diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 0dcbacfdea4b98ca7805624a5ffb59b9298c4992..0d3e59f56974816f71140e2d0c51245f92a33768 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
 	def_bool y
 
 config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
-	def_bool y
+	def_bool n
 
 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
@@ -186,9 +186,6 @@ if SMP
 config ARC_HAS_COH_CACHES
 	def_bool n
 
-config ARC_HAS_REENTRANT_IRQ_LV2
-	def_bool n
-
 config ARC_MCIP
 	bool "ARConnect Multicore IP (MCIP) Support "
 	depends on ISA_ARCV2
@@ -366,25 +363,10 @@ config NODES_SHIFT
 if ISA_ARCOMPACT
 
 config ARC_COMPACT_IRQ_LEVELS
-	bool "ARCompact IRQ Priorities: High(2)/Low(1)"
+	bool "Setup Timer IRQ as high Priority"
 	default n
-	# Timer HAS to be high priority, for any other high priority config
-	select ARC_IRQ3_LV2
 	# if SMP, LV2 enabled ONLY if ARC implementation has LV2 re-entrancy
-	depends on !SMP || ARC_HAS_REENTRANT_IRQ_LV2
-
-if ARC_COMPACT_IRQ_LEVELS
-
-config ARC_IRQ3_LV2
-	bool
-
-config ARC_IRQ5_LV2
-	bool
-
-config ARC_IRQ6_LV2
-	bool
-
-endif	#ARC_COMPACT_IRQ_LEVELS
+	depends on !SMP
 
 config ARC_FPU_SAVE_RESTORE
 	bool "Enable FPU state persistence across context switch"
@@ -407,11 +389,6 @@ config ARC_HAS_LLSC
 	default y
 	depends on !ARC_CANT_LLSC
 
-config ARC_STAR_9000923308
-	bool "Workaround for llock/scond livelock"
-	default n
-	depends on ISA_ARCV2 && SMP && ARC_HAS_LLSC
-
 config ARC_HAS_SWAPE
 	bool "Insn: SWAPE (endian-swap)"
 	default y
@@ -471,7 +448,7 @@ config LINUX_LINK_BASE
 
 config HIGHMEM
 	bool "High Memory Support"
-	select DISCONTIGMEM
+	select ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
 	help
 	  With ARC 2G:2G address split, only upper 2G is directly addressable by
 	  kernel. Enable this to potentially allow access to rest of 2G and PAE
diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index 02fabef2891cd8bf1a6eda36bcf93549eea16158..d4df6be66d583d8708585013c07020fbde28b658 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ libs-y		+= arch/arc/lib/ $(LIBGCC)
 
 boot		:= arch/arc/boot
 
-#default target for make without any arguements.
+#default target for make without any arguments.
 KBUILD_IMAGE	:= bootpImage
 
 all:	$(KBUILD_IMAGE)
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb100.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb100.dtsi
index 3942634f805ade1545d30dd066d2ba88cdec3cac..02410b2114334466572c05e651b6227b02e415f0 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb100.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb100.dtsi
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
 
 / {
-	clock-frequency		= <500000000>;	/* 500 MHZ */
-
 	soc100 {
 		bus-frequency	= <166666666>;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb101.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb101.dtsi
index b0467229a5c45e9c10eb1cc2884b84b33ef2e603..f9e7686044ebee0a4c49e1d4824810e49747256e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb101.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb101.dtsi
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
 
