diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
index 8e9bebcf0a2e8f0d05edca303d9fbdf718873ce1..e35e6b18df40cda0a1137fae36d64457a1247c84 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
@@ -59,8 +59,12 @@ Synopsis of fprobe-events
                   and bitfield are supported.
 
   (\*1) This is available only when BTF is enabled.
-  (\*2) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0).
-  (\*3) only for return probe.
+  (\*2) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). Note, this argument access
+        is best effort, because depending on the argument type, it may be passed on
+        the stack. But this only support the arguments via registers.
+  (\*3) only for return probe. Note that this is also best effort. Depending on the
+        return value type, it might be passed via a pair of registers. But this only
+        accesses one register.
   (\*4) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures.
   (\*5) "u" means user-space dereference.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
index 8a2dfee3814544a76b67c18dd4f033786f4c8132..bf9cecb69fc9e331c3d9f2fa798b6931e009eb38 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
@@ -61,8 +61,12 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
 		  (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring", "symbol", "symstr"
                   and bitfield are supported.
 
-  (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0).
-  (\*2) only for return probe.
+  (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). Note, this argument access
+        is best effort, because depending on the argument type, it may be passed on
+        the stack. But this only support the arguments via registers.
+  (\*2) only for return probe. Note that this is also best effort. Depending on the
+        return value type, it might be passed via a pair of registers. But this only
+        accesses one register.
   (\*3) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures.
   (\*4) "u" means user-space dereference. See :ref:`user_mem_access`.
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index de1566e32cb89d885841687dec53b0bf9dfff582..68e8301c0df2c1e44bb15034f1eaa9d896884d3e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ struct kprobe;
 
 void arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p);
 
-int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-			     unsigned long val, void *data);
-
 struct prev_kprobe {
 	struct kprobe *kp;
 	unsigned long status;
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kprobes.h
index e26a278d301ab0e05a73158bbd8fb5263f2f84d6..5b8dbf1b0be49e483ecf8e1880c657cdcc3dc1a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ struct kprobe_ctlblk {
 
 void arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *);
 int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int fsr);
-int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-			     unsigned long val, void *data);
 
 /* optinsn template addresses */
 extern __visible kprobe_opcode_t optprobe_template_entry[];
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h
index 05cd82eeca1365b5f5be1f7b6ac107982a9afa14..be7a3680dadff7cc2859c3dcfdd703ce50e093e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ struct kprobe_ctlblk {
 
 void arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *);
 int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int fsr);
-int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-			     unsigned long val, void *data);
 void __kretprobe_trampoline(void);
 void __kprobes *trampoline_probe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/kprobes.h
index 68b1e5d458cfb6a28278289c37ca78e94e61230d..bc27d99c94363418b03ad0d2b48814e6472fdd4a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ struct kprobe_ctlblk {
 	struct prev_kprobe prev_kprobe;
 };
 
-extern int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				    unsigned long val, void *data);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_KPROBES */
 #endif /* _ASM_KPROBES_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index c8e4b4fd4e33020261861c76d0139b7abab792d5..4525a9c68260d9017dcc303e27c8e0d70dc6e5d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ struct arch_optimized_insn {
 	kprobe_opcode_t *insn;
 };
 
-extern int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-					unsigned long val, void *data);
 extern int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
 extern int kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern int kprobe_post_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kprobes.h
index 21b9e5290c0488d3ba9ed1db83a81c4e906f17af..01f1682a73b7614388ff6d71c35d83c998d7932c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ struct kprobe_ctlblk {
 void arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p);
 
 int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
-int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-	unsigned long val, void *data);
 
 #define flush_insn_slot(p)	do { } while (0)
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/kprobes.h
index eeba83e0a7d29408dfeb5b56272f0b10a26a242a..65d4c3316a5bd29ccc93742947f48c4687021510 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ struct kprobe_ctlblk {
 };
 
 extern int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
-extern int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				    unsigned long val, void *data);
 extern int kprobe_handle_illslot(unsigned long pc);
 #else
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index 06c2bc767ef75112fbae2ca477dc319df44ccef8..aec742cd898f272cc5f960a392780b59e3054b7e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ struct kprobe_ctlblk {
 	struct prev_kprobe prev_kprobe;
 };
 
-int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-			     unsigned long val, void *data);
 int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
 asmlinkage void __kprobes kprobe_trap(unsigned long trap_level,
 				      struct pt_regs *regs);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
index a2e9317aad4955c1110e9f19d5b94ffd837b3865..5939694dfb28dc10733af721f3fc2a71dd3e7057 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ struct kprobe_ctlblk {
 };
 
 extern int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
-extern int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				    unsigned long val, void *data);
 extern int kprobe_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index 365eb092e9c4e9ff7b74cdc051078e7cec0aaca4..ab1da3142b06a94e71f977d5d7715f2245e0f3ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -445,6 +445,10 @@ int kprobe_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum, unsigned long *value, char *type,
 
 int arch_kprobe_get_kallsym(unsigned int *symnum, unsigned long *value,
 			    char *type, char *sym);
+
+int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+			     unsigned long val, void *data);
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_KPROBES: */
 
 static inline int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
index 8bfe23af9c739a5042e93b2bba956a6e366de2b9..7d2ddbcfa377cfa4cbfba3a257dc4fdfecb22e04 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
@@ -927,11 +927,12 @@ static int parse_symbol_and_return(int argc, const char *argv[],
 	for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
 		tmp = strstr(argv[i], "$retval");
 		if (tmp && !isalnum(tmp[7]) && tmp[7] != '_') {
+			if (is_tracepoint) {
+				trace_probe_log_set_index(i);
+				trace_probe_log_err(tmp - argv[i], RETVAL_ON_PROBE);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
 			*is_return = true;
-			/*
-			 * NOTE: Don't check is_tracepoint here, because it will
-			 * be checked when the argument is parsed.
-			 */
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index a3442db356709ce8f5c940dfd9b61bfc34fafd0d..52f8b537dd0a0872dc1adcbe09778eb76270aad0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1020,9 +1020,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kprobe_event_cmd_init);
 /**
  * __kprobe_event_gen_cmd_start - Generate a kprobe event command from arg list
  * @cmd: A pointer to the dynevent_cmd struct representing the new event
+ * @kretprobe: Is this a return probe?
  * @name: The name of the kprobe event
  * @loc: The location of the kprobe event
- * @kretprobe: Is this a return probe?
  * @...: Variable number of arg (pairs), one pair for each field
  *
  * NOTE: Users normally won't want to call this function directly, but
diff --git a/lib/test_objpool.c b/lib/test_objpool.c
index a9407840213851eb8399f67c7de67530a3d41669..bfdb815998328d62c287b27cc9d9cf8e03247bae 100644
--- a/lib/test_objpool.c
+++ b/lib/test_objpool.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void ot_fini_sync(struct ot_context *sop)
 	ot_kfree(sop->test, sop, sizeof(*sop));
 }
 
-struct {
+static struct {
 	struct ot_context * (*init)(struct ot_test *oc);
 	void (*fini)(struct ot_context *sop);
 } g_ot_sync_ops[] = {
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static struct ot_context *ot_init_async_m0(struct ot_test *test)
 	return sop;
 }
 
-struct {
+static struct {
 	struct ot_context * (*init)(struct ot_test *oc);
 	void (*fini)(struct ot_context *sop);
 } g_ot_async_ops[] = {
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static int ot_start_async(struct ot_test *test)
 #define NODE_COMPACT sizeof(struct ot_node)
 #define NODE_VMALLOC (512)
 
-struct ot_test g_testcases[] = {
+static struct ot_test g_testcases[] = {
 
 	/* sync & normal */
 	{0, 0, NODE_COMPACT, 1000, 0,  1,  0,  0, "sync: percpu objpool"},