diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index b8513dc3e53a..a1318ce18d0e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -230,13 +230,15 @@ void thread_change_pc(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct arch_hw_breakpoint *info;
 	int i;
 
+	preempt_disable();
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_wp_slots(); i++) {
 		struct perf_event *bp = __this_cpu_read(bp_per_reg[i]);
 
 		if (unlikely(bp && counter_arch_bp(bp)->perf_single_step))
 			goto reset;
 	}
-	return;
+	goto out;
 
 reset:
 	regs_set_return_msr(regs, regs->msr & ~MSR_SE);
@@ -245,6 +247,9 @@ void thread_change_pc(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		__set_breakpoint(i, info);
 		info->perf_single_step = false;
 	}
+
+out:
+	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 static bool is_larx_stcx_instr(int type)
@@ -363,6 +368,11 @@ static void handle_p10dd1_spurious_exception(struct perf_event **bp,
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Handle a DABR or DAWR exception.
+ *
+ * Called in atomic context.
+ */
 int hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
 {
 	bool err = false;
@@ -490,6 +500,8 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(hw_breakpoint_handler);
 
 /*
  * Handle single-step exceptions following a DABR hit.
+ *
+ * Called in atomic context.
  */
 static int single_step_dabr_instruction(struct die_args *args)
 {
@@ -541,6 +553,8 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(single_step_dabr_instruction);
 
 /*
  * Handle debug exception notifications.
+ *
+ * Called in atomic context.
  */
 int hw_breakpoint_exceptions_notify(
 		struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long val, void *data)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint_constraints.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint_constraints.c
index a74623025f3a..9e51801c4915 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint_constraints.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint_constraints.c
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ void wp_get_instr_detail(struct pt_regs *regs, ppc_inst_t *instr,
 			 int *type, int *size, unsigned long *ea)
 {
 	struct instruction_op op;
+	int err;
 
-	if (__get_user_instr(*instr, (void __user *)regs->nip))
+	pagefault_disable();
+	err = __get_user_instr(*instr, (void __user *)regs->nip);
+	pagefault_enable();
+
+	if (err)
 		return;
 
 	analyse_instr(&op, regs, *instr);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index eeff136b83d9..64ff37721fd0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1512,23 +1512,11 @@ static void do_program_check(struct pt_regs *regs)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_DEXCR_NPHIE) && user_mode(regs)) {
-			ppc_inst_t insn;
-
-			if (get_user_instr(insn, (void __user *)regs->nip)) {
-				_exception(SIGSEGV, regs, SEGV_MAPERR, regs->nip);
-				return;
-			}
-
-			if (ppc_inst_primary_opcode(insn) == 31 &&
-			    get_xop(ppc_inst_val(insn)) == OP_31_XOP_HASHCHK) {
-				_exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_ILLOPN, regs->nip);
-				return;
-			}
+		/* User mode considers other cases after enabling IRQs */
+		if (!user_mode(regs)) {
+			_exception(SIGTRAP, regs, TRAP_BRKPT, regs->nip);
+			return;
 		}
-
-		_exception(SIGTRAP, regs, TRAP_BRKPT, regs->nip);
-		return;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
 	if (reason & REASON_TM) {
@@ -1561,16 +1549,44 @@ static void do_program_check(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	/*
 	 * If we took the program check in the kernel skip down to sending a
-	 * SIGILL. The subsequent cases all relate to emulating instructions
-	 * which we should only do for userspace. We also do not want to enable
-	 * interrupts for kernel faults because that might lead to further
-	 * faults, and loose the context of the original exception.
+	 * SIGILL. The subsequent cases all relate to user space, such as
+	 * emulating instructions which we should only do for user space. We
+	 * also do not want to enable interrupts for kernel faults because that
+	 * might lead to further faults, and loose the context of the original
+	 * exception.
 	 */
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		goto sigill;
 
 	interrupt_cond_local_irq_enable(regs);
 
+	/*
+	 * (reason & REASON_TRAP) is mostly handled before enabling IRQs,
+	 * except get_user_instr() can sleep so we cannot reliably inspect the
+	 * current instruction in that context. Now that we know we are
+	 * handling a user space trap and can sleep, we can check if the trap
+	 * was a hashchk failure.
+	 */
+	if (reason & REASON_TRAP) {
+		if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_DEXCR_NPHIE)) {
+			ppc_inst_t insn;
+
+			if (get_user_instr(insn, (void __user *)regs->nip)) {
+				_exception(SIGSEGV, regs, SEGV_MAPERR, regs->nip);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (ppc_inst_primary_opcode(insn) == 31 &&
+			    get_xop(ppc_inst_val(insn)) == OP_31_XOP_HASHCHK) {
+				_exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_ILLOPN, regs->nip);
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		_exception(SIGTRAP, regs, TRAP_BRKPT, regs->nip);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* (reason & REASON_ILLEGAL) would be the obvious thing here,
 	 * but there seems to be a hardware bug on the 405GP (RevD)
 	 * that means ESR is sometimes set incorrectly - either to
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
index 317175791d23..3449be7c0d51 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static int h_24x7_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	}
 
 	domain = event_get_domain(event);
-	if (domain >= HV_PERF_DOMAIN_MAX) {
+	if (domain  == 0 || domain >= HV_PERF_DOMAIN_MAX) {
 		pr_devel("invalid domain %d\n", domain);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}