diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 710b53bfac6d9478b86aed67e537bc06ee1cbc6d..632ebae7f17a4444f7aa3ad193bdbce0212c6c09 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_with_property);
 const struct of_device_id *of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 					 const struct device_node *node)
 {
+	if (!matches)
+		return NULL;
+
 	while (matches->name[0] || matches->type[0] || matches->compatible[0]) {
 		int match = 1;
 		if (matches->name[0])
diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index af824e7e03678b04520433180950858bb5ed2e35..c9db49c10f452b925eeb859599591d08fdc9fcb2 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -139,12 +139,13 @@ static void *unflatten_dt_alloc(unsigned long *mem, unsigned long size,
 /**
  * unflatten_dt_node - Alloc and populate a device_node from the flat tree
  * @blob: The parent device tree blob
+ * @mem: Memory chunk to use for allocating device nodes and properties
  * @p: pointer to node in flat tree
  * @dad: Parent struct device_node
  * @allnextpp: pointer to ->allnext from last allocated device_node
  * @fpsize: Size of the node path up at the current depth.
  */
-unsigned long unflatten_dt_node(struct boot_param_header *blob,
+static unsigned long unflatten_dt_node(struct boot_param_header *blob,
 				unsigned long mem,
 				unsigned long *p,
 				struct device_node *dad,
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ unsigned long unflatten_dt_node(struct boot_param_header *blob,
 		}
 		kref_init(&np->kref);
 	}
+	/* process properties */
 	while (1) {
 		u32 sz, noff;
 		char *pname;
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ unsigned long unflatten_dt_node(struct boot_param_header *blob,
  * @dt_alloc: An allocator that provides a virtual address to memory
  * for the resulting tree
  */
-void __unflatten_device_tree(struct boot_param_header *blob,
+static void __unflatten_device_tree(struct boot_param_header *blob,
 			     struct device_node **mynodes,
 			     void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align))
 {
diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index 1ce4c45c4ab2a12e431172a236fd26c1b96409ce..63d3cb73bdb9ac31b46efa252d0075e5c6c16c0a 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -210,13 +210,16 @@ struct platform_device *of_platform_device_create(struct device_node *np,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_platform_device_create);
 
 /**
- * of_platform_bus_create - Create an OF device for a bus node and all its
- * children. Optionally recursively instantiate matching busses.
+ * of_platform_bus_create() - Create a device for a node and its children.
  * @bus: device node of the bus to instantiate
- * @matches: match table, NULL to use the default, OF_NO_DEEP_PROBE to
- * disallow recursive creation of child busses
+ * @matches: match table for bus nodes
+ * disallow recursive creation of child buses
+ * @parent: parent for new device, or NULL for top level.
+ *
+ * Creates a platform_device for the provided device_node, and optionally
+ * recursively create devices for all the child nodes.
  */
-static int of_platform_bus_create(const struct device_node *bus,
+static int of_platform_bus_create(struct device_node *bus,
 				  const struct of_device_id *matches,
 				  struct device *parent)
 {
@@ -224,18 +227,13 @@ static int of_platform_bus_create(const struct device_node *bus,
 	struct platform_device *dev;
 	int rc = 0;
 
+	dev = of_platform_device_create(bus, NULL, parent);
+	if (!dev || !of_match_node(matches, bus))
+		return 0;
+
 	for_each_child_of_node(bus, child) {
 		pr_debug("   create child: %s\n", child->full_name);
-		dev = of_platform_device_create(child, NULL, parent);
-		if (dev == NULL)
-			continue;
-
-		if (!of_match_node(matches, child))
-			continue;
-		if (rc == 0) {
-			pr_debug("   and sub busses\n");
-			rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, &dev->dev);
-		}
+		rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, &dev->dev);
 		if (rc) {
 			of_node_put(child);
 			break;
@@ -245,9 +243,9 @@ static int of_platform_bus_create(const struct device_node *bus,
 }
 
 /**
- * of_platform_bus_probe - Probe the device-tree for platform busses
+ * of_platform_bus_probe() - Probe the device-tree for platform buses
  * @root: parent of the first level to probe or NULL for the root of the tree
- * @matches: match table, NULL to use the default
+ * @matches: match table for bus nodes
  * @parent: parent to hook devices from, NULL for toplevel
  *
  * Note that children of the provided root are not instantiated as devices
@@ -258,50 +256,26 @@ int of_platform_bus_probe(struct device_node *root,
 			  struct device *parent)
 {
 	struct device_node *child;
-	struct platform_device *dev;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!matches || matches == OF_NO_DEEP_PROBE))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (root == NULL)
-		root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
-	else
-		of_node_get(root);
-	if (root == NULL)
+	root = root ? of_node_get(root) : of_find_node_by_path("/");
+	if (!root)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	pr_debug("of_platform_bus_probe()\n");
 	pr_debug(" starting at: %s\n", root->full_name);
 
