21 files changed, 92 insertions, 67 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi-processor.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi-processor.c
index 4d4993a47e5..5a216c01992 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi-processor.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi-processor.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static void init_intel_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 
 	buf[0] = ACPI_PDC_REVISION_ID;
 	buf[1] = 1;
-	buf[2] |= ACPI_PDC_EST_CAPABILITY_SMP;
+	buf[2] = ACPI_PDC_EST_CAPABILITY_SMP;
 
 	obj->type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER;
 	obj->buffer.length = 12;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
index 3549c94467b..103dd8edda7 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
 unsigned int acpi_cpei_override;
 unsigned int acpi_cpei_phys_cpuid;
 
-const char *acpi_get_sysname(void)
+const char __init *
+acpi_get_sysname(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC
 	unsigned long rsdp_phys;
@@ -791,7 +792,7 @@ static __init int setup_additional_cpus(char *s)
 early_param("additional_cpus", setup_additional_cpus);
 
 /*
- * cpu_possible_map should be static, it cannot change as cpu's
+ * cpu_possible_map should be static, it cannot change as CPUs
  * are onlined, or offlined. The reason is per-cpu data-structures
  * are allocated by some modules at init time, and dont expect to
  * do this dynamically on cpu arrival/departure.
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
index aeb79fb28f0..1d64ef478dd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
@@ -156,24 +156,30 @@ kdump_init_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val, void *data)
 	if (!kdump_on_init)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-	if (val != DIE_INIT_MONARCH_ENTER &&
-	    val != DIE_INIT_SLAVE_ENTER &&
+	if (val != DIE_INIT_MONARCH_LEAVE &&
+	    val != DIE_INIT_SLAVE_LEAVE &&
+	    val != DIE_INIT_MONARCH_PROCESS &&
 	    val != DIE_MCA_RENDZVOUS_LEAVE &&
 	    val != DIE_MCA_MONARCH_LEAVE)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	nd = (struct ia64_mca_notify_die *)args->err;
-	/* Reason code 1 means machine check rendezous*/
-	if ((val == DIE_INIT_MONARCH_ENTER || val == DIE_INIT_SLAVE_ENTER) &&
-		 nd->sos->rv_rc == 1)
+	/* Reason code 1 means machine check rendezvous*/
+	if ((val == DIE_INIT_MONARCH_LEAVE || val == DIE_INIT_SLAVE_LEAVE
+	    || val == DIE_INIT_MONARCH_PROCESS) && nd->sos->rv_rc == 1)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	switch (val) {
-		case DIE_INIT_MONARCH_ENTER:
+		case DIE_INIT_MONARCH_PROCESS:
+			atomic_set(&kdump_in_progress, 1);
+			*(nd->monarch_cpu) = -1;
+			break;
+		case DIE_INIT_MONARCH_LEAVE:
 			machine_kdump_on_init();
 			break;
-		case DIE_INIT_SLAVE_ENTER:
-			unw_init_running(kdump_cpu_freeze, NULL);
+		case DIE_INIT_SLAVE_LEAVE:
+			if (atomic_read(&kdump_in_progress))
+				unw_init_running(kdump_cpu_freeze, NULL);
 			break;
 		case DIE_MCA_RENDZVOUS_LEAVE:
 			if (atomic_read(&kdump_in_progress))
@@ -215,8 +221,10 @@ static ctl_table sys_table[] = {
 static int
 machine_crash_setup(void)
 {
+	/* be notified before default_monarch_init_process */
 	static struct notifier_block kdump_init_notifier_nb = {
 		.notifier_call = kdump_init_notifier,
+		.priority = 1,
 	};
 	int ret;
 	if((ret = register_die_notifier(&kdump_init_notifier_nb)) != 0)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
index 144b056282a..95f51751523 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1585,5 +1585,8 @@ sys_call_table:
 	data8 sys_getcpu
 	data8 sys_epoll_pwait			// 1305
 	data8 sys_utimensat
+	data8 sys_signalfd
+	data8 sys_timerfd
+	data8 sys_eventfd
 
