diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
index a667eb1fc26e2dfca7ac7b46b8a93f1eb22867e8..7f1730f1a1ae2e9a6f368bdb10ff65f4568863d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -633,12 +633,27 @@ covers RTL which is used frequently with assembly language in the kernel.
 
 Kernel developers like to be seen as literate. Do mind the spelling
 of kernel messages to make a good impression. Do not use crippled
-words like "dont" and use "do not" or "don't" instead.
+words like "dont"; use "do not" or "don't" instead.  Make the messages
+concise, clear, and unambiguous.
 
 Kernel messages do not have to be terminated with a period.
 
 Printing numbers in parentheses (%d) adds no value and should be avoided.
 
+There are a number of driver model diagnostic macros in <linux/device.h>
+which you should use to make sure messages are matched to the right device
+and driver, and are tagged with the right level:  dev_err(), dev_warn(),
+dev_info(), and so forth.  For messages that aren't associated with a
+particular device, <linux/kernel.h> defines pr_debug() and pr_info().
+
+Coming up with good debugging messages can be quite a challenge; and once
+you have them, they can be a huge help for remote troubleshooting.  Such
+messages should be compiled out when the DEBUG symbol is not defined (that
+is, by default they are not included).  When you use dev_dbg() or pr_debug(),
+that's automatic.  Many subsystems have Kconfig options to turn on -DDEBUG.
+A related convention uses VERBOSE_DEBUG to add dev_vdbg() messages to the
+ones already enabled by DEBUG.
+
 
 		Chapter 14: Allocating memory
 
@@ -790,4 +805,5 @@ Kernel CodingStyle, by greg@kroah.com at OLS 2002:
 http://www.kroah.com/linux/talks/ols_2002_kernel_codingstyle_talk/html/
 
 --
-Last updated on 2006-December-06.
+Last updated on 2007-July-13.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index 98e2701c746f08cd32b7200cd9f2f37260e5223a..f8cc3f8ed152742542e06cd14df7c99aae40f9cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ process is as follows:
     release a new -rc kernel every week.
   - Process continues until the kernel is considered "ready", the
     process should last around 6 weeks.
+  - A list of known regressions present in each -rc release is
+    tracked at the following URI:
+    http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions
 
 It is worth mentioning what Andrew Morton wrote on the linux-kernel
 mailing list about kernel releases:
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
index 6c8d8f27db34f9bddd339f7392a257511493c4fb..8569072fa38725b942dea4d9c8a53e8d692f2397 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ responsibility.  This is usually non-issue because bus ops and
 resource allocations already do the job.
 
 For an example of single-instance devres type, read pcim_iomap_table()
-in lib/iomap.c.
+in lib/devres.c.
 
 All devres interface functions can be called without context if the
 right gfp mask is given.
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index d245c639c2221cae626475d2e418e8dd1afff4dc..66c8b4b165c13936b9c3a2e216561518accde8a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ Who:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> and
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	/sys/devices/.../power/state
-	dev->power.power_state
-	dpm_runtime_{suspend,resume)()
+What:	dev->power.power_state
 When:	July 2007
 Why:	Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing
 	driver-internal runtime power management with:  mechanisms to support
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 0455aa78fa135cb04529efb281386d25423b2970..3599ab2506d269ee299b1b8e807746bcbca98391 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "base.h"
 #include "power/power.h"
 
+extern const char *kobject_actions[];
+
 int (*platform_notify)(struct device * dev) = NULL;
 int (*platform_notify_remove)(struct device * dev) = NULL;
 
