diff --git a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt
index 8ce7c30e7230e9912eb6a510f46292a1649a2e50..fe67b5c79f0ff33d92ebe7469a89c5a5d044fc0a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ applying a filter to each packet that assigns it to one of a small number
 of logical flows. Packets for each flow are steered to a separate receive
 queue, which in turn can be processed by separate CPUs. This mechanism is
 generally known as “Receive-side Scaling” (RSS). The goal of RSS and
-the other scaling techniques to increase performance uniformly.
+the other scaling techniques is to increase performance uniformly.
 Multi-queue distribution can also be used for traffic prioritization, but
 that is not the focus of these techniques.
 
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ are steered using plain RPS. Multiple table entries may point to the
 same CPU. Indeed, with many flows and few CPUs, it is very likely that
 a single application thread handles flows with many different flow hashes.
 
-rps_sock_table is a global flow table that contains the *desired* CPU for
-flows: the CPU that is currently processing the flow in userspace. Each
-table value is a CPU index that is updated during calls to recvmsg and
-sendmsg (specifically, inet_recvmsg(), inet_sendmsg(), inet_sendpage()
+rps_sock_flow_table is a global flow table that contains the *desired* CPU
+for flows: the CPU that is currently processing the flow in userspace.
+Each table value is a CPU index that is updated during calls to recvmsg
+and sendmsg (specifically, inet_recvmsg(), inet_sendmsg(), inet_sendpage()
 and tcp_splice_read()).
 
 When the scheduler moves a thread to a new CPU while it has outstanding
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 05172c39a0ceaab229c4c89411c7fabc7201ce0c..376e3e94bae075814c90082e692290c9c301ce58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int macvlan_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		dest = macvlan_hash_lookup(port, eth->h_dest);
 		if (dest && dest->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE) {
 			/* send to lowerdev first for its network taps */
-			vlan->forward(vlan->lowerdev, skb);
+			dev_forward_skb(vlan->lowerdev, skb);
 
 			return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 		}
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index 32b8f9f7f79e4a5ce555e4c803f7ecd79878006e..ff3ed6086ce1c6b6b4b5111c034d14a208c0d045 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ static int br_dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	netif_carrier_off(dev);
 	netdev_update_features(dev);
 	netif_start_queue(dev);
 	br_stp_enable_bridge(br);
@@ -108,8 +107,6 @@ static int br_dev_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	netif_carrier_off(dev);
-
 	br_stp_disable_bridge(br);
 	br_multicast_stop(br);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 21fab3edb92cde6bbbbb8aff46b09db948ca8b6f..d73aab3fbfc0de018fa8125421caf3014c89dfbc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1389,9 +1389,7 @@ static int tcp_shifted_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	BUG_ON(!pcount);
 
-	/* Tweak before seqno plays */
-	if (!tcp_is_fack(tp) && tcp_is_sack(tp) && tp->lost_skb_hint &&
-	    !before(TCP_SKB_CB(tp->lost_skb_hint)->seq, TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq))
+	if (skb == tp->lost_skb_hint)
 		tp->lost_cnt_hint += pcount;
 
 	TCP_SKB_CB(prev)->end_seq += shifted;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index c34f015139453245238e7bd5086c35d5b5a760f4..7963e03f1068d421a8c40489ddee6d1ad0075c80 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -927,18 +927,21 @@ int tcp_v4_md5_do_add(struct sock *sk, __be32 addr,
 			}
 			sk_nocaps_add(sk, NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
 		}
-		if (tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool(sk) == NULL) {
+
+		md5sig = tp->md5sig_info;
+		if (md5sig->entries4 == 0 &&
+		    tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool(sk) == NULL) {
 			kfree(newkey);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		md5sig = tp->md5sig_info;
 
 		if (md5sig->alloced4 == md5sig->entries4) {
 			keys = kmalloc((sizeof(*keys) *
 					(md5sig->entries4 + 1)), GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!keys) {
 				kfree(newkey);
-				tcp_free_md5sig_pool();
+				if (md5sig->entries4 == 0)
+					tcp_free_md5sig_pool();
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 
@@ -982,6 +985,7 @@ int tcp_v4_md5_do_del(struct sock *sk, __be32 addr)
 				kfree(tp->md5sig_info->keys4);
 				tp->md5sig_info->keys4 = NULL;
 				tp->md5sig_info->alloced4 = 0;
+				tcp_free_md5sig_pool();
 			} else if (tp->md5sig_info->entries4 != i) {
 				/* Need to do some manipulation */
 				memmove(&tp->md5sig_info->keys4[i],
@@ -989,7 +993,6 @@ int tcp_v4_md5_do_del(struct sock *sk, __be32 addr)
 					(tp->md5sig_info->entries4 - i) *
 					 sizeof(struct tcp4_md5sig_key));
 			}
-			tcp_free_md5sig_pool();
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 79cc6469508d36031eefdd9e640be846ce881416..7b8fc5794352af1b1b03fb1d3120295dd787fbdf 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ static int tcp_v6_md5_do_add(struct sock *sk, const struct in6_addr *peer,
 			}
 			sk_nocaps_add(sk, NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
 		}
-		if (tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool(sk) == NULL) {
+		if (tp->md5sig_info->entries6 == 0 &&
+			tcp_alloc_md5sig_pool(sk) == NULL) {
 			kfree(newkey);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
@@ -600,8 +601,9 @@ static int tcp_v6_md5_do_add(struct sock *sk, const struct in6_addr *peer,
 				       (tp->md5sig_info->entries6 + 1)), GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 			if (!keys) {
-				tcp_free_md5sig_pool();
 				kfree(newkey);
+				if (tp->md5sig_info->entries6 == 0)
+					tcp_free_md5sig_pool();
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 
@@ -647,6 +649,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_md5_do_del(struct sock *sk, const struct in6_addr *peer)
 				kfree(tp->md5sig_info->keys6);
 				tp->md5sig_info->keys6 = NULL;
 				tp->md5sig_info->alloced6 = 0;
+				tcp_free_md5sig_pool();
 			} else {
 				/* shrink the database */
 				if (tp->md5sig_info->entries6 != i)
@@ -655,7 +658,6 @@ static int tcp_v6_md5_do_del(struct sock *sk, const struct in6_addr *peer)
 						(tp->md5sig_info->entries6 - i)
 						* sizeof (tp->md5sig_info->keys6[0]));
 			}
-			tcp_free_md5sig_pool();
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index 2b771dc708a30d212ed37fc1a76abb759279f159..5290ac353a5ec70de401918b09566f3209db9049 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -3679,7 +3679,7 @@ int __net_init ip_vs_control_net_init(struct net *net)
 	int idx;
 	struct netns_ipvs *ipvs = net_ipvs(net);
 
-	ipvs->rs_lock = __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(ipvs->rs_lock);
+	rwlock_init(&ipvs->rs_lock);
 
 	/* Initialize rs_table */
 	for (idx = 0; idx < IP_VS_RTAB_SIZE; idx++)