 	.org sys_call_table + 8*NR_syscalls	// guard against failures to increase NR_syscalls
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c
index b4c239685d2..407b4587048 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *	Copyright (C) 1992, 1998 Linus Torvalds, Ingo Molnar
  *
  * This file contains the code used by various IRQ handling routines:
- * asking for different IRQ's should be done through these routines
+ * asking for different IRQs should be done through these routines
  * instead of just grabbing them. Thus setups with different IRQ numbers
  * shouldn't result in any weird surprises, and installing new handlers
  * should be easier.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) Ashok Raj<ashok.raj@intel.com>, Intel Corporation 2004
  *
  * 4/14/2004: Added code to handle cpu migration and do safe irq
- *			migration without lossing interrupts for iosapic
+ *			migration without losing interrupts for iosapic
  *			architecture.
  */
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void fixup_irqs(void)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Phase 1: Locate irq's bound to this cpu and
+	 * Phase 1: Locate IRQs bound to this cpu and
 	 * relocate them for cpu removal.
 	 */
 	migrate_irqs();
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_lsapic.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_lsapic.c
index c2f07beb175..e56a7a36aca 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_lsapic.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/irq_lsapic.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ lsapic_noop_startup (unsigned int irq)
 static void
 lsapic_noop (unsigned int irq)
 {
-	/* nuthing to do... */
+	/* nothing to do... */
 }
 
 static int lsapic_retrigger(unsigned int irq)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
index 72e593e9405..5bc46f15134 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ static uint __kprobes is_cmp_ctype_unc_inst(uint template, uint slot,
 
 	cmp_inst.l = kprobe_inst;
 	if ((cmp_inst.f.x2 == 0) || (cmp_inst.f.x2 == 1)) {
-		/* Integere compare - Register Register (A6 type)*/
+		/* Integer compare - Register Register (A6 type)*/
 		if ((cmp_inst.f.tb == 0) && (cmp_inst.f.ta == 0)
 				&&(cmp_inst.f.c == 1))
 			ctype_unc = 1;
 	} else if ((cmp_inst.f.x2 == 2)||(cmp_inst.f.x2 == 3)) {
-		/* Integere compare - Immediate Register (A8 type)*/
+		/* Integer compare - Immediate Register (A8 type)*/
 		if ((cmp_inst.f.ta == 0) &&(cmp_inst.f.c == 1))
 			ctype_unc = 1;
 	}
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ out:
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int __kprobes kprobes_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
+int __kprobes kprobes_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
 {
 	struct kprobe *cur = kprobe_running();
 	struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb = get_kprobe_ctlblk();
@@ -904,13 +904,6 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 			if (post_kprobes_handler(args->regs))
 				ret = NOTIFY_STOP;
 		break;
-	case DIE_PAGE_FAULT:
-		/* kprobe_running() needs smp_processor_id() */
-		preempt_disable();
-		if (kprobe_running() &&
-			kprobes_fault_handler(args->regs, args->trapnr))
-			ret = NOTIFY_STOP;
-		preempt_enable();
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -954,7 +947,7 @@ int __kprobes setjmp_pre_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	/*
 	 * Callee owns the argument space and could overwrite it, eg
 	 * tail call optimization. So to be absolutely safe
-	 * we save the argument space before transfering the control
+	 * we save the argument space before transferring the control
 	 * to instrumented jprobe function which runs in
 	 * the process context
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
index 26814de6c29..1ead5ea6c5c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ static void ia64_mlogbuf_finish(int wait)
 
 	mlogbuf_finished = 1;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ia64_mlogbuf_finish);
 
 /*
  * Print buffered messages from INIT context.
@@ -1477,6 +1476,10 @@ default_monarch_init_process(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val, voi
 	struct task_struct *g, *t;
 	if (val != DIE_INIT_MONARCH_PROCESS)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
+	if (atomic_read(&kdump_in_progress))
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: mlogbuf will brim over with INIT stack dumps.
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c
index 70b8bdbb7e6..aba813c2c15 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ is_mca_global(peidx_table_t *peidx, pal_bus_check_info_t *pbci,
  * @peidx:	pointer of index of processor error section
  *
  * Return value:
- *	target address on Success / 0 on Failue
+ *	target address on Success / 0 on Failure
  */
 static u64
 get_target_identifier(peidx_table_t *peidx)
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ recover_from_processor_error(int platform, slidx_table_t *slidx,
 		return fatal_mca("External bus check fatal status");
 
 	/*
-	 * This is a local MCA and estimated as a recoverble error.
+	 * This is a local MCA and estimated as a recoverable error.
 	 */
 	if (platform)
 		return recover_from_platform_error(slidx, peidx, pbci, sos);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
index 158e3c51bb7..196287928ba 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ apply_relocate (Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs, const char *strtab, unsigned int symindex,
 /*
  * Modules contain a single unwind table which covers both the core and the init text
  * sections but since the two are not contiguous, we need to split this table up such that
- * we can register (and unregister) each "segment" seperately.  Fortunately, this sounds
+ * we can register (and unregister) each "segment" separately.  Fortunately, this sounds
  * more complicated than it really is.
  */
 static void
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index e7191ca30b1..b7133cabdbe 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ pfm_reserve_session(struct task_struct *task, int is_syswide, unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	/*
-	 * validy checks on cpu_mask have been done upstream
+	 * validity checks on cpu_mask have been done upstream
 	 */
 	LOCK_PFS(flags);
 
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ pfm_unreserve_session(pfm_context_t *ctx, int is_syswide, unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	/*
-	 * validy checks on cpu_mask have been done upstream
+	 * validity checks on cpu_mask have been done upstream
 	 */
 	LOCK_PFS(flags);
 
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ pfm_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 	/*
 	 * remove our file from the async queue, if we use this mode.
 	 * This can be done without the context being protected. We come
-	 * here when the context has become unreacheable by other tasks.
+	 * here when the context has become unreachable by other tasks.
 	 *
 	 * We may still have active monitoring at this point and we may
 	 * end up in pfm_overflow_handler(). However, fasync_helper()
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ doit:
 	filp->private_data = NULL;
 
 	/*
-	 * if we free on the spot, the context is now completely unreacheable
+	 * if we free on the spot, the context is now completely unreachable
 	 * from the callers side. The monitored task side is also cut, so we
 	 * can freely cut.
 	 *
@@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@ pfm_reset_pmu_state(pfm_context_t *ctx)
 	ctx->ctx_all_pmcs[0] = pmu_conf->impl_pmcs[0] & ~0x1;
 
 	/*
-	 * bitmask of all PMDs that are accesible to this context
+	 * bitmask of all PMDs that are accessible to this context
 	 */
 	ctx->ctx_all_pmds[0] = pmu_conf->impl_pmds[0];
 