 / {
-	clock-frequency		= <500000000>;	/* 500 MHZ */
-
 	soc100 {
 		bus-frequency	= <166666666>;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc001.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc001.dtsi
index 3e02f152edcb5eac50870720be8ffe626cb1b1b6..6ae2c476ad825aee57fadb1e557b95a0bb082647 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc001.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc001.dtsi
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,arc";
-	clock-frequency = <750000000>;	/* 750 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003.dtsi
index 378e455a94c4a86aa2af9a44a4d83c2cbbf771c2..14df46f141bf3450b8df0660bc0f248beef4669b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003.dtsi
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,arc";
-	clock-frequency = <90000000>;
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003_idu.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003_idu.dtsi
index 64c94b2860ab569d03d4672db417ad1e3307f86a..3d6cfa32bf5142a50ff95b6f7e69871526172deb 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003_idu.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/axc003_idu.dtsi
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,arc";
-	clock-frequency = <90000000>;
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/eznps.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/eznps.dts
index b89f6c3eb35208e2686cf73017a08686a6cfad5e..1e0d225791c1250252e76697187a7d0ba8eb26ec 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/eznps.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/eznps.dts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "ezchip,arc-nps";
-	clock-frequency = <83333333>;	/* 83.333333 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsim_700.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsim_700.dts
index 5d5e373e0ebc579c7f734d42212965c8187fa003..63970513e4aee2ceaadc2265eae1393115a0d2b6 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsim_700.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsim_700.dts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,nsim";
-	clock-frequency = <80000000>;	/* 80 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	interrupt-parent = <&core_intc>;
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci.dts
index b5b060adce8a60dbde7778f0765720bd4617e724..763d66c883da7fea61354186781a25f63d7b89fc 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci.dts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,nsimosci";
-	clock-frequency = <20000000>;	/* 20 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	interrupt-parent = <&core_intc>;
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci_hs.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci_hs.dts
index 325e73090a18157ca286a2916c8950d760abaf8e..4eb97c584b18b666476dd4002444e044d2e8f1cd 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci_hs.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci_hs.dts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,nsimosci_hs";
-	clock-frequency = <20000000>;	/* 20 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	interrupt-parent = <&core_intc>;
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci_hs_idu.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci_hs_idu.dts
index ee03d71265816db05c43841d8a0e0981c6ca62c4..853f897eb2a328c9dc7fcc70c969b387dbf14918 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci_hs_idu.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci_hs_idu.dts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,nsimosci_hs";
-	clock-frequency = <5000000>;	/* 5 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	interrupt-parent = <&core_intc>;
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi
index 3a10cc633e2b0e200b8eacfd16ff99e56a718652..65808fe0a290be15ded0903ad347540d0f35a52e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,arc";
-	clock-frequency = <80000000>;	/* 80 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	chosen { };
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton_hs.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton_hs.dtsi
index 71fd308a9298aac6435d67e6863314d26e140396..2dfe8037dfbb34ac680597619ecef27319bed1a2 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton_hs.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton_hs.dtsi
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,arc";
-	clock-frequency = <80000000>;	/* 80 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	chosen { };
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton_hs_idu.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton_hs_idu.dtsi
index d1cb25a6698952b461925d5a361223c8bc3c5080..4c11079f3565a3decc7f6401a92950df16565411 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton_hs_idu.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton_hs_idu.dtsi
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,arc";
-	clock-frequency = <80000000>;	/* 80 MHZ */
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 	chosen { };
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003.dtsi
index ad4ee43bd2ac7700ee93d1c05ee7c84e474c4829..0fd6ba985b164b7752c26544e5d4b6d9684c88be 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003.dtsi
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,arc";
-	clock-frequency = <50000000>;
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003_idu.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003_idu.dtsi
index a3cb6263c581ea8a030bad036ec1ddebfc2b25f9..82214cd7ba0ca7406483ad80ad0cac88425b7a68 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003_idu.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/vdk_axc003_idu.dtsi
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 / {
 	compatible = "snps,arc";
-	clock-frequency = <50000000>;
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
index 5f3dcbbc0cc9c14df199c55ff9e916b64be3be0d..dd683995bc9d119136807adcbf71b189714fe359 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -25,50 +25,17 @@
 
