diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index 252d63942f34..5b3115a19852 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 vdso-install-y			+= arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.so.dbg
-vdso-install-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)	+= arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/compat_vdso.so.dbg:../compat_vdso/compat_vdso.so
+vdso-install-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)	+= arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/compat_vdso.so.dbg
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL),y)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE)$(CONFIG_ARCH_CANAAN),yy)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 97fcde30e247..9f8ea0e33eb1 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -593,6 +593,12 @@ static inline int ptep_clear_flush_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return ptep_test_and_clear_young(vma, address, ptep);
 }
 
+#define pgprot_nx pgprot_nx
+static inline pgprot_t pgprot_nx(pgprot_t _prot)
+{
+	return __pgprot(pgprot_val(_prot) & ~_PAGE_EXEC);
+}
+
 #define pgprot_noncached pgprot_noncached
 static inline pgprot_t pgprot_noncached(pgprot_t _prot)
 {
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
index 980094c2e976..ac80216549ff 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ asmlinkage long __riscv_sys_ni_syscall(const struct pt_regs *);
 					ulong)						\
 			__attribute__((alias(__stringify(___se_##prefix##name))));	\
 	__diag_pop();									\
-	static long noinline ___se_##prefix##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__));	\
+	static long noinline ___se_##prefix##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__))	\
+			__used;								\
 	static long ___se_##prefix##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__))
 
 #define SC_RISCV_REGS_TO_ARGS(x, ...) \
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
index ec0cab9fbddd..72ec1d9bd3f3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ unsigned long __must_check clear_user(void __user *to, unsigned long n)
 
 #define __get_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label)			\
 do {									\
-	long __kr_err;							\
+	long __kr_err = 0;						\
 									\
 	__get_user_nocheck(*((type *)(dst)), (type *)(src), __kr_err);	\
 	if (unlikely(__kr_err))						\
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ do {									\
 
 #define __put_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label)			\
 do {									\
-	long __kr_err;							\
+	long __kr_err = 0;						\
 									\
 	__put_user_nocheck(*((type *)(src)), (type *)(dst), __kr_err);	\
 	if (unlikely(__kr_err))						\
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
index 10aaa83db89e..95050ebe9ad0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY	47
 
 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
-#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH	9
+#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH	10
 #define AT_MINSIGSTKSZ		51
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_RISCV_AUXVEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/Makefile
index 62fa393b2eb2..3df4cb788c1f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/Makefile
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ quiet_cmd_compat_vdsold = VDSOLD  $@
                    rm $@.tmp
 
 # actual build commands
-quiet_cmd_compat_vdsoas = VDSOAS $@
+quiet_cmd_compat_vdsoas = VDSOAS  $@
       cmd_compat_vdsoas = $(COMPAT_CC) $(a_flags) $(COMPAT_CC_FLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
index 37e87fdcf6a0..30e12b310cab 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ static int __patch_insn_set(void *addr, u8 c, size_t len)
 	 */
 	lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);
 
+	preempt_disable();
+
 	if (across_pages)
 		patch_map(addr + PAGE_SIZE, FIX_TEXT_POKE1);
 
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ static int __patch_insn_set(void *addr, u8 c, size_t len)
 	if (across_pages)
 		patch_unmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE1);
 
+	preempt_enable();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(__patch_insn_set);
@@ -122,6 +126,8 @@ static int __patch_insn_write(void *addr, const void *insn, size_t len)
 	if (!riscv_patch_in_stop_machine)
 		lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);
 
+	preempt_disable();
+
 	if (across_pages)
 		patch_map(addr + PAGE_SIZE, FIX_TEXT_POKE1);
 
@@ -134,6 +140,8 @@ static int __patch_insn_write(void *addr, const void *insn, size_t len)
 	if (across_pages)
 		patch_unmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE1);
 
+	preempt_enable();
+
 	return ret;
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(__patch_insn_write);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
index 92922dbd5b5c..e4bc61c4e58a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #include <asm/vector.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 
-register unsigned long gp_in_global __asm__("gp");
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && !defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_PER_TASK)
 #include <linux/stackprotector.h>
 unsigned long __stack_chk_guard __read_mostly;
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__stack_chk_guard);
 
 extern asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
 
-void arch_cpu_idle(void)
+void noinstr arch_cpu_idle(void)
 {
 	cpu_do_idle();
 }
@@ -207,7 +205,6 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 	if (unlikely(args->fn)) {
 		/* Kernel thread */
 		memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
-		childregs->gp = gp_in_global;
 		/* Supervisor/Machine, irqs on: */
 		childregs->status = SR_PP | SR_PIE;
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
index 501e66debf69..5a2edd7f027e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ static long __restore_v_state(struct pt_regs *regs, void __user *sc_vec)
 	struct __sc_riscv_v_state __user *state = sc_vec;
 	void __user *datap;
 
+	/*
+	 * Mark the vstate as clean prior performing the actual copy,
+	 * to avoid getting the vstate incorrectly clobbered by the
+	 *  discarded vector state.
+	 */
+	riscv_v_vstate_set_restore(current, regs);
+
 	/* Copy everything of __sc_riscv_v_state except datap. */
 	err = __copy_from_user(&current->thread.vstate, &state->v_state,
 			       offsetof(struct __riscv_v_ext_state, datap));
@@ -133,13 +140,7 @@ static long __restore_v_state(struct pt_regs *regs, void __user *sc_vec)
 	 * Copy the whole vector content from user space datap. Use
 	 * copy_from_user to prevent information leak.
 	 */
-	err = copy_from_user(current->thread.vstate.datap, datap, riscv_v_vsize);
-	if (unlikely(err))
-		return err;
-
-	riscv_v_vstate_set_restore(current, regs);
-
-	return err;
+	return copy_from_user(current->thread.vstate.datap, datap, riscv_v_vsize);
 }
 #else
 #define save_v_state(task, regs) (0)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
index 868d6280cf66..05a16b1f0aee 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void do_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, int signo, int code, unsigned long addr)
 		print_vma_addr(KERN_CONT " in ", instruction_pointer(regs));
 		pr_cont("\n");
 		__show_regs(regs);
-		dump_instr(KERN_EMERG, regs);
+		dump_instr(KERN_INFO, regs);
 	}
 
 	force_sig_fault(signo, code, (void __user *)addr);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 9b517fe1b8a8..272c431ac5b9 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ endif
 
 # Disable -pg to prevent insert call site
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) $(CC_FLAGS_SCS)
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_hwprobe.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) $(CC_FLAGS_SCS)
 
 # Disable profiling and instrumentation for VDSO code
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c b/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
index 893566e004b7..07d743f87b3f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static void __ipi_flush_tlb_range_asid(void *info)
 	local_flush_tlb_range_asid(d->start, d->size, d->stride, d->asid);
 }
 
-static void __flush_tlb_range(struct cpumask *cmask, unsigned long asid,
+static void __flush_tlb_range(const struct cpumask *cmask, unsigned long asid,
 			      unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 			      unsigned long stride)
 {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void flush_tlb_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 
 void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	__flush_tlb_range((struct cpumask *)cpu_online_mask, FLUSH_TLB_NO_ASID,
+	__flush_tlb_range(cpu_online_mask, FLUSH_TLB_NO_ASID,
 			  start, end - start, PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
index c78a6fd6c57f..b4efdddb2ad9 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ static int riscv_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	u64 event_config = 0;
 	uint64_t cmask;
 
+	/* driver does not support branch stack sampling */
+	if (has_branch_stack(event))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	hwc->flags = 0;
 	mapped_event = rvpmu->event_map(event, &event_config);
 	if (mapped_event < 0) {