN
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
index c55971a40c3..ab725edbc68 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -617,7 +617,6 @@ config ETRAX_PV_CHANGEABLE_BITS
 config ETRAX_CARDBUS
         bool "Cardbus support"
         depends on ETRAX_ARCH_V32
-        select HOTPLUG
         help
 	 Enabled the ETRAX Cardbus driver.
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 1a2b7749b04..5a768ad8e89 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ config NR_CPUS
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
 	depends on SMP
-	select HOTPLUG
 	default n
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on.  CPUs
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 7a58ab933b2..e433b90507f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ config SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && SYS_SUPPORTS_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	depends on SMP && SYS_SUPPORTS_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	help
 	  Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
 	  controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 6507dabdd5d..2a2aea5aae5 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ config IRQSTACKS
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool
 	default y if SMP
-	select HOTPLUG
 
 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index c33e3ad2c8f..508e3fe934d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ config SWIOTLB
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for enabling/disabling CPUs"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && (PPC_PSERIES || \
+	depends on SMP && (PPC_PSERIES || \
 	PPC_PMAC || PPC_POWERNV || (PPC_85xx && !PPC_E500MC))
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here to be able to disable and re-enable individual
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_hash64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_hash64.c
index 023ec8a13f3..7df1c5edda8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_hash64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_hash64.c
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ void tlb_flush(struct mmu_gather *tlb)
  * since 64K pages may overlap with other bridges when using 64K pages
  * with 4K HW pages on IO space.
  *
- * Because of that usage pattern, it's only available with CONFIG_HOTPLUG
- * and is implemented for small size rather than speed.
+ * Because of that usage pattern, it is implemented for small size rather
+ * than speed.
  */
 void __flush_hash_table_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 			      unsigned long end)
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index da183c5a103..22f75b504f7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	def_bool y
 	prompt "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
 	depends on SMP
-	select HOTPLUG
 	help
 	  Say Y here to be able to turn CPUs off and on. CPUs
 	  can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#.
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 8c868cf2cf9..1020dd85431 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ config NR_CPUS
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
+	depends on SMP
 	help
 	  Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on.  CPUs
 	  can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 9ac9f166633..a00cbd356db 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ config SECCOMP
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
 	depends on SPARC64 && SMP
-	select HOTPLUG
 	help
 	  Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on.  CPUs
 	  can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#.
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index fe120da2562..c49b4dc8ffe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG
+	depends on SMP
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
 	  controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 07abd9d76f7..5daa2599ed4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ menu "Generic Driver Options"
 
 config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
 	string "path to uevent helper"
-	depends on HOTPLUG
 	default ""
 	help
 	  Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
 
 config DEVTMPFS
 	bool "Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev"
-	depends on HOTPLUG
 	help
 	  This creates a tmpfs/ramfs filesystem instance early at bootup.
 	  In this filesystem, the kernel driver core maintains device
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 2499cefdcdf..6fdc53d46fa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@ ssize_t device_show_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_show_bool);
 
 /**
- *	device_release - free device structure.
- *	@kobj:	device's kobject.
+ * device_release - free device structure.
+ * @kobj: device's kobject.
  *
- *	This is called once the reference count for the object
- *	reaches 0. We forward the call to the device's release
- *	method, which should handle actually freeing the structure.
+ * This is called once the reference count for the object
+ * reaches 0. We forward the call to the device's release
+ * method, which should handle actually freeing the structure.
  */
 static void device_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
@@ -1334,8 +1334,8 @@ const char *device_get_devnode(struct device *dev,
 /**
  * device_for_each_child - device child iterator.
  * @parent: parent struct device.
- * @data: data for the callback.
  * @fn: function to be called for each device.
+ * @data: data for the callback.
  *
  * Iterate over @parent's child devices, and call @fn for each,
  * passing it @data.
@@ -1363,8 +1363,8 @@ int device_for_each_child(struct device *parent, void *data,
 /**
  * device_find_child - device iterator for locating a particular device.
  * @parent: parent struct device
- * @data: Data to pass to match function
  * @match: Callback function to check device
+ * @data: Data to pass to match function
  *
  * This is similar to the device_for_each_child() function above, but it
  * returns a reference to a device that is 'found' for later use, as
@@ -1374,6 +1374,8 @@ int device_for_each_child(struct device *parent, void *data,
  * if it does.  If the callback returns non-zero and a reference to the
  * current device can be obtained, this function will return to the caller
  * and not iterate over any more devices.
+ *
+ * NOTE: you will need to drop the reference with put_device() after use.
  */
 struct device *device_find_child(struct device *parent, void *data,
 				 int (*match)(struct device *dev, void *data))
diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 3d48fc887ef..c377673320e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -85,18 +85,21 @@ static ssize_t __ref store_online(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(online, 0644, show_online, store_online);
 
