diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad48987..2a11b4b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 3
 PATCHLEVEL = 7
-SUBLEVEL = 8
-EXTRAVERSION =
+SUBLEVEL = 9
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Terrified Chipmunk
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
index b5d8a18..252c7e6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ static int s390_next_ktime(ktime_t expires,
 	nsecs = ktime_to_ns(ktime_add(timespec_to_ktime(ts), expires));
 	do_div(nsecs, 125);
 	S390_lowcore.clock_comparator = sched_clock_base_cc + (nsecs << 9);
+	/* Program the maximum value if we have an overflow (== year 2042) */
+	if (unlikely(S390_lowcore.clock_comparator < sched_clock_base_cc))
+		S390_lowcore.clock_comparator = -1ULL;
 	set_clock_comparator(S390_lowcore.clock_comparator);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index a1f780d..796ed83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_pfn(pmd_t pmd)
 	return (pmd_val(pmd) & PTE_PFN_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long pud_pfn(pud_t pud)
+{
+	return (pud_val(pud) & PTE_PFN_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+}
+
 #define pte_page(pte)	pfn_to_page(pte_pfn(pte))
 
 static inline int pmd_large(pmd_t pte)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
index e03a1e1..562a76d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ static int set_x2apic_phys_mode(char *arg)
 }
 early_param("x2apic_phys", set_x2apic_phys_mode);
 
-static int x2apic_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
+static bool x2apic_fadt_phys(void)
 {
-	if (x2apic_phys)
-		return x2apic_enabled();
-	else if ((acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID) &&
-		(acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_APIC_PHYSICAL) &&
-		x2apic_enabled()) {
+	if ((acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID) &&
+		(acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_APIC_PHYSICAL)) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "System requires x2apic physical mode\n");
-		return 1;
+		return true;
 	}
-	else
-		return 0;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static int x2apic_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
+{
+	return x2apic_enabled() && (x2apic_phys || x2apic_fadt_phys());
 }
 
 static void
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ static void init_x2apic_ldr(void)
 
 static int x2apic_phys_probe(void)
 {
-	if (x2apic_mode && x2apic_phys)
+	if (x2apic_mode && (x2apic_phys || x2apic_fadt_phys()))
 		return 1;
 
 	return apic == &apic_x2apic_phys;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 8e13ecb..79ff7da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -748,13 +748,15 @@ __bad_area_nosemaphore(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 				return;
 		}
 #endif
+		/* Kernel addresses are always protection faults: */
+		if (address >= TASK_SIZE)
+			error_code |= PF_PROT;
 
-		if (unlikely(show_unhandled_signals))
+		if (likely(show_unhandled_signals))
 			show_signal_msg(regs, error_code, address, tsk);
 
-		/* Kernel addresses are always protection faults: */
 		tsk->thread.cr2		= address;
-		tsk->thread.error_code	= error_code | (address >= TASK_SIZE);
+		tsk->thread.error_code	= error_code;
 		tsk->thread.trap_nr	= X86_TRAP_PF;
 
 		force_sig_info_fault(SIGSEGV, si_code, address, tsk, 0);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 3baff25..ce42da7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -829,6 +829,9 @@ int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr)
 	if (pud_none(*pud))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (pud_large(*pud))
+		return pfn_valid(pud_pfn(*pud));
+
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 77cf009..928bf83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(efi_enabled);
 
 static int __init setup_noefi(char *arg)
 {
-	clear_bit(EFI_BOOT, &x86_efi_facility);
+	clear_bit(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES, &x86_efi_facility);
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("noefi", setup_noefi);
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S
index f9643fc..33ca6e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ ENTRY(xen_iret)
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	GET_THREAD_INFO(%eax)
-	movl TI_cpu(%eax), %eax
-	movl __per_cpu_offset(,%eax,4), %eax
-	mov xen_vcpu(%eax), %eax
+	movl %ss:TI_cpu(%eax), %eax
+	movl %ss:__per_cpu_offset(,%eax,4), %eax
+	mov %ss:xen_vcpu(%eax), %eax
 #else
-	movl xen_vcpu, %eax
+	movl %ss:xen_vcpu, %eax
 #endif
 
