diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 719ee5c1c8d94d..5b257a57bc57ae 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static SYSDEV_ATTR(crash_notes, 0400, show_crash_notes, NULL);
 /*
  * Print cpu online, possible, present, and system maps
  */
-static ssize_t print_cpus_map(char *buf, cpumask_t *map)
+static ssize_t print_cpus_map(char *buf, const struct cpumask *map)
 {
 	int n = cpulist_scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE-2, map);
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c
index 89218f7cfaa72e..6576170de9628a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ xpc_hb_checker(void *ignore)
 
 	/* this thread was marked active by xpc_hb_init() */
 
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpumask_of_cpu(XPC_HB_CHECK_CPU));
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(XPC_HB_CHECK_CPU));
 
 	/* set our heartbeating to other partitions into motion */
 	xpc_hb_check_timeout = jiffies + (xpc_hb_check_interval * HZ);
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
index 9da5a4b8113375..c3ea5fa7d05a6d 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 static LIST_HEAD(dying_tasks);
 static LIST_HEAD(dead_tasks);
-static cpumask_t marked_cpus = CPU_MASK_NONE;
+static cpumask_var_t marked_cpus;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(task_mortuary);
 static void process_task_mortuary(void);
 
@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ static void mark_done(int cpu)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	cpu_set(cpu, marked_cpus);
+	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, marked_cpus);
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
-		if (!cpu_isset(i, marked_cpus))
+		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(i, marked_cpus))
 			return;
 	}
 
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static void mark_done(int cpu)
 	 */
 	process_task_mortuary();
 
-	cpus_clear(marked_cpus);
+	cpumask_clear(marked_cpus);
 }
 
 
@@ -565,6 +565,20 @@ void sync_buffer(int cpu)
 	mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex);
 }
 
+int __init buffer_sync_init(void)
+{
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&marked_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cpumask_clear(marked_cpus);
+		return 0;
+}
+
+void __exit buffer_sync_cleanup(void)
+{
+	free_cpumask_var(marked_cpus);
+}
+
 /* The function can be used to add a buffer worth of data directly to
  * the kernel buffer. The buffer is assumed to be a circular buffer.
  * Take the entries from index start and end at index end, wrapping
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.h b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.h
index 3110732c1835ac..0ebf5db6267969 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.h
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.h
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ void sync_stop(void);
 /* sync the given CPU's buffer */
 void sync_buffer(int cpu);
 
+/* initialize/destroy the buffer system. */
+int buffer_sync_init(void);
+void buffer_sync_cleanup(void);
+
 #endif /* OPROFILE_BUFFER_SYNC_H */
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
index 3cffce90f82a96..ced39f602292b2 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ static int __init oprofile_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	err = buffer_sync_init();
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	err = oprofile_arch_init(&oprofile_ops);
 
 	if (err < 0 || timer) {
@@ -191,8 +195,10 @@ static int __init oprofile_init(void)
 	}
 
 	err = oprofilefs_register();
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
 		oprofile_arch_exit();
+		buffer_sync_cleanup();
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -202,6 +208,7 @@ static void __exit oprofile_exit(void)
 {
 	oprofilefs_unregister();
 	oprofile_arch_exit();
+	buffer_sync_cleanup();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/xen/manage.c b/drivers/xen/manage.c
index 9b91617b9582d3..e7e83b65c18f40 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/manage.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/manage.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void do_suspend(void)
 	/* XXX use normal device tree? */
 	xenbus_suspend();
 
-	err = stop_machine(xen_suspend, &cancelled, &cpumask_of_cpu(0));
+	err = stop_machine(xen_suspend, &cancelled, cpumask_of(0));
 	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "failed to start xen_suspend: %d\n", err);
 		goto out;