-static void __cpuinit register_cpu_control(struct cpu *cpu)
-{
-	device_create_file(&cpu->dev, &dev_attr_online);
-}
+static struct attribute *hotplug_cpu_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_online.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group hotplug_cpu_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = hotplug_cpu_attrs,
+};
+
 void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu)
 {
 	int logical_cpu = cpu->dev.id;
 
 	unregister_cpu_under_node(logical_cpu, cpu_to_node(logical_cpu));
 
-	device_remove_file(&cpu->dev, &dev_attr_online);
-
 	device_unregister(&cpu->dev);
 	per_cpu(cpu_sys_devices, logical_cpu) = NULL;
 	return;
@@ -122,11 +125,6 @@ static ssize_t cpu_release_store(struct device *dev,
 static DEVICE_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_probe_store);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(release, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_release_store);
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE */
-
-#else /* ... !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
-static inline void register_cpu_control(struct cpu *cpu)
-{
-}
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
@@ -164,8 +162,35 @@ static ssize_t show_crash_notes_size(struct device *dev,
 	return rc;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(crash_notes_size, 0400, show_crash_notes_size, NULL);
+
+static struct attribute *crash_note_cpu_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_crash_notes.attr,
+	&dev_attr_crash_notes_size.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group crash_note_cpu_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = crash_note_cpu_attrs,
+};
 #endif
 
+static const struct attribute_group *common_cpu_attr_groups[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
+	&crash_note_cpu_attr_group,
+#endif
+	NULL
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *hotplugable_cpu_attr_groups[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
+	&crash_note_cpu_attr_group,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	&hotplug_cpu_attr_group,
+#endif
+	NULL
+};
+
 /*
  * Print cpu online, possible, present, and system maps
  */
@@ -280,21 +305,15 @@ int __cpuinit register_cpu(struct cpu *cpu, int num)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
 	cpu->dev.bus->uevent = arch_cpu_uevent;
 #endif
+	cpu->dev.groups = common_cpu_attr_groups;
+	if (cpu->hotpluggable)
+		cpu->dev.groups = hotplugable_cpu_attr_groups;
 	error = device_register(&cpu->dev);
-	if (!error && cpu->hotpluggable)
-		register_cpu_control(cpu);
 	if (!error)
 		per_cpu(cpu_sys_devices, num) = &cpu->dev;
 	if (!error)
 		register_cpu_under_node(num, cpu_to_node(num));
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
-	if (!error)
-		error = device_create_file(&cpu->dev, &dev_attr_crash_notes);
-	if (!error)
-		error = device_create_file(&cpu->dev,
-					   &dev_attr_crash_notes_size);
-#endif
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 01e21037d8f..a439602ea91 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
 
 #include <generated/utsrelease.h>
 
@@ -127,9 +128,11 @@ struct firmware_buf {
 	size_t size;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
 	bool is_paged_buf;
+	bool need_uevent;
 	struct page **pages;
 	int nr_pages;
 	int page_array_size;
+	struct list_head pending_list;
 #endif
 	char fw_id[];
 };
@@ -171,6 +174,9 @@ static struct firmware_buf *__allocate_fw_buf(const char *fw_name,
 	strcpy(buf->fw_id, fw_name);
 	buf->fwc = fwc;
 	init_completion(&buf->completion);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buf->pending_list);
+#endif
 
 	pr_debug("%s: fw-%s buf=%p\n", __func__, fw_name, buf);
 
@@ -212,18 +218,6 @@ static int fw_lookup_and_allocate_buf(const char *fw_name,
 	return tmp ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static struct firmware_buf *fw_lookup_buf(const char *fw_name)
-{
-	struct firmware_buf *tmp;
-	struct firmware_cache *fwc = &fw_cache;
-
-	spin_lock(&fwc->lock);
-	tmp = __fw_lookup_buf(fw_name);
-	spin_unlock(&fwc->lock);
-
-	return tmp;
-}
-
 static void __fw_free_buf(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct firmware_buf *buf = to_fwbuf(ref);
@@ -446,10 +440,8 @@ static struct firmware_priv *to_firmware_priv(struct device *dev)
 	return container_of(dev, struct firmware_priv, dev);
 }
 
-static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
+static void __fw_load_abort(struct firmware_buf *buf)
 {
-	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw_priv->buf;
-
 	/*
 	 * There is a small window in which user can write to 'loading'
 	 * between loading done and disappearance of 'loading'
@@ -457,8 +449,16 @@ static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
 	if (test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status))
 		return;
 
+	list_del_init(&buf->pending_list);
 	set_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &buf->status);
 	complete_all(&buf->completion);
+}
+
+static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
+{
+	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw_priv->buf;
+
+	__fw_load_abort(buf);
 
 	/* avoid user action after loading abort */
 	fw_priv->buf = NULL;
@@ -467,6 +467,25 @@ static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
 #define is_fw_load_aborted(buf)	\
 	test_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &(buf)->status)
 
+static LIST_HEAD(pending_fw_head);
+
+/* reboot notifier for avoid deadlock with usermode_lock */
+static int fw_shutdown_notify(struct notifier_block *unused1,
+			      unsigned long unused2, void *unused3)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
+	while (!list_empty(&pending_fw_head))
+		__fw_load_abort(list_first_entry(&pending_fw_head,
+					       struct firmware_buf,
+					       pending_list));
+	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block fw_shutdown_nb = {
+	.notifier_call = fw_shutdown_notify,
+};
+
 static ssize_t firmware_timeout_show(struct class *class,
 				     struct class_attribute *attr,
 				     char *buf)
@@ -509,8 +528,6 @@ static void fw_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
 
 	kfree(fw_priv);
-
-	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
 
 static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
@@ -619,6 +636,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 			 * is completed.
 			 * */
 			fw_map_pages_buf(fw_buf);
+			list_del_init(&fw_buf->pending_list);
 			complete_all(&fw_buf->completion);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -838,9 +856,6 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, bool uevent,
 
 	dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, true);
 
-	/* Need to pin this module until class device is destroyed */
-	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-
 	retval = device_add(f_dev);
 	if (retval) {
 		dev_err(f_dev, "%s: device_register failed\n", __func__);
@@ -860,6 +875,7 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, bool uevent,
 	}
 
 	if (uevent) {
+		buf->need_uevent = true;
 		dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
 		dev_dbg(f_dev, "firmware: requesting %s\n", buf->fw_id);
 		if (timeout != MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
@@ -868,6 +884,10 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, bool uevent,
 		kobject_uevent(&fw_priv->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
+	list_add(&buf->pending_list, &pending_fw_head);
+	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
+
 	wait_for_completion(&buf->completion);
 
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&fw_priv->timeout_work);
@@ -895,6 +915,23 @@ static int fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware,
 	fw_priv->buf = firmware->priv;
 	return _request_firmware_load(fw_priv, uevent, timeout);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
+/* kill pending requests without uevent to avoid blocking suspend */
+static void kill_requests_without_uevent(void)
+{
+	struct firmware_buf *buf;
+	struct firmware_buf *next;
+
+	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(buf, next, &pending_fw_head, pending_list) {
+		if (!buf->need_uevent)
+			 __fw_load_abort(buf);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
+}
+#endif
+
 #else /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
 static inline int
 fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware, const char *name,
@@ -907,6 +944,10 @@ fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware, const char *name,
 /* No abort during direct loading */
 #define is_fw_load_aborted(buf) false
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
+static inline void kill_requests_without_uevent(void) { }
+#endif
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
 
 
@@ -974,7 +1015,8 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	return 1; /* need to load */
 }
 
-static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device)
+static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
+				bool skip_cache)
 {
 	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw->priv;
 
@@ -991,7 +1033,7 @@ static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device)
 	 * device may has been deleted already, but the problem
 	 * should be fixed in devres or driver core.
 	 */
-	if (device)
+	if (device && !skip_cache)
 		fw_add_devm_name(device, buf->fw_id);
 
 	/*
@@ -1047,8 +1089,10 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	if (!fw_get_filesystem_firmware(device, fw->priv))
 		ret = fw_load_from_user_helper(fw, name, device,
 					       uevent, nowait, timeout);
+
+	/* don't cache firmware handled without uevent */
 	if (!ret)
-		ret = assign_firmware_buf(fw, device);
+		ret = assign_firmware_buf(fw, device, !uevent);
 
 	usermodehelper_read_unlock();
 
@@ -1086,8 +1130,15 @@ int
 request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
                  struct device *device)
 {
-	return _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, true, false);
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Need to pin this module until return */
+	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, true, false);
+	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware);
 
 /**
  * release_firmware: - release the resource associated with a firmware image
@@ -1101,6 +1152,7 @@ void release_firmware(const struct firmware *fw)
 		kfree(fw);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_firmware);
 
 /* Async support */
 struct firmware_work {
@@ -1181,6 +1233,10 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
 	schedule_work(&fw_work->work);
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
+static ASYNC_DOMAIN_EXCLUSIVE(fw_cache_domain);
 