@@ -303,10 +305,25 @@ static ssize_t show_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 static ssize_t store_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	if (memcmp(buf, "add", 3) != 0)
-		dev_err(dev, "uevent: unsupported action-string; this will "
-			"be ignored in a future kernel version");
+	size_t len = count;
+	enum kobject_action action;
+
+	if (len && buf[len-1] == '\n')
+		len--;
+
+	for (action = 0; action < KOBJ_MAX; action++) {
+		if (strncmp(kobject_actions[action], buf, len) != 0)
+			continue;
+		if (kobject_actions[action][len] != '\0')
+			continue;
+		kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, action);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	dev_err(dev, "uevent: unsupported action-string; this will "
+		     "be ignored in a future kernel version\n");
 	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+out:
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -643,6 +660,82 @@ static int setup_parent(struct device *dev, struct device *parent)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int device_add_class_symlinks(struct device *dev)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	if (!dev->class)
+		return 0;
+	error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->class->subsys.kobj,
+				  "subsystem");
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * If this is not a "fake" compatible device, then create the
+	 * symlink from the class to the device.
+	 */
+	if (dev->kobj.parent != &dev->class->subsys.kobj) {
+		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj,
+					  dev->bus_id);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_subsys;
+	}
+	/* only bus-device parents get a "device"-link */
+	if (dev->parent && dev->parent->bus) {
+		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj,
+					  "device");
+		if (error)
+			goto out_busid;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
+		{
+			char * class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name,
+								&dev->kobj);
+			if (class_name)
+				error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+							&dev->kobj, class_name);
+			kfree(class_name);
+			if (error)
+				goto out_device;
+		}
+#endif
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
+out_device:
+	if (dev->parent)
+		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
+#endif
+out_busid:
+	if (dev->kobj.parent != &dev->class->subsys.kobj)
+		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, dev->bus_id);
+out_subsys:
+	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
+out:
+	return error;
+}
+
+static void device_remove_class_symlinks(struct device *dev)
+{
+	if (!dev->class)
+		return;
+	if (dev->parent) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
+		char *class_name;
+
+		class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
+		if (class_name) {
+			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, class_name);
+			kfree(class_name);
+		}
+#endif
+		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
+	}
+	if (dev->kobj.parent != &dev->class->subsys.kobj)
+		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, dev->bus_id);
+	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
+}
+
 /**
  *	device_add - add device to device hierarchy.
  *	@dev:	device.
@@ -657,7 +750,6 @@ static int setup_parent(struct device *dev, struct device *parent)
 int device_add(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct device *parent = NULL;
-	char *class_name = NULL;
 	struct class_interface *class_intf;
 	int error = -EINVAL;
 
@@ -697,27 +789,9 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 			goto ueventattrError;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->class) {
-		sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->class->subsys.kobj,
-				  "subsystem");
-		/* If this is not a "fake" compatible device, then create the
-		 * symlink from the class to the device. */
-		if (dev->kobj.parent != &dev->class->subsys.kobj)
-			sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj,
-					  &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
-		if (parent) {
-			sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj,
-							"device");
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
-			class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name,
-							&dev->kobj);
-			if (class_name)
-				sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
-						  &dev->kobj, class_name);
-#endif
-		}
-	}
-
+	error = device_add_class_symlinks(dev);
+	if (error)
+		goto SymlinkError;
 	error = device_add_attrs(dev);
 	if (error)
 		goto AttrsError;
@@ -744,7 +818,6 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 		up(&dev->class->sem);
 	}
  Done:
-	kfree(class_name);
 	put_device(dev);
 	return error;
  BusError:
@@ -755,6 +828,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 					     BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE, dev);
 	device_remove_attrs(dev);
  AttrsError:
+	device_remove_class_symlinks(dev);
+ SymlinkError:
 	if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
 		device_remove_file(dev, &devt_attr);
 
@@ -1139,7 +1214,7 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
 {
 	char *old_class_name = NULL;
 	char *new_class_name = NULL;
-	char *old_symlink_name = NULL;
+	char *old_device_name = NULL;
 	int error;
 
 	dev = get_device(dev);
@@ -1153,42 +1228,49 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
 		old_class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
 #endif
 
