diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 3bf72cd2c8fcbf0f8feebe915d4dc2aca3f44f28..dbd9d3c991e86ca61e16fff87047bd6956b21420 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ config SCHED_SMT
 config PPC_DENORMALISATION
 	bool "PowerPC denormalisation exception handling"
 	depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
-	default "n"
+	default "y" if PPC_POWERNV
 	---help---
 	  Add support for handling denormalisation of single precision
 	  values.  Useful for bare metal only.  If unsure say Y here.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 47a35b08b9635ce375e266a6c12fd3b02869302b..e378cccfca55bb20db094f12a2009ad3ba7bf1a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long	tm_orig_msr;	/* Thread's MSR on ctx switch */
 	struct pt_regs	ckpt_regs;	/* Checkpointed registers */
 
+	unsigned long	tm_tar;
+	unsigned long	tm_ppr;
+	unsigned long	tm_dscr;
+
 	/*
 	 * Transactional FP and VSX 0-31 register set.
 	 * NOTE: the sense of these is the opposite of the integer ckpt_regs!
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index a6840e4e24f7abe68d918d6dc576bcab18d0183d..99222e27f1739c543faa916d3d766be5f99e5fbd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -254,19 +254,28 @@
 #define SPRN_HRMOR	0x139	/* Real mode offset register */
 #define SPRN_HSRR0	0x13A	/* Hypervisor Save/Restore 0 */
 #define SPRN_HSRR1	0x13B	/* Hypervisor Save/Restore 1 */
+/* HFSCR and FSCR bit numbers are the same */
+#define FSCR_TAR_LG	8	/* Enable Target Address Register */
+#define FSCR_EBB_LG	7	/* Enable Event Based Branching */
+#define FSCR_TM_LG	5	/* Enable Transactional Memory */
+#define FSCR_PM_LG	4	/* Enable prob/priv access to PMU SPRs */
+#define FSCR_BHRB_LG	3	/* Enable Branch History Rolling Buffer*/
+#define FSCR_DSCR_LG	2	/* Enable Data Stream Control Register */
+#define FSCR_VECVSX_LG	1	/* Enable VMX/VSX  */
+#define FSCR_FP_LG	0	/* Enable Floating Point */
 #define SPRN_FSCR	0x099	/* Facility Status & Control Register */
-#define   FSCR_TAR	(1 << (63-55)) /* Enable Target Address Register */
-#define   FSCR_EBB	(1 << (63-56)) /* Enable Event Based Branching */
-#define   FSCR_DSCR	(1 << (63-61)) /* Enable Data Stream Control Register */
+#define   FSCR_TAR	__MASK(FSCR_TAR_LG)
+#define   FSCR_EBB	__MASK(FSCR_EBB_LG)
+#define   FSCR_DSCR	__MASK(FSCR_DSCR_LG)
 #define SPRN_HFSCR	0xbe	/* HV=1 Facility Status & Control Register */
-#define   HFSCR_TAR	(1 << (63-55)) /* Enable Target Address Register */
-#define   HFSCR_EBB	(1 << (63-56)) /* Enable Event Based Branching */
-#define   HFSCR_TM	(1 << (63-58)) /* Enable Transactional Memory */
-#define   HFSCR_PM	(1 << (63-60)) /* Enable prob/priv access to PMU SPRs */
-#define   HFSCR_BHRB	(1 << (63-59)) /* Enable Branch History Rolling Buffer*/
-#define   HFSCR_DSCR	(1 << (63-61)) /* Enable Data Stream Control Register */
-#define   HFSCR_VECVSX	(1 << (63-62)) /* Enable VMX/VSX  */
-#define   HFSCR_FP	(1 << (63-63)) /* Enable Floating Point */
+#define   HFSCR_TAR	__MASK(FSCR_TAR_LG)
+#define   HFSCR_EBB	__MASK(FSCR_EBB_LG)
+#define   HFSCR_TM	__MASK(FSCR_TM_LG)
+#define   HFSCR_PM	__MASK(FSCR_PM_LG)
+#define   HFSCR_BHRB	__MASK(FSCR_BHRB_LG)
+#define   HFSCR_DSCR	__MASK(FSCR_DSCR_LG)
+#define   HFSCR_VECVSX	__MASK(FSCR_VECVSX_LG)
+#define   HFSCR_FP	__MASK(FSCR_FP_LG)
 #define SPRN_TAR	0x32f	/* Target Address Register */
 #define SPRN_LPCR	0x13E	/* LPAR Control Register */
 #define   LPCR_VPM0	(1ul << (63-0))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 49a13e0ef2344fb83c6dd89ed4ab8fd179d34c01..294c2cedcf7a622b478b748a1c5c3ddb8f537674 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ extern struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *,
 struct thread_struct;
 extern struct task_struct *_switch(struct thread_struct *prev,
 				   struct thread_struct *next);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
+static inline void save_tar(struct thread_struct *prev)
+{
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
+		prev->tar = mfspr(SPRN_TAR);
+}
+#else
+static inline void save_tar(struct thread_struct *prev) {}
+#endif
 
