Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc8' into x86/setup

13 files changed, 139 insertions, 74 deletions

diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_ptrace.h b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_ptrace.h
index cde81fa64f8..a2be3a978d5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_ptrace.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct user_regs_struct32
 	u32 gprs[NUM_GPRS];
 	u32 acrs[NUM_ACRS];
 	u32 orig_gpr2;
+	/* nb: there's a 4-byte hole here */
 	s390_fp_regs fp_regs;
 	/*
 	 * These per registers are in here so that gdb can modify them
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
index d003a6e16af..328a20e880b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -1732,3 +1732,40 @@ compat_sys_timerfd_gettime_wrapper:
 	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# int
 	llgtr	%r3,%r3			# struct compat_itimerspec *
 	jg	compat_sys_timerfd_gettime
+
+	.globl compat_sys_signalfd4_wrapper
+compat_sys_signalfd4_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# int
+	llgtr	%r3,%r3			# compat_sigset_t *
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4			# compat_size_t
+	lgfr	%r5,%r5			# int
+	jg	compat_sys_signalfd4
+
+	.globl sys_eventfd2_wrapper
+sys_eventfd2_wrapper:
+	llgfr	%r2,%r2			# unsigned int
+	lgfr	%r3,%r3			# int
+	jg	sys_eventfd2
+
+	.globl	sys_inotify_init1_wrapper
+sys_inotify_init1_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# int
+	jg	sys_inotify_init1
+
+	.globl	sys_pipe2_wrapper
+sys_pipe2_wrapper:
+	llgtr	%r2,%r2			# u32 *
+	lgfr	%r3,%r3			# int
+	jg	sys_pipe2		# branch to system call
+
+	.globl	sys_dup3_wrapper
+sys_dup3_wrapper:
+	llgfr	%r2,%r2			# unsigned int
+	llgfr	%r3,%r3			# unsigned int
+	lgfr	%r4,%r4			# int
+	jg	sys_dup3		# branch to system call
+
+	.globl	sys_epoll_create1_wrapper
+sys_epoll_create1_wrapper:
+	lgfr	%r2,%r2			# int
+	jg	sys_epoll_create1	# branch to system call
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
index 54b2779b5e2..2dcf590faba 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
@@ -1705,7 +1705,10 @@ void __init setup_ipl(void)
 
 void __init ipl_update_parameters(void)
 {
-	if (diag308(DIAG308_STORE, &ipl_block) == DIAG308_RC_OK)
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = diag308(DIAG308_STORE, &ipl_block);
+	if ((rc == DIAG308_RC_OK) || (rc == DIAG308_RC_NOCONFIG))
 		diag308_set_works = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
index 288ad490a6d..569079ec4ff 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void __kprobes arch_arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	args.new = BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION;
 
 	kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_SWAP_INST;
-	stop_machine_run(swap_instruction, &args, NR_CPUS);
+	stop_machine(swap_instruction, &args, NULL);
 	kcb->kprobe_status = status;
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	args.new = p->opcode;
 
 	kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_SWAP_INST;
-	stop_machine_run(swap_instruction, &args, NR_CPUS);
+	stop_machine(swap_instruction, &args, NULL);
 	kcb->kprobe_status = status;
 }
 
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ static void __kprobes set_current_kprobe(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	__ctl_store(kcb->kprobe_saved_ctl, 9, 11);
 }
 
-/* Called with kretprobe_lock held */
 void __kprobes arch_prepare_kretprobe(struct kretprobe_instance *ri,
 					struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		 * No kprobe at this address. The fault has not been
 		 * caused by a kprobe breakpoint. The race of breakpoint
 		 * vs. kprobe remove does not exist because on s390 we
-		 * use stop_machine_run to arm/disarm the breakpoints.
+		 * use stop_machine to arm/disarm the breakpoints.
 		 */
 		goto no_kprobe;
 
@@ -377,8 +376,7 @@ static int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p,
 	unsigned long trampoline_address = (unsigned long)&kretprobe_trampoline;
 
