diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a994b12d2011a..7f56c62d31e8a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 169
+SUBLEVEL = 170
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/crc32c-pcl-intel-asm_64.S b/arch/x86/crypto/crc32c-pcl-intel-asm_64.S
index d9b734d0c8cc7..3c6e01520a973 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/crc32c-pcl-intel-asm_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/crc32c-pcl-intel-asm_64.S
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ continue_block:
 
 	## branch into array
 	lea	jump_table(%rip), bufp
-	movzxw  (bufp, %rax, 2), len
+	movzwq  (bufp, %rax, 2), len
 	lea	crc_array(%rip), bufp
 	lea     (bufp, len, 1), bufp
 	JMP_NOSPEC bufp
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
index dc385b70e4c33..b6e4ab67ae449 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -1471,6 +1471,12 @@ sector_t dm_bufio_get_device_size(struct dm_bufio_client *c)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bufio_get_device_size);
 
+struct dm_io_client *dm_bufio_get_dm_io_client(struct dm_bufio_client *c)
+{
+	return c->dm_io;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bufio_get_dm_io_client);
+
 sector_t dm_bufio_get_block_number(struct dm_buffer *b)
 {
 	return b->block;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
index 875c78b5e2242..bb99b599de770 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -1153,12 +1153,52 @@ static int dm_integrity_rw_tag(struct dm_integrity_c *ic, unsigned char *tag, se
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void dm_integrity_flush_buffers(struct dm_integrity_c *ic)
+struct flush_request {
+	struct dm_io_request io_req;
+	struct dm_io_region io_reg;
+	struct dm_integrity_c *ic;
+	struct completion comp;
+};
+
+static void flush_notify(unsigned long error, void *fr_)
+{
+	struct flush_request *fr = fr_;
+	if (unlikely(error != 0))
+		dm_integrity_io_error(fr->ic, "flusing disk cache", -EIO);
+	complete(&fr->comp);
+}
+
+static void dm_integrity_flush_buffers(struct dm_integrity_c *ic, bool flush_data)
 {
 	int r;
+
+	struct flush_request fr;
+
+	if (!ic->meta_dev)
+		flush_data = false;
+	if (flush_data) {
+		fr.io_req.bi_op = REQ_OP_WRITE,
+		fr.io_req.bi_op_flags = REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_SYNC,
+		fr.io_req.mem.type = DM_IO_KMEM,
+		fr.io_req.mem.ptr.addr = NULL,
+		fr.io_req.notify.fn = flush_notify,
+		fr.io_req.notify.context = &fr;
+		fr.io_req.client = dm_bufio_get_dm_io_client(ic->bufio),
+		fr.io_reg.bdev = ic->dev->bdev,
+		fr.io_reg.sector = 0,
+		fr.io_reg.count = 0,
+		fr.ic = ic;
+		init_completion(&fr.comp);
+		r = dm_io(&fr.io_req, 1, &fr.io_reg, NULL);
+		BUG_ON(r);
+	}
+
 	r = dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers(ic->bufio);
 	if (unlikely(r))
 		dm_integrity_io_error(ic, "writing tags", r);
+
+	if (flush_data)
+		wait_for_completion(&fr.comp);
 }
 
 static void sleep_on_endio_wait(struct dm_integrity_c *ic)
@@ -1846,7 +1886,7 @@ static void integrity_commit(struct work_struct *w)
 	flushes = bio_list_get(&ic->flush_bio_list);
 	if (unlikely(ic->mode != 'J')) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&ic->endio_wait.lock);
-		dm_integrity_flush_buffers(ic);
+		dm_integrity_flush_buffers(ic, true);
 		goto release_flush_bios;
 	}
 
@@ -2057,7 +2097,7 @@ skip_io:
 	complete_journal_op(&comp);
 	wait_for_completion_io(&comp.comp);
 
-	dm_integrity_flush_buffers(ic);
+	dm_integrity_flush_buffers(ic, true);
 }
 
 static void integrity_writer(struct work_struct *w)
@@ -2099,7 +2139,7 @@ static void recalc_write_super(struct dm_integrity_c *ic)
 {
 	int r;
 
-	dm_integrity_flush_buffers(ic);
+	dm_integrity_flush_buffers(ic, false);
 	if (dm_integrity_failed(ic))
 		return;
 
@@ -2409,7 +2449,7 @@ static void dm_integrity_postsuspend(struct dm_target *ti)
 		if (ic->meta_dev)
 			queue_work(ic->writer_wq, &ic->writer_work);
 		drain_workqueue(ic->writer_wq);
-		dm_integrity_flush_buffers(ic);
+		dm_integrity_flush_buffers(ic, true);
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&ic->in_progress));
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index 986292a34f4f6..bc5cfe062b10e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -4266,8 +4266,6 @@ static void mvpp2_phylink_validate(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	phylink_set(mask, Autoneg);
 	phylink_set_port_modes(mask);
-	phylink_set(mask, Pause);
-	phylink_set(mask, Asym_Pause);
 
 	switch (state->interface) {
 	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_10GKR:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index 59c70be22a84c..42b99b1826163 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -580,11 +580,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops netxen_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_set_features = netxen_set_features,
 };
 
-static inline bool netxen_function_zero(struct pci_dev *pdev)
-{
-	return (PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn) == 0) ? true : false;
-}
-
 static inline void netxen_set_interrupt_mode(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
 					     u32 mode)
 {
@@ -680,7 +675,7 @@ static int netxen_setup_intr(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 	netxen_initialize_interrupt_registers(adapter);
 	netxen_set_msix_bit(pdev, 0);
 
-	if (netxen_function_zero(pdev)) {
+	if (adapter->portnum == 0) {
 		if (!netxen_setup_msi_interrupts(adapter, num_msix))
 			netxen_set_interrupt_mode(adapter, NETXEN_MSI_MODE);
 		else
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 4ac507b4d1019..76d4b8e6ac3e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -3596,6 +3596,7 @@ static int stmmac_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int txfifosz = priv->plat->tx_fifo_size;
+	const int mtu = new_mtu;
 
 	if (txfifosz == 0)
 		txfifosz = priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size;
@@ -3613,7 +3614,7 @@ static int stmmac_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 	if ((txfifosz < new_mtu) || (new_mtu > BUF_SIZE_16KiB))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
+	dev->mtu = mtu;
 
 	netdev_update_features(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c b/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
index a22ae3137a3f8..d3f79a4067e22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ generic_rndis_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf, int flags)
 	reply_len = sizeof *phym;
 	retval = rndis_query(dev, intf, u.buf,
 			     RNDIS_OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM,
-			     0, (void **) &phym, &reply_len);
+			     reply_len, (void **)&phym, &reply_len);
 	if (retval != 0 || !phym) {
 		/* OID is optional so don't fail here. */
 		phym_unspec = cpu_to_le32(RNDIS_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM_UNSPECIFIED);
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-cadence.c b/drivers/spi/spi-cadence.c
index 94cc0a152449f..f5055ceb7529d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-cadence.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-cadence.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct cdns_spi {
 	void __iomem *regs;
 	struct clk *ref_clk;
 	struct clk *pclk;
+	unsigned int clk_rate;
 	u32 speed_hz;
 	const u8 *txbuf;
 	u8 *rxbuf;
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ static void cdns_spi_config_clock_freq(struct spi_device *spi,
 	u32 ctrl_reg, baud_rate_val;
 	unsigned long frequency;
 
-	frequency = clk_get_rate(xspi->ref_clk);
+	frequency = xspi->clk_rate;
 
 	ctrl_reg = cdns_spi_read(xspi, CDNS_SPI_CR);
 
@@ -628,8 +629,9 @@ static int cdns_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	master->auto_runtime_pm = true;
 	master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA;
 
+	xspi->clk_rate = clk_get_rate(xspi->ref_clk);
 	/* Set to default valid value */
-	master->max_speed_hz = clk_get_rate(xspi->ref_clk) / 4;
+	master->max_speed_hz = xspi->clk_rate / 4;
 	xspi->speed_hz = master->max_speed_hz;
 
 	master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_MASK(8);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
index e88486d8084af..5916235adf35c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void io_watchdog_func(struct timer_list *t);
 
 
 /* Some boards misreport power switching/overcurrent */
-static bool distrust_firmware = true;
+static bool distrust_firmware;
 module_param (distrust_firmware, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC (distrust_firmware,
 	"true to distrust firmware power/overcurrent setup");
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
index 83919116d5cbe..b90bea1c434eb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -844,9 +844,14 @@ compose_entry_fh(struct nfsd3_readdirres *cd, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	if (isdotent(name, namlen)) {
 		if (namlen == 2) {
 			dchild = dget_parent(dparent);
-			/* filesystem root - cannot return filehandle for ".." */
+			/*
+			 * Don't return filehandle for ".." if we're at
+			 * the filesystem or export root:
+			 */
 			if (dchild == dparent)
 				goto out;
+			if (dparent == exp->ex_path.dentry)
+				goto out;
 		} else
 			dchild = dget(dparent);
 	} else
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 14be095371093..a80d6de3c8ad2 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 
 #if GCC_VERSION < 40600
 # error Sorry, your compiler is too old - please upgrade it.
+#elif defined(CONFIG_ARM64) && GCC_VERSION < 50100
+/*
+ * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63293
+ * https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210107111841.GN1551@shell.armlinux.org.uk
+ */
+# error Sorry, your version of GCC is too old - please use 5.1 or newer.
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/dm-bufio.h b/include/linux/dm-bufio.h
index 3c8b7d274bd9b..45ba37aaf6b78 100644
--- a/include/linux/dm-bufio.h
+++ b/include/linux/dm-bufio.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ void dm_bufio_set_minimum_buffers(struct dm_bufio_client *c, unsigned n);
 
 unsigned dm_bufio_get_block_size(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
 sector_t dm_bufio_get_device_size(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
+struct dm_io_client *dm_bufio_get_dm_io_client(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
 sector_t dm_bufio_get_block_number(struct dm_buffer *b);
 void *dm_bufio_get_block_data(struct dm_buffer *b);
 void *dm_bufio_get_aux_data(struct dm_buffer *b);
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 703ce71caeacb..06176ef2a8424 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1363,6 +1363,11 @@ static inline void skb_mark_not_on_list(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb->next = NULL;
 }
 
+/* Iterate through singly-linked GSO fragments of an skb. */
+#define skb_list_walk_safe(first, skb, next_skb)                               \
+	for ((skb) = (first), (next_skb) = (skb) ? (skb)->next : NULL; (skb);  \
+	     (skb) = (next_skb), (next_skb) = (skb) ? (skb)->next : NULL)
+
 static inline void skb_list_del_init(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	__list_del_entry(&skb->list);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 5b87d2dd7151b..73f208466363b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -459,13 +459,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_alloc_skb);
 struct sk_buff *__napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi, unsigned int len,
 				 gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
+	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	void *data;
 
 	len += NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN;
 
-	if ((len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE)) ||
+	/* If requested length is either too small or too big,
+	 * we use kmalloc() for skb->head allocation.
+	 */
+	if (len <= SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(1024) ||
+	    len > SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE) ||
 	    (gfp_mask & (__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | GFP_DMA))) {
 		skb = __alloc_skb(len, gfp_mask, SKB_ALLOC_RX, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 		if (!skb)
@@ -473,6 +477,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi, unsigned int len,
 		goto skb_success;
 	}
 
+	nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
 	len += SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
 	len = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(len);
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock_reuseport.c b/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
index 9c85ef2b7e1d0..375a3bbe64856 100644
--- a/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
+++ b/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ select_by_hash:
 			i = j = reciprocal_scale(hash, socks);
 			while (reuse->socks[i]->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED) {
 				i++;
-				if (i >= reuse->num_socks)
+				if (i >= socks)
 					i = 0;
 				if (i == j)
 					goto out;
diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index 5ee6b94131b23..33684f1818a82 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1756,6 +1756,8 @@ static int dcb_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	fn = &reply_funcs[dcb->cmd];
 	if (!fn->cb)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (fn->type == RTM_SETDCB && !netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!tb[DCB_ATTR_IFNAME])
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
index 114f9def1ec54..0792a9e2a555f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ static int esp_output_udp_encap(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struc
 int esp_output_head(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info *esp)
 {
 	u8 *tail;
-	u8 *vaddr;
 	int nfrags;
 	int esph_offset;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -312,14 +311,10 @@ int esp_output_head(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info *
 			page = pfrag->page;
 			get_page(page);
 
-			vaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
-
-			tail = vaddr + pfrag->offset;
+			tail = page_address(page) + pfrag->offset;
 
 			esp_output_fill_trailer(tail, esp->tfclen, esp->plen, esp->proto);
 
-			kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
-
 			nfrags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 
 			__skb_fill_page_desc(skb, nfrags, page, pfrag->offset,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
index a7d996148eeda..25317d5ccf2cc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ static void esp_output_fill_trailer(u8 *tail, int tfclen, int plen, __u8 proto)
 int esp6_output_head(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info *esp)
 {
 	u8 *tail;
-	u8 *vaddr;
 	int nfrags;
 	struct page *page;
 	struct sk_buff *trailer;
@@ -270,14 +269,10 @@ int esp6_output_head(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info
 			page = pfrag->page;
 			get_page(page);
 
-			vaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
-
-			tail = vaddr + pfrag->offset;
+			tail = page_address(page) + pfrag->offset;
 
 			esp_output_fill_trailer(tail, esp->tfclen, esp->plen, esp->proto);
 
-			kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
-
 			nfrags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 
 			__skb_fill_page_desc(skb, nfrags, page, pfrag->offset,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 22665e3638ac4..e1bb7db88483d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -128,8 +128,42 @@ static int ip6_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static int
+ip6_finish_output_gso_slowpath_drop(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
+				    struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *segs, *nskb;
+	netdev_features_t features;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/* Please see corresponding comment in ip_finish_output_gso
+	 * describing the cases where GSO segment length exceeds the
+	 * egress MTU.
+	 */
+	features = netif_skb_features(skb);
+	segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features & ~NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(segs)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	consume_skb(skb);
+
+	skb_list_walk_safe(segs, segs, nskb) {
+		int err;
+
+		skb_mark_not_on_list(segs);
+		err = ip6_fragment(net, sk, segs, ip6_finish_output2);
+		if (err && ret == 0)
+			ret = err;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int ip6_finish_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	unsigned int mtu;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = BPF_CGROUP_RUN_PROG_INET_EGRESS(sk, skb);
@@ -146,7 +180,11 @@ static int ip6_finish_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *s
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if ((skb->len > ip6_skb_dst_mtu(skb) && !skb_is_gso(skb)) ||
+	mtu = ip6_skb_dst_mtu(skb);
+	if (skb_is_gso(skb) && !skb_gso_validate_network_len(skb, mtu))
+		return ip6_finish_output_gso_slowpath_drop(net, sk, skb, mtu);
+
+	if ((skb->len > mtu && !skb_is_gso(skb)) ||
 	    dst_allfrag(skb_dst(skb)) ||
 	    (IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size && skb->len > IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size))
 		return ip6_fragment(net, sk, skb, ip6_finish_output2);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 98c108baf35e2..bcf29201f87b3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1596,8 +1596,11 @@ static int ipip6_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
-	if (ipip6_netlink_6rd_parms(data, &ip6rd))
+	if (ipip6_netlink_6rd_parms(data, &ip6rd)) {
 		err = ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd(nt, &ip6rd);
+		if (err < 0)
+			unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, NULL);
+	}
 #endif
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/input.c b/net/rxrpc/input.c
index 58bd558a277a4..40711f410828e 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/input.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/input.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static void rxrpc_input_data(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (state >= RXRPC_CALL_COMPLETE)
 		return;
 
-	if (call->state == RXRPC_CALL_SERVER_RECV_REQUEST) {
+	if (state == RXRPC_CALL_SERVER_RECV_REQUEST) {
 		unsigned long timo = READ_ONCE(call->next_req_timo);
 		unsigned long now, expect_req_by;
 
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/key.c b/net/rxrpc/key.c
index 2fe2add62a8ed..9be6b35fd9b26 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/key.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/key.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ static long rxrpc_read(const struct key *key,
 		default: /* we have a ticket we can't encode */
 			pr_err("Unsupported key token type (%u)\n",
 			       token->security_index);
-			continue;
+			return -ENOPKG;
 		}
 
 		_debug("token[%u]: toksize=%u", ntoks, toksize);
@@ -1227,7 +1227,9 @@ static long rxrpc_read(const struct key *key,
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			break;
+			pr_err("Unsupported key token type (%u)\n",
+			       token->security_index);
+			return -ENOPKG;
 		}
 
 		ASSERTCMP((unsigned long)xdr - (unsigned long)oldxdr, ==,
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index f756b721f93e0..bd28ac7f2195a 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -914,9 +914,7 @@ void tipc_link_reset(struct tipc_link *l)
 int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 		   struct sk_buff_head *xmitq)
 {
-	struct tipc_msg *hdr = buf_msg(skb_peek(list));
 	unsigned int maxwin = l->window;
-	int imp = msg_importance(hdr);
 	unsigned int mtu = l->mtu;
 	u16 ack = l->rcv_nxt - 1;
 	u16 seqno = l->snd_nxt;
@@ -925,13 +923,20 @@ int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 	struct sk_buff_head *backlogq = &l->backlogq;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *_skb, **tskb;
 	int pkt_cnt = skb_queue_len(list);
+	struct tipc_msg *hdr;
 	int rc = 0;
+	int imp;
+
+	if (pkt_cnt <= 0)
+		return 0;
 
+	hdr = buf_msg(skb_peek(list));
 	if (unlikely(msg_size(hdr) > mtu)) {
 		__skb_queue_purge(list);
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
+	imp = msg_importance(hdr);
 	/* Allow oversubscription of one data msg per source at congestion */
 	if (unlikely(l->backlog[imp].len >= l->backlog[imp].limit)) {
 		if (imp == TIPC_SYSTEM_IMPORTANCE) {