 extern void giveup_fpu(struct task_struct *);
 extern void load_up_fpu(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index c7e8afc2ead0cde5d75b68244990092a0dea5bc3..8207459efe5619e4b9e2d824221104d111507e67 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_TFHAR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_tfhar));
 	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_TEXASR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_texasr));
 	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_TFIAR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_tfiar));
+	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_TAR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_tar));
+	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_PPR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_ppr));
+	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_DSCR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_dscr));
 	DEFINE(PT_CKPT_REGS, offsetof(struct thread_struct, ckpt_regs));
 	DEFINE(THREAD_TRANSACT_VR0, offsetof(struct thread_struct,
 					 transact_vr[0]));
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index ea9414c8088d01289411eded7d67315c9a2e8661..55593ee2d5aacfee6ef9e86c5adfd4057c5cab10 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_eeh_operations = {
 
 static int __init eeh_init_proc(void)
 {
-	if (machine_is(pseries))
+	if (machine_is(pseries) || machine_is(powernv))
 		proc_create("powerpc/eeh", 0, NULL, &proc_eeh_operations);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index ab15b8d057ad361f609b06277eb0a993574098cd..2bd0b885b0fe901328d9ae44f7703cca0a159676 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -449,15 +449,6 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_DSCR)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
-	/*
-	 * Back up the TAR across context switches.  Note that the TAR is not
-	 * available for use in the kernel.  (To provide this, the TAR should
-	 * be backed up/restored on exception entry/exit instead, and be in
-	 * pt_regs.  FIXME, this should be in pt_regs anyway (for debug).)
-	 */
-	mfspr	r0,SPRN_TAR
-	std	r0,THREAD_TAR(r3)
-
 	/* Event based branch registers */
 	mfspr	r0, SPRN_BESCR
 	std	r0, THREAD_BESCR(r3)
@@ -584,9 +575,34 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	ld	r7,DSCR_DEFAULT@toc(2)
 	ld	r0,THREAD_DSCR(r4)
 	cmpwi	r6,0
+	li	r8, FSCR_DSCR
 	bne	1f
 	ld	r0,0(r7)
-1:	cmpd	r0,r25
+	b	3f
+1:
+  BEGIN_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(70)
+	mfspr	r6, SPRN_FSCR
+	or	r6, r6, r8
+	mtspr	SPRN_FSCR, r6
+    BEGIN_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(69)
+	mfspr	r6, SPRN_HFSCR
+	or	r6, r6, r8
+	mtspr	SPRN_HFSCR, r6
+    END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(CPU_FTR_HVMODE, CPU_FTR_HVMODE, 69)
+	b	4f
+  END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S, CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S, 70)
+3:
+  BEGIN_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(70)
+	mfspr	r6, SPRN_FSCR
+	andc	r6, r6, r8
+	mtspr	SPRN_FSCR, r6
+    BEGIN_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(69)
+	mfspr	r6, SPRN_HFSCR
+	andc	r6, r6, r8
+	mtspr	SPRN_HFSCR, r6
+    END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(CPU_FTR_HVMODE, CPU_FTR_HVMODE, 69)
+  END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S, CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S, 70)
+4:	cmpd	r0,r25
 	beq	2f
 	mtspr	SPRN_DSCR,r0
 2:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index 4e00d223b2e30924dba5e82370d5bae09e7b56dc..902ca3c6b4b6496d8e606623187c9f1da1500f2a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ hv_facility_unavailable_relon_trampoline:
 	. = 0x4f80
 	SET_SCRATCH0(r13)
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0(PACA_EXGEN)
-	b	facility_unavailable_relon_hv
+	b	hv_facility_unavailable_relon_hv
 
 	STD_RELON_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0x5300, 0x1300, instruction_breakpoint)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_DENORMALISATION
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_VSX)
 	b	.ret_from_except
 
 	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xf60, facility_unavailable, .facility_unavailable_exception)
+	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xf80, hv_facility_unavailable, .facility_unavailable_exception)
 
 	.align	7
 	.globl	__end_handlers
@@ -1188,7 +1189,7 @@ __end_handlers:
 	STD_RELON_EXCEPTION_PSERIES_OOL(0xf20, altivec_unavailable)
 	STD_RELON_EXCEPTION_PSERIES_OOL(0xf40, vsx_unavailable)
 	STD_RELON_EXCEPTION_PSERIES_OOL(0xf60, facility_unavailable)
-	STD_RELON_EXCEPTION_HV_OOL(0xf80, facility_unavailable)
+	STD_RELON_EXCEPTION_HV_OOL(0xf80, hv_facility_unavailable)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_POWERNV)
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index c517dbe705fdd5fd5944ae693c04aaaf52510e85..8083be20fe5ec2c6608ab979f988cc0d31eb6862 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -600,6 +600,16 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 	struct ppc64_tlb_batch *batch;
 #endif
 
+	/* Back up the TAR across context switches.
+	 * Note that the TAR is not available for use in the kernel.  (To
+	 * provide this, the TAR should be backed up/restored on exception
+	 * entry/exit instead, and be in pt_regs.  FIXME, this should be in
+	 * pt_regs anyway (for debug).)
+	 * Save the TAR here before we do treclaim/trecheckpoint as these
+	 * will change the TAR.
+	 */
+	save_tar(&prev->thread);
+
 	__switch_to_tm(prev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
index 51be8fb2480313610b5971b6ef70a89f58f794a2..0554d1f6d70dae8eeb964806ccd869b9e2a5e89f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
@@ -233,6 +233,16 @@ dont_backup_fp:
 	std	r5, _CCR(r7)
 	std	r6, _XER(r7)
 
+
+	/* ******************** TAR, PPR, DSCR ********** */
+	mfspr	r3, SPRN_TAR
+	mfspr	r4, SPRN_PPR
+	mfspr	r5, SPRN_DSCR
+
+	std	r3, THREAD_TM_TAR(r12)
+	std	r4, THREAD_TM_PPR(r12)
+	std	r5, THREAD_TM_DSCR(r12)
+
 	/* MSR and flags:  We don't change CRs, and we don't need to alter
 	 * MSR.
 	 */
@@ -347,6 +357,16 @@ dont_restore_fp:
 	mtmsr	r6				/* FP/Vec off again! */
 
 restore_gprs:
+
+	/* ******************** TAR, PPR, DSCR ********** */
+	ld	r4, THREAD_TM_TAR(r3)
+	ld	r5, THREAD_TM_PPR(r3)
+	ld	r6, THREAD_TM_DSCR(r3)
+
+	mtspr	SPRN_TAR,	r4
+	mtspr	SPRN_PPR,	r5
+	mtspr	SPRN_DSCR,	r6
+
 	/* ******************** CR,LR,CCR,MSR ********** */
 	ld	r3, _CTR(r7)
 	ld	r4, _LINK(r7)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index bf33c22e38a40848221762497ca1a7b704a27f9f..e435bc089ea3ccccb98d0acbc490071e9d75bb18 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 #include <asm/rtas.h>
 #include <asm/pmc.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 #include <asm/reg.h>
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT
 #include <asm/backlight.h>
 #endif
@@ -1296,43 +1294,54 @@ void vsx_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	die("Unrecoverable VSX Unavailable Exception", regs, SIGABRT);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 void facility_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	static char *facility_strings[] = {
-		"FPU",
-		"VMX/VSX",
-		"DSCR",
-		"PMU SPRs",
-		"BHRB",
-		"TM",
-		"AT",
-		"EBB",
-		"TAR",
+		[FSCR_FP_LG] = "FPU",
+		[FSCR_VECVSX_LG] = "VMX/VSX",
+		[FSCR_DSCR_LG] = "DSCR",
+		[FSCR_PM_LG] = "PMU SPRs",
+		[FSCR_BHRB_LG] = "BHRB",
+		[FSCR_TM_LG] = "TM",
+		[FSCR_EBB_LG] = "EBB",
+		[FSCR_TAR_LG] = "TAR",
 	};
-	char *facility, *prefix;
+	char *facility = "unknown";
 	u64 value;
+	u8 status;
+	bool hv;
 
-	if (regs->trap == 0xf60) {
-		value = mfspr(SPRN_FSCR);
-		prefix = "";
-	} else {
+	hv = (regs->trap == 0xf80);
+	if (hv)
 		value = mfspr(SPRN_HFSCR);
-		prefix = "Hypervisor ";
+	else
+		value = mfspr(SPRN_FSCR);
+
+	status = value >> 56;
+	if (status == FSCR_DSCR_LG) {
+		/* User is acessing the DSCR.  Set the inherit bit and allow
+		 * the user to set it directly in future by setting via the
+		 * H/FSCR DSCR bit.
+		 */
+		current->thread.dscr_inherit = 1;
+		if (hv)
+			mtspr(SPRN_HFSCR, value | HFSCR_DSCR);
+		else
+			mtspr(SPRN_FSCR,  value | FSCR_DSCR);
+		return;
 	}
 
-	value = value >> 56;
+	if ((status < ARRAY_SIZE(facility_strings)) &&
+	    facility_strings[status])
+		facility = facility_strings[status];
 
 	/* We restore the interrupt state now */
 	if (!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs))
 		local_irq_enable();
 
-	if (value < ARRAY_SIZE(facility_strings))
-		facility = facility_strings[value];
-	else
-		facility = "unknown";
-
 	pr_err("%sFacility '%s' unavailable, exception at 0x%lx, MSR=%lx\n",
-		prefix, facility, regs->nip, regs->msr);
+	       hv ? "Hypervisor " : "", facility, regs->nip, regs->msr);
 
 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
 		_exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_ILLOPC, regs->nip);
@@ -1341,6 +1350,7 @@ void facility_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	die("Unexpected facility unavailable exception", regs, SIGABRT);
 }
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 2efa9dde741a1aad3ed206481e9c272a94eb7cdf..7629cd3eb91ad69e9460204a7f7c2e8d081a1084 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ static int kvmppc_hv_setup_htab_rma(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		rma_size <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
 		rmls = lpcr_rmls(rma_size);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		if (rmls < 0) {
+		if ((long)rmls < 0) {
 			pr_err("KVM: Can't use RMA of 0x%lx bytes\n", rma_size);
 			goto out_srcu;
 		}
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ int kvmppc_core_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	/* Allocate the guest's logical partition ID */
 
 	lpid = kvmppc_alloc_lpid();
-	if (lpid < 0)
+	if ((long)lpid < 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	kvm->arch.lpid = lpid;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index 19498a567a81f25c67c7f1b3f010182fcb680e2b..c6e13d9a9e15b0be5f2b75a1151c7eea4b93b8e5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -1047,11 +1047,12 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 	if (err)
 		goto free_shadow_vcpu;
 