-	if (dev->class) {
-		old_symlink_name = kmalloc(BUS_ID_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!old_symlink_name) {
-			error = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out_free_old_class;
-		}
-		strlcpy(old_symlink_name, dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+	old_device_name = kmalloc(BUS_ID_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!old_device_name) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
-
+	strlcpy(old_device_name, dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE);
 	strlcpy(dev->bus_id, new_name, BUS_ID_SIZE);
 
 	error = kobject_rename(&dev->kobj, new_name);
+	if (error) {
+		strlcpy(dev->bus_id, old_device_name, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
 	if (old_class_name) {
 		new_class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
 		if (new_class_name) {
-			sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj,
-					  new_class_name);
+			error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+						  &dev->kobj, new_class_name);
+			if (error)
+				goto out;
 			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, old_class_name);
 		}
 	}
 #endif
 
 	if (dev->class) {
-		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj,
-				  old_symlink_name);
-		sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj,
-				  dev->bus_id);
+		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, old_device_name);
+		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj,
+					  dev->bus_id);
+		if (error) {
+			/* Uh... how to unravel this if restoring can fail? */
+			dev_err(dev, "%s: sysfs_create_symlink failed (%d)\n",
+				__FUNCTION__, error);
+		}
 	}
+out:
 	put_device(dev);
 
 	kfree(new_class_name);
-	kfree(old_symlink_name);
- out_free_old_class:
 	kfree(old_class_name);
+	kfree(old_device_name);
 
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/Makefile b/drivers/base/power/Makefile
index 91f230939c1e65e49f907b53b3cd95931ccb3000..fff178007208ff7ff2fa74e8a8bf2528ff5cdb3a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/power/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 obj-y			:= shutdown.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PM)	+= main.o suspend.o resume.o runtime.o sysfs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PM)	+= main.o suspend.o resume.o sysfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_TRACE)	+= trace.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER),y)
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/power.h b/drivers/base/power/power.h
index 2760f25b3ac5794a3e4557b28266c8354af740f6..591a0dd5deee544a6b4d3dbbc5ee8ac553b72acc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/power.h
+++ b/drivers/base/power/power.h
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ extern int resume_device(struct device *);
  */
 extern int suspend_device(struct device *, pm_message_t);
 
-
-/*
- * runtime.c
- */
-
 #else /* CONFIG_PM */
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
deleted file mode 100644
index df6174d858664288dc93fb34c36c23bfe8faed29..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * drivers/base/power/runtime.c - Handling dynamic device power management.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Patrick Mochel
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Open Source Development Lab
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/device.h>
-#include "power.h"
-
-
-static void runtime_resume(struct device * dev)
-{
-	dev_dbg(dev, "resuming\n");
-	if (!dev->power.power_state.event)
-		return;
-	if (!resume_device(dev))
-		dev->power.power_state = PMSG_ON;
-}
-
-
-/**
- *	dpm_runtime_resume - Power one device back on.
- *	@dev:	Device.
- *
- *	Bring one device back to the on state by first powering it
- *	on, then restoring state. We only operate on devices that aren't
- *	already on.
- *	FIXME: We need to handle devices that are in an unknown state.
- */
-
-void dpm_runtime_resume(struct device * dev)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
-	runtime_resume(dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dpm_runtime_resume);
-
-
-/**
- *	dpm_runtime_suspend - Put one device in low-power state.
- *	@dev:	Device.
- *	@state:	State to enter.
- */
-
-int dpm_runtime_suspend(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
-	if (dev->power.power_state.event == state.event)
-		goto Done;
-
-	if (dev->power.power_state.event)
-		runtime_resume(dev);
-
-	if (!(error = suspend_device(dev, state)))
-		dev->power.power_state = state;
- Done:
-	mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
-	return error;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dpm_runtime_suspend);
-
-
-#if 0
-/**
- *	dpm_set_power_state - Update power_state field.
- *	@dev:	Device.
- *	@state:	Power state device is in.
- *
- *	This is an update mechanism for drivers to notify the core
- *	what power state a device is in. Device probing code may not
- *	always be able to tell, but we need accurate information to
- *	work reliably.
- */
-void dpm_set_power_state(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
-	dev->power.power_state = state;
-	mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
-}
-#endif  /*  0  */
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c b/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c
index 2d47517dbe323ea8d498be0babb4c5ddb6649219..f2ed179cd6950f1336e94d04ffc7289a871f2023 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/sysfs.c
@@ -7,69 +7,6 @@
 #include "power.h"
 
