diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index d15814e1727fad991bf8c24c2d7fa728ad1bfcad..7c479002e798bf92f3dc58263c3c2064182922bb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ int acpi_nfit_ctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc, struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	const guid_t *guid;
 	int rc, i;
 
+	if (cmd_rc)
+		*cmd_rc = -EINVAL;
 	func = cmd;
 	if (cmd == ND_CMD_CALL) {
 		call_pkg = buf;
@@ -518,6 +520,8 @@ int acpi_nfit_ctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc, struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 		 * If we return an error (like elsewhere) then caller wouldn't
 		 * be able to rely upon data returned to make calculation.
 		 */
+		if (cmd_rc)
+			*cmd_rc = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1273,7 +1277,7 @@ static ssize_t scrub_show(struct device *dev,
 
 		mutex_lock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
 		rc = sprintf(buf, "%d%s", acpi_desc->scrub_count,
-				work_busy(&acpi_desc->dwork.work)
+				acpi_desc->scrub_busy
 				&& !acpi_desc->cancel ? "+\n" : "\n");
 		mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
 	}
@@ -2939,6 +2943,32 @@ static unsigned int __acpi_nfit_scrub(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void __sched_ars(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc, unsigned int tmo)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
+
+	acpi_desc->scrub_busy = 1;
+	/* note this should only be set from within the workqueue */
+	if (tmo)
+		acpi_desc->scrub_tmo = tmo;
+	queue_delayed_work(nfit_wq, &acpi_desc->dwork, tmo * HZ);
+}
+
+static void sched_ars(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
+{
+	__sched_ars(acpi_desc, 0);
+}
+
+static void notify_ars_done(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
+
+	acpi_desc->scrub_busy = 0;
+	acpi_desc->scrub_count++;
+	if (acpi_desc->scrub_count_state)
+		sysfs_notify_dirent(acpi_desc->scrub_count_state);
+}
+
 static void acpi_nfit_scrub(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc;
@@ -2949,14 +2979,10 @@ static void acpi_nfit_scrub(struct work_struct *work)
 	mutex_lock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
 	query_rc = acpi_nfit_query_poison(acpi_desc);
 	tmo = __acpi_nfit_scrub(acpi_desc, query_rc);
-	if (tmo) {
-		queue_delayed_work(nfit_wq, &acpi_desc->dwork, tmo * HZ);
-		acpi_desc->scrub_tmo = tmo;
-	} else {
-		acpi_desc->scrub_count++;
-		if (acpi_desc->scrub_count_state)
-			sysfs_notify_dirent(acpi_desc->scrub_count_state);
-	}
+	if (tmo)
+		__sched_ars(acpi_desc, tmo);
+	else
+		notify_ars_done(acpi_desc);
 	memset(acpi_desc->ars_status, 0, acpi_desc->max_ars);
 	mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
 }
@@ -3037,7 +3063,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_register_regions(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
 			break;
 		}
 
-	queue_delayed_work(nfit_wq, &acpi_desc->dwork, 0);
+	sched_ars(acpi_desc);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3239,7 +3265,7 @@ int acpi_nfit_ars_rescan(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc, unsigned long flags)
 		}
 	}
 	if (scheduled) {
-		queue_delayed_work(nfit_wq, &acpi_desc->dwork, 0);
+		sched_ars(acpi_desc);
 		dev_dbg(dev, "ars_scan triggered\n");
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h b/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
index 7d15856a739f9dc70cbb4e325d95395829cb6b63..a97ff42fe311bfa5041f54d67124aed4b85deb4d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct acpi_nfit_desc {
 	unsigned int max_ars;
 	unsigned int scrub_count;
 	unsigned int scrub_mode;
+	unsigned int scrub_busy:1;
 	unsigned int cancel:1;
 	unsigned long dimm_cmd_force_en;
 	unsigned long bus_cmd_force_en;
diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
index de2f8297a210bb4ea3998815353e72b7c11598da..108c37fca78279c06e896afcc411220996872760 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
@@ -189,14 +189,16 @@ static int check_vma(struct dev_dax *dev_dax, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	/* prevent private mappings from being established */
 	if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE) != VM_MAYSHARE) {
-		dev_info(dev, "%s: %s: fail, attempted private mapping\n",
+		dev_info_ratelimited(dev,
+				"%s: %s: fail, attempted private mapping\n",
 				current->comm, func);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	mask = dax_region->align - 1;
 	if (vma->vm_start & mask || vma->vm_end & mask) {
-		dev_info(dev, "%s: %s: fail, unaligned vma (%#lx - %#lx, %#lx)\n",
+		dev_info_ratelimited(dev,
+				"%s: %s: fail, unaligned vma (%#lx - %#lx, %#lx)\n",
 				current->comm, func, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
 				mask);
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -204,13 +206,15 @@ static int check_vma(struct dev_dax *dev_dax, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	if ((dax_region->pfn_flags & (PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP)) == PFN_DEV
 			&& (vma->vm_flags & VM_DONTCOPY) == 0) {
-		dev_info(dev, "%s: %s: fail, dax range requires MADV_DONTFORK\n",
+		dev_info_ratelimited(dev,
+				"%s: %s: fail, dax range requires MADV_DONTFORK\n",
 				current->comm, func);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (!vma_is_dax(vma)) {
-		dev_info(dev, "%s: %s: fail, vma is not DAX capable\n",
+		dev_info_ratelimited(dev,
+				"%s: %s: fail, vma is not DAX capable\n",
 				current->comm, func);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
index 2e96b34bc936bf89f6a9a65d983e4bbf3a673fbd..fb667bf469c7e980411c2836d4a9b97d1f96a53d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ static int nsio_rw_bytes(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
 			return -EIO;
 		if (memcpy_mcsafe(buf, nsio->addr + offset, size) != 0)
 			return -EIO;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(is_bad_pmem(&nsio->bb, sector, sz_align))) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit.c b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit.c
index a8fb63edcf8948df54b6aaa2f225def65d5a705f..e2926f72a821471214817f7ddb1c253a93b1ee02 100644
--- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit.c
+++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/nfit.c
@@ -1991,8 +1991,7 @@ static void nfit_test0_setup(struct nfit_test *t)
 	pcap->header.type = ACPI_NFIT_TYPE_CAPABILITIES;
 	pcap->header.length = sizeof(*pcap);
 	pcap->highest_capability = 1;
-	pcap->capabilities = ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_CACHE_FLUSH |
-		ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_MEM_FLUSH;
+	pcap->capabilities = ACPI_NFIT_CAPABILITY_MEM_FLUSH;
 	offset += pcap->header.length;
 
 	if (t->setup_hotplug) {