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&empty_rp);
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&kretprobe_lock, flags);
-	head = kretprobe_inst_table_head(current);
+	kretprobe_hash_lock(current, &head, &flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * It is possible to have multiple instances associated with a given
@@ -417,7 +415,7 @@ static int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p,
 	regs->psw.addr = orig_ret_address | PSW_ADDR_AMODE;
 
 	reset_current_kprobe();
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kretprobe_lock, flags);
+	kretprobe_hash_unlock(current, &flags);
 	preempt_enable_no_resched();
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(ri, node, tmp, &empty_rp, hlist) {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/mem_detect.c b/arch/s390/kernel/mem_detect.c
index 18ed7abe16c..9872999c66d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/mem_detect.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/mem_detect.c
@@ -9,27 +9,6 @@
 #include <asm/sclp.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 
-static int memory_fast_detect(struct mem_chunk *chunk)
-{
-	unsigned long val0 = 0;
-	unsigned long val1 = 0xc;
-	int rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-	if (ipl_flags & IPL_NSS_VALID)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	asm volatile(
-		"	diag	%1,%2,0x260\n"
-		"0:	lhi	%0,0\n"
-		"1:\n"
-		EX_TABLE(0b,1b)
-		: "+d" (rc), "+d" (val0), "+d" (val1) : : "cc");
-
-	if (rc || val0 != val1)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	chunk->size = val0 + 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline int tprot(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	int rc = -EFAULT;
@@ -84,8 +63,6 @@ void detect_memory_layout(struct mem_chunk chunk[])
 	unsigned long flags, cr0;
 
 	memset(chunk, 0, MEMORY_CHUNKS * sizeof(struct mem_chunk));
-	if (memory_fast_detect(&chunk[0]) == 0)
-		return;
 	/* Disable IRQs, DAT and low address protection so tprot does the
 	 * right thing and we don't get scheduled away with low address
 	 * protection disabled.
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/process.c b/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
index 85defd01d29..3e2c05cb6a8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/process.c
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return sf->gprs[8];
 }
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct s390_idle_data, s390_idle);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct s390_idle_data, s390_idle) = {
+	.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(s390_idle.lock)
+};
 
 static int s390_idle_enter(void)
 {
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ static void default_idle(void)
 void cpu_idle(void)
 {
 	for (;;) {
-		tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick();
+		tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(1);
 		while (!need_resched())
 			default_idle();
 		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick();
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
index 2815bfe348a..c8b08289eb8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ static unsigned long __peek_user(struct task_struct *child, addr_t addr)
 		 */
 		tmp = (addr_t) task_pt_regs(child)->orig_gpr2;
 
+	} else if (addr < (addr_t) &dummy->regs.fp_regs) {
+		/*
+		 * prevent reads of padding hole between
+		 * orig_gpr2 and fp_regs on s390.
+		 */
+		tmp = 0;
+
 	} else if (addr < (addr_t) (&dummy->regs.fp_regs + 1)) {
 		/* 
 		 * floating point regs. are stored in the thread structure
@@ -270,6 +277,13 @@ static int __poke_user(struct task_struct *child, addr_t addr, addr_t data)
 		 */
 		task_pt_regs(child)->orig_gpr2 = data;
 
+	} else if (addr < (addr_t) &dummy->regs.fp_regs) {
+		/*
+		 * prevent writes of padding hole between
+		 * orig_gpr2 and fp_regs on s390.
+		 */
+		return 0;
+
 	} else if (addr < (addr_t) (&dummy->regs.fp_regs + 1)) {
 		/*
 		 * floating point regs. are stored in the thread structure
@@ -428,6 +442,13 @@ static u32 __peek_user_compat(struct task_struct *child, addr_t addr)
 		 */
 		tmp = *(__u32*)((addr_t) &task_pt_regs(child)->orig_gpr2 + 4);
 
+	} else if (addr < (addr_t) &dummy32->regs.fp_regs) {
+		/*
+		 * prevent reads of padding hole between
+		 * orig_gpr2 and fp_regs on s390.
+		 */
+		tmp = 0;
+
 	} else if (addr < (addr_t) (&dummy32->regs.fp_regs + 1)) {
 		/*
 		 * floating point regs. are stored in the thread structure 
@@ -514,6 +535,13 @@ static int __poke_user_compat(struct task_struct *child,
 		 */
 		*(__u32*)((addr_t) &task_pt_regs(child)->orig_gpr2 + 4) = tmp;
 
+	} else if (addr < (addr_t) &dummy32->regs.fp_regs) {
+		/*
+		 * prevent writess of padding hole between
+		 * orig_gpr2 and fp_regs on s390.
+		 */
+		return 0;
+
 	} else if (addr < (addr_t) (&dummy32->regs.fp_regs + 1)) {
 		/*
 		 * floating point regs. are stored in the thread structure 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index b358e18273b..62122bad1e3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/ebcdic.h>
 #include <asm/compat.h>
+#include <asm/kvm_virtio.h>
 
 long psw_kernel_bits	= (PSW_BASE_BITS | PSW_MASK_DAT | PSW_ASC_PRIMARY |
 			   PSW_MASK_MCHECK | PSW_DEFAULT_KEY);
@@ -766,7 +767,8 @@ setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		printk("We are running under VM (64 bit mode)\n");
 	else if (MACHINE_IS_KVM) {
 		printk("We are running under KVM (64 bit mode)\n");
-		add_preferred_console("ttyS", 1, NULL);
+		add_preferred_console("hvc", 0, NULL);
+		s390_virtio_console_init();
 	} else
 		printk("We are running native (64 bit mode)\n");
 #endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
index b6781030cfb..00b9b4dec5e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
@@ -610,7 +610,6 @@ static void __init smp_create_idle(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		panic("failed fork for CPU %u: %li", cpu, PTR_ERR(p));
 	current_set[cpu] = p;
-	spin_lock_init(&(&per_cpu(s390_idle, cpu))->lock);
 }
 
 static int __cpuinit smp_alloc_lowcore(int cpu)
@@ -845,7 +844,6 @@ void __init smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 	current_set[0] = current;
 	smp_cpu_state[0] = CPU_STATE_CONFIGURED;
 	smp_cpu_polarization[0] = POLARIZATION_UNKNWN;
-	spin_lock_init(&(&__get_cpu_var(s390_idle))->lock);
 }
 
 void __init smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
@@ -864,7 +862,8 @@ int setup_profiling_timer(unsigned int multiplier)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-static ssize_t cpu_configure_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t cpu_configure_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	ssize_t count;
 
@@ -874,8 +873,9 @@ static ssize_t cpu_configure_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t cpu_configure_store(struct sys_device *dev, const char *buf,
-				   size_t count)
+static ssize_t cpu_configure_store(struct sys_device *dev,
+				  struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	int cpu = dev->id;
 	int val, rc;
@@ -922,7 +922,8 @@ out:
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(configure, 0644, cpu_configure_show, cpu_configure_store);
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
-static ssize_t cpu_polarization_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t cpu_polarization_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+				     struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	int cpu = dev->id;
 	ssize_t count;
@@ -950,7 +951,8 @@ static ssize_t cpu_polarization_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 }
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(polarization, 0444, cpu_polarization_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t show_cpu_address(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_cpu_address(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", __cpu_logical_map[dev->id]);
 }
@@ -970,7 +972,8 @@ static struct attribute_group cpu_common_attr_group = {
 	.attrs = cpu_common_attrs,
 };
 
-static ssize_t show_capability(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_capability(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	unsigned int capability;
 	int rc;
@@ -982,7 +985,8 @@ static ssize_t show_capability(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 }
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(capability, 0444, show_capability, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t show_idle_count(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_idle_count(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct s390_idle_data *idle;
 	unsigned long long idle_count;
@@ -995,7 +999,8 @@ static ssize_t show_idle_count(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 }
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(idle_count, 0444, show_idle_count, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t show_idle_time(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_idle_time(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct s390_idle_data *idle;
 	unsigned long long new_time;
@@ -1112,7 +1117,9 @@ out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static ssize_t __ref rescan_store(struct sys_device *dev, const char *buf,
+static ssize_t __ref rescan_store(struct sys_device *dev,
+				  struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf,
 				  size_t count)
 {
 	int rc;
@@ -1123,7 +1130,9 @@ static ssize_t __ref rescan_store(struct sys_device *dev, const char *buf,
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(rescan, 0200, NULL, rescan_store);
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
-static ssize_t dispatching_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t dispatching_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+				char *buf)
 {
 	ssize_t count;
 
@@ -1133,8 +1142,9 @@ static ssize_t dispatching_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 	return count;
 }
 