 
-#ifdef	CONFIG_PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
-
-/**
- *	state - Control current power state of device
- *
- *	show() returns the current power state of the device. '0' indicates
- *	the device is on. Other values (2) indicate the device is in some low
- *	power state.
- *
- *	store() sets the current power state, which is an integer valued
- *	0, 2, or 3.  Devices with bus.suspend_late(), or bus.resume_early()
- *	methods fail this operation; those methods couldn't be called.
- *	Otherwise,
- *
- *	- If the recorded dev->power.power_state.event matches the
- *	  target value, nothing is done.
- *	- If the recorded event code is nonzero, the device is reactivated
- *	  by calling bus.resume() and/or class.resume().
- *	- If the target value is nonzero, the device is suspended by
- *	  calling class.suspend() and/or bus.suspend() with event code
- *	  PM_EVENT_SUSPEND.
- *
- *	This mechanism is DEPRECATED and should only be used for testing.
- */
-
-static ssize_t state_show(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char * buf)
-{
-	if (dev->power.power_state.event)
-		return sprintf(buf, "2\n");
-	else
-		return sprintf(buf, "0\n");
-}
-
-static ssize_t state_store(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char * buf, size_t n)
-{
-	pm_message_t state;
-	int error = -EINVAL;
-
-	/* disallow incomplete suspend sequences */
-	if (dev->bus && (dev->bus->suspend_late || dev->bus->resume_early))
-		return error;
-
-	state.event = PM_EVENT_SUSPEND;
-	/* Older apps expected to write "3" here - confused with PCI D3 */
-	if ((n == 1) && !strcmp(buf, "3"))
-		error = dpm_runtime_suspend(dev, state);
-
-	if ((n == 1) && !strcmp(buf, "2"))
-		error = dpm_runtime_suspend(dev, state);
-
-	if ((n == 1) && !strcmp(buf, "0")) {
-		dpm_runtime_resume(dev);
-		error = 0;
-	}
-
-	return error ? error : n;
-}
-
-static DEVICE_ATTR(state, 0644, state_show, state_store);
-
-
-#endif	/* CONFIG_PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED */
-
 /*
  *	wakeup - Report/change current wakeup option for device
  *
@@ -143,9 +80,6 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(wakeup, 0644, wake_show, wake_store);
 
 
 static struct attribute * power_attrs[] = {
-#ifdef	CONFIG_PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
-	&dev_attr_state.attr,
-#endif
 	&dev_attr_wakeup.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
index 143c6efc478ab9c9bcfbdc926ab39fb5e7c08521..a99607142fc81ee029ee136c443f82d18c83ec1a 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
@@ -1127,6 +1127,34 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
 #endif
 
+/************************ runtime PM support ***************************/
+
+static int pcmcia_dev_suspend(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state);
+static int pcmcia_dev_resume(struct device *dev);
+
+static int runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	down(&dev->sem);
+	rc = pcmcia_dev_suspend(dev, PMSG_SUSPEND);
+	up(&dev->sem);
+	if (!rc)
+		dev->power.power_state.event = PM_EVENT_SUSPEND;
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static void runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	down(&dev->sem);
+	rc = pcmcia_dev_resume(dev);
+	up(&dev->sem);
+	if (!rc)
+		dev->power.power_state.event = PM_EVENT_ON;
+}
+
 /************************ per-device sysfs output ***************************/
 