 #define atomic_set(v, i) WRITE_ONCE(((v)->counter), (i))
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_STAR_9000923308
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF						\
-	unsigned int delay = 1, tmp;						\
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM							\
-	"	bz	4f			\n"				\
-	"   ; --- scond fail delay ---		\n"				\
-	"	mov	%[tmp], %[delay]	\n"	/* tmp = delay */	\
-	"2: 	brne.d	%[tmp], 0, 2b		\n"	/* while (tmp != 0) */	\
-	"	sub	%[tmp], %[tmp], 1	\n"	/* tmp-- */		\
-	"	rol	%[delay], %[delay]	\n"	/* delay *= 2 */	\
-	"	b	1b			\n"	/* start over */	\
-	"4: ; --- success ---			\n"				\
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS							\
-	  ,[delay] "+&r" (delay),[tmp] "=&r"	(tmp)				\
-
-#else	/* !CONFIG_ARC_STAR_9000923308 */
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM							\
-	"	bnz     1b			\n"				\
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS
-
-#endif
-
 #define ATOMIC_OP(op, c_op, asm_op)					\
 static inline void atomic_##op(int i, atomic_t *v)			\
 {									\
-	unsigned int val;				                \
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF                                        \
+	unsigned int val;						\
 									\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(						\
 	"1:	llock   %[val], [%[ctr]]		\n"		\
 	"	" #asm_op " %[val], %[val], %[i]	\n"		\
 	"	scond   %[val], [%[ctr]]		\n"		\
-	"						\n"		\
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM						\
-									\
+	"	bnz     1b				\n"		\
 	: [val]	"=&r"	(val) /* Early clobber to prevent reg reuse */	\
-	  SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS						\
 	: [ctr]	"r"	(&v->counter), /* Not "m": llock only supports reg direct addr mode */	\
 	  [i]	"ir"	(i)						\
 	: "cc");							\
@@ -77,8 +44,7 @@ static inline void atomic_##op(int i, atomic_t *v)			\
 #define ATOMIC_OP_RETURN(op, c_op, asm_op)				\
 static inline int atomic_##op##_return(int i, atomic_t *v)		\
 {									\
-	unsigned int val;				                \
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF                                        \
+	unsigned int val;						\
 									\
 	/*								\
 	 * Explicit full memory barrier needed before/after as		\
@@ -90,11 +56,8 @@ static inline int atomic_##op##_return(int i, atomic_t *v)		\
 	"1:	llock   %[val], [%[ctr]]		\n"		\
 	"	" #asm_op " %[val], %[val], %[i]	\n"		\
 	"	scond   %[val], [%[ctr]]		\n"		\
-	"						\n"		\
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM						\
-									\
+	"	bnz     1b				\n"		\
 	: [val]	"=&r"	(val)						\
-	  SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS						\
 	: [ctr]	"r"	(&v->counter),					\
 	  [i]	"ir"	(i)						\
 	: "cc");							\
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-compact.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-compact.h
index e0e1faf03c50177f69232f2990dd5e4a4ac19b6b..14c310f2e0b198ecac4d4d9f19a33d80b258005b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-compact.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/entry-compact.h
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 	 * We need to be a bit more cautious here. What if a kernel bug in
 	 * L1 ISR, caused SP to go whaco (some small value which looks like
 	 * USER stk) and then we take L2 ISR.
-	 * Above brlo alone would treat it as a valid L1-L2 sceanrio
-	 * instead of shouting alound
+	 * Above brlo alone would treat it as a valid L1-L2 scenario
+	 * instead of shouting around
 	 * The only feasible way is to make sure this L2 happened in
 	 * L1 prelogue ONLY i.e. ilink2 is less than a pre-set marker in
 	 * L1 ISR before it switches stack
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 1fd467ef658fe861b34f36247674d8f3e167acad..b0b87f2447f5248b3b2bcf1e13b14a5ad85d2d44 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static inline void get_new_mmu_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		local_flush_tlb_all();
 
 		/*
-		 * Above checke for rollover of 8 bit ASID in 32 bit container.
+		 * Above check for rollover of 8 bit ASID in 32 bit container.
 		 * If the container itself wrapped around, set it to a non zero
 		 * "generation" to distinguish from no context
 		 */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 034bbdc0ff61c3bffadd0284d776240d8137767d..858f98ef7f1ba3b1fd1ccda9298f2484f7749418 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  * Page Tables are purely for Linux VM's consumption and the bits below are
  * suited to that (uniqueness). Hence some are not implemented in the TLB and
  * some have different value in TLB.
- * e.g. MMU v2: K_READ bit is 8 and so is GLOBAL (possible becoz they live in
+ * e.g. MMU v2: K_READ bit is 8 and so is GLOBAL (possible because they live in
  *      seperate PD0 and PD1, which combined forms a translation entry)
  *      while for PTE perspective, they are 8 and 9 respectively
  * with MMU v3: Most bits (except SHARED) represent the exact hardware pos
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
index f9048994b22f857a487205de5b5a25c4d3dc1f5f..16b630fbeb6acfb09fc59d20c4f965a0bb3e59aa 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct task_struct;
 #define KSTK_ESP(tsk)   (task_pt_regs(tsk)->sp)
 