 /**
  * cache_firmware - cache one firmware image in kernel memory space
@@ -1196,7 +1252,7 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
  * Return !0 otherwise
  *
  */
-int cache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
+static int cache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
 {
 	int ret;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
@@ -1212,6 +1268,18 @@ int cache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static struct firmware_buf *fw_lookup_buf(const char *fw_name)
+{
+	struct firmware_buf *tmp;
+	struct firmware_cache *fwc = &fw_cache;
+
+	spin_lock(&fwc->lock);
+	tmp = __fw_lookup_buf(fw_name);
+	spin_unlock(&fwc->lock);
+
+	return tmp;
+}
+
 /**
  * uncache_firmware - remove one cached firmware image
  * @fw_name: the firmware image name
@@ -1223,7 +1291,7 @@ int cache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
  * Return !0 otherwise
  *
  */
-int uncache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
+static int uncache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
 {
 	struct firmware_buf *buf;
 	struct firmware fw;
@@ -1242,9 +1310,6 @@ int uncache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
-static ASYNC_DOMAIN_EXCLUSIVE(fw_cache_domain);
-
 static struct fw_cache_entry *alloc_fw_cache_entry(const char *name)
 {
 	struct fw_cache_entry *fce;
@@ -1464,6 +1529,7 @@ static int fw_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *notify_block,
 	switch (mode) {
 	case PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE:
 	case PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE:
+		kill_requests_without_uevent();
 		device_cache_fw_images();
 		break;
 
@@ -1526,6 +1592,7 @@ static int __init firmware_class_init(void)
 {
 	fw_cache_init();
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
+	register_reboot_notifier(&fw_shutdown_nb);
 	return class_register(&firmware_class);
 #else
 	return 0;
@@ -1539,15 +1606,10 @@ static void __exit firmware_class_exit(void)
 	unregister_pm_notifier(&fw_cache.pm_notify);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&fw_shutdown_nb);
 	class_unregister(&firmware_class);
 #endif
 }
 
 fs_initcall(firmware_class_init);
 module_exit(firmware_class_exit);
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_firmware);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cache_firmware);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uncache_firmware);
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 14f8a6954da..e315051cfee 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -77,22 +77,6 @@ static void memory_block_release(struct device *dev)
 	kfree(mem);
 }
 
-/*
- * register_memory - Setup a sysfs device for a memory block
- */
-static
-int register_memory(struct memory_block *memory)
-{
-	int error;
-
-	memory->dev.bus = &memory_subsys;
-	memory->dev.id = memory->start_section_nr / sections_per_block;
-	memory->dev.release = memory_block_release;
-
-	error = device_register(&memory->dev);
-	return error;
-}
-
 unsigned long __weak memory_block_size_bytes(void)
 {
 	return MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
@@ -371,11 +355,6 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(state, 0644, show_mem_state, store_mem_state);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(phys_device, 0444, show_phys_device, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(removable, 0444, show_mem_removable, NULL);
 
-#define mem_create_simple_file(mem, attr_name)	\
-	device_create_file(&mem->dev, &dev_attr_##attr_name)
-#define mem_remove_simple_file(mem, attr_name)	\
-	device_remove_file(&mem->dev, &dev_attr_##attr_name)
-
 /*
  * Block size attribute stuff
  */
@@ -388,12 +367,6 @@ print_block_size(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(block_size_bytes, 0444, print_block_size, NULL);
 
-static int block_size_init(void)
-{
-	return device_create_file(memory_subsys.dev_root,
-				  &dev_attr_block_size_bytes);
-}
-
 /*
  * Some architectures will have custom drivers to do this, and
  * will not need to do it from userspace.  The fake hot-add code
@@ -429,17 +402,8 @@ memory_probe_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, memory_probe_store);
 
-static int memory_probe_init(void)
-{
-	return device_create_file(memory_subsys.dev_root, &dev_attr_probe);
-}
-#else
-static inline int memory_probe_init(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, memory_probe_store);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
@@ -485,23 +449,6 @@ store_hard_offline_page(struct device *dev,
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(soft_offline_page, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_soft_offline_page);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(hard_offline_page, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_hard_offline_page);
-
-static __init int memory_fail_init(void)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	err = device_create_file(memory_subsys.dev_root,
-				&dev_attr_soft_offline_page);
-	if (!err)
-		err = device_create_file(memory_subsys.dev_root,
-				&dev_attr_hard_offline_page);
-	return err;
-}
-#else
-static inline int memory_fail_init(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -546,6 +493,41 @@ struct memory_block *find_memory_block(struct mem_section *section)
 	return find_memory_block_hinted(section, NULL);
 }
 
+static struct attribute *memory_memblk_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_phys_index.attr,
+	&dev_attr_end_phys_index.attr,
+	&dev_attr_state.attr,
+	&dev_attr_phys_device.attr,
+	&dev_attr_removable.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group memory_memblk_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = memory_memblk_attrs,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *memory_memblk_attr_groups[] = {
+	&memory_memblk_attr_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+/*
+ * register_memory - Setup a sysfs device for a memory block
+ */
+static
+int register_memory(struct memory_block *memory)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	memory->dev.bus = &memory_subsys;
+	memory->dev.id = memory->start_section_nr / sections_per_block;
+	memory->dev.release = memory_block_release;
+	memory->dev.groups = memory_memblk_attr_groups;
+
+	error = device_register(&memory->dev);
+	return error;
+}
+
 static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block **memory,
 			     struct mem_section *section, unsigned long state)
 {
@@ -569,16 +551,6 @@ static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block **memory,
 	mem->phys_device = arch_get_memory_phys_device(start_pfn);
 
 	ret = register_memory(mem);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, phys_index);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, end_phys_index);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, state);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, phys_device);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = mem_create_simple_file(mem, removable);
 
 	*memory = mem;
 	return ret;
@@ -656,14 +628,9 @@ static int remove_memory_block(unsigned long node_id,
 	unregister_mem_sect_under_nodes(mem, __section_nr(section));
 
 	mem->section_count--;
-	if (mem->section_count == 0) {
-		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_index);
-		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, end_phys_index);
-		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, state);
-		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, phys_device);
-		mem_remove_simple_file(mem, removable);
+	if (mem->section_count == 0)
 		unregister_memory(mem);
-	} else
+	else
 		kobject_put(&mem->dev.kobj);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
@@ -700,6 +667,29 @@ bool is_memblock_offlined(struct memory_block *mem)
 	return mem->state == MEM_OFFLINE;
 }
 
+static struct attribute *memory_root_attrs[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
+	&dev_attr_probe.attr,
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
+	&dev_attr_soft_offline_page.attr,
+	&dev_attr_hard_offline_page.attr,
+#endif
+
+	&dev_attr_block_size_bytes.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group memory_root_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = memory_root_attrs,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *memory_root_attr_groups[] = {
+	&memory_root_attr_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
 /*
  * Initialize the sysfs support for memory devices...
  */
@@ -711,7 +701,7 @@ int __init memory_dev_init(void)
 	unsigned long block_sz;
 	struct memory_block *mem = NULL;
 
-	ret = subsys_system_register(&memory_subsys, NULL);
+	ret = subsys_system_register(&memory_subsys, memory_root_attr_groups);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -734,15 +724,6 @@ int __init memory_dev_init(void)
 			ret = err;
 	}
 
-	err = memory_probe_init();
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = err;
-	err = memory_fail_init();
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = err;
-	err = block_size_init();
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = err;
 out:
 	if (ret)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s() failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 9eda84246ff..ed75cf6ef9c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -523,11 +523,13 @@ static void platform_drv_shutdown(struct device *_dev)
 }
 
 /**
- * platform_driver_register - register a driver for platform-level devices
+ * __platform_driver_register - register a driver for platform-level devices
  * @drv: platform driver structure
  */
-int platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *drv)
+int __platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *drv,
+				struct module *owner)
 {
+	drv->driver.owner = owner;
 	drv->driver.bus = &platform_bus_type;
 	if (drv->probe)
 		drv->driver.probe = platform_drv_probe;
@@ -538,7 +540,7 @@ int platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *drv)
 
 	return driver_register(&drv->driver);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__platform_driver_register);
 
 /**
  * platform_driver_unregister - unregister a driver for platform-level devices
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig
index 2a166d56738..b27f5342fe7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 menu "PCMCIA character devices"
-	depends on HOTPLUG && PCMCIA!=n
+	depends on PCMCIA!=n
 
 config SYNCLINK_CS
 	tristate "SyncLink PC Card support"
diff --git a/drivers/edac/Kconfig b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
index e443f2c1dfd..a697a64d538 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ config EDAC_E7XXX
 
 config EDAC_E752X
 	tristate "Intel e752x (e7520, e7525, e7320) and 3100"
-	depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && PCI && X86 && HOTPLUG
+	depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && PCI && X86
 	help
 	  Support for error detection and correction on the Intel
 	  E7520, E7525, E7320 server chipsets.
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index 93876302fb2..074787281c9 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ config DELL_RBU
 	tristate "BIOS update support for DELL systems via sysfs"
 	depends on X86
 	select FW_LOADER
+	select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
 	help
 	 Say m if you want to have the option of updating the BIOS for your
 	 DELL system. Note you need a Dell OpenManage or Dell Update package (DUP)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index 80889d5f95f..8dacd4c9ee8 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ config PHANTOM
 
 config INTEL_MID_PTI
 	tristate "Parallel Trace Interface for MIPI P1149.7 cJTAG standard"
-	depends on PCI && TTY
+	depends on PCI && TTY && (X86_INTEL_MID || COMPILE_TEST)
 	default n
 	help
 	  The PTI (Parallel Trace Interface) driver directs
diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
index 6d51aa68ec7..77497f140d6 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ config PCI_STUB
 config XEN_PCIDEV_FRONTEND
         tristate "Xen PCI Frontend"
         depends on PCI && X86 && XEN
-        select HOTPLUG
         select PCI_XEN
 	select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
         default y
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ config PCI_IOAPIC
 	tristate "PCI IO-APIC hotplug support" if X86
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on ACPI
-	depends on HOTPLUG
 	default !X86
 
