diff --git a/Documentation/features/core/thread-info-in-task/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/core/thread-info-in-task/arch-support.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f0259bbd7df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/features/core/thread-info-in-task/arch-support.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#
+# Feature name:          thread-info-in-task
+#         Kconfig:       THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
+#         description:   arch makes use of the core kernel facility to embedd thread_info in task_struct
+#
+    -----------------------
+    |         arch |status|
+    -----------------------
+    |       alpha: | TODO |
+    |         arc: | TODO |
+    |         arm: | TODO |
+    |       arm64: |  ok  |
+    |        csky: | TODO |
+    |       h8300: | TODO |
+    |     hexagon: | TODO |
+    |        ia64: | TODO |
+    |        m68k: | TODO |
+    |  microblaze: | TODO |
+    |        mips: | TODO |
+    |       nds32: |  ok  |
+    |       nios2: | TODO |
+    |    openrisc: | TODO |
+    |      parisc: | TODO |
+    |     powerpc: |  ok  |
+    |       riscv: |  ok  |
+    |        s390: |  ok  |
+    |          sh: | TODO |
+    |       sparc: | TODO |
+    |          um: | TODO |
+    |         x86: |  ok  |
+    |      xtensa: | TODO |
+    -----------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/features/time/arch-tick-broadcast/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/time/arch-tick-broadcast/arch-support.txt
index 8639fe8315f5..8dcaab070c7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/features/time/arch-tick-broadcast/arch-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/features/time/arch-tick-broadcast/arch-support.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     |    openrisc: | TODO |
     |      parisc: | TODO |
     |     powerpc: |  ok  |
-    |       riscv: | TODO |
+    |       riscv: |  ok  |
     |        s390: | TODO |
     |          sh: |  ok  |
     |       sparc: | TODO |
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/2.Process.rst
index 229629e305ca..4a6ed0219494 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/2.Process.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/2.Process.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 （顺便说一句，值得注意的是，合并窗口期间集成的更改并不是凭空产生的；它们是经
 提前收集、测试和分级的。稍后将详细描述该过程的工作方式。）
 
-合并窗口持续大约两周。在这段时间结束时，LinusTorvalds将声明窗口已关闭，并
+合并窗口持续大约两周。在这段时间结束时，Linus Torvalds将声明窗口已关闭，并
 释放第一个“rc”内核。例如，对于目标为5.6的内核，在合并窗口结束时发生的释放
 将被称为5.6-rc1。-rc1 版本是一个信号，表示合并新特性的时间已经过去，稳定下一
 个内核的时间已经到来。
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman领导。稳定团队将使用5.x.y编号方案不定期地发
 补丁如何进入内核
 ----------------
 
-只有一个人可以将补丁合并到主线内核存储库中：LinusTorvalds。但是，在进入
+只有一个人可以将补丁合并到主线内核存储库中：Linus Torvalds。但是，在进入
 2.6.38内核的9500多个补丁中，只有112个（大约1.3%）是由Linus自己直接选择的。
 内核项目已经发展到一个没有一个开发人员可以在没有支持的情况下检查和选择每个
 补丁的规模。内核开发人员处理这种增长的方式是使用围绕信任链构建的助理系统。
diff --git a/LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0 b/LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0
index 45a81b8e4669..869cad3d1643 100644
--- a/LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0
+++ b/LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Section 8 -- Interpretation.
 Creative Commons is not a party to its public
 licenses. Notwithstanding, Creative Commons may elect to apply one of
 its public licenses to material it publishes and in those instances
-will be considered the “Licensor.” The text of the Creative Commons
+will be considered the "Licensor." The text of the Creative Commons
 public licenses is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 Public
 Domain Dedication. Except for the limited purpose of indicating that
 material is shared under a Creative Commons public license or as
diff --git a/scripts/spdxcheck.py b/scripts/spdxcheck.py
index 3e784cf9f401..ebd06ae642c9 100755
--- a/scripts/spdxcheck.py
+++ b/scripts/spdxcheck.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def read_spdxdata(repo):
                 continue
 
             exception = None
-            for l in open(el.path).readlines():
+            for l in open(el.path, encoding="utf-8").readlines():
                 if l.startswith('Valid-License-Identifier:'):
                     lid = l.split(':')[1].strip().upper()
                     if lid in spdx.licenses: