diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
index 5b5e9cb774b5..653668d140f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h
@@ -14,13 +14,29 @@
  * analysis of kexec-tools; if other broken bootloaders initialize a
  * different set of fields we will need to figure out how to disambiguate.
  *
+ * Note: efi_info is commonly left uninitialized, but that field has a
+ * private magic, so it is better to leave it unchanged.
  */
 static void sanitize_boot_params(struct boot_params *boot_params)
 {
+	/* 
+	 * IMPORTANT NOTE TO BOOTLOADER AUTHORS: do not simply clear
+	 * this field.  The purpose of this field is to guarantee
+	 * compliance with the x86 boot spec located in
+	 * Documentation/x86/boot.txt .  That spec says that the
+	 * *whole* structure should be cleared, after which only the
+	 * portion defined by struct setup_header (boot_params->hdr)
+	 * should be copied in.
+	 *
+	 * If you're having an issue because the sentinel is set, you
+	 * need to change the whole structure to be cleared, not this
+	 * (or any other) individual field, or you will soon have
+	 * problems again.
+	 */
 	if (boot_params->sentinel) {
-		/*fields in boot_params are not valid, clear them */
+		/* fields in boot_params are left uninitialized, clear them */
 		memset(&boot_params->olpc_ofw_header, 0,
-		       (char *)&boot_params->alt_mem_k -
+		       (char *)&boot_params->efi_info -
 			(char *)&boot_params->olpc_ofw_header);
 		memset(&boot_params->kbd_status, 0,
 		       (char *)&boot_params->hdr -
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 84d32855f65c..90d8cc930f5e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -171,9 +171,15 @@ static struct resource bss_resource = {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 /* cpu data as detected by the assembly code in head.S */
-struct cpuinfo_x86 new_cpu_data __cpuinitdata = {0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, -1};
+struct cpuinfo_x86 new_cpu_data __cpuinitdata = {
+	.wp_works_ok = -1,
+	.fdiv_bug = -1,
+};
 /* common cpu data for all cpus */
-struct cpuinfo_x86 boot_cpu_data __read_mostly = {0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, -1};
+struct cpuinfo_x86 boot_cpu_data __read_mostly = {
+	.wp_works_ok = -1,
+	.fdiv_bug = -1,
+};
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_cpu_data);
 
 unsigned int def_to_bigsmp;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index a6ceaedc396a..9f190a2a00e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1365,9 +1365,8 @@ static inline void mwait_play_dead(void)
 	unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
 	unsigned int highest_cstate = 0;
 	unsigned int highest_subcstate = 0;
-	int i;
 	void *mwait_ptr;
-	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = __this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info);
+	int i;
 
 	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index 4903a03ae876..59b7fc453277 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -410,9 +410,8 @@ void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
 	/* the ISA range is always mapped regardless of memory holes */
 	init_memory_mapping(0, ISA_END_ADDRESS);
 
-	/* xen has big range in reserved near end of ram, skip it at first */
-	addr = memblock_find_in_range(ISA_END_ADDRESS, end, PMD_SIZE,
-			 PAGE_SIZE);
+	/* xen has big range in reserved near end of ram, skip it at first.*/
+	addr = memblock_find_in_range(ISA_END_ADDRESS, end, PMD_SIZE, PMD_SIZE);
 	real_end = addr + PMD_SIZE;
 
 	/* step_size need to be small so pgt_buf from BRK could cover it */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 2610bd93c896..657438858e83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -563,6 +563,13 @@ int kernel_map_sync_memtype(u64 base, unsigned long size, unsigned long flags)
 	if (base > __pa(high_memory-1))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * some areas in the middle of the kernel identity range
+	 * are not mapped, like the PCI space.
+	 */
+	if (!page_is_ram(base >> PAGE_SHIFT))
+		return 0;
+
 	id_sz = (__pa(high_memory-1) <= base + size) ?
 				__pa(high_memory) - base :
 				size;
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 7320bf891706..bea32d1ef7d5 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -426,6 +426,44 @@ get_var_data(struct efivars *efivars, struct efi_variable *var)
 	return status;
 }
 
+static efi_status_t
+check_var_size_locked(struct efivars *efivars, u32 attributes,
+			unsigned long size)
+{
+	u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
+	efi_status_t status;
+	const struct efivar_operations *fops = efivars->ops;
+
+	if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_info)
+		return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
+
+	status = fops->query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
+					   &remaining_size, &max_size);
+
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return status;
+
+	if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size || size > max_size ||
+	    (remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
+		return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+
+static efi_status_t
+check_var_size(struct efivars *efivars, u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
+{
+	efi_status_t status;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&efivars->lock, flags);
+	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, attributes, size);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efivars->lock, flags);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 efivar_guid_read(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 {
@@ -547,11 +585,16 @@ efivar_store_raw(struct efivar_entry *entry, const char *buf, size_t count)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(new_var->VariableName,
-					    &new_var->VendorGuid,
-					    new_var->Attributes,
-					    new_var->DataSize,
-					    new_var->Data);
+
+	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, new_var->Attributes,
+	       new_var->DataSize + utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024));
+
+	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS || status == EFI_UNSUPPORTED)
+		status = efivars->ops->set_variable(new_var->VariableName,
+						    &new_var->VendorGuid,
+						    new_var->Attributes,
+						    new_var->DataSize,
+						    new_var->Data);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
 
@@ -702,8 +745,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 	u32 attributes;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	unsigned long datasize = count - sizeof(attributes);
-	unsigned long newdatasize;
-	u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
+	unsigned long newdatasize, varsize;
 	ssize_t bytes = 0;
 
 	if (count < sizeof(attributes))
@@ -722,28 +764,18 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 	 * amounts of memory. Pick a default size of 64K if
 	 * QueryVariableInfo() isn't supported by the firmware.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
 
-	if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_info)
-		status = EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
-	else {
-		const struct efivar_operations *fops = efivars->ops;
-		status = fops->query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
-						   &remaining_size, &max_size);
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	varsize = datasize + utf16_strsize(var->var.VariableName, 1024);
+	status = check_var_size(efivars, attributes, varsize);
 
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		if (status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED)
 			return efi_status_to_err(status);
 
-		remaining_size = 65536;
+		if (datasize > 65536)
+			return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
-	if (datasize > remaining_size)
-		return -ENOSPC;
-
 	data = kmalloc(datasize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -765,6 +797,19 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that the available space hasn't shrunk below the safe level
+	 */
+
+	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, attributes, varsize);
+
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS && status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+		kfree(data);
+
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
+	}
+
 	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(var->var.VariableName,
 					    &var->var.VendorGuid,
 					    attributes, datasize,
@@ -929,8 +974,8 @@ static bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
 	if (len < GUID_LEN + 2)
 		return false;
 
-	/* GUID should be right after the first '-' */
-	if (s - 1 != strchr(str, '-'))
+	/* GUID must be preceded by a '-' */
+	if (*(s - 1) != '-')
 		return false;
 
 	/*
@@ -1118,15 +1163,22 @@ static struct dentry_operations efivarfs_d_ops = {
 
 static struct dentry *efivarfs_alloc_dentry(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
 {
+	struct dentry *d;
 	struct qstr q;
+	int err;
 
 	q.name = name;
 	q.len = strlen(name);
 
-	if (efivarfs_d_hash(NULL, NULL, &q))
-		return NULL;
+	err = efivarfs_d_hash(NULL, NULL, &q);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	return d_alloc(parent, &q);
+	d = d_alloc(parent, &q);
+	if (d)
+		return d;
+
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 static int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
@@ -1136,6 +1188,7 @@ static int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
 	struct efivars *efivars = &__efivars;
 	char *name;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	efivarfs_sb = sb;
 
@@ -1186,8 +1239,10 @@ static int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			goto fail_name;
 
 		dentry = efivarfs_alloc_dentry(root, name);
-		if (!dentry)
+		if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 			goto fail_inode;
+		}
 
 		/* copied by the above to local storage in the dentry. */
 		kfree(name);
@@ -1214,7 +1269,7 @@ static int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 fail_name:
 	kfree(name);
 fail:
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *efivarfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
@@ -1345,7 +1400,6 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
 	efi_guid_t vendor = LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID;
 	struct efivars *efivars = psi->data;
 	int i, ret = 0;
-	u64 storage_space, remaining_space, max_variable_size;
 	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -1365,11 +1419,11 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
 	 * size: a size of logging data
 	 * DUMP_NAME_LEN * 2: a maximum size of variable name
 	 */
-	status = efivars->ops->query_variable_info(PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
-						   &storage_space,
-						   &remaining_space,
-						   &max_variable_size);
-	if (status || remaining_space < size + DUMP_NAME_LEN * 2) {
+
+	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
+					 size + DUMP_NAME_LEN * 2);
+
+	if (status) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efivars->lock, flags);
 		*id = part;
 		return -ENOSPC;
@@ -1544,6 +1598,14 @@ static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, new_var->Attributes,
+	       new_var->DataSize + utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024));
+
+	if (status && status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
+	}
+
 	/* now *really* create the variable via EFI */
 	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(new_var->VariableName,
 					    &new_var->VendorGuid,
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dmar.c b/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
index dc7e478b7e5f..e5cdaf87822c 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ static const char *dma_remap_fault_reasons[] =
 	"non-zero reserved fields in RTP",
 	"non-zero reserved fields in CTP",
 	"non-zero reserved fields in PTE",
+	"PCE for translation request specifies blocking",
 };
 
 static const char *irq_remap_fault_reasons[] =
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
index 880cdd5dc63f..77edcdcc016b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/efivarfs/efivarfs.sh
@@ -125,6 +125,63 @@ test_open_unlink()
 	./open-unlink $file
 }
 
+# test that we can create a range of filenames
+test_valid_filenames()
+{
+	local attrs='\x07\x00\x00\x00'
+	local ret=0
+
+	local file_list="abc dump-type0-11-1-1362436005 1234 -"
+	for f in $file_list; do
+		local file=$efivarfs_mount/$f-$test_guid
+
+		printf "$attrs\x00" > $file
+
+		if [ ! -e $file ]; then
+			echo "$file could not be created" >&2
+			ret=1
+		else
+			rm $file
+		fi
+	done
+
+	exit $ret
+}
+
+test_invalid_filenames()
+{
+	local attrs='\x07\x00\x00\x00'
+	local ret=0
+
+	local file_list="
+		-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc
+		foo
+		foo-bar
+		-foo-
+		foo-barbazba-foob-foob-foob-foobarbazfoo
+		foo-------------------------------------
+		-12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc
+		a-12345678=1234-1234-1234-123456789abc
+		a-12345678-1234=1234-1234-123456789abc
+		a-12345678-1234-1234=1234-123456789abc
+		a-12345678-1234-1234-1234=123456789abc
+		1112345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc"
+
+	for f in $file_list; do
+		local file=$efivarfs_mount/$f
+
+		printf "$attrs\x00" 2>/dev/null > $file
+
+		if [ -e $file ]; then
+			echo "Creating $file should have failed" >&2
+			rm $file
+			ret=1
+		fi
+	done
+
+	exit $ret
+}
+
 check_prereqs
 
 rc=0
@@ -135,5 +192,7 @@ run_test test_create_read
 run_test test_delete
 run_test test_zero_size_delete
 run_test test_open_unlink
+run_test test_valid_filenames
+run_test test_invalid_filenames
 
 exit $rc