diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f817ae196a8ef6eeb71ec7f05e760a9c2ded0e41..a26b10e52aea18cf39b61095cc563cd940ff1dac 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7818,7 +7818,7 @@ F:	drivers/staging/asus_oled/
 
 STAGING - COMEDI
 M:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
-M:	Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
+M:	H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
 S:	Odd Fixes
 F:	drivers/staging/comedi/
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
index 080abf2faf972ab3b999ac58f923c03dbec7e9b8..a8c344422a77d5cce6c34fcadfd7d61781d660bc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static ssize_t logger_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			 unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t ppos)
 {
 	struct logger_log *log = file_get_log(iocb->ki_filp);
-	size_t orig = log->w_off;
+	size_t orig;
 	struct logger_entry header;
 	struct timespec now;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
@@ -490,6 +490,8 @@ static ssize_t logger_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 
 	mutex_lock(&log->mutex);
 
+	orig = log->w_off;
+
 	/*
 	 * Fix up any readers, pulling them forward to the first readable
 	 * entry after (what will be) the new write offset. We do this now
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/TODO b/drivers/staging/comedi/TODO
index b10f739b7e3e1fcbe16acaf7d66705b59e534441..fa8da9aada3079b6a18fc0189d4fdca36af753c6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/TODO
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ TODO:
 Please send patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> and
 copy:
 	Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
-	Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
+	H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 8647518259f6dd5ab3379babc218d5ef6cf24831..f4a197b2d1fd951f8879b78cd96e6a2cce1f24d3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -1413,22 +1413,19 @@ static int do_cmd_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
 		DPRINTK("subdevice busy\n");
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
-	s->busy = file;
 
 	/* make sure channel/gain list isn't too long */
 	if (cmd.chanlist_len > s->len_chanlist) {
 		DPRINTK("channel/gain list too long %u > %d\n",
 			cmd.chanlist_len, s->len_chanlist);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto cleanup;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* make sure channel/gain list isn't too short */
 	if (cmd.chanlist_len < 1) {
 		DPRINTK("channel/gain list too short %u < 1\n",
 			cmd.chanlist_len);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto cleanup;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	async->cmd = cmd;
@@ -1438,8 +1435,7 @@ static int do_cmd_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
 	    kmalloc(async->cmd.chanlist_len * sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!async->cmd.chanlist) {
 		DPRINTK("allocation failed\n");
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto cleanup;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	if (copy_from_user(async->cmd.chanlist, user_chanlist,
@@ -1491,6 +1487,9 @@ static int do_cmd_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
 
 	comedi_set_subdevice_runflags(s, ~0, SRF_USER | SRF_RUNNING);
 
+	/* set s->busy _after_ setting SRF_RUNNING flag to avoid race with
+	 * comedi_read() or comedi_write() */
+	s->busy = file;
 	ret = s->do_cmd(dev, s);
 	if (ret == 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -1705,6 +1704,7 @@ static int do_cancel_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev, unsigned int arg,
 			   void *file)
 {
 	struct comedi_subdevice *s;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (arg >= dev->n_subdevices)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1721,7 +1721,11 @@ static int do_cancel_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev, unsigned int arg,
 	if (s->busy != file)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	return do_cancel(dev, s);
+	ret = do_cancel(dev, s);
+	if (comedi_get_subdevice_runflags(s) & SRF_USER)
+		wake_up_interruptible(&s->async->wait_head);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2053,11 +2057,13 @@ static ssize_t comedi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 
 		if (!comedi_is_subdevice_running(s)) {
 			if (count == 0) {
+				mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
 				if (comedi_is_subdevice_in_error(s))
 					retval = -EPIPE;
 				else
 					retval = 0;
 				do_become_nonbusy(dev, s);
+				mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
 			}
 			break;
 		}
@@ -2156,11 +2162,13 @@ static ssize_t comedi_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 
 		if (n == 0) {
 			if (!comedi_is_subdevice_running(s)) {
+				mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
 				do_become_nonbusy(dev, s);
 				if (comedi_is_subdevice_in_error(s))
 					retval = -EPIPE;
 				else
 					retval = 0;
+				mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
 				break;
 			}
 			if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
@@ -2198,9 +2206,11 @@ static ssize_t comedi_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 		buf += n;
 		break;		/* makes device work like a pipe */
 	}
-	if (comedi_is_subdevice_idle(s) &&
-	    async->buf_read_count - async->buf_write_count == 0) {
-		do_become_nonbusy(dev, s);
+	if (comedi_is_subdevice_idle(s)) {
+		mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
+		if (async->buf_read_count - async->buf_write_count == 0)
+			do_become_nonbusy(dev, s);
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
 	}
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	remove_wait_queue(&async->wait_head, &wait);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/frontier/alphatrack.c b/drivers/staging/frontier/alphatrack.c
index 5590ebf1da15218c50561fcbd01b0ebc907ce693..817f837b240d656ccf4379bd3f68be4bbf49b867 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/frontier/alphatrack.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/frontier/alphatrack.c
@@ -827,11 +827,11 @@ static void usb_alphatrack_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->mtx);
 		usb_alphatrack_delete(dev);
 	} else {
+		atomic_set(&dev->writes_pending, 0);
 		dev->intf = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->mtx);
 	}
 
-	atomic_set(&dev->writes_pending, 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&disconnect_mutex);
 
 	dev_info(&intf->dev, "Alphatrack Surface #%d now disconnected\n",
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_qos.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_qos.c
index b795353e8348a3fcab6d1a01d0472a7168c370a1..cc3692439a5c95fedc0f2c584a52b3d03c0bf391 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_qos.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_qos.c
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ static void send_qos_list(struct nic *nic, struct list_head *head)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, head, list) {
 		list_del(&entry->list);
-		free_qos_entry(entry);
 		gdm_wimax_send_tx(entry->skb, entry->dev);
+		free_qos_entry(entry);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/Kconfig
index 22339059837ff34a15919ca319ede0e0bb1bbf9f..bd0f2fd01db4be91e4f16709c1d788ab1ec2336f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/Kconfig
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ config DRM_IMX_TVE
 config DRM_IMX_LDB
 	tristate "Support for LVDS displays"
 	depends on DRM_IMX
-	select OF_VIDEOMODE
 	help
 	  Choose this to enable the internal LVDS Display Bridge (LDB)
 	  found on i.MX53 and i.MX6 processors.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/pmgr/dbll.c b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/pmgr/dbll.c
index c191ae20356583a48aaba72526a64c92261c073b..41e88abe47af1f518ddf7f0ac955d8ca0812203e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/pmgr/dbll.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/pmgr/dbll.c
@@ -1120,8 +1120,11 @@ static int dbll_rmm_alloc(struct dynamic_loader_allocate *this,
 	   or DYN_EXTERNAL, then mem granularity information is present
 	   within the section name - only process if there are at least three
 	   tokens within the section name (just a minor optimization) */
-	if (count >= 3)
-		strict_strtol(sz_last_token, 10, (long *)&req);
+	if (count >= 3) {
+		status = kstrtos32(sz_last_token, 10, &req);
+		if (status)
+			goto func_cont;
+	}
 
 	if ((req == 0) || (req == 1)) {
 		if (strcmp(sz_sec_last_token, "DYN_DARAM") == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
index 82c7202fd5cc963668dc8e74caf7dfce11e8f66a..e77fb6ea40c905f3cb72571ef3ca424b44b37440 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -527,8 +527,11 @@ static void zram_reset_device(struct zram *zram)
 	size_t index;
 	struct zram_meta *meta;
 
-	if (!zram->init_done)
+	down_write(&zram->init_lock);
+	if (!zram->init_done) {
+		up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	meta = zram->meta;
 	zram->init_done = 0;
@@ -549,6 +552,7 @@ static void zram_reset_device(struct zram *zram)
 
 	zram->disksize = 0;
 	set_capacity(zram->disk, 0);
+	up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 }
 
 static void zram_init_device(struct zram *zram, struct zram_meta *meta)