@@ -3395,7 +3395,7 @@ pfm_read_pmds(pfm_context_t *ctx, void *arg, int count, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		if (unlikely(!PMD_IS_IMPL(cnum))) goto error;
 		/*
 		 * we can only read the register that we use. That includes
-		 * the one we explicitely initialize AND the one we want included
+		 * the one we explicitly initialize AND the one we want included
 		 * in the sampling buffer (smpl_regs).
 		 *
 		 * Having this restriction allows optimization in the ctxsw routine
@@ -3715,7 +3715,7 @@ pfm_restart(pfm_context_t *ctx, void *arg, int count, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 * if non-blocking, then we ensure that the task will go into
 	 * pfm_handle_work() before returning to user mode.
 	 *
-	 * We cannot explicitely reset another task, it MUST always
+	 * We cannot explicitly reset another task, it MUST always
 	 * be done by the task itself. This works for system wide because
 	 * the tool that is controlling the session is logically doing 
 	 * "self-monitoring".
@@ -4644,7 +4644,7 @@ pfm_exit_thread(struct task_struct *task)
 	switch(state) {
 		case PFM_CTX_UNLOADED:
 			/*
-	 		 * only comes to thios function if pfm_context is not NULL, i.e., cannot
+	 		 * only comes to this function if pfm_context is not NULL, i.e., cannot
 			 * be in unloaded state
 	 		 */
 			printk(KERN_ERR "perfmon: pfm_exit_thread [%d] ctx unloaded\n", task->pid);
@@ -5247,7 +5247,7 @@ pfm_end_notify_user(pfm_context_t *ctx)
 
 /*
  * main overflow processing routine.
- * it can be called from the interrupt path or explicitely during the context switch code
+ * it can be called from the interrupt path or explicitly during the context switch code
  */
 static void
 pfm_overflow_handler(struct task_struct *task, pfm_context_t *ctx, u64 pmc0, struct pt_regs *regs)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon_mckinley.h b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon_mckinley.h
index 9becccda289..c4bec7a9d18 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon_mckinley.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon_mckinley.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static pmu_config_t pmu_conf_mck={
 	.pmc_desc      = pfm_mck_pmc_desc,
 	.num_ibrs       = 8,
 	.num_dbrs       = 8,
-	.use_rr_dbregs = 1 /* debug register are use for range retrictions */
+	.use_rr_dbregs = 1 /* debug register are use for range restrictions */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
index d1c3ed9943e..af73b8dfde2 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
@@ -763,6 +763,9 @@ get_wchan (struct task_struct *p)
 	unsigned long ip;
 	int count = 0;
 
+	if (!p || p == current || p->state == TASK_RUNNING)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Note: p may not be a blocked task (it could be current or
 	 * another process running on some other CPU.  Rather than
@@ -773,6 +776,8 @@ get_wchan (struct task_struct *p)
 	 */
 	unw_init_from_blocked_task(&info, p);
 	do {
+		if (p->state == TASK_RUNNING)
+			return 0;
 		if (unw_unwind(&info) < 0)
 			return 0;
 		unw_get_ip(&info, &ip);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c
index 37c876f95db..27c2ef445a5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ set_smp_redirect (int flag)
 	 * interrupt redirection. The reason is this would require that
 	 * All interrupts be stopped and hard bind the irq to a cpu.
 	 * Later when the interrupt is fired we need to set the redir hint
-	 * on again in the vector. This is combersome for something that the
+	 * on again in the vector. This is cumbersome for something that the
 	 * user mode irq balancer will solve anyways.
 	 */
 	no_int_routing=1;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
index 89f6b138a62..25cd75f50ab 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(data_saved_lock);
 /** salinfo_platform_oemdata - optional callback to decode oemdata from an error
  * record.
  * @sect_header: pointer to the start of the section to decode.
- * @oemdata: returns vmalloc area containing the decded output.
+ * @oemdata: returns vmalloc area containing the decoded output.
  * @oemdata_size: returns length of decoded output (strlen).
  *
  * Description: If user space asks for oem data to be decoded by the kernel
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index 9df1efe7487..eaa6a24bc0b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p)
 }
 
 /*
- * Display cpu info for all cpu's.
+ * Display cpu info for all CPUs.
  */
 static int
 show_cpuinfo (struct seq_file *m, void *v)
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ identify_cpu (struct cpuinfo_ia64 *c)
 	c->cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	/* below default values will be overwritten  by identify_siblings() 
-	 * for Multi-Threading/Multi-Core capable cpu's
+	 * for Multi-Threading/Multi-Core capable CPUs
 	 */
 	c->threads_per_core = c->cores_per_socket = c->num_log = 1;
 	c->socket_id = -1;
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ cpu_init (void)
 	ia32_cpu_init();
 #endif
 