-static ssize_t dispatching_store(struct sys_device *dev, const char *buf,
-				 size_t count)
+static ssize_t dispatching_store(struct sys_device *dev,
+				 struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+				 const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	int val, rc;
 	char delim;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
index c87ec687d4c..c66d35e5514 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
@@ -330,3 +330,9 @@ SYSCALL(sys_eventfd,sys_eventfd,sys_eventfd_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_timerfd_create,sys_timerfd_create,sys_timerfd_create_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_timerfd_settime,sys_timerfd_settime,compat_sys_timerfd_settime_wrapper) /* 320 */
 SYSCALL(sys_timerfd_gettime,sys_timerfd_gettime,compat_sys_timerfd_gettime_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_signalfd4,sys_signalfd4,compat_sys_signalfd4_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_eventfd2,sys_eventfd2,sys_eventfd2_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_inotify_init1,sys_inotify_init1,sys_inotify_init1_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_pipe2,sys_pipe2,sys_pipe2_wrapper) /* 325 */
+SYSCALL(sys_dup3,sys_dup3,sys_dup3_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_epoll_create1,sys_epoll_create1,sys_epoll_create1_wrapper)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
index f2cede3947b..ca114fe46ff 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,9 @@ static inline struct etr_aib *etr_aib_from_dev(struct sys_device *dev)
 		return etr_port1_online ? &etr_port1 : NULL;
 }
 
-static ssize_t etr_online_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_online_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+				char *buf)
 {
 	unsigned int online;
 
@@ -1109,7 +1111,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_online_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 }
 
 static ssize_t etr_online_store(struct sys_device *dev,
-			      const char *buf, size_t count)
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+				const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned int value;
 
@@ -1136,7 +1139,9 @@ static ssize_t etr_online_store(struct sys_device *dev,
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(online, 0600, etr_online_show, etr_online_store);
 
-static ssize_t etr_stepping_control_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_stepping_control_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+					struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
+					char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", (dev == &etr_port0_dev) ?
 		       etr_eacr.e0 : etr_eacr.e1);
@@ -1144,7 +1149,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_stepping_control_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(stepping_control, 0400, etr_stepping_control_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t etr_mode_code_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_mode_code_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	if (!etr_port0_online && !etr_port1_online)
 		/* Status word is not uptodate if both ports are offline. */
@@ -1155,7 +1161,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_mode_code_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(state_code, 0400, etr_mode_code_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t etr_untuned_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_untuned_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct etr_aib *aib = etr_aib_from_dev(dev);
 
@@ -1166,7 +1173,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_untuned_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(untuned, 0400, etr_untuned_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t etr_network_id_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_network_id_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+				struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct etr_aib *aib = etr_aib_from_dev(dev);
 
@@ -1177,7 +1185,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_network_id_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(network, 0400, etr_network_id_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t etr_id_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_id_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+			struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct etr_aib *aib = etr_aib_from_dev(dev);
 
@@ -1188,7 +1197,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_id_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(id, 0400, etr_id_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t etr_port_number_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_port_number_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+			struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct etr_aib *aib = etr_aib_from_dev(dev);
 
@@ -1199,7 +1209,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_port_number_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(port, 0400, etr_port_number_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t etr_coupled_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_coupled_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+			struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct etr_aib *aib = etr_aib_from_dev(dev);
 
@@ -1210,7 +1221,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_coupled_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(coupled, 0400, etr_coupled_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t etr_local_time_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_local_time_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+			struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct etr_aib *aib = etr_aib_from_dev(dev);
 
@@ -1221,7 +1233,8 @@ static ssize_t etr_local_time_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
 
 static SYSDEV_ATTR(local_time, 0400, etr_local_time_show, NULL);
 
-static ssize_t etr_utc_offset_show(struct sys_device *dev, char *buf)
+static ssize_t etr_utc_offset_show(struct sys_device *dev,
+			struct sysdev_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct etr_aib *aib = etr_aib_from_dev(dev);
 
@@ -1335,7 +1348,7 @@ early_param("stp", early_parse_stp);
 /*
  * Reset STP attachment.
  */
-static void stp_reset(void)
+static void __init stp_reset(void)
 {
 	int rc;
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
index 212d618b009..632b13e1005 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
@@ -230,20 +229,9 @@ void arch_update_cpu_topology(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static int topology_kthread(void *data)
-{
-	arch_reinit_sched_domains();
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void topology_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	/* We can't call arch_reinit_sched_domains() from a multi-threaded
-	 * workqueue context since it may deadlock in case of cpu hotplug.
-	 * So we have to create a kernel thread in order to call
-	 * arch_reinit_sched_domains().
-	 */
-	kthread_run(topology_kthread, NULL, "topology_update");
+	arch_reinit_sched_domains();
 }
 
 void topology_schedule_update(void)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 76c1e60c92f..607bd67a18c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		__start___ex_table = .;
 		*(__ex_table)
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
-	}
+	} :data
 
 	.data : {		/* Data */
 		DATA_DATA