 #define pcmcia_device_attr(field, test, format)				\
@@ -1173,9 +1201,9 @@ static ssize_t pcmcia_store_pm_state(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute
                 return -EINVAL;
 
 	if ((!p_dev->suspended) && !strncmp(buf, "off", 3))
-		ret = dpm_runtime_suspend(dev, PMSG_SUSPEND);
+		ret = runtime_suspend(dev);
 	else if (p_dev->suspended && !strncmp(buf, "on", 2))
-		dpm_runtime_resume(dev);
+		runtime_resume(dev);
 
 	return ret ? ret : count;
 }
@@ -1312,10 +1340,10 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_suspend_callback(struct device *dev, void * _data)
 	struct pcmcia_socket *skt = _data;
 	struct pcmcia_device *p_dev = to_pcmcia_dev(dev);
 
-	if (p_dev->socket != skt)
+	if (p_dev->socket != skt || p_dev->suspended)
 		return 0;
 
-	return dpm_runtime_suspend(dev, PMSG_SUSPEND);
+	return runtime_suspend(dev);
 }
 
 static int pcmcia_bus_resume_callback(struct device *dev, void * _data)
@@ -1323,10 +1351,10 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_resume_callback(struct device *dev, void * _data)
 	struct pcmcia_socket *skt = _data;
 	struct pcmcia_device *p_dev = to_pcmcia_dev(dev);
 
-	if (p_dev->socket != skt)
+	if (p_dev->socket != skt || !p_dev->suspended)
 		return 0;
 
-	dpm_runtime_resume(dev);
+	runtime_resume(dev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index 73c49362cd47c7d593e815d7bd3f9f194d899ff3..654857493a82e35e0837e840e3942b46b43c1251 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
 #include "hcd.h"
 #include "usb.h"
 
-#define VERBOSE_DEBUG	0
-
-#if VERBOSE_DEBUG
-#define dev_vdbg	dev_dbg
-#else
-#define dev_vdbg(dev, fmt, args...)	do { } while (0)
-#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 1d533a2ec3a6df41433ba9662c4d3867097902f5..11be8a325e26d1b00070861bb74ddf14a0dc4284 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -345,11 +345,6 @@ void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 			switch (dentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
 			case S_IFDIR:
 				ret = simple_rmdir(parent->d_inode, dentry);
-				if (ret)
-					printk(KERN_ERR
-						"DebugFS rmdir on %s failed : "
-						"directory not empty.\n",
-						dentry->d_name.name);
 				break;
 			case S_IFLNK:
 				kfree(dentry->d_inode->i_private);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index aee966c44aacd1a0c7c89847cca9d0966595f62b..048e6054c2fdb7b60f35945eb87067463eee5896 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -361,20 +361,20 @@ static struct dentry_operations sysfs_dentry_ops = {
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
 {
 	char *dup_name = NULL;
-	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = NULL;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
 	if (type & SYSFS_COPY_NAME) {
 		name = dup_name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!name)
-			goto err_out;
+			return NULL;
 	}
 
 	sd = kmem_cache_zalloc(sysfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sd)
-		goto err_out;
+		goto err_out1;
 
 	if (sysfs_alloc_ino(&sd->s_ino))
-		goto err_out;
+		goto err_out2;
 
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sd->s_active, 0);
@@ -386,9 +386,10 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
 
 	return sd;
 
- err_out:
-	kfree(dup_name);
+ err_out2:
 	kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);
+ err_out1:
+	kfree(dup_name);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -698,17 +699,19 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 
 	/* link in */
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);
+
 	if (!sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, name)) {
 		sysfs_add_one(&acxt, sd);
 		sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
 	}
-	if (sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
-		*p_sd = sd;
-		return 0;
+
+	if (!sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
+		sysfs_put(sd);
+		return -EEXIST;
 	}
 
-	sysfs_put(sd);
-	return -EEXIST;
+	*p_sd = sd;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index cc497994b2a83dd91931d8d8b2f67bcc30aea80c..3e1cc062a74030687013da9c386476f3a164975f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -410,11 +410,12 @@ int sysfs_add_file(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const struct attribute *attr,
 		sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
 	}
 