 /*
- * Where abouts of Task's sp, fp, blink when it was last seen in kernel mode.
+ * Where about of Task's sp, fp, blink when it was last seen in kernel mode.
  * Look in process.c for details of kernel stack layout
  */
 #define TSK_K_ESP(tsk)		(tsk->thread.ksp)
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
index 991380438d6bfd6af03e6fff4748b8c5342b6a70..89fdd1b0a76ebe672094daa10134204cb96cf925 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static inline const char *arc_platform_smp_cpuinfo(void)
  * (1) These insn were introduced only in 4.10 release. So for older released
  *	support needed.
  *
- * (2) In a SMP setup, the LLOCK/SCOND atomiticity across CPUs needs to be
+ * (2) In a SMP setup, the LLOCK/SCOND atomicity across CPUs needs to be
  *	gaurantted by the platform (not something which core handles).
  *	Assuming a platform won't, SMP Linux needs to use spinlocks + local IRQ
  *	disabling for atomicity.
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 800e7c430ca589724c9467a3a9689aad6faf6bc3..cded4a9b543822d5ff9e2099fb05c67bdfc8e84a 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC
 
-/*
- * A normal LLOCK/SCOND based system, w/o need for livelock workaround
- */
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARC_STAR_9000923308
-
 static inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	unsigned int val;
@@ -238,293 +233,6 @@ static inline void arch_write_unlock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
 	smp_mb();
 }
 