 config PCI_LABEL
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig
index 9fcb87f353d..bb7ebb22db0 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 menuconfig HOTPLUG_PCI
 	tristate "Support for PCI Hotplug"
-	depends on PCI && HOTPLUG && SYSFS
+	depends on PCI && SYSFS
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here if you have a motherboard with a PCI Hotplug controller.
 	  This allows you to add and remove PCI cards while the machine is
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
index 6f619316828..0c657d6af03 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 menuconfig PCCARD
 	tristate "PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support"
-	depends on HOTPLUG
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here if you want to attach PCMCIA- or PC-cards to your Linux
 	  computer.  These are credit-card size devices such as network cards,
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/Kconfig b/drivers/ptp/Kconfig
index 1ea6f1dbbed..5be73ba0519 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ptp/Kconfig
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ config DP83640_PHY
 
 config PTP_1588_CLOCK_PCH
 	tristate "Intel PCH EG20T as PTP clock"
+	depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
 	select PTP_1588_CLOCK
 	help
 	  This driver adds support for using the PCH EG20T as a PTP
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/go7007/go7007.txt b/drivers/staging/media/go7007/go7007.txt
index fcb3e235abb..dc0026cff9f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/go7007/go7007.txt
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/go7007/go7007.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ All vendor-built kernels should already be configured properly.  However,
 for custom-built kernels, the following options need to be enabled in the
 kernel as built-in or modules:
 
-	CONFIG_HOTPLUG           - Support for hot-pluggable devices
 	CONFIG_MODULES           - Enable loadable module support
 	CONFIG_KMOD              - Automatic kernel module loading
 	CONFIG_FW_LOADER         - Hotplug firmware loading support
diff --git a/drivers/video/geode/Kconfig b/drivers/video/geode/Kconfig
index 21e351a1459..1e855528478 100644
--- a/drivers/video/geode/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/geode/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 config FB_GEODE
 	bool "AMD Geode family framebuffer support"
-	depends on FB && PCI && X86
+	depends on FB && PCI && (X86_32 || (X86 && COMPILE_TEST))
 	---help---
 	  Say 'Y' here to allow you to select framebuffer drivers for
 	  the AMD Geode family of processors.
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index c5ca6ae5a30..63146295153 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
 
 static ssize_t default_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -403,6 +404,47 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_size_t);
 
+static int debugfs_atomic_t_set(void *data, u64 val)
+{
+	atomic_set((atomic_t *)data, val);
+	return 0;
+}
+static int debugfs_atomic_t_get(void *data, u64 *val)
+{
+	*val = atomic_read((atomic_t *)data);
+	return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t, debugfs_atomic_t_get,
+			debugfs_atomic_t_set, "%lld\n");
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t_ro, debugfs_atomic_t_get, NULL, "%lld\n");
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t_wo, NULL, debugfs_atomic_t_set, "%lld\n");
+
+/**
+ * debugfs_create_atomic_t - create a debugfs file that is used to read and
+ * write an atomic_t value
+ * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the file to create.
+ * @mode: the permission that the file should have
+ * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry for this file.  This should be a
+ *          directory dentry if set.  If this parameter is %NULL, then the
+ *          file will be created in the root of the debugfs filesystem.
+ * @value: a pointer to the variable that the file should read to and write
+ *         from.
+ */
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+				 struct dentry *parent, atomic_t *value)
+{
+	/* if there are no write bits set, make read only */
+	if (!(mode & S_IWUGO))
+		return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value,
+					&fops_atomic_t_ro);
+	/* if there are no read bits set, make write only */
+	if (!(mode & S_IRUGO))
+		return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value,
+					&fops_atomic_t_wo);
+
+	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_atomic_t);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_atomic_t);
 
 static ssize_t read_file_bool(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf,
 			      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -431,6 +473,7 @@ static ssize_t write_file_bool(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 	if (copy_from_user(buf, user_buf, buf_size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	buf[buf_size] = '\0';
 	if (strtobool(buf, &bv) == 0)
 		*val = bv;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/Kconfig b/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
index 5a376ab81fe..90c6a8faaec 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ config GFS2_FS
 	  be found here: http://sources.redhat.com/cluster
 
 	  The "nolock" lock module is now built in to GFS2 by default. If
-	  you want to use the DLM, be sure to enable HOTPLUG and IPv4/6
-	  networking.
+	  you want to use the DLM, be sure to enable IPv4/6 networking.
 
