diff --git a/target/linux/generic/backport-5.4/310-mips-Kconfig-Add-ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE.patch b/target/linux/generic/backport-5.4/310-mips-Kconfig-Add-ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e02f10354376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/backport-5.4/310-mips-Kconfig-Add-ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From a8d2bb0559b5fefa5173ff4e7496cc6250db2c8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dmitry Korotin <dkorotin@wavecomp.com>
+Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:53:45 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] mips: Kconfig: Add ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+
+FORTIFY_SOURCE detects various overflows at compile and run time.
+(6974f0c4555e ("include/linux/string.h:
+add the option of fortified string.h functions)
+
+ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE means that the architecture can be built and
+run with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.
+
+Since mips can be built and run with that flag,
+select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE as default.
+
+Signed-off-by: Dmitry Korotin <dkorotin@wavecomp.com>
+Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com>
+Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org
+---
+ arch/mips/Kconfig | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
++++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config MIPS
+ 	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
+ 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
+ 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
++	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+ 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
+ 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
+ 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF if 64BIT
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/backport-5.4/311-MIPS-Fix-exception-handler-memcpy.patch b/target/linux/generic/backport-5.4/311-MIPS-Fix-exception-handler-memcpy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a6725c7a072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/backport-5.4/311-MIPS-Fix-exception-handler-memcpy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+From e01c91a360793298c9e1656a61faceff01487a43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 23:50:34 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix exception handler memcpy()
+
+The exception handler subroutines are declared as a single char, but
+when copied to the required addresses the copy length is 0x80.
+
+When range checks are enabled for memcpy() this results in a build
+failure, with error messages such as:
+
+In file included from arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c:15:
+In function 'memcpy',
+    inlined from 'mips_nmi_setup' at arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c:98:2:
+include/linux/string.h:376:4: error: call to '__read_overflow2' declared with attribute error: detected read beyond size of object passed as 2nd parameter
+  376 |    __read_overflow2();
+      |    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Change the declarations to use type char[].
+
+Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+Signed-off-by: YunQiang Su <syq@debian.org>
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
+---
+ arch/mips/loongson64/common/init.c | 4 ++--
+ arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c   | 8 ++++----
+ arch/mips/pistachio/init.c         | 8 ++++----
+ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/arch/mips/loongson64/common/init.c
++++ b/arch/mips/loongson64/common/init.c
+@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ unsigned long __maybe_unused _loongson_a
+ static void __init mips_nmi_setup(void)
+ {
+ 	void *base;
+-	extern char except_vec_nmi;
++	extern char except_vec_nmi[];
+ 
+ 	base = (void *)(CAC_BASE + 0x380);
+-	memcpy(base, &except_vec_nmi, 0x80);
++	memcpy(base, except_vec_nmi, 0x80);
+ 	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)base, (unsigned long)base + 0x80);
+ }
+ 
+--- a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c
++++ b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c
+@@ -90,24 +90,24 @@ static void __init console_config(void)
+ static void __init mips_nmi_setup(void)
+ {
+ 	void *base;
+-	extern char except_vec_nmi;
++	extern char except_vec_nmi[];
+ 
+ 	base = cpu_has_veic ?
+ 		(void *)(CAC_BASE + 0xa80) :
+ 		(void *)(CAC_BASE + 0x380);
+-	memcpy(base, &except_vec_nmi, 0x80);
++	memcpy(base, except_vec_nmi, 0x80);
+ 	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)base, (unsigned long)base + 0x80);
+ }
+ 
+ static void __init mips_ejtag_setup(void)
+ {
+ 	void *base;
+-	extern char except_vec_ejtag_debug;
++	extern char except_vec_ejtag_debug[];
+ 
+ 	base = cpu_has_veic ?
+ 		(void *)(CAC_BASE + 0xa00) :
+ 		(void *)(CAC_BASE + 0x300);
+-	memcpy(base, &except_vec_ejtag_debug, 0x80);
++	memcpy(base, except_vec_ejtag_debug, 0x80);
+ 	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)base, (unsigned long)base + 0x80);
+ }
+ 
+--- a/arch/mips/pistachio/init.c
++++ b/arch/mips/pistachio/init.c
+@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ phys_addr_t mips_cdmm_phys_base(void)
+ static void __init mips_nmi_setup(void)
+ {
+ 	void *base;
+-	extern char except_vec_nmi;
++	extern char except_vec_nmi[];
+ 
+ 	base = cpu_has_veic ?
+ 		(void *)(CAC_BASE + 0xa80) :
+ 		(void *)(CAC_BASE + 0x380);
+-	memcpy(base, &except_vec_nmi, 0x80);
++	memcpy(base, except_vec_nmi, 0x80);
+ 	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)base,
+ 			   (unsigned long)base + 0x80);
+ }
+@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ static void __init mips_nmi_setup(void)
+ static void __init mips_ejtag_setup(void)
+ {
+ 	void *base;
+-	extern char except_vec_ejtag_debug;
++	extern char except_vec_ejtag_debug[];
+ 
+ 	base = cpu_has_veic ?
+ 		(void *)(CAC_BASE + 0xa00) :
+ 		(void *)(CAC_BASE + 0x300);
+-	memcpy(base, &except_vec_ejtag_debug, 0x80);
++	memcpy(base, except_vec_ejtag_debug, 0x80);
+ 	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)base,
+ 			   (unsigned long)base + 0x80);
+ }
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-5.4/301-mips_image_cmdline_hack.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-5.4/301-mips_image_cmdline_hack.patch
index da0aa3425064..ada65cd2a08a 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/hack-5.4/301-mips_image_cmdline_hack.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/hack-5.4/301-mips_image_cmdline_hack.patch
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
 
