diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
index 3f9d86557c5e..52d060caf8bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst
@@ -340,6 +340,16 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met:
     - SMCR_EL2.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the
       kernel will execute on.
 
+  For CPUs with the Scalable Matrix Extension FA64 feature (FEAT_SME_FA64)
+
+  - If EL3 is present:
+
+    - SMCR_EL3.FA64 (bit 31) must be initialised to 0b1.
+
+ - If the kernel is entered at EL1 and EL2 is present:
+
+    - SMCR_EL2.FA64 (bit 31) must be initialised to 0b1.
+
 The requirements described above for CPU mode, caches, MMUs, architected
 timers, coherency and system registers apply to all CPUs.  All CPUs must
 enter the kernel in the same exception level.  Where the values documented
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 552a057b40af..d340b28eb2fb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select HAVE_PERF_REGS
 	select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
+	select HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG if FUTEX
 	select MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
index 91fa4baa1a93..347b0cc68f07 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
 #define ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_OPS 1
 #else
-#define MCOUNT_ADDR		((unsigned long)_mcount)
+#define MCOUNT_ADDR		((unsigned long)function_nocfi(_mcount))
 #endif
 
 /* The BL at the callsite's adjusted rec->ip */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/setup.h
index d3320618ed14..6437df661700 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@
 void *get_early_fdt_ptr(void);
 void early_fdt_map(u64 dt_phys);
 
+/*
+ * These two variables are used in the head.S file.
+ */
+extern phys_addr_t __fdt_pointer __initdata;
+extern u64 __cacheline_aligned boot_args[4];
+
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index 5e410d17d9e3..7b21213a570f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -400,11 +400,11 @@ static int call_undef_hook(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 instr;
 	int (*fn)(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 instr) = NULL;
-	void __user *pc = (void __user *)instruction_pointer(regs);
+	unsigned long pc = instruction_pointer(regs);
 
 	if (!user_mode(regs)) {
 		__le32 instr_le;
-		if (get_kernel_nofault(instr_le, (__force __le32 *)pc))
+		if (get_kernel_nofault(instr_le, (__le32 *)pc))
 			goto exit;
 		instr = le32_to_cpu(instr_le);
 	} else if (compat_thumb_mode(regs)) {