 	/* check IF state we're restoring */
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ ENTRY(xen_iret)
 	 * resuming the code, so we don't have to be worried about
 	 * being preempted to another CPU.
 	 */
-	setz XEN_vcpu_info_mask(%eax)
+	setz %ss:XEN_vcpu_info_mask(%eax)
 xen_iret_start_crit:
 
 	/* check for unmasked and pending */
-	cmpw $0x0001, XEN_vcpu_info_pending(%eax)
+	cmpw $0x0001, %ss:XEN_vcpu_info_pending(%eax)
 
 	/*
 	 * If there's something pending, mask events again so we can
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ xen_iret_start_crit:
 	 * touch XEN_vcpu_info_mask.
 	 */
 	jne 1f
-	movb $1, XEN_vcpu_info_mask(%eax)
+	movb $1, %ss:XEN_vcpu_info_mask(%eax)
 
 1:	popl %eax
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/remove.c b/drivers/pci/remove.c
index 513972f..6c5c7c5 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/remove.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/remove.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ static void pci_free_resources(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 static void pci_stop_dev(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
+	pci_pme_active(dev, false);
+
 	if (dev->is_added) {
 		pci_proc_detach_device(dev);
 		pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
index 10c1a34..81c5077 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
@@ -350,7 +350,9 @@ static int pl031_probe(struct amba_device *adev, const struct amba_id *id)
 	/* Enable the clockwatch on ST Variants */
 	if (vendor->clockwatch)
 		data |= RTC_CR_CWEN;
-	writel(data | RTC_CR_EN, ldata->base + RTC_CR);
+	else
+		data |= RTC_CR_EN;
+	writel(data, ldata->base + RTC_CR);
 
 	/*
 	 * On ST PL031 variants, the RTC reset value does not provide correct
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 58a1f41..4b0b8dd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ _xfs_buf_find(
 	struct rb_node		*parent;
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp;
 	xfs_daddr_t		blkno = map[0].bm_bn;
-	xfs_daddr_t		eofs;
 	int			numblks = 0;
 	int			i;
 
@@ -499,23 +498,6 @@ _xfs_buf_find(
 	ASSERT(!(numbytes < (1 << btp->bt_sshift)));
 	ASSERT(!(BBTOB(blkno) & (xfs_off_t)btp->bt_smask));
 
-	/*
-	 * Corrupted block numbers can get through to here, unfortunately, so we
-	 * have to check that the buffer falls within the filesystem bounds.
-	 */
-	eofs = XFS_FSB_TO_BB(btp->bt_mount, btp->bt_mount->m_sb.sb_dblocks);
-	if (blkno >= eofs) {
-		/*
-		 * XXX (dgc): we should really be returning EFSCORRUPTED here,
-		 * but none of the higher level infrastructure supports
-		 * returning a specific error on buffer lookup failures.
-		 */
-		xfs_alert(btp->bt_mount,
-			  "%s: Block out of range: block 0x%llx, EOFS 0x%llx ",
-			  __func__, blkno, eofs);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	/* get tree root */
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(btp->bt_mount,
 				xfs_daddr_to_agno(btp->bt_mount, blkno));
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index f0b9ce5..c9bd528 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -517,11 +517,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(munlock, unsigned long, start, size_t, len)
 static int do_mlockall(int flags)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct * vma, * prev = NULL;
-	unsigned int def_flags = 0;
 
 	if (flags & MCL_FUTURE)
-		def_flags = VM_LOCKED;
-	current->mm->def_flags = def_flags;
+		current->mm->def_flags |= VM_LOCKED;
+	else
+		current->mm->def_flags &= ~VM_LOCKED;
 	if (flags == MCL_FUTURE)
 		goto out;
 