 config GFS2_FS_LOCKING_DLM
 	bool "GFS2 DLM locking"
 	depends on (GFS2_FS!=n) && NET && INET && (IPV6 || IPV6=n) && \
-		HOTPLUG && CONFIGFS_FS && SYSFS && (DLM=y || DLM=GFS2_FS)
+		CONFIGFS_FS && SYSFS && (DLM=y || DLM=GFS2_FS)
 	help
 	  Multiple node locking module for GFS2
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 4cfd742d260..e068e744dbd 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int sysfs_sd_compare(const struct sysfs_dirent *left,
 }
 
 /**
- *	sysfs_link_subling - link sysfs_dirent into sibling rbtree
+ *	sysfs_link_sibling - link sysfs_dirent into sibling rbtree
  *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
  *
  *	Link @sd into its sibling rbtree which starts from
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 602f56db044..d2bb7ed8fa7 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -449,10 +449,12 @@ void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock, flags);
 
-	od = sd->s_attr.open;
-	if (od) {
-		atomic_inc(&od->event);
-		wake_up_interruptible(&od->poll);
+	if (!WARN_ON(sysfs_type(sd) != SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR)) {
+		od = sd->s_attr.open;
+		if (od) {
+			atomic_inc(&od->event);
+			wake_up_interruptible(&od->poll);
+		}
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sysfs_open_dirent_lock, flags);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 0ce3ccf7f40..3e2837a633e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
-extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
-
 static const struct address_space_operations sysfs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= simple_readpage,
 	.write_begin	= simple_write_begin,
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index eb58d2d7d97..4f2737208c4 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@
  * are handled as text/data or they can be discarded (which
  * often happens at runtime)
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-#define DEV_KEEP(sec)    *(.dev##sec)
-#define DEV_DISCARD(sec)
-#else
-#define DEV_KEEP(sec)
-#define DEV_DISCARD(sec) *(.dev##sec)
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 #define CPU_KEEP(sec)    *(.cpu##sec)
 #define CPU_DISCARD(sec)
@@ -182,8 +174,6 @@
 	*(.data)							\
 	*(.ref.data)							\
 	*(.data..shared_aligned) /* percpu related */			\
-	DEV_KEEP(init.data)						\
-	DEV_KEEP(exit.data)						\
 	CPU_KEEP(init.data)						\
 	CPU_KEEP(exit.data)						\
 	MEM_KEEP(init.data)						\
@@ -372,8 +362,6 @@
 	/* __*init sections */						\
 	__init_rodata : AT(ADDR(__init_rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		*(.ref.rodata)						\
-		DEV_KEEP(init.rodata)					\
-		DEV_KEEP(exit.rodata)					\
 		CPU_KEEP(init.rodata)					\
 		CPU_KEEP(exit.rodata)					\
 		MEM_KEEP(init.rodata)					\
@@ -416,8 +404,6 @@
 		*(.text.hot)						\
 		*(.text)						\
 		*(.ref.text)						\
-	DEV_KEEP(init.text)						\
-	DEV_KEEP(exit.text)						\
 	CPU_KEEP(init.text)						\
 	CPU_KEEP(exit.text)						\
 	MEM_KEEP(init.text)						\
@@ -503,7 +489,6 @@
 /* init and exit section handling */
 #define INIT_DATA							\
 	*(.init.data)							\
-	DEV_DISCARD(init.data)						\
 	CPU_DISCARD(init.data)						\
 	MEM_DISCARD(init.data)						\
 	KERNEL_CTORS()							\
@@ -511,7 +496,6 @@
 	*(.init.rodata)							\
 	FTRACE_EVENTS()							\
 	TRACE_SYSCALLS()						\
-	DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	CLK_OF_TABLES()							\
@@ -521,14 +505,11 @@
 
 #define INIT_TEXT							\
 	*(.init.text)							\
-	DEV_DISCARD(init.text)						\
 	CPU_DISCARD(init.text)						\
 	MEM_DISCARD(init.text)
 
 #define EXIT_DATA							\
 	*(.exit.data)							\
-	DEV_DISCARD(exit.data)						\
-	DEV_DISCARD(exit.rodata)					\
 	CPU_DISCARD(exit.data)						\
 	CPU_DISCARD(exit.rodata)					\
 	MEM_DISCARD(exit.data)						\
@@ -536,7 +517,6 @@
 
