diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg b/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg
index fff817efa508..f307506eb54c 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-kmsg
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description:	The /dev/kmsg character device node provides userspace access
 		The logged line can be prefixed with a <N> syslog prefix, which
 		carries the syslog priority and facility. The single decimal
 		prefix number is composed of the 3 lowest bits being the syslog
-		priority and the higher bits the syslog facility number.
+		priority and the next 8 bits the syslog facility number.
 
 		If no prefix is given, the priority number is the default kernel
 		log priority and the facility number is set to LOG_USER (1). It
@@ -90,13 +90,12 @@ Description:	The /dev/kmsg character device node provides userspace access
 		  +sound:card0 - subsystem:devname
 
 		The flags field carries '-' by default. A 'c' indicates a
-		fragment of a line. All following fragments are flagged with
-		'+'. Note, that these hints about continuation lines are not
-		necessarily correct, and the stream could be interleaved with
-		unrelated messages, but merging the lines in the output
-		usually produces better human readable results. A similar
-		logic is used internally when messages are printed to the
-		console, /proc/kmsg or the syslog() syscall.
+		fragment of a line. Note, that these hints about continuation
+		lines are not necessarily correct, and the stream could be
+		interleaved with unrelated messages, but merging the lines in
+		the output usually produces better human readable results. A
+		similar logic is used internally when messages are printed to
+		the console, /proc/kmsg or the syslog() syscall.
 
 		By default, kernel tries to avoid fragments by concatenating
 		when it can and fragments are rare; however, when extended
diff --git a/kernel/printk/braille.c b/kernel/printk/braille.c
index 1d21ebacfdb8..17a9591e54ff 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/braille.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/braille.c
@@ -11,11 +11,18 @@
 
 int _braille_console_setup(char **str, char **brl_options)
 {
-	if (!strncmp(*str, "brl,", 4)) {
+	size_t len;
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(*str, "brl,");
+	if (len) {
 		*brl_options = "";
-		*str += 4;
-	} else if (!strncmp(*str, "brl=", 4)) {
-		*brl_options = *str + 4;
+		*str += len;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(*str, "brl=");
+	if (len) {
+		*brl_options = *str + len;
 		*str = strchr(*brl_options, ',');
 		if (!*str) {
 			pr_err("need port name after brl=\n");
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 424abf802f02..ca65327a6de8 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -118,19 +118,29 @@ static unsigned int __read_mostly devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_DEFAULT;
 
 static int __control_devkmsg(char *str)
 {
+	size_t len;
+
 	if (!str)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!strncmp(str, "on", 2)) {
+	len = str_has_prefix(str, "on");
+	if (len) {
 		devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_ON;
-		return 2;
-	} else if (!strncmp(str, "off", 3)) {
-		devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_OFF;
-		return 3;
-	} else if (!strncmp(str, "ratelimit", 9)) {
-		devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_DEFAULT;
-		return 9;
+		return len;
 	}
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(str, "off");
+	if (len) {
+		devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_OFF;
+		return len;
+	}
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(str, "ratelimit");
+	if (len) {
+		devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK_DEFAULT;
+		return len;
+	}
+
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/test_printf.c b/lib/test_printf.c
index 944eb50f3862..5d94cbff2120 100644
--- a/lib/test_printf.c
+++ b/lib/test_printf.c
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ dentry(void)
 	test("foo", "%pd", &test_dentry[0]);
 	test("foo", "%pd2", &test_dentry[0]);
 
+	test("(null)", "%pd", NULL);
+	test("(efault)", "%pd", PTR_INVALID);
+	test("(null)", "%pD", NULL);
+	test("(efault)", "%pD", PTR_INVALID);
+
 	test("romeo", "%pd", &test_dentry[3]);
 	test("alfa/romeo", "%pd2", &test_dentry[3]);
 	test("bravo/alfa/romeo", "%pd3", &test_dentry[3]);
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index b0967cf17137..e78017a3e1bd 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -869,6 +869,15 @@ char *dentry_name(char *buf, char *end, const struct dentry *d, struct printf_sp
 	return widen_string(buf, n, end, spec);
 }
 
+static noinline_for_stack
+char *file_dentry_name(char *buf, char *end, const struct file *f,
+			struct printf_spec spec, const char *fmt)
+{
+	if (check_pointer(&buf, end, f, spec))
+		return buf;
+
+	return dentry_name(buf, end, f->f_path.dentry, spec, fmt);
+}
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 static noinline_for_stack
 char *bdev_name(char *buf, char *end, struct block_device *bdev,
@@ -2166,9 +2175,7 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 	case 'C':
 		return clock(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
 	case 'D':
-		return dentry_name(buf, end,
-				   ((const struct file *)ptr)->f_path.dentry,
-				   spec, fmt);
+		return file_dentry_name(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	case 'g':
 		return bdev_name(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);