-#else	/* CONFIG_ARC_STAR_9000923308 */
-
-/*
- * HS38x4 could get into a LLOCK/SCOND livelock in case of multiple overlapping
- * coherency transactions in the SCU. The exclusive line state keeps rotating
- * among contenting cores leading to a never ending cycle. So break the cycle
- * by deferring the retry of failed exclusive access (SCOND). The actual delay
- * needed is function of number of contending cores as well as the unrelated
- * coherency traffic from other cores. To keep the code simple, start off with
- * small delay of 1 which would suffice most cases and in case of contention
- * double the delay. Eventually the delay is sufficient such that the coherency
- * pipeline is drained, thus a subsequent exclusive access would succeed.
- */
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF						\
-	unsigned int delay, tmp;						\
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM							\
-	"   ; --- scond fail delay ---		\n"				\
-	"	mov	%[tmp], %[delay]	\n"	/* tmp = delay */	\
-	"2: 	brne.d	%[tmp], 0, 2b		\n"	/* while (tmp != 0) */	\
-	"	sub	%[tmp], %[tmp], 1	\n"	/* tmp-- */		\
-	"	rol	%[delay], %[delay]	\n"	/* delay *= 2 */	\
-	"	b	1b			\n"	/* start over */	\
-	"					\n"				\
-	"4: ; --- done ---			\n"				\
-
-#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS							\
-	  ,[delay] "=&r" (delay), [tmp] "=&r"	(tmp)				\
-
-static inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	unsigned int val;
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF;
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"0:	mov	%[delay], 1		\n"
-	"1:	llock	%[val], [%[slock]]	\n"
-	"	breq	%[val], %[LOCKED], 0b	\n"	/* spin while LOCKED */
-	"	scond	%[LOCKED], [%[slock]]	\n"	/* acquire */
-	"	bz	4f			\n"	/* done */
-	"					\n"
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM
-
-	: [val]		"=&r"	(val)
-	  SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS
-	: [slock]	"r"	(&(lock->slock)),
-	  [LOCKED]	"r"	(__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_LOCKED__)
-	: "memory", "cc");
-
-	smp_mb();
-}
-
-/* 1 - lock taken successfully */
-static inline int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	unsigned int val, got_it = 0;
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF;
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"0:	mov	%[delay], 1		\n"
-	"1:	llock	%[val], [%[slock]]	\n"
-	"	breq	%[val], %[LOCKED], 4f	\n"	/* already LOCKED, just bail */
-	"	scond	%[LOCKED], [%[slock]]	\n"	/* acquire */
-	"	bz.d	4f			\n"
-	"	mov.z	%[got_it], 1		\n"	/* got it */
-	"					\n"
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM
-
-	: [val]		"=&r"	(val),
-	  [got_it]	"+&r"	(got_it)
-	  SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS
-	: [slock]	"r"	(&(lock->slock)),
-	  [LOCKED]	"r"	(__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_LOCKED__)
-	: "memory", "cc");
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	return got_it;
-}
-
-static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	smp_mb();
-
-	lock->slock = __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED__;
-
-	smp_mb();
-}
-
-/*
- * Read-write spinlocks, allowing multiple readers but only one writer.
- * Unfair locking as Writers could be starved indefinitely by Reader(s)
- */
-
-static inline void arch_read_lock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
-{
-	unsigned int val;
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF;
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	/*
-	 * zero means writer holds the lock exclusively, deny Reader.
-	 * Otherwise grant lock to first/subseq reader
-	 *
-	 * 	if (rw->counter > 0) {
-	 *		rw->counter--;
-	 *		ret = 1;
-	 *	}
-	 */
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"0:	mov	%[delay], 1		\n"
-	"1:	llock	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	brls	%[val], %[WR_LOCKED], 0b\n"	/* <= 0: spin while write locked */
-	"	sub	%[val], %[val], 1	\n"	/* reader lock */
-	"	scond	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	bz	4f			\n"	/* done */
-	"					\n"
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM
-
-	: [val]		"=&r"	(val)
-	  SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS
-	: [rwlock]	"r"	(&(rw->counter)),
-	  [WR_LOCKED]	"ir"	(0)
-	: "memory", "cc");
-
-	smp_mb();
-}
-
-/* 1 - lock taken successfully */
-static inline int arch_read_trylock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
-{
-	unsigned int val, got_it = 0;
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF;
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"0:	mov	%[delay], 1		\n"
-	"1:	llock	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	brls	%[val], %[WR_LOCKED], 4f\n"	/* <= 0: already write locked, bail */
-	"	sub	%[val], %[val], 1	\n"	/* counter-- */
-	"	scond	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	bz.d	4f			\n"
-	"	mov.z	%[got_it], 1		\n"	/* got it */
-	"					\n"
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM
-
-	: [val]		"=&r"	(val),
-	  [got_it]	"+&r"	(got_it)
-	  SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS
-	: [rwlock]	"r"	(&(rw->counter)),
-	  [WR_LOCKED]	"ir"	(0)
-	: "memory", "cc");
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	return got_it;
-}
-
-static inline void arch_write_lock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
-{
-	unsigned int val;
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF;
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	/*
-	 * If reader(s) hold lock (lock < __ARCH_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED__),
-	 * deny writer. Otherwise if unlocked grant to writer
-	 * Hence the claim that Linux rwlocks are unfair to writers.
-	 * (can be starved for an indefinite time by readers).
-	 *
-	 *	if (rw->counter == __ARCH_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED__) {
-	 *		rw->counter = 0;
-	 *		ret = 1;
-	 *	}
-	 */
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"0:	mov	%[delay], 1		\n"
-	"1:	llock	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	brne	%[val], %[UNLOCKED], 0b	\n"	/* while !UNLOCKED spin */
-	"	mov	%[val], %[WR_LOCKED]	\n"
-	"	scond	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	bz	4f			\n"
-	"					\n"
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM
-
-	: [val]		"=&r"	(val)
-	  SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS
-	: [rwlock]	"r"	(&(rw->counter)),
-	  [UNLOCKED]	"ir"	(__ARCH_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED__),
-	  [WR_LOCKED]	"ir"	(0)
-	: "memory", "cc");
-
-	smp_mb();
-}
-
-/* 1 - lock taken successfully */
-static inline int arch_write_trylock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
-{
-	unsigned int val, got_it = 0;
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF;
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"0:	mov	%[delay], 1		\n"
-	"1:	llock	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	brne	%[val], %[UNLOCKED], 4f	\n"	/* !UNLOCKED, bail */
-	"	mov	%[val], %[WR_LOCKED]	\n"
-	"	scond	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	bz.d	4f			\n"
-	"	mov.z	%[got_it], 1		\n"	/* got it */
-	"					\n"
-	SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM
-
-	: [val]		"=&r"	(val),
-	  [got_it]	"+&r"	(got_it)
-	  SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS
-	: [rwlock]	"r"	(&(rw->counter)),
-	  [UNLOCKED]	"ir"	(__ARCH_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED__),
-	  [WR_LOCKED]	"ir"	(0)
-	: "memory", "cc");
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	return got_it;
-}
-
-static inline void arch_read_unlock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
-{
-	unsigned int val;
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	/*
-	 * rw->counter++;
-	 */
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"1:	llock	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	add	%[val], %[val], 1	\n"
-	"	scond	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	bnz	1b			\n"
-	"					\n"
-	: [val]		"=&r"	(val)
-	: [rwlock]	"r"	(&(rw->counter))
-	: "memory", "cc");
-
-	smp_mb();
-}
-
-static inline void arch_write_unlock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
-{
-	unsigned int val;
-
-	smp_mb();
-
-	/*
-	 * rw->counter = __ARCH_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED__;
-	 */
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"1:	llock	%[val], [%[rwlock]]	\n"
-	"	scond	%[UNLOCKED], [%[rwlock]]\n"
-	"	bnz	1b			\n"
-	"					\n"
-	: [val]		"=&r"	(val)
-	: [rwlock]	"r"	(&(rw->counter)),
-	  [UNLOCKED]	"r"	(__ARCH_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED__)
-	: "memory", "cc");
-
-	smp_mb();
-}
-
-#undef SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VAR_DEF
-#undef SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM
-#undef SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_VARS
-
-#endif	/* CONFIG_ARC_STAR_9000923308 */
-
 #else	/* !CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC */
 