-	/* Do a self check of bus type, if there's a match, create
-	 * children
-	 */
+	/* Do a self check of bus type, if there's a match, create children */
 	if (of_match_node(matches, root)) {
-		pr_debug(" root match, create all sub devices\n");
-		dev = of_platform_device_create(root, NULL, parent);
-		if (dev == NULL)
-			goto bail;
-
-		pr_debug(" create all sub busses\n");
-		rc = of_platform_bus_create(root, matches, &dev->dev);
-		goto bail;
-	}
-	for_each_child_of_node(root, child) {
+		rc = of_platform_bus_create(root, matches, parent);
+	} else for_each_child_of_node(root, child) {
 		if (!of_match_node(matches, child))
 			continue;
-
-		pr_debug("  match: %s\n", child->full_name);
-		dev = of_platform_device_create(child, NULL, parent);
-		if (dev == NULL)
-			continue;
-
-		rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, &dev->dev);
-		if (rc) {
-			of_node_put(child);
+		rc = of_platform_bus_create(child, matches, parent);
+		if (rc)
 			break;
-		}
 	}
- bail:
+
 	of_node_put(root);
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c b/drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c
index 5c2b092a915e2498a4c100daa1d1e8aa3bea0fe6..5a4e0afb9ad6dc39e8a3bb041c72d0b8f21e60f7 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/amba-pl022.c
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ struct vendor_data {
 	bool unidir;
 	bool extended_cr;
 	bool pl023;
+	bool loopback;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1983,7 +1984,7 @@ static int pl022_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	SSP_WRITE_BITS(chip->cr0, clk_freq.scr, SSP_CR0_MASK_SCR, 8);
 	/* Loopback is available on all versions except PL023 */
-	if (!pl022->vendor->pl023) {
+	if (pl022->vendor->loopback) {
 		if (spi->mode & SPI_LOOP)
 			tmp = LOOPBACK_ENABLED;
 		else
@@ -2233,6 +2234,7 @@ static struct vendor_data vendor_arm = {
 	.unidir = false,
 	.extended_cr = false,
 	.pl023 = false,
+	.loopback = true,
 };
 
 
@@ -2242,6 +2244,7 @@ static struct vendor_data vendor_st = {
 	.unidir = false,
 	.extended_cr = true,
 	.pl023 = false,
+	.loopback = true,
 };
 
 static struct vendor_data vendor_st_pl023 = {
@@ -2250,6 +2253,16 @@ static struct vendor_data vendor_st_pl023 = {
 	.unidir = false,
 	.extended_cr = true,
 	.pl023 = true,
+	.loopback = false,
+};
+
+static struct vendor_data vendor_db5500_pl023 = {
+	.fifodepth = 32,
+	.max_bpw = 32,
+	.unidir = false,
+	.extended_cr = true,
+	.pl023 = true,
+	.loopback = true,
 };
 
 static struct amba_id pl022_ids[] = {
@@ -2283,6 +2296,11 @@ static struct amba_id pl022_ids[] = {
 		.mask   = 0xffffffff,
 		.data   = &vendor_st_pl023,
 	},
+	{
+		.id	= 0x10080023,
+		.mask	= 0xffffffff,
+		.data	= &vendor_db5500_pl023,
+	},
 	{ 0, 0 },
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/omap2_mcspi.c b/drivers/spi/omap2_mcspi.c
index 3a5ed06d3d2f7b26ab68ef63aaf953c5e1e40591..6f86ba0175ac9636e564f44cf23ff41223de6b8a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/omap2_mcspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/omap2_mcspi.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ omap2_mcspi_txrx_pio(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *xfer)
 				dev_vdbg(&spi->dev, "read-%d %02x\n",
 						word_len, *(rx - 1));
 			}
-		} while (c > (word_len>>3));
+		} while (c);
 	} else if (word_len <= 16) {
 		u16		*rx;
 		const u16	*tx;
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ omap2_mcspi_txrx_pio(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *xfer)
 				dev_vdbg(&spi->dev, "read-%d %04x\n",
 						word_len, *(rx - 1));
 			}
-		} while (c > (word_len>>3));
+		} while (c >= 2);
 	} else if (word_len <= 32) {
 		u32		*rx;
 		const u32	*tx;
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ omap2_mcspi_txrx_pio(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *xfer)
 				dev_vdbg(&spi->dev, "read-%d %08x\n",
 						word_len, *(rx - 1));
 			}
-		} while (c > (word_len>>3));
+		} while (c >= 4);
 	}
 
 	/* for TX_ONLY mode, be sure all words have shifted out */
diff --git a/include/linux/of_platform.h b/include/linux/of_platform.h
index 17c7e21c0bd7745a383ce1dddd9269c75214ae90..fb51ae38cea7b6cdf6497670147da05b41af5aea 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_platform.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_platform.h
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ extern struct platform_device *of_platform_device_create(struct device_node *np,
 						   const char *bus_id,
 						   struct device *parent);
 
-/* pseudo "matches" value to not do deep probe */
-#define OF_NO_DEEP_PROBE ((struct of_device_id *)-1)
-
 extern int of_platform_bus_probe(struct device_node *root,
 				 const struct of_device_id *matches,
 				 struct device *parent);