-	/* Clear ITC to eliminiate sched_clock() overflows in human time.  */
+	/* Clear ITC to eliminate sched_clock() overflows in human time.  */
 	ia64_set_itc(0);
 
 	/* disable all local interrupt sources: */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/smp.c
index 221de380456..b3a47f986e1 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ handle_IPI (int irq, void *dev_id)
 }
 
 /*
- * Called with preeemption disabled.
+ * Called with preemption disabled.
  */
 static inline void
 send_IPI_single (int dest_cpu, int op)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ send_IPI_single (int dest_cpu, int op)
 }
 
 /*
- * Called with preeemption disabled.
+ * Called with preemption disabled.
  */
 static inline void
 send_IPI_allbutself (int op)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ send_IPI_allbutself (int op)
 }
 
 /*
- * Called with preeemption disabled.
+ * Called with preemption disabled.
  */
 static inline void
 send_IPI_all (int op)
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ send_IPI_all (int op)
 }
 
 /*
- * Called with preeemption disabled.
+ * Called with preemption disabled.
  */
 static inline void
 send_IPI_self (int op)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ kdump_smp_send_init(void)
 }
 #endif
 /*
- * Called with preeemption disabled.
+ * Called with preemption disabled.
  */
 void
 smp_send_reschedule (int cpu)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ smp_send_reschedule (int cpu)
 }
 
 /*
- * Called with preeemption disabled.
+ * Called with preemption disabled.
  */
 static void
 smp_send_local_flush_tlb (int cpu)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
index a44792d0f3a..3c9d8e6089c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ smp_setup_percpu_timer (void)
 {
 }
 
-static void __devinit
+static void __cpuinit
 smp_callin (void)
 {
 	int cpuid, phys_id, itc_master;
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ smp_callin (void)
 /*
  * Activate a secondary processor.  head.S calls this.
  */
-int __devinit
+int __cpuinit
 start_secondary (void *unused)
 {
 	/* Early console may use I/O ports */
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ int migrate_platform_irqs(unsigned int cpu)
 			set_cpei_target_cpu(new_cpei_cpu);
 			desc = irq_desc + ia64_cpe_irq;
 			/*
-			 * Switch for now, immediatly, we need to do fake intr
+			 * Switch for now, immediately, we need to do fake intr
 			 * as other interrupts, but need to study CPEI behaviour with
 			 * polling before making changes.
 			 */
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ __cpu_up (unsigned int cpu)
 }
 
 /*
- * Assume that CPU's have been discovered by some platform-dependent interface.  For
+ * Assume that CPUs have been discovered by some platform-dependent interface.  For
  * SoftSDV/Lion, that would be ACPI.
  *
  * Setup of the IPI irq handler is done in irq.c:init_IRQ_SMP().
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ init_smp_config(void)
 	} *ap_startup;
 	long sal_ret;
 
-	/* Tell SAL where to drop the AP's.  */
+	/* Tell SAL where to drop the APs.  */
 	ap_startup = (struct fptr *) start_ap;
 	sal_ret = ia64_sal_set_vectors(SAL_VECTOR_OS_BOOT_RENDEZ,
 				       ia64_tpa(ap_startup->fp), ia64_tpa(ap_startup->gp), 0, 0, 0, 0);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
index b8e0d70bf98..15ad85da15a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ handle_fpu_swa (int fp_fault, struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long isr)
 			 * Lower 4 bits are used as a count. Upper bits are a sequence
 			 * number that is updated when count is reset. The cmpxchg will
 			 * fail is seqno has changed. This minimizes mutiple cpus
-			 * reseting the count.
+			 * resetting the count.
 			 */
 			if (current_jiffies > last.time)
 				(void) cmpxchg_acq(&last.count, count, 16 + (count & ~15));
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c
index fe1426266b9..b0b08b5f3ec 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Hewlett-Packard Co
  *	David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2003 Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
- * 	- Change pt_regs_off() to make it less dependant on pt_regs structure.
+ * 	- Change pt_regs_off() to make it less dependent on pt_regs structure.
  */
 /*
  * This file implements call frame unwind support for the Linux
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ int
 unw_unwind (struct unw_frame_info *info)
 {
 	unsigned long prev_ip, prev_sp, prev_bsp;
-	unsigned long ip, pr, num_regs;
+	unsigned long ip, pr, num_regs, rp_loc, pfs_loc;
 	STAT(unsigned long start, flags;)
 	int retval;
 
