diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
index eaa1b8d2d39d..46cbe4471e78 100644
--- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
+++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ const struct cpumask *cpu_clustergroup_mask(int cpu)
 	 */
 	if (cpumask_subset(cpu_coregroup_mask(cpu),
 			   &cpu_topology[cpu].cluster_sibling))
-		return get_cpu_mask(cpu);
+		return topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu);
 
 	return &cpu_topology[cpu].cluster_sibling;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 15a75afe6b84..676b6275d5b5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, const char **override,
 	if (len >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Compute the real length of the string in case userspace sends us a
+	 * bunch of \0 characters like python likes to do.
+	 */
+	len = strlen(s);
+
 	if (!len) {
 		/* Empty string passed - clear override */
 		device_lock(dev);
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 3dcf0b8b4e93..232cfdf095ae 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -744,6 +744,28 @@ void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_remove);
 
+/**
+ * debugfs_lookup_and_remove - lookup a directory or file and recursively remove it
+ * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the item to look up.
+ * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry of the item.
+ *
+ * This is the equlivant of doing something like
+ * debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(..)) but with the proper reference counting
+ * handled for the directory being looked up.
+ */
+void debugfs_lookup_and_remove(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	dentry = debugfs_lookup(name, parent);
+	if (!dentry)
+		return;
+
+	debugfs_remove(dentry);
+	dput(dentry);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_lookup_and_remove);
+
 /**
  * debugfs_rename - rename a file/directory in the debugfs filesystem
  * @old_dir: a pointer to the parent dentry for the renamed object. This
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index c869f1e73d75..f60674692d36 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry);
 #define debugfs_remove_recursive debugfs_remove
 
+void debugfs_lookup_and_remove(const char *name, struct dentry *parent);
+
 const struct file_operations *debugfs_real_fops(const struct file *filp);
 
 int debugfs_file_get(struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -225,6 +227,10 @@ static inline void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 static inline void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry)
 { }
 
+static inline void debugfs_lookup_and_remove(const char *name,
+					     struct dentry *parent)
+{ }
+
 const struct file_operations *debugfs_real_fops(const struct file *filp);
 
 static inline int debugfs_file_get(struct dentry *dentry)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index bb3d63bdf4ae..667876da8382 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ void update_sched_domain_debugfs(void)
 		char buf[32];
 
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "cpu%d", cpu);
-		debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(buf, sd_dentry));
+		debugfs_lookup_and_remove(buf, sd_dentry);
 		d_cpu = debugfs_create_dir(buf, sd_dentry);
 
 		i = 0;