diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 9d8ca14be3c..f96d13c281e 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ static inline void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
  * request comes from.
  */
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB) || defined(CONFIG_SLUB)
-extern void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t, gfp_t, void*);
+extern void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t, gfp_t, unsigned long);
 #define kmalloc_track_caller(size, flags) \
-	__kmalloc_track_caller(size, flags, __builtin_return_address(0))
+	__kmalloc_track_caller(size, flags, _RET_IP_)
 #else
 #define kmalloc_track_caller(size, flags) \
 	__kmalloc(size, flags)
@@ -271,10 +271,10 @@ extern void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t, gfp_t, void*);
  * allocation request comes from.
  */
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB) || defined(CONFIG_SLUB)
-extern void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t, gfp_t, int, void *);
+extern void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t, gfp_t, int, unsigned long);
 #define kmalloc_node_track_caller(size, flags, node) \
 	__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size, flags, node, \
-			__builtin_return_address(0))
+			_RET_IP_)
 #else
 #define kmalloc_node_track_caller(size, flags, node) \
 	__kmalloc_node(size, flags, node)
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index d4b87690b27..cb2e411d93a 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2123,6 +2123,8 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
  *
  * @name must be valid until the cache is destroyed. This implies that
  * the module calling this has to destroy the cache before getting unloaded.
+ * Note that kmem_cache_name() is not guaranteed to return the same pointer,
+ * therefore applications must manage it themselves.
  *
  * The flags are
  *
@@ -2997,7 +2999,7 @@ retry:
 		 * there must be at least one object available for
 		 * allocation.
 		 */
-		BUG_ON(slabp->inuse < 0 || slabp->inuse >= cachep->num);
+		BUG_ON(slabp->inuse >= cachep->num);
 
 		while (slabp->inuse < cachep->num && batchcount--) {
 			STATS_INC_ALLOCED(cachep);
@@ -3686,9 +3688,9 @@ void *__kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_node);
 
 void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t flags,
-		int node, void *caller)
+		int node, unsigned long caller)
 {
-	return __do_kmalloc_node(size, flags, node, caller);
+	return __do_kmalloc_node(size, flags, node, (void *)caller);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_node_track_caller);
 #else
@@ -3730,9 +3732,9 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc);
 
-void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t flags, void *caller)
+void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t flags, unsigned long caller)
 {
-	return __do_kmalloc(size, flags, caller);
+	return __do_kmalloc(size, flags, (void *)caller);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_track_caller);
 
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index d057ceb3645..ca95e45f04c 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@
 #define ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN __alignof__(unsigned long long)
 #endif
 
+#define OO_SHIFT	16
+#define OO_MASK		((1 << OO_SHIFT) - 1)
+#define MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE	65535 /* since page.objects is u16 */
+
 /* Internal SLUB flags */
 #define __OBJECT_POISON		0x80000000 /* Poison object */
 #define __SYSFS_ADD_DEFERRED	0x40000000 /* Not yet visible via sysfs */
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(slab_caches);
  * Tracking user of a slab.
  */
 struct track {
-	void *addr;		/* Called from address */
+	unsigned long addr;	/* Called from address */
 	int cpu;		/* Was running on cpu */
 	int pid;		/* Pid context */
 	unsigned long when;	/* When did the operation occur */
@@ -290,7 +294,7 @@ static inline struct kmem_cache_order_objects oo_make(int order,
 						unsigned long size)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache_order_objects x = {
-		(order << 16) + (PAGE_SIZE << order) / size
+		(order << OO_SHIFT) + (PAGE_SIZE << order) / size
 	};
 
 	return x;
@@ -298,12 +302,12 @@ static inline struct kmem_cache_order_objects oo_make(int order,
 
 static inline int oo_order(struct kmem_cache_order_objects x)
 {
-	return x.x >> 16;
+	return x.x >> OO_SHIFT;
 }
 
 static inline int oo_objects(struct kmem_cache_order_objects x)
 {
-	return x.x & ((1 << 16) - 1);
+	return x.x & OO_MASK;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
@@ -367,7 +371,7 @@ static struct track *get_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
 }
 
 static void set_track(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object,
-				enum track_item alloc, void *addr)
+			enum track_item alloc, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct track *p;
 
@@ -391,8 +395,8 @@ static void init_tracking(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
 	if (!(s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER))
 		return;
 
-	set_track(s, object, TRACK_FREE, NULL);
-	set_track(s, object, TRACK_ALLOC, NULL);
+	set_track(s, object, TRACK_FREE, 0UL);
+	set_track(s, object, TRACK_ALLOC, 0UL);
 }
 
 static void print_track(const char *s, struct track *t)
@@ -401,7 +405,7 @@ static void print_track(const char *s, struct track *t)
 		return;
 
 	printk(KERN_ERR "INFO: %s in %pS age=%lu cpu=%u pid=%d\n",
-		s, t->addr, jiffies - t->when, t->cpu, t->pid);
+		s, (void *)t->addr, jiffies - t->when, t->cpu, t->pid);
 }
 
 static void print_tracking(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
@@ -692,7 +696,7 @@ static int check_object(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 	if (!check_valid_pointer(s, page, get_freepointer(s, p))) {
 		object_err(s, page, p, "Freepointer corrupt");
 		/*
-		 * No choice but to zap it and thus loose the remainder
+		 * No choice but to zap it and thus lose the remainder
 		 * of the free objects in this slab. May cause
 		 * another error because the object count is now wrong.
 		 */
@@ -764,8 +768,8 @@ static int on_freelist(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, void *search)
 	}
 
 	max_objects = (PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(page)) / s->size;
-	if (max_objects > 65535)
-		max_objects = 65535;
+	if (max_objects > MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE)
+		max_objects = MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE;
 
 	if (page->objects != max_objects) {
 		slab_err(s, page, "Wrong number of objects. Found %d but "
@@ -866,7 +870,7 @@ static void setup_object_debug(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 }
 
 static int alloc_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
-						void *object, void *addr)
+					void *object, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	if (!check_slab(s, page))
 		goto bad;
@@ -906,7 +910,7 @@ bad:
 }
 
 static int free_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
-						void *object, void *addr)
+					void *object, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	if (!check_slab(s, page))
 		goto fail;
@@ -1029,10 +1033,10 @@ static inline void setup_object_debug(struct kmem_cache *s,
 			struct page *page, void *object) {}
 
 static inline int alloc_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s,
-	struct page *page, void *object, void *addr) { return 0; }
+	struct page *page, void *object, unsigned long addr) { return 0; }
 
 static inline int free_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s,
-	struct page *page, void *object, void *addr) { return 0; }
+	struct page *page, void *object, unsigned long addr) { return 0; }
 
 static inline int slab_pad_check(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
 			{ return 1; }
@@ -1499,8 +1503,8 @@ static inline int node_match(struct kmem_cache_cpu *c, int node)
  * we need to allocate a new slab. This is the slowest path since it involves
  * a call to the page allocator and the setup of a new slab.
  */
-static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s,
-		gfp_t gfpflags, int node, void *addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
+static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
+			  unsigned long addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
 {
 	void **object;
 	struct page *new;
@@ -1584,7 +1588,7 @@ debug:
  * Otherwise we can simply pick the next object from the lockless free list.
  */
 static __always_inline void *slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s,
-		gfp_t gfpflags, int node, void *addr)
+		gfp_t gfpflags, int node, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	void **object;
 	struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
@@ -1614,14 +1618,14 @@ static __always_inline void *slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s,
 
 void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
 {
-	return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node)
 {
-	return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_node);
 #endif
@@ -1635,7 +1639,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_node);
  * handling required then we can return immediately.
  */
 static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
-				void *x, void *addr, unsigned int offset)
+			void *x, unsigned long addr, unsigned int offset)
 {
 	void *prior;
 	void **object = (void *)x;
@@ -1705,7 +1709,7 @@ debug:
  * with all sorts of special processing.
  */
 static __always_inline void slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s,
-			struct page *page, void *x, void *addr)
+			struct page *page, void *x, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	void **object = (void *)x;
 	struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
@@ -1732,11 +1736,11 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *x)
 
 	page = virt_to_head_page(x);
 
-	slab_free(s, page, x, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	slab_free(s, page, x, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
 
-/* Figure out on which slab object the object resides */
+/* Figure out on which slab page the object resides */
 static struct page *get_object_page(const void *x)
 {
 	struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(x);
@@ -1808,8 +1812,8 @@ static inline int slab_order(int size, int min_objects,
 	int rem;
 	int min_order = slub_min_order;
 
-	if ((PAGE_SIZE << min_order) / size > 65535)
-		return get_order(size * 65535) - 1;
+	if ((PAGE_SIZE << min_order) / size > MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE)
+		return get_order(size * MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE) - 1;
 
 	for (order = max(min_order,
 				fls(min_objects * size - 1) - PAGE_SHIFT);
@@ -2074,8 +2078,7 @@ static inline int alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags)
  * when allocating for the kmalloc_node_cache. This is used for bootstrapping
  * memory on a fresh node that has no slab structures yet.
  */
-static struct kmem_cache_node *early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflags,
-							   int node)
+static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflags, int node)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n;
@@ -2113,7 +2116,6 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node *early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflags,
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	add_partial(n, page, 0);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
-	return n;
 }
 
 static void free_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
@@ -2145,8 +2147,7 @@ static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
 			n = &s->local_node;
 		else {
 			if (slab_state == DOWN) {
-				n = early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfpflags,
-								node);
+				early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfpflags, node);
 				continue;
 			}
 			n = kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmalloc_caches,
@@ -2660,7 +2661,7 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s)))
 		return s;
 
-	return slab_alloc(s, flags, -1, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	return slab_alloc(s, flags, -1, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc);
 
@@ -2688,7 +2689,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s)))
 		return s;
 
-	return slab_alloc(s, flags, node, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	return slab_alloc(s, flags, node, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_node);
 #endif
@@ -2745,7 +2746,7 @@ void kfree(const void *x)
 		put_page(page);
 		return;
 	}
-	slab_free(page->slab, page, object, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	slab_free(page->slab, page, object, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
 
@@ -3212,7 +3213,7 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata slab_notifier = {
 
 #endif
 
-void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, void *caller)
+void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long caller)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
@@ -3228,7 +3229,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, void *caller)
 }
 
 void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags,
-					int node, void *caller)
+					int node, unsigned long caller)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
@@ -3439,7 +3440,7 @@ static void resiliency_test(void) {};
 
 struct location {
 	unsigned long count;
-	void *addr;
+	unsigned long addr;
 	long long sum_time;
 	long min_time;
 	long max_time;
@@ -3487,7 +3488,7 @@ static int add_location(struct loc_track *t, struct kmem_cache *s,
 {
 	long start, end, pos;
 	struct location *l;
-	void *caddr;
+	unsigned long caddr;
 	unsigned long age = jiffies - track->when;
 
 	start = -1;
@@ -4355,7 +4356,7 @@ static void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 /*
  * Need to buffer aliases during bootup until sysfs becomes
- * available lest we loose that information.
+ * available lest we lose that information.
  */
 struct saved_alias {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;