4 files changed, 22 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 333238564b6..5d76706139d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int genregs_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	REG_IGNORE_ONE(pad2);
 	REG_IN_CHUNK(callee, efa, cregs);	/* callee_regs[r25..r13] */
 	REG_IGNORE_ONE(efa);			/* efa update invalid */
-	REG_IN_ONE(stop_pc, &ptregs->ret);	/* stop_pc: PC update */
+	REG_IGNORE_ONE(stop_pc);			/* PC updated via @ret */
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
index ee6ef2f60a2..7e95e1a8651 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
 {
 	struct rt_sigframe __user *sf;
 	unsigned int magic;
-	int err;
 	struct pt_regs *regs = current_pt_regs();
 
 	/* Always make any pending restarted system calls return -EINTR */
@@ -119,15 +118,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, sf, sizeof(*sf)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	err = restore_usr_regs(regs, sf);
-	err |= __get_user(magic, &sf->sigret_magic);
-	if (err)
+	if (__get_user(magic, &sf->sigret_magic))
 		goto badframe;
 
 	if (unlikely(is_do_ss_needed(magic)))
 		if (restore_altstack(&sf->uc.uc_stack))
 			goto badframe;
 
+	if (restore_usr_regs(regs, sf))
+		goto badframe;
+
 	/* Don't restart from sigreturn */
 	syscall_wont_restart(regs);
 
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ setup_rt_frame(int signo, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 		return 1;
 
 	/*
+	 * w/o SA_SIGINFO, struct ucontext is partially populated (only
+	 * uc_mcontext/uc_sigmask) for kernel's normal user state preservation
+	 * during signal handler execution. This works for SA_SIGINFO as well
+	 * although the semantics are now overloaded (the same reg state can be
+	 * inspected by userland: but are they allowed to fiddle with it ?
+	 */
+	err |= stash_usr_regs(sf, regs, set);
+
+	/*
 	 * SA_SIGINFO requires 3 args to signal handler:
 	 *  #1: sig-no (common to any handler)
 	 *  #2: struct siginfo
@@ -213,14 +222,6 @@ setup_rt_frame(int signo, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 		magic = MAGIC_SIGALTSTK;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * w/o SA_SIGINFO, struct ucontext is partially populated (only
-	 * uc_mcontext/uc_sigmask) for kernel's normal user state preservation
-	 * during signal handler execution. This works for SA_SIGINFO as well
-	 * although the semantics are now overloaded (the same reg state can be
-	 * inspected by userland: but are they allowed to fiddle with it ?
-	 */
-	err |= stash_usr_regs(sf, regs, set);
 	err |= __put_user(magic, &sf->sigret_magic);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
index 0e51e69cf30..3fde7de3ea6 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
@@ -227,12 +227,9 @@ void __attribute__((weak)) arc_local_timer_setup(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *clk = &per_cpu(arc_clockevent_device, cpu);
 
-	clockevents_calc_mult_shift(clk, arc_get_core_freq(), 5);
-
-	clk->max_delta_ns = clockevent_delta2ns(ARC_TIMER_MAX, clk);
 	clk->cpumask = cpumask_of(cpu);
-
-	clockevents_register_device(clk);
+	clockevents_config_and_register(clk, arc_get_core_freq(),
+					0, ARC_TIMER_MAX);
 
 	/*
 	 * setup the per-cpu timer IRQ handler - for all cpus
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
index 28d17006074..7ff5b5c183b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ int misaligned_fixup(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		regs->status32 &= ~STATUS_DE_MASK;
 	} else {
 		regs->ret += state.instr_len;
+
+		/* handle zero-overhead-loop */
+		if ((regs->ret == regs->lp_end) && (regs->lp_count)) {
+			regs->ret = regs->lp_start;
+			regs->lp_count--;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;