diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.um b/arch/um/Kconfig.um
index 4b2ed5858b2ee0797215279c8d6decadb91298d4..e26376ab5452e2068ce9b3a71ec903ffe444a935 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig.um
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.um
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ config LD_SCRIPT_DYN
 	bool
 	default y
 	depends on !LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
+        select MODULE_REL_CRCS if MODVERSIONS
 
 source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt"
 
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index 6ca4f66085c145fe07c106d1320c2541166ba8c9..b76fcce397a11c44891658ceab02cedf244d44fa 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ archheaders:
 archprepare: include/generated/user_constants.h
 
 LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_STATIC) += -static
-LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_DYN) += -Wl,-rpath,/lib
+LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_DYN) += -Wl,-rpath,/lib $(call cc-option, -no-pie)
 
 CFLAGS_NO_HARDENING := $(call cc-option, -fno-PIC,) $(call cc-option, -fno-pic,) \
 	$(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector,) \
diff --git a/arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig b/arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig
index 5636221b8785b0678e2b471b8de8744a3fe2ad30..8f114e3b0a7a36143f79e9af98553ab09784f0bd 100644
--- a/arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig
+++ b/arch/um/configs/i386_defconfig
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_INET=y
-# CONFIG_INET_LRO is not set
 # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
 CONFIG_UML_NET=y
 CONFIG_UML_NET_ETHERTAP=y
diff --git a/arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig b/arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig
index 7a67b7ac1a7e83cfdfd396db153c3da4aa0179af..5d0875fc0db25b6f8b0c1e1c457bc54703ebfff7 100644
--- a/arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/um/configs/x86_64_defconfig
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_INET=y
-# CONFIG_INET_LRO is not set
 # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
 CONFIG_UML_NET=y
 CONFIG_UML_NET_ETHERTAP=y
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 053baff036746f8360a6ff81034a6e3bcc332156..9300f7630d2ad8f0bfa6e3360bd5af5c04e98181 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/segment.h>
+#include <sysdep/ptrace_user.h>
 
 struct thread_info {
 	struct task_struct	*task;		/* main task structure */
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ struct thread_info {
 					 	   0-0xBFFFFFFF for user
 						   0-0xFFFFFFFF for kernel */
 	struct thread_info	*real_thread;    /* Points to non-IRQ stack */
+	unsigned long aux_fp_regs[FP_SIZE];	/* auxiliary fp_regs to save/restore
+						   them out-of-band */
 };
 
 #define INIT_THREAD_INFO(tsk)			\
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
index 574e03fc7ba256d74e074c4762ced1f77d3cc0b1..d8ddaf9790d2bd858db7f4e41f45d43d1a49d0d0 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ extern int protect(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long addr,
 extern int is_skas_winch(int pid, int fd, void *data);
 extern int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack);
 extern int copy_context_skas0(unsigned long stack, int pid);
-extern void userspace(struct uml_pt_regs *regs);
+extern void userspace(struct uml_pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *aux_fp_regs);
 extern int map_stub_pages(int fd, unsigned long code, unsigned long data,
 			  unsigned long stack);
 extern void new_thread(void *stack, jmp_buf *buf, void (*handler)(void));
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/gmon_syms.c b/arch/um/kernel/gmon_syms.c
index 1bf61266da8e1e355ef7c1377dcff22f21385ce9..f138a4a0db990fc681bec3554b2790578bff9358 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/gmon_syms.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/gmon_syms.c
@@ -7,3 +7,10 @@
 
 extern void __bb_init_func(void *)  __attribute__((weak));
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bb_init_func);
+
+extern void __gcov_init(void *)  __attribute__((weak));
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__gcov_init);
+extern void __gcov_merge_add(void *, unsigned int)  __attribute__((weak));
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__gcov_merge_add);
+extern void __gcov_exit(void)  __attribute__((weak));
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__gcov_exit);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/process.c b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
index 2c7f721eccbcb2b45799a380cfddb9327c0d509c..691b83b10649c04e267c763f04776da70b2f6f03 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void new_thread_handler(void)
 	 * callback returns only if the kernel thread execs a process
 	 */
 	n = fn(arg);
-	userspace(&current->thread.regs.regs);
+	userspace(&current->thread.regs.regs, current_thread_info()->aux_fp_regs);
 }
 
 /* Called magically, see new_thread_handler above */
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void fork_handler(void)
 
 	current->thread.prev_sched = NULL;
 
-	userspace(&current->thread.regs.regs);
+	userspace(&current->thread.regs.regs, current_thread_info()->aux_fp_regs);
 }
 
 int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
index c2e6e1dad8763b2547269fc242e12ecf72cd08ab..db24ce0d09a6443fc18e7d1a69acc7971ecd11d9 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int tuntap_open_tramp(char *gate, int *fd_out, int me, int remote,
 	pid = run_helper(tuntap_pre_exec, &data, argv);
 
 	if (pid < 0)
-		return -pid;
+		return pid;
 
 	close(remote);
 
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
index 819d68656673c53f14ee38513a73f63f19f1ac64..c94c3bd70ccd797d03a53f7f9b7b5773ff274506 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
@@ -88,12 +88,11 @@ void wait_stub_done(int pid)
 
 extern unsigned long current_stub_stack(void);
 
-static void get_skas_faultinfo(int pid, struct faultinfo *fi)
+static void get_skas_faultinfo(int pid, struct faultinfo *fi, unsigned long *aux_fp_regs)
 {
 	int err;
-	unsigned long fpregs[FP_SIZE];
 
