diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
index 097dfe4b620d..35f8e00850d6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@ static int hisi_sas_debug_I_T_nexus_reset(struct domain_device *device)
 	if (dev_is_sata(device)) {
 		struct ata_link *link = &device->sata_dev.ap->link;
 
-		rc = ata_wait_after_reset(link, HISI_SAS_WAIT_PHYUP_TIMEOUT,
+		rc = ata_wait_after_reset(link, jiffies + HISI_SAS_WAIT_PHYUP_TIMEOUT,
 					  smp_ata_check_ready_type);
 	} else {
 		msleep(2000);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c
index 7d2a33514538..34f96cc35342 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_v3_hw.c
@@ -2244,7 +2244,15 @@ slot_err_v3_hw(struct hisi_hba *hisi_hba, struct sas_task *task,
 	case SAS_PROTOCOL_SATA | SAS_PROTOCOL_STP:
 		if ((dw0 & CMPLT_HDR_RSPNS_XFRD_MSK) &&
 		    (sipc_rx_err_type & RX_FIS_STATUS_ERR_MSK)) {
-			ts->stat = SAS_PROTO_RESPONSE;
+			if (task->ata_task.use_ncq) {
+				struct domain_device *device = task->dev;
+				struct hisi_sas_device *sas_dev = device->lldd_dev;
+
+				sas_dev->dev_status = HISI_SAS_DEV_NCQ_ERR;
+				slot->abort = 1;
+			} else {
+				ts->stat = SAS_PROTO_RESPONSE;
+			}
 		} else if (dma_rx_err_type & RX_DATA_LEN_UNDERFLOW_MSK) {
 			ts->residual = trans_tx_fail_type;
 			ts->stat = SAS_DATA_UNDERRUN;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c
index 26e6b3e3af43..dcde55c8ee5d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ qla_edif_app_getstats(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, struct bsg_job *bsg_job)
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(fcport, tf, &vha->vp_fcports, list) {
 			if (fcport->edif.enable) {
-				if (pcnt > app_req.num_ports)
+				if (pcnt >= app_req.num_ports)
 					break;
 
 				app_reply->elem[pcnt].rekey_count =
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 386981c6976a..baf870a03ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ sg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	int dev = iminor(inode);
 	int flags = filp->f_flags;
 	struct request_queue *q;
+	struct scsi_device *device;
 	Sg_device *sdp;
 	Sg_fd *sfp;
 	int retval;
@@ -301,11 +302,12 @@ sg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	/* This driver's module count bumped by fops_get in <linux/fs.h> */
 	/* Prevent the device driver from vanishing while we sleep */
-	retval = scsi_device_get(sdp->device);
+	device = sdp->device;
+	retval = scsi_device_get(device);
 	if (retval)
 		goto sg_put;
 
-	retval = scsi_autopm_get_device(sdp->device);
+	retval = scsi_autopm_get_device(device);
 	if (retval)
 		goto sdp_put;
 
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ sg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	 * check if O_NONBLOCK. Permits SCSI commands to be issued
 	 * during error recovery. Tread carefully. */
 	if (!((flags & O_NONBLOCK) ||
-	      scsi_block_when_processing_errors(sdp->device))) {
+	      scsi_block_when_processing_errors(device))) {
 		retval = -ENXIO;
 		/* we are in error recovery for this device */
 		goto error_out;
@@ -344,7 +346,7 @@ sg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	if (sdp->open_cnt < 1) {  /* no existing opens */
 		sdp->sgdebug = 0;
-		q = sdp->device->request_queue;
+		q = device->request_queue;
 		sdp->sg_tablesize = queue_max_segments(q);
 	}
 	sfp = sg_add_sfp(sdp);
@@ -370,10 +372,11 @@ sg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 error_mutex_locked:
 	mutex_unlock(&sdp->open_rel_lock);
 error_out:
-	scsi_autopm_put_device(sdp->device);
+	scsi_autopm_put_device(device);
 sdp_put:
-	scsi_device_put(sdp->device);
-	goto sg_put;
+	kref_put(&sdp->d_ref, sg_device_destroy);
+	scsi_device_put(device);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /* Release resources associated with a successful sg_open()
@@ -2233,7 +2236,6 @@ sg_remove_sfp_usercontext(struct work_struct *work)
 			"sg_remove_sfp: sfp=0x%p\n", sfp));
 	kfree(sfp);
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(kref_read(&sdp->d_ref) != 1);
 	kref_put(&sdp->d_ref, sg_device_destroy);
 	scsi_device_put(device);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
index c1fbcdd16182..c40217f44b1b 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
@@ -3672,6 +3672,8 @@ static int __init target_core_init_configfs(void)
 {
 	struct configfs_subsystem *subsys = &target_core_fabrics;
 	struct t10_alua_lu_gp *lu_gp;
+	struct cred *kern_cred;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	int ret;
 
 	pr_debug("TARGET_CORE[0]: Loading Generic Kernel Storage"
@@ -3748,11 +3750,21 @@ static int __init target_core_init_configfs(void)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* We use the kernel credentials to access the target directory */
+	kern_cred = prepare_kernel_cred(&init_task);
+	if (!kern_cred) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	old_cred = override_creds(kern_cred);
 	target_init_dbroot();
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	put_cred(kern_cred);
 
 	return 0;
 
 out:
+	target_xcopy_release_pt();
 	configfs_unregister_subsystem(subsys);
 	core_dev_release_virtual_lun0();
 	rd_module_exit();