@@ -1870,14 +1870,16 @@ unw_unwind (struct unw_frame_info *info)
 	prev_sp = info->sp;
 	prev_bsp = info->bsp;
 
-	/* restore the ip */
-	if (!info->rp_loc) {
+	/* validate the return IP pointer */
+	rp_loc = (unsigned long) info->rp_loc;
+	if ((rp_loc < info->regstk.limit) || (rp_loc > info->regstk.top)) {
 		/* FIXME: should really be level 0 but it occurs too often. KAO */
 		UNW_DPRINT(1, "unwind.%s: failed to locate return link (ip=0x%lx)!\n",
 			   __FUNCTION__, info->ip);
 		STAT(unw.stat.api.unwind_time += ia64_get_itc() - start; local_irq_restore(flags));
 		return -1;
 	}
+	/* restore the ip */
 	ip = info->ip = *info->rp_loc;
 	if (ip < GATE_ADDR) {
 		UNW_DPRINT(2, "unwind.%s: reached user-space (ip=0x%lx)\n", __FUNCTION__, ip);
@@ -1885,12 +1887,14 @@ unw_unwind (struct unw_frame_info *info)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	/* restore the cfm: */
-	if (!info->pfs_loc) {
+	/* validate the previous stack frame pointer */
+	pfs_loc = (unsigned long) info->pfs_loc;
+	if ((pfs_loc < info->regstk.limit) || (pfs_loc > info->regstk.top)) {
 		UNW_DPRINT(0, "unwind.%s: failed to locate ar.pfs!\n", __FUNCTION__);
 		STAT(unw.stat.api.unwind_time += ia64_get_itc() - start; local_irq_restore(flags));
 		return -1;
 	}
+	/* restore the cfm: */
 	info->cfm_loc = info->pfs_loc;
 
 	/* restore the bsp: */
@@ -1992,13 +1996,16 @@ init_frame_info (struct unw_frame_info *info, struct task_struct *t,
 	memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
 
 	rbslimit = (unsigned long) t + IA64_RBS_OFFSET;
+	stklimit = (unsigned long) t + IA64_STK_OFFSET;
+
 	rbstop   = sw->ar_bspstore;
-	if (rbstop - (unsigned long) t >= IA64_STK_OFFSET)
+	if (rbstop > stklimit || rbstop < rbslimit)
 		rbstop = rbslimit;
 
-	stklimit = (unsigned long) t + IA64_STK_OFFSET;
 	if (stktop <= rbstop)
 		stktop = rbstop;
+	if (stktop > stklimit)
+		stktop = stklimit;
 
 	info->regstk.limit = rbslimit;
 	info->regstk.top   = rbstop;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 69238264211..5a65965c8b5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET)
     {
 	IVT_TEXT
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	KPROBES_TEXT
@@ -214,7 +214,12 @@ SECTIONS
 
   data : { } :data
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET)
-	{ *(.data) *(.data1) *(.gnu.linkonce.d*) CONSTRUCTORS }
+	{
+		DATA_DATA
+		*(.data1)
+		*(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
+		CONSTRUCTORS
+	}
 
   . = ALIGN(16);	/* gp must be 16-byte aligned for exc. table */
   .got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET)