diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb100_dvk.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb100_dvk.dts
index c0fd3623c39387d5f2fbdc1da3552f08ff13e4da..0fa0d4abe79557cf8338c92ddf2a58a3e9d9d61c 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb100_dvk.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb100_dvk.dts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ memory {
 
 	soc100 {
 		uart@FF100000 {
-			pinctrl-names = "abilis,simple-default";
+			pinctrl-names = "default";
 			pinctrl-0 = <&pctl_uart0>;
 		};
 		ethernet@FE100000 {
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb101_dvk.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb101_dvk.dts
index 6f8c381f62685102891817da925d6b6b8aed9827..a4d80ce283aec1e7df6ca447fadc2a31b72f8b2c 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb101_dvk.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb101_dvk.dts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ memory {
 
 	soc100 {
 		uart@FF100000 {
-			pinctrl-names = "abilis,simple-default";
+			pinctrl-names = "default";
 			pinctrl-0 = <&pctl_uart0>;
 		};
 		ethernet@FE100000 {
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb10x.dtsi b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb10x.dtsi
index a6139fc5aaa3e2f6faefbc7fdd5e369611697145..b97e3051ba4bfcd43db2bd66c00df1815a87090b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb10x.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/abilis_tb10x.dtsi
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ tb10x_ictl: pic@fe002000 {
 		};
 
 		uart@FF100000 {
-			compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart",
-					"abilis,simple-pinctrl";
+			compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart";
 			reg = <0xFF100000 0x100>;
 			clock-frequency = <166666666>;
 			interrupts = <25 1>;
@@ -184,8 +183,7 @@ spi1: spi@0xFE011000 {
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <0>;
 			cell-index = <1>;
-			compatible = "abilis,tb100-spi",
-					"abilis,simple-pinctrl";
+			compatible = "abilis,tb100-spi";
 			num-cs = <2>;
 			reg = <0xFE011000 0x20>;
 			interrupt-parent = <&tb10x_ictl>;
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 9f841af41092f059a604c0631984bb3c6ef067d7..ef62682e8d9567670fc435be9bc5ddfddb5fa06b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -93,14 +93,16 @@ static inline int cache_is_vipt_aliasing(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-#define CACHE_COLOR(addr)	(((unsigned long)(addr) >> (PAGE_SHIFT)) & 3)
+#define CACHE_COLOR(addr)	(((unsigned long)(addr) >> (PAGE_SHIFT)) & 1)
 
 /*
  * checks if two addresses (after page aligning) index into same cache set
  */
 #define addr_not_cache_congruent(addr1, addr2)				\
+({									\
 	cache_is_vipt_aliasing() ? 					\
-		(CACHE_COLOR(addr1) != CACHE_COLOR(addr2)) : 0		\
+		(CACHE_COLOR(addr1) != CACHE_COLOR(addr2)) : 0;		\
+})
 
 #define copy_to_user_page(vma, page, vaddr, dst, src, len)		\
 do {									\
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
index 374a35514116c17a71a610c2959e90d213e7ed97..ab84bf131fe135a2070c4a22bc5c177020787759 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
 #define clear_page(paddr)		memset((paddr), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
 #define copy_page(to, from)		memcpy((to), (from), PAGE_SIZE)
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARC_CACHE_VIPT_ALIASING
-
-#define clear_user_page(addr, vaddr, pg)	clear_page(addr)
-#define copy_user_page(vto, vfrom, vaddr, pg)	copy_page(vto, vfrom)
-
-#else	/* VIPT aliasing dcache */
-
 struct vm_area_struct;
 struct page;
 
@@ -35,8 +28,6 @@ void copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,
 			unsigned long u_vaddr, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void clear_user_page(void *to, unsigned long u_vaddr, struct page *page);
 
-#endif	/* CONFIG_ARC_CACHE_VIPT_ALIASING */
-
 #undef STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
 
 #ifdef STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 1cc4720faccbecf7862253720988f54e9b43751a..95b1522212a73fce42cd1a7a5c18546c61232346 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
 
 #define _PAGE_ACCESSED      (1<<1)	/* Page is accessed (S) */
 #define _PAGE_CACHEABLE     (1<<2)	/* Page is cached (H) */
-#define _PAGE_EXECUTE       (1<<3)	/* Page has user execute perm (H) */
-#define _PAGE_WRITE         (1<<4)	/* Page has user write perm (H) */
-#define _PAGE_READ          (1<<5)	/* Page has user read perm (H) */
+#define _PAGE_U_EXECUTE     (1<<3)	/* Page has user execute perm (H) */
+#define _PAGE_U_WRITE       (1<<4)	/* Page has user write perm (H) */
+#define _PAGE_U_READ        (1<<5)	/* Page has user read perm (H) */
 #define _PAGE_K_EXECUTE     (1<<6)	/* Page has kernel execute perm (H) */
 #define _PAGE_K_WRITE       (1<<7)	/* Page has kernel write perm (H) */
 #define _PAGE_K_READ        (1<<8)	/* Page has kernel perm (H) */
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
 
 /* PD1 */
 #define _PAGE_CACHEABLE     (1<<0)	/* Page is cached (H) */
-#define _PAGE_EXECUTE       (1<<1)	/* Page has user execute perm (H) */
-#define _PAGE_WRITE         (1<<2)	/* Page has user write perm (H) */
-#define _PAGE_READ          (1<<3)	/* Page has user read perm (H) */
+#define _PAGE_U_EXECUTE     (1<<1)	/* Page has user execute perm (H) */
+#define _PAGE_U_WRITE       (1<<2)	/* Page has user write perm (H) */
+#define _PAGE_U_READ        (1<<3)	/* Page has user read perm (H) */
 #define _PAGE_K_EXECUTE     (1<<4)	/* Page has kernel execute perm (H) */
 #define _PAGE_K_WRITE       (1<<5)	/* Page has kernel write perm (H) */
 #define _PAGE_K_READ        (1<<6)	/* Page has kernel perm (H) */
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Kernel allowed all permissions for all pages */
-#define _K_PAGE_PERMS  (_PAGE_K_EXECUTE | _PAGE_K_WRITE | _PAGE_K_READ)
+#define _K_PAGE_PERMS  (_PAGE_K_EXECUTE | _PAGE_K_WRITE | _PAGE_K_READ | \
+			_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_PRESENT)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_CACHE_PAGES
 #define _PAGE_DEF_CACHEABLE _PAGE_CACHEABLE
@@ -106,7 +107,11 @@
  * -by default cached, unless config otherwise
  * -present in memory
  */
-#define ___DEF (_PAGE_PRESENT | _K_PAGE_PERMS | _PAGE_DEF_CACHEABLE)
+#define ___DEF (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_DEF_CACHEABLE)
+
+#define _PAGE_READ	(_PAGE_U_READ    | _PAGE_K_READ)
+#define _PAGE_WRITE	(_PAGE_U_WRITE   | _PAGE_K_WRITE)
+#define _PAGE_EXECUTE	(_PAGE_U_EXECUTE | _PAGE_K_EXECUTE)
 
 /* Set of bits not changed in pte_modify */
 #define _PAGE_CHG_MASK	(PAGE_MASK | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_MODIFIED)
@@ -125,11 +130,10 @@
  * kernel vaddr space - visible in all addr spaces, but kernel mode only
  * Thus Global, all-kernel-access, no-user-access, cached
  */
-#define PAGE_KERNEL          __pgprot(___DEF | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL          __pgprot(_K_PAGE_PERMS | _PAGE_DEF_CACHEABLE)
 
 /* ioremap */
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_NO_CACHE __pgprot(_PAGE_PRESENT | _K_PAGE_PERMS | \
-						     _PAGE_GLOBAL)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_NO_CACHE __pgprot(_K_PAGE_PERMS)
 
 /**************************************************************************
  * Mapping of vm_flags (Generic VM) to PTE flags (arch specific)
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/tlb.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/tlb.h
index 85b6df839bd7b93b11465c066bdd063b32e68b77..cb0c708ca6654cd38d0d73f40e6f43135e34c01e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/tlb.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/tlb.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 /* Masks for actual TLB "PD"s */
 #define PTE_BITS_IN_PD0	(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_PRESENT)
 #define PTE_BITS_IN_PD1	(PAGE_MASK | _PAGE_CACHEABLE | \
-			 _PAGE_EXECUTE | _PAGE_WRITE | _PAGE_READ | \
+			 _PAGE_U_EXECUTE | _PAGE_U_WRITE | _PAGE_U_READ | \
 			 _PAGE_K_EXECUTE | _PAGE_K_WRITE | _PAGE_K_READ)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c b/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
index 2f12bca8aef30c4155b21e514e3ba9dd5ec63468..aedce1905441cffb1958f00af149b0a939740371 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/cache_arc700.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void __sync_icache_dcache(unsigned long paddr, unsigned long vaddr, int len)
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	__ic_line_inv_vaddr(paddr, vaddr, len);
-	__dc_line_op(paddr, vaddr, len, OP_FLUSH);
+	__dc_line_op(paddr, vaddr, len, OP_FLUSH_N_INV);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -676,6 +676,17 @@ void flush_cache_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 	flush_cache_all();
 }
 
+void flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
+		     unsigned long u_vaddr)
+{
+	/* TBD: do we really need to clear the kernel mapping */
+	__flush_dcache_page(page_address(page), u_vaddr);
+	__flush_dcache_page(page_address(page), page_address(page));
+
+}
+
+#endif
+
 void copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,
 	unsigned long u_vaddr, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
@@ -725,16 +736,6 @@ void clear_user_page(void *to, unsigned long u_vaddr, struct page *page)
 	set_bit(PG_arch_1, &page->flags);
 }
 
-void flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
-		     unsigned long u_vaddr)
-{
-	/* TBD: do we really need to clear the kernel mapping */
-	__flush_dcache_page(page_address(page), u_vaddr);
-	__flush_dcache_page(page_address(page), page_address(page));
-
-}
-
-#endif
 
 /**********************************************************************
  * Explicit Cache flush request from user space via syscall
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c b/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
index 066145b5f3488bcaa515769728d0389a00fc7ed7..fe1c5a073afe4cf996d28b6486c6b296fbd94344 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/tlb.c
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vaddr_unaligned,
 	 *	       so userspace sees the right data.
 	 *  (Avoids the flush for Non-exec + congruent mapping case)
 	 */
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC || addr_not_cache_congruent(paddr, vaddr)) {
+	if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) ||
+	     addr_not_cache_congruent(paddr, vaddr)) {
 		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pte_pfn(*ptep));
 
 		int dirty = test_and_clear_bit(PG_arch_1, &page->flags);
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/tlbex.S b/arch/arc/mm/tlbex.S
index 9df765dc7c3abb56755cac6591aa5765ca155587..3357d26ffe54267a8ba9d26e596019b187e23bdd 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/tlbex.S
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/tlbex.S
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ ARC_ENTRY EV_TLBMissI
 	;----------------------------------------------------------------
 	; VERIFY_PTE: Check if PTE permissions approp for executing code
 	cmp_s   r2, VMALLOC_START
-	mov.lo  r2, (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_READ | _PAGE_EXECUTE)
+	mov.lo  r2, (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_U_READ | _PAGE_U_EXECUTE)
 	mov.hs  r2, (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_K_READ | _PAGE_K_EXECUTE)
 
 	and     r3, r0, r2  ; Mask out NON Flag bits from PTE
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ ARC_ENTRY EV_TLBMissD
 	mov_s   r2, 0
 	lr      r3, [ecr]
 	btst_s  r3, ECR_C_BIT_DTLB_LD_MISS	; Read Access
-	or.nz   r2, r2, _PAGE_READ      	; chk for Read flag in PTE
+	or.nz   r2, r2, _PAGE_U_READ      	; chk for Read flag in PTE
 	btst_s  r3, ECR_C_BIT_DTLB_ST_MISS	; Write Access
-	or.nz   r2, r2, _PAGE_WRITE     	; chk for Write flag in PTE
+	or.nz   r2, r2, _PAGE_U_WRITE     	; chk for Write flag in PTE
 	; Above laddering takes care of XCHG access
 	;   which is both Read and Write
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/plat-tb10x/tb10x.c b/arch/arc/plat-tb10x/tb10x.c
index d3567691c7e1259174a9b6db4cf65593c2fb7536..06cb309294608a6753652049e7c4f3df6d8f8ada 100644
--- a/arch/arc/plat-tb10x/tb10x.c
+++ b/arch/arc/plat-tb10x/tb10x.c
@@ -34,31 +34,6 @@ static void __init tb10x_platform_init(void)
 	of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-static void __init tb10x_platform_late_init(void)
-{
-	struct device_node *dn;
-
-	/*
-	 * Pinctrl documentation recommends setting up the iomux here for
-	 * all modules which don't require control over the pins themselves.
-	 * Modules which need this kind of assistance are compatible with
-	 * "abilis,simple-pinctrl", i.e. we can easily iterate over them.
-	 * TODO: Does this recommended method work cleanly with pins required
-	 * by modules?
-	 */
-	for_each_compatible_node(dn, NULL, "abilis,simple-pinctrl") {
-		struct platform_device *pd = of_find_device_by_node(dn);
-		struct pinctrl *pctl;
-
-		pctl = pinctrl_get_select(&pd->dev, "abilis,simple-default");
-		if (IS_ERR(pctl)) {
-			int ret = PTR_ERR(pctl);
-			dev_err(&pd->dev, "Could not set up pinctrl: %d\n",
-				ret);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static const char *tb10x_compat[] __initdata = {
 	"abilis,arc-tb10x",
 	NULL,
@@ -67,5 +42,4 @@ static const char *tb10x_compat[] __initdata = {
 MACHINE_START(TB10x, "tb10x")
 	.dt_compat	= tb10x_compat,
 	.init_machine	= tb10x_platform_init,
-	.init_late	= tb10x_platform_late_init,
 MACHINE_END