-	if (sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt))
-		return 0;
+	if (!sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
+		sysfs_put(sd);
+		return -EEXIST;
+	}
 
-	sysfs_put(sd);
-	return -EEXIST;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 3756e152285ab0ea219c90a698f4391040f17940..10d1b52899f111a880ae858b3c9ef7833f915890 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static inline void set_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * iattr)
  */
 static struct lock_class_key sysfs_inode_imutex_key;
 
-void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
+static void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 402cc356203c9ac89f3325f320be5f5c5026312f..60714d075c2fc0911c0189ea25ade5ac245b9255 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb->s_time_gran = 1;
 	sysfs_sb = sb;
 
-	inode = new_inode(sysfs_sb);
+	/* get root inode, initialize and unlock it */
+	inode = sysfs_get_inode(&sysfs_root);
 	if (!inode) {
 		pr_debug("sysfs: could not get root inode\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	sysfs_init_inode(&sysfs_root, inode);
-
 	inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
-	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inc_nlink(inode);
+	inc_nlink(inode); /* directory, account for "." */
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 
+	/* instantiate and link root dentry */
 	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (!root) {
 		pr_debug("%s: could not get root dentry!\n",__FUNCTION__);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 2f86e04222907b2c19aab03adf6d2f2cabe092d1..4ce687f0b5d01751dfb8f8aa189c84360eaab39e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
 	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto out_put;
+
 	sd->s_elem.symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
+	target_sd = NULL;	/* reference is now owned by the symlink */
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, parent_sd);
 
@@ -95,11 +97,13 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, const char
 		sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
 	}
 
-	if (sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt))
-		return 0;
+	if (!sysfs_addrm_finish(&acxt)) {
+		error = -EEXIST;
+		goto out_put;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 
-	error = -EEXIST;
-	/* fall through */
  out_put:
 	sysfs_put(target_sd);
 	sysfs_put(sd);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 6a37f2386a8d6621eb5dcff2de9e5e986b99e167..6b8c8d76d308c46b63598b5a6a9f0eb925429b12 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ extern void sysfs_remove_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt,
 extern int sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt);
 
 extern void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode);
 extern struct inode * sysfs_get_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 extern void sysfs_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index be2debed70d24d6c4558824be4cbb84ffd0d667d..d9f0a57f5a2f1f530e9e63c6f9e7ddb4f395f6c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -572,6 +572,16 @@ dev_dbg(struct device * dev, const char * fmt, ...)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef VERBOSE_DEBUG
+#define dev_vdbg	dev_dbg
+#else
+static inline int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
+dev_vdbg(struct device * dev, const char * fmt, ...)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #define dev_err(dev, format, arg...)		\
 	dev_printk(KERN_ERR , dev , format , ## arg)
 #define dev_info(dev, format, arg...)		\
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 06cbf41d32d258e464fb5263ab1be91e11cf4b43..aa2fe22b1baa64aa9e54c8b1bf4d5b3207956ac0 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -36,15 +36,24 @@ extern char uevent_helper[];
 /* counter to tag the uevent, read only except for the kobject core */
 extern u64 uevent_seqnum;
 
-/* the actions here must match the proper string in lib/kobject_uevent.c */
-typedef int __bitwise kobject_action_t;
+/*
+ * The actions here must match the index to the string array
+ * in lib/kobject_uevent.c
+ *
+ * Do not add new actions here without checking with the driver-core
+ * maintainers. Action strings are not meant to express subsystem
+ * or device specific properties. In most cases you want to send a
+ * kobject_uevent_env(kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, env) with additional event
+ * specific variables added to the event environment.
+ */
 enum kobject_action {
-	KOBJ_ADD	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x01,	/* exclusive to core */
-	KOBJ_REMOVE	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x02,	/* exclusive to core */
-	KOBJ_CHANGE	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x03,	/* device state change */
-	KOBJ_OFFLINE	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x04,	/* device offline */
-	KOBJ_ONLINE	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x05,	/* device online */
-	KOBJ_MOVE	= (__force kobject_action_t) 0x06,	/* device move */
+	KOBJ_ADD,
+	KOBJ_REMOVE,
+	KOBJ_CHANGE,
+	KOBJ_MOVE,
+	KOBJ_ONLINE,
+	KOBJ_OFFLINE,
+	KOBJ_MAX
 };
 