 #define EXIT_TEXT							\
 	*(.exit.text)							\
-	DEV_DISCARD(exit.text)						\
 	CPU_DISCARD(exit.text)						\
 	MEM_DISCARD(exit.text)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 63f2465807d..d68b4ea7343 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_x64(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 				  struct dentry *parent, u64 *value);
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 				     struct dentry *parent, size_t *value);
+struct dentry *debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+				     struct dentry *parent, atomic_t *value);
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 				  struct dentry *parent, u32 *value);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index c0a12612532..9d4835a8f8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ extern void bus_remove_file(struct bus_type *, struct bus_attribute *);
  *              bus-specific setup
  * @p:		The private data of the driver core, only the driver core can
  *		touch this.
+ * @lock_key:	Lock class key for use by the lock validator
  *
  * A bus is a channel between the processor and one or more devices. For the
  * purposes of the device model, all devices are connected via a bus, even if
@@ -635,6 +636,7 @@ struct acpi_dev_node {
  * 		segment limitations.
  * @dma_pools:	Dma pools (if dma'ble device).
  * @dma_mem:	Internal for coherent mem override.
+ * @cma_area:	Contiguous memory area for dma allocations
  * @archdata:	For arch-specific additions.
  * @of_node:	Associated device tree node.
  * @acpi_node:	Associated ACPI device node.
@@ -648,6 +650,7 @@ struct acpi_dev_node {
  * @release:	Callback to free the device after all references have
  * 		gone away. This should be set by the allocator of the
  * 		device (i.e. the bus driver that discovered the device).
+ * @iommu_group: IOMMU group the device belongs to.
  *
  * At the lowest level, every device in a Linux system is represented by an
  * instance of struct device. The device structure contains the information
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index e4279fedb93..e154c1005cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ int request_firmware_nowait(
 	void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context));
 
 void release_firmware(const struct firmware *fw);
-int cache_firmware(const char *name);
-int uncache_firmware(const char *name);
 #else
 static inline int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw,
 				   const char *name,
@@ -68,15 +66,6 @@ static inline void release_firmware(const struct firmware *fw)
 {
 }
 
-static inline int cache_firmware(const char *name)
-{
-	return -ENOENT;
-}
-
-static inline int uncache_firmware(const char *name)
-{
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 9abf1db6aea..cd46ee58b9d 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -180,7 +180,13 @@ struct platform_driver {
 	const struct platform_device_id *id_table;
 };
 
-extern int platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *);
+/*
+ * use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE
+ */
+#define platform_driver_register(drv) \
+	__platform_driver_register(drv, THIS_MODULE)
+extern int __platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *,
+					struct module *);
 extern void platform_driver_unregister(struct platform_driver *);
 
 /* non-hotpluggable platform devices may use this so that probe() and
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 2d9b83104dc..1e825c299ea 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ config CROSS_COMPILE
 	  need to set this unless you want the configured kernel build
 	  directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
 
+config COMPILE_TEST
+	bool "Compile also drivers which will not load"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Some drivers can be compiled on a different platform than they are
+	  intended to be run on. Despite they cannot be loaded there (or even
+	  when they load they cannot be used due to missing HW support),
+	  developers still, opposing to distributors, might want to build such
+	  drivers to compile-test them.
+
+	  If you are a developer and want to build everything available, say Y
+	  here. If you are a user/distributor, say N here to exclude useless
+	  drivers to be distributed.
+
 config LOCALVERSION
 	string "Local version - append to kernel release"
 	help
@@ -1245,9 +1259,6 @@ config SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
 	  the unaligned access emulation.
 	  see arch/parisc/kernel/unaligned.c for reference
 
-config HOTPLUG
-	def_bool y
-
 config HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
 	bool
 
diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig
index 5dfdc9ea180..9c39de095ba 100644
--- a/kernel/power/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ config PM_SLEEP_SMP
 	depends on SMP
 	depends on ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE || ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE
 	depends on PM_SLEEP
-	select HOTPLUG
 	select HOTPLUG_CPU
 
 config PM_AUTOSLEEP
diff --git a/lib/fault-inject.c b/lib/fault-inject.c
index c5c7a762b85..d7d501ea856 100644
--- a/lib/fault-inject.c
+++ b/lib/fault-inject.c
@@ -182,27 +182,6 @@ static struct dentry *debugfs_create_stacktrace_depth(
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER */
 
-static int debugfs_atomic_t_set(void *data, u64 val)
-{
-	atomic_set((atomic_t *)data, val);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int debugfs_atomic_t_get(void *data, u64 *val)
-{
-	*val = atomic_read((atomic_t *)data);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t, debugfs_atomic_t_get,
-			debugfs_atomic_t_set, "%lld\n");
-
-static struct dentry *debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
-				struct dentry *parent, atomic_t *value)
-{
-	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_atomic_t);
-}
-
 struct dentry *fault_create_debugfs_attr(const char *name,
 			struct dentry *parent, struct fault_attr *attr)
 {
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index b7e29a6056d..4a1f33d4354 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
 	kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kset)
 		return NULL;
-	retval = kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
+	retval = kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, "%s", name);
 	if (retval) {
 		kfree(kset);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index e742d06285b..f5e698e30d4 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ config HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE
 config MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	bool "Allow for memory hot-add"
 	depends on SPARSEMEM || X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
-	depends on HOTPLUG && ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+	depends on ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	depends on (IA64 || X86 || PPC_BOOK3S_64 || SUPERH || S390)
 
 config MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE