diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
index 677b1ed184c9..4f74d94c8d97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ copy_from_user_nmi(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 	void *map;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (__range_not_ok(from, n, TASK_SIZE) == 0)
+	if (__range_not_ok(from, n, TASK_SIZE))
 		return len;
 
 	do {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 68032c6177db..49249c28690d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_on);
 void tracing_off(void)
 {
 	if (global_trace.buffer)
-		ring_buffer_record_on(global_trace.buffer);
+		ring_buffer_record_off(global_trace.buffer);
 	/*
 	 * This flag is only looked at when buffers haven't been
 	 * allocated yet. We don't really care about the race
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index e5e1d85b8c7c..4b1dfba70f7c 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -372,6 +372,13 @@ static int watchdog(void *unused)
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
+/*
+ * People like the simple clean cpu node info on boot.
+ * Reduce the watchdog noise by only printing messages
+ * that are different from what cpu0 displayed.
+ */
+static unsigned long cpu0_err;
+
 static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
 {
 	struct perf_event_attr *wd_attr;
@@ -390,11 +397,21 @@ static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
 
 	/* Try to register using hardware perf events */
 	event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(wd_attr, cpu, NULL, watchdog_overflow_callback, NULL);
+
+	/* save cpu0 error for future comparision */
+	if (cpu == 0 && IS_ERR(event))
+		cpu0_err = PTR_ERR(event);
+
 	if (!IS_ERR(event)) {
-		pr_info("enabled, takes one hw-pmu counter.\n");
+		/* only print for cpu0 or different than cpu0 */
+		if (cpu == 0 || cpu0_err)
+			pr_info("enabled on all CPUs, permanently consumes one hw-PMU counter.\n");
 		goto out_save;
 	}
 
+	/* skip displaying the same error again */
+	if (cpu > 0 && (PTR_ERR(event) == cpu0_err))
+		return PTR_ERR(event);
 
 	/* vary the KERN level based on the returned errno */
 	if (PTR_ERR(event) == -EOPNOTSUPP)