-	err = get_fp_registers(pid, fpregs);
+	err = get_fp_registers(pid, aux_fp_regs);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		printk(UM_KERN_ERR "save_fp_registers returned %d\n",
 		       err);
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ static void get_skas_faultinfo(int pid, struct faultinfo *fi)
 	 */
 	memcpy(fi, (void *)current_stub_stack(), sizeof(*fi));
 
-	err = put_fp_registers(pid, fpregs);
+	err = put_fp_registers(pid, aux_fp_regs);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		printk(UM_KERN_ERR "put_fp_registers returned %d\n",
 		       err);
@@ -121,9 +120,9 @@ static void get_skas_faultinfo(int pid, struct faultinfo *fi)
 	}
 }
 
-static void handle_segv(int pid, struct uml_pt_regs * regs)
+static void handle_segv(int pid, struct uml_pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *aux_fp_regs)
 {
-	get_skas_faultinfo(pid, &regs->faultinfo);
+	get_skas_faultinfo(pid, &regs->faultinfo, aux_fp_regs);
 	segv(regs->faultinfo, 0, 1, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack)
 	return err;
 }
 
-void userspace(struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
+void userspace(struct uml_pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *aux_fp_regs)
 {
 	int err, status, op, pid = userspace_pid[0];
 	/* To prevent races if using_sysemu changes under us.*/
@@ -407,11 +406,11 @@ void userspace(struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
 			case SIGSEGV:
 				if (PTRACE_FULL_FAULTINFO) {
 					get_skas_faultinfo(pid,
-							   &regs->faultinfo);
+							   &regs->faultinfo, aux_fp_regs);
 					(*sig_info[SIGSEGV])(SIGSEGV, (struct siginfo *)&si,
 							     regs);
 				}
-				else handle_segv(pid, regs);
+				else handle_segv(pid, regs, aux_fp_regs);
 				break;
 			case SIGTRAP + 0x80:
 			        handle_trap(pid, regs, local_using_sysemu);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
index b1b6b75c5b173092dc986307780586b54c1d02f2..82bf5f8442ba4ec963f27a2ab2ad310682c87032 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ static int __init nosysemu_cmd_param(char *str, int* add)
 
 __uml_setup("nosysemu", nosysemu_cmd_param,
 "nosysemu\n"
-"    Turns off syscall emulation patch for ptrace (SYSEMU) on.\n"
+"    Turns off syscall emulation patch for ptrace (SYSEMU).\n"
 "    SYSEMU is a performance-patch introduced by Laurent Vivier. It changes\n"
-"    behaviour of ptrace() and helps reducing host context switch rate.\n"
-"    To make it working, you need a kernel patch for your host, too.\n"
+"    behaviour of ptrace() and helps reduce host context switch rates.\n"
+"    To make it work, you need a kernel patch for your host, too.\n"
 "    See http://perso.wanadoo.fr/laurent.vivier/UML/ for further \n"
 "    information.\n\n");
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/registers.c b/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/registers.c
index 28775f55bde240fc29fcc2030748e2078c0747c5..3c423dfcd78bf0d7f96883266f15b50fd8ffa55c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/registers.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/registers.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 #ifdef __i386__
 #include <sys/user.h>
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ int save_fp_registers(int pid, unsigned long *fp_regs)
 
 	if (have_xstate_support) {
 		iov.iov_base = fp_regs;
-		iov.iov_len = sizeof(struct _xstate);
+		iov.iov_len = FP_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long);
 		if (ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGSET, pid, NT_X86_XSTATE, &iov) < 0)
 			return -errno;
 		return 0;
@@ -51,10 +52,9 @@ int restore_fp_registers(int pid, unsigned long *fp_regs)
 {
 #ifdef PTRACE_SETREGSET
 	struct iovec iov;
-
 	if (have_xstate_support) {
 		iov.iov_base = fp_regs;
-		iov.iov_len = sizeof(struct _xstate);
+		iov.iov_len = FP_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long);
 		if (ptrace(PTRACE_SETREGSET, pid, NT_X86_XSTATE, &iov) < 0)
 			return -errno;
 		return 0;
@@ -125,13 +125,19 @@ int put_fp_registers(int pid, unsigned long *regs)
 void arch_init_registers(int pid)
 {
 #ifdef PTRACE_GETREGSET
-	struct _xstate fp_regs;
+	void * fp_regs;
 	struct iovec iov;
 
-	iov.iov_base = &fp_regs;
-	iov.iov_len = sizeof(struct _xstate);
+	fp_regs = malloc(FP_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long));
+	if(fp_regs == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	iov.iov_base = fp_regs;
+	iov.iov_len = FP_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long);
 	if (ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGSET, pid, NT_X86_XSTATE, &iov) == 0)
 		have_xstate_support = 1;
+
+	free(fp_regs);
 #endif
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/tls.c b/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/tls.c
index 9d94b3b76c746ac6ca5f5e5eb39f0caf48096693..ed8ea90967dcc355ad51d5ae2d86b6c0a2341c67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/tls.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/tls.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void check_host_supports_tls(int *supports_tls, int *tls_min)
 				continue;
 			else if (errno == ENOSYS)
 				*supports_tls = 0;
-				return;
+			return;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/user-offsets.c b/arch/x86/um/user-offsets.c
index 02250b2633b839c7fa56704d804dd4953f244121..3099c209546f8722c03f84c25c9615adee9c4095 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/user-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/user-offsets.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void foo(void)
 	DEFINE(HOST_ORIG_AX, ORIG_EAX);
 #else
 #ifdef FP_XSTATE_MAGIC1
-	DEFINE(HOST_FP_SIZE, sizeof(struct _xstate) / sizeof(unsigned long));
+	DEFINE_LONGS(HOST_FP_SIZE, 2696);
 #else
 	DEFINE(HOST_FP_SIZE, sizeof(struct _fpstate) / sizeof(unsigned long));
 #endif