 static inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 3af67455659af49d9f9d53b67ac26024cf3b77b9..2d79e527fa50a305e932259d336423d9d89c3fae 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 
 /*
  * _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK includes SYSCALL_TRACE, but we don't need it.
- * SYSCALL_TRACE is anways seperately/unconditionally tested right after a
+ * SYSCALL_TRACE is anyway seperately/unconditionally tested right after a
  * syscall, so all that reamins to be tested is _TIF_WORK_MASK
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index d1da6032b715a7fea35d71fcedeeeb8cdfe590e4..a78d5670884f32490d2341b2468bf606258b6654 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define __kernel_ok		(segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))
 
 /*
- * Algorthmically, for __user_ok() we want do:
+ * Algorithmically, for __user_ok() we want do:
  * 	(start < TASK_SIZE) && (start+len < TASK_SIZE)
  * where TASK_SIZE could either be retrieved from thread_info->addr_limit or
  * emitted directly in code.
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
index 095599a73195c35bd6aabbc301bfe8dcafd3d52a..71f3918b0fc304bd0eeadb024bcbf9fa3ba32418 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 	__tmp ^ __in;						\
 })
 
-#elif (ARC_BSWAP_TYPE == 2)	/* Custom single cycle bwap instruction */
+#elif (ARC_BSWAP_TYPE == 2)	/* Custom single cycle bswap instruction */
 
 #define __arch_swab32(x)						\
 ({									\
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/entry-compact.S b/arch/arc/kernel/entry-compact.S
index 0cb0abaa0479e53ab1ea7ef8e45ab0cd42d2e965..98812c1248dfaf85b28ed023287ae78f27286073 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/entry-compact.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/entry-compact.S
@@ -91,27 +91,13 @@ VECTOR   mem_service             ; 0x8, Mem exception   (0x1)
 VECTOR   instr_service           ; 0x10, Instrn Error   (0x2)
 
 ; ******************** Device ISRs **********************
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_IRQ3_LV2
-VECTOR   handle_interrupt_level2
-#else
-VECTOR   handle_interrupt_level1
-#endif
-
-VECTOR   handle_interrupt_level1
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_IRQ5_LV2
-VECTOR   handle_interrupt_level2
-#else
-VECTOR   handle_interrupt_level1
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_IRQ6_LV2
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_COMPACT_IRQ_LEVELS
 VECTOR   handle_interrupt_level2
 #else
 VECTOR   handle_interrupt_level1
 #endif
 
-.rept   25
+.rept   28
 VECTOR   handle_interrupt_level1 ; Other devices
 .endr
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/intc-compact.c b/arch/arc/kernel/intc-compact.c
index c5cceca36118744f8c06359bc060f250974313df..ce9deb953ca90e1a0309ccd69f9608e8fd32cf70 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/intc-compact.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/intc-compact.c
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ void arc_init_IRQ(void)
 {
 	int level_mask = 0;
 
-       /* setup any high priority Interrupts (Level2 in ARCompact jargon) */
-	level_mask |= IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARC_IRQ3_LV2) << 3;
-	level_mask |= IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARC_IRQ5_LV2) << 5;
-	level_mask |= IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARC_IRQ6_LV2) << 6;
+       /* Is timer high priority Interrupt (Level2 in ARCompact jargon) */
+	level_mask |= IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARC_COMPACT_IRQ_LEVELS) << TIMER0_IRQ;
 