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	p = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
-	/* the real shared page fills the last 4k of our page */
-	vcpu->arch.shared = (void*)(p + PAGE_SIZE - 4096);
 	if (!p)
 		goto uninit_vcpu;
+	/* the real shared page fills the last 4k of our page */
+	vcpu->arch.shared = (void *)(p + PAGE_SIZE - 4096);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	/* default to book3s_64 (970fx) */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
index 9f8671a44551481b25a8c5b1404dd152c9f6df02..6a5f2b1f32ca167d3ec6b39b0dfd69067d6b37d2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
@@ -569,35 +569,6 @@ int nvram_decompress(void *in, void *out, size_t inlen, size_t outlen)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int unzip_oops(char *oops_buf, char *big_buf)
-{
-	struct oops_log_info *oops_hdr = (struct oops_log_info *)oops_buf;
-	u64 timestamp = oops_hdr->timestamp;
-	char *big_oops_data = NULL;
-	char *oops_data_buf = NULL;
-	size_t big_oops_data_sz;
-	int unzipped_len;
-
-	big_oops_data = big_buf + sizeof(struct oops_log_info);
-	big_oops_data_sz = big_oops_buf_sz - sizeof(struct oops_log_info);
-	oops_data_buf = oops_buf + sizeof(struct oops_log_info);
-
-	unzipped_len = nvram_decompress(oops_data_buf, big_oops_data,
-					oops_hdr->report_length,
-					big_oops_data_sz);
-
-	if (unzipped_len < 0) {
-		pr_err("nvram: decompression failed; returned %d\n",
-								unzipped_len);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	oops_hdr = (struct oops_log_info *)big_buf;
-	oops_hdr->version = OOPS_HDR_VERSION;
-	oops_hdr->report_length = (u16) unzipped_len;
-	oops_hdr->timestamp = timestamp;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int nvram_pstore_open(struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
 	/* Reset the iterator to start reading partitions again */
@@ -685,10 +656,9 @@ static ssize_t nvram_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
 	unsigned int err_type, id_no, size = 0;
 	struct nvram_os_partition *part = NULL;
 	char *buff = NULL, *big_buff = NULL;
-	int rc, sig = 0;
+	int sig = 0;
 	loff_t p;
 
-read_partition:
 	read_type++;
 
 	switch (nvram_type_ids[read_type]) {
@@ -749,30 +719,46 @@ static ssize_t nvram_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
 		*id = id_no;
 
 	if (nvram_type_ids[read_type] == PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG) {
+		int length, unzipped_len;
+		size_t hdr_size;
+
 		oops_hdr = (struct oops_log_info *)buff;
-		*buf = buff + sizeof(*oops_hdr);
+		if (oops_hdr->version < OOPS_HDR_VERSION) {
+			/* Old format oops header had 2-byte record size */
+			hdr_size = sizeof(u16);
+			length = oops_hdr->version;
+			time->tv_sec = 0;
+			time->tv_nsec = 0;
+		} else {
+			hdr_size = sizeof(*oops_hdr);
+			length = oops_hdr->report_length;
+			time->tv_sec = oops_hdr->timestamp;
+			time->tv_nsec = 0;
+		}
+		*buf = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (*buf == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		memcpy(*buf, buff + hdr_size, length);
+		kfree(buff);
 
 		if (err_type == ERR_TYPE_KERNEL_PANIC_GZ) {
 			big_buff = kmalloc(big_oops_buf_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!big_buff)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
-			rc = unzip_oops(buff, big_buff);
+			unzipped_len = nvram_decompress(*buf, big_buff,
+						length, big_oops_buf_sz);
 
-			if (rc != 0) {
-				kfree(buff);
+			if (unzipped_len < 0) {
+				pr_err("nvram: decompression failed, returned "
+					"rc %d\n", unzipped_len);
 				kfree(big_buff);
-				goto read_partition;
+			} else {
+				*buf = big_buff;
+				length = unzipped_len;
 			}
-
-			oops_hdr = (struct oops_log_info *)big_buff;
-			*buf = big_buff + sizeof(*oops_hdr);
-			kfree(buff);
 		}
-
-		time->tv_sec = oops_hdr->timestamp;
-		time->tv_nsec = 0;
-		return oops_hdr->report_length;
+		return length;
 	}
 
 	*buf = buff;
@@ -816,6 +802,7 @@ static int nvram_pstore_init(void)
 static void __init nvram_init_oops_partition(int rtas_partition_exists)
 {
 	int rc;
+	size_t size;
 
 	rc = pseries_nvram_init_os_partition(&oops_log_partition);
 	if (rc != 0) {
@@ -844,8 +831,9 @@ static void __init nvram_init_oops_partition(int rtas_partition_exists)
 	big_oops_buf_sz = (oops_data_sz * 100) / 45;
 	big_oops_buf = kmalloc(big_oops_buf_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (big_oops_buf) {
-		stream.workspace = kmalloc(zlib_deflate_workspacesize(
-				WINDOW_BITS, MEM_LEVEL), GFP_KERNEL);
+		size = max(zlib_deflate_workspacesize(WINDOW_BITS, MEM_LEVEL),
+			zlib_inflate_workspacesize());
+		stream.workspace = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!stream.workspace) {
 			pr_err("nvram: No memory for compression workspace; "
 				"skipping compression of %s partition data\n",