diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e87bdbfbcc75e236124a526d4456ddf3c6afc4e3..fd5cac013037defc68c3ef118ed70b476debee71 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1535,6 +1535,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
 			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
 
+	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
+			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
+			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
+
 	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
 			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
 			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
index 5054c2ddd1a03471b4423e7c9eb1719dca667901..74b3d2ba84e90a39bb29f166278ce47bcf56437c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 
 #define SMAP	0x534d4150	/* ASCII "SMAP" */
 
-struct e820_ext_entry {
-	struct e820entry std;
-	u32 ext_flags;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
 static int detect_memory_e820(void)
 {
 	int count = 0;
@@ -29,13 +24,21 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void)
 	u32 size, id, edi;
 	u8 err;
 	struct e820entry *desc = boot_params.e820_map;
-	static struct e820_ext_entry buf; /* static so it is zeroed */
+	static struct e820entry buf; /* static so it is zeroed */
 
 	/*
-	 * Set this here so that if the BIOS doesn't change this field
-	 * but still doesn't change %ecx, we're still okay...
+	 * Note: at least one BIOS is known which assumes that the
+	 * buffer pointed to by one e820 call is the same one as
+	 * the previous call, and only changes modified fields.  Therefore,
+	 * we use a temporary buffer and copy the results entry by entry.
+	 *
+	 * This routine deliberately does not try to account for
+	 * ACPI 3+ extended attributes.  This is because there are
+	 * BIOSes in the field which report zero for the valid bit for
+	 * all ranges, and we don't currently make any use of the
+	 * other attribute bits.  Revisit this if we see the extended
+	 * attribute bits deployed in a meaningful way in the future.
 	 */
-	buf.ext_flags = 1;
 
 	do {
 		size = sizeof buf;
@@ -66,13 +69,7 @@ static int detect_memory_e820(void)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		/* ACPI 3.0 added the extended flags support.  If bit 0
-		   in the extended flags is zero, we're supposed to simply
-		   ignore the entry -- a backwards incompatible change! */
-		if (size > 20 && !(buf.ext_flags & 1))
-			continue;
-
-		*desc++ = buf.std;
+		*desc++ = buf;
 		count++;
 	} while (next && count < ARRAY_SIZE(boot_params.e820_map));
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index c1caefc82e62512245f52b17251af69d2b2d2c2b..77848d9fca6833fa88488adb6e22cae027a7d6c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
 } };
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(gdt_page);
 
+static int __init x86_xsave_setup(char *s)
+{
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE);
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("noxsave", x86_xsave_setup);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 static int cachesize_override __cpuinitdata = -1;
 static int disable_x86_serial_nr __cpuinitdata = 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
index 1340dad417f43d8a9fa2666a9e22135daead60c0..667188e0b5a0bfac320d69a0f734dda03b5bee88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -232,6 +232,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata reboot_dmi_table[] = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Dell DXP061"),
 		},
 	},
+	{	/* Handle problems with rebooting on Sony VGN-Z540N */
+		.callback = set_bios_reboot,
+		.ident = "Sony VGN-Z540N",
+		.matches = {
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Sony Corporation"),
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "VGN-Z540N"),
+		},
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
index 3a97a4cf187245462f3890f08313544762642f28..8f0e13be36b31d1a80c94dec2692504d2a9a86db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ static ssize_t __init setup_pcpu_remap(size_t static_size)
 	/*
 	 * If large page isn't supported, there's no benefit in doing
 	 * this.  Also, on non-NUMA, embedding is better.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE: disabled for now.
 	 */
-	if (!cpu_has_pse || !pcpu_need_numa())
+	if (true || !cpu_has_pse || !pcpu_need_numa())
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 797f9f107cb6871a3797680c7dbed9430cb0f354..0f9052bcec4b7572cb8519f7972294fa716ac51a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void __cpa_flush_all(void *arg)
 	 */
 	__flush_tlb_all();
 
-	if (cache && boot_cpu_data.x86_model >= 4)
+	if (cache && boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 4)
 		wbinvd();
 }
 
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ static void cpa_flush_range(unsigned long start, int numpages, int cache)
 	}
 }
 
+static void wbinvd_local(void *unused)
+{
+	wbinvd();
+}
+
 static void cpa_flush_array(unsigned long *start, int numpages, int cache,
 			    int in_flags, struct page **pages)
 {
@@ -218,8 +223,9 @@ static void cpa_flush_array(unsigned long *start, int numpages, int cache,
 
 	/* 4M threshold */
 	if (numpages >= 1024) {
-		if (boot_cpu_data.x86_model >= 4)
-			wbinvd();
+		if (boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 4)
+			on_each_cpu(wbinvd_local, NULL, 1);
+
 		return;
 	}
 	/*