 	/*
 	 * Write to register, even if no LV2 IRQs configured to reset it
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 6fd48021324b50acd326a4ce9a17031f05db7609..08f03d9b5b3e544fcaf3e1696b8ea8e87cb943af 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void arc_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event,
 	int64_t delta = new_raw_count - prev_raw_count;
 
 	/*
-	 * We don't afaraid of hwc->prev_count changing beneath our feet
+	 * We aren't afraid of hwc->prev_count changing beneath our feet
 	 * because there's no way for us to re-enter this function anytime.
 	 */
 	local64_set(&hwc->prev_count, new_raw_count);
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
index f63b8bfefb0ca789dcbac3ad0459dfc4b3e98760..2ee7a4d758a882a2b4e36cacd74adb280648fced 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		/*
 		 * If we are here, it is established that @uboot_arg didn't
 		 * point to DT blob. Instead if u-boot says it is cmdline,
-		 * Appent to embedded DT cmdline.
+		 * append to embedded DT cmdline.
 		 * setup_machine_fdt() would have populated @boot_command_line
 		 */
 		if (uboot_tag == 1) {
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
index 004b7f0bc76cc58c6988547df1bb8705cd36004d..6cb3736b6b83613a95180cd3e9cb5ba12a9b2f7f 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  *  -ViXS were still seeing crashes when using insmod to load drivers.
  *   It turned out that the code to change Execute permssions for TLB entries
  *   of user was not guarded for interrupts (mod_tlb_permission)
- *   This was cauing TLB entries to be overwritten on unrelated indexes
+ *   This was causing TLB entries to be overwritten on unrelated indexes
  *
  * Vineetg: July 15th 2008: Bug #94183
  *  -Exception happens in Delay slot of a JMP, and before user space resumes,
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c b/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
index a6f91e88ce36e3ea2a2c95d8eabdceffa48be7fc..934150e7ac4895ef9e4523fd1ffabbdacce2dd74 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int tlb_stats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* called on user read(): display the couters */
+/* called on user read(): display the counters */
 static ssize_t tlb_stats_output(struct file *file,	/* file descriptor */
 				char __user *user_buf,	/* user buffer */
 				size_t len,		/* length of buffer */
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/cache.c b/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
index 9e5eddbb856f1f32dd25f4b13132dd527725249c..5a294b2c3cb307ac591293afae8c8a72409c97c5 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void read_decode_cache_bcr(void)
  * ------------------
  * This ver of MMU supports variable page sizes (1k-16k): although Linux will
  * only support 8k (default), 16k and 4k.
- * However from hardware perspective, smaller page sizes aggrevate aliasing
+ * However from hardware perspective, smaller page sizes aggravate aliasing
  * meaning more vaddr bits needed to disambiguate the cache-line-op ;
  * the existing scheme of piggybacking won't work for certain configurations.
  * Two new registers IC_PTAG and DC_PTAG inttoduced.
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void __cache_line_loop_v3(phys_addr_t paddr, unsigned long vaddr,
 
 	/*
 	 * This is technically for MMU v4, using the MMU v3 programming model
-	 * Special work for HS38 aliasing I-cache configuratino with PAE40
+	 * Special work for HS38 aliasing I-cache configuration with PAE40
 	 *   - upper 8 bits of paddr need to be written into PTAG_HI
 	 *   - (and needs to be written before the lower 32 bits)
 	 * Note that PTAG_HI is hoisted outside the line loop
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ void arc_cache_init(void)
 			      ic->ver, CONFIG_ARC_MMU_VER);
 
 		/*
-		 * In MMU v4 (HS38x) the alising icache config uses IVIL/PTAG
+		 * In MMU v4 (HS38x) the aliasing icache config uses IVIL/PTAG
 		 * pair to provide vaddr/paddr respectively, just as in MMU v3
 		 */
 		if (is_isa_arcv2() && ic->alias)
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
index 8c8e36fa5659411c6705e46d538e7c506fc42c96..73d7e4c75b7dbc9140604b334ab5e22a8cdd7a8d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * DMA Coherent API Notes
  *
  * I/O is inherently non-coherent on ARC. So a coherent DMA buffer is
- * implemented by accessintg it using a kernel virtual address, with
+ * implemented by accessing it using a kernel virtual address, with
  * Cache bit off in the TLB entry.
  *
  * The default DMA address == Phy address which is 0x8000_0000 based.