 struct kobject {
diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
index 273781c82e4dd1551ad41b4550b6bb1dcda1f4a1..2735b7cadd20fe5b36350b6e5bae2ce1363520e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm.h
@@ -284,8 +284,6 @@ extern int device_prepare_suspend(pm_message_t state);
 #define device_may_wakeup(dev) \
 	(device_can_wakeup(dev) && (dev)->power.should_wakeup)
 
-extern int dpm_runtime_suspend(struct device *, pm_message_t);
-extern void dpm_runtime_resume(struct device *);
 extern void __suspend_report_result(const char *function, void *fn, int ret);
 
 #define suspend_report_result(fn, ret)					\
@@ -317,15 +315,6 @@ static inline int device_suspend(pm_message_t state)
 #define device_set_wakeup_enable(dev,val)	do{}while(0)
 #define device_may_wakeup(dev)			(0)
 
-static inline int dpm_runtime_suspend(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void dpm_runtime_resume(struct device * dev)
-{
-}
-
 #define suspend_report_result(fn, ret) do { } while (0)
 
 static inline int call_platform_enable_wakeup(struct device *dev, int is_on)
diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig
index 495b7d4dd3304d650bb5c540b29a868eb0fce88a..73328476761c519a828f6ffcbb92361267bc3f21 100644
--- a/kernel/power/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig
@@ -65,18 +65,6 @@ config PM_TRACE
 	CAUTION: this option will cause your machine's real-time clock to be
 	set to an invalid time after a resume.
 
-config PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
-	bool "Driver model /sys/devices/.../power/state files (DEPRECATED)"
-	depends on PM && SYSFS
-	default n
-	help
-	  The driver model started out with a sysfs file intended to provide
-	  a userspace hook for device power management.  This feature has never
-	  worked very well, except for limited testing purposes, and so it will
-	  be removed.   It's not clear that a generic mechanism could really
-	  handle the wide variability of device power states; any replacements
-	  are likely to be bus or driver specific.
-
 config SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
 	bool "Software Suspend (Hibernation)"
 	depends on PM && SWAP && (((X86 || PPC64_SWSUSP) && (!SMP || SUSPEND_SMP)) || ((FRV || PPC32) && !SMP))
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index bd5ecbbafab1cff8926f8ef14af983051209af23..6a80c784a8fb91f43c6d5f3f833df320be3b2cbb 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -33,25 +33,15 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
 static struct sock *uevent_sock;
 #endif
 
-static char *action_to_string(enum kobject_action action)
-{
-	switch (action) {
-	case KOBJ_ADD:
-		return "add";
-	case KOBJ_REMOVE:
-		return "remove";
-	case KOBJ_CHANGE:
-		return "change";
-	case KOBJ_OFFLINE:
-		return "offline";
-	case KOBJ_ONLINE:
-		return "online";
-	case KOBJ_MOVE:
-		return "move";
-	default:
-		return NULL;
-	}
-}
+/* the strings here must match the enum in include/linux/kobject.h */
+const char *kobject_actions[] = {
+	"add",
+	"remove",
+	"change",
+	"move",
+	"online",
+	"offline",
+};
 
 /**
  * kobject_uevent_env - send an uevent with environmental data
@@ -83,7 +73,7 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 
 	pr_debug("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
-	action_string = action_to_string(action);
+	action_string = kobject_actions[action];
 	if (!action_string) {
 		pr_debug("kobject attempted to send uevent without action_string!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;