 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
 +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
-@@ -1158,6 +1158,10 @@ config SYNC_R4K
+@@ -1159,6 +1159,10 @@ config SYNC_R4K
  config MIPS_MACHINE
  	def_bool n
  
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/103-MIPS-select-CPU_MIPS64-for-remaining-MIPS64-CPUs.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/103-MIPS-select-CPU_MIPS64-for-remaining-MIPS64-CPUs.patch
index 3b0431669283..4e7a532156d6 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/103-MIPS-select-CPU_MIPS64-for-remaining-MIPS64-CPUs.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/103-MIPS-select-CPU_MIPS64-for-remaining-MIPS64-CPUs.patch
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
 
 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
 +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
-@@ -2036,7 +2036,8 @@ config CPU_MIPS32
+@@ -2037,7 +2037,8 @@ config CPU_MIPS32
  
  config CPU_MIPS64
  	bool
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/300-mips_expose_boot_raw.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/300-mips_expose_boot_raw.patch
index 476ae501d645..7b9ae65c60b0 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/300-mips_expose_boot_raw.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/300-mips_expose_boot_raw.patch
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
 ---
 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
 +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
-@@ -1068,9 +1068,6 @@ config FW_ARC
+@@ -1069,9 +1069,6 @@ config FW_ARC
  config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
  	bool
  
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
  config CEVT_BCM1480
  	bool
  
-@@ -3043,6 +3040,18 @@ choice
+@@ -3044,6 +3041,18 @@ choice
  		bool "Extend builtin kernel arguments with bootloader arguments"
  endchoice
  
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/306-mips_mem_functions_performance.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/306-mips_mem_functions_performance.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 611aa0314f99..000000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-5.4/306-mips_mem_functions_performance.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
-Subject: [PATCH] mips: allow the compiler to optimize memset, memcmp, memcpy  for better performance and (in some instances) smaller code
-
-lede-commit: 07e59c7bc7f375f792ec9734be42fe4fa391a8bb
-Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
----
- arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile |  3 ++-
- arch/mips/include/asm/string.h     | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- arch/mips/lib/Makefile             |  2 +-
- arch/mips/lib/memcmp.c             | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
- 4 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 arch/mips/lib/memcmp.c
-
---- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
-+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
-@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out -pg, $(KBU
- KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out -fstack-protector, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
- 
- KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__KERNEL__ \
--	-DBOOT_HEAP_SIZE=$(BOOT_HEAP_SIZE) -D"VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS_ULL=$(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS)ull"
-+	-DBOOT_HEAP_SIZE=$(BOOT_HEAP_SIZE) -D"VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS_ULL=$(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS)ull" \
-+	-D__ZBOOT__
- 
- KBUILD_AFLAGS := $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__ \
- 	-DBOOT_HEAP_SIZE=$(BOOT_HEAP_SIZE) \
---- a/arch/mips/include/asm/string.h
-+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/string.h
-@@ -19,4 +19,42 @@ extern void *memcpy(void *__to, __const_
- #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
- extern void *memmove(void *__dest, __const__ void *__src, size_t __n);
- 
-+#ifndef __ZBOOT__
-+#define memset(__s, __c, len)					\
-+({								\
-+	size_t __len = (len);					\
-+	void *__ret;						\
-+	if (__builtin_constant_p(len) && __len >= 64)		\
-+		__ret = memset((__s), (__c), __len);		\
-+	else							\
-+		__ret = __builtin_memset((__s), (__c), __len);	\
-+	__ret;							\
-+})
-+
-+#define memcpy(dst, src, len)					\
-+({								\
-+	size_t __len = (len);					\
-+	void *__ret;						\
-+	if (__builtin_constant_p(len) && __len >= 64)		\
-+		__ret = memcpy((dst), (src), __len);		\
-+	else							\
-+		__ret = __builtin_memcpy((dst), (src), __len);	\
-+	__ret;							\
-+})
-+
-+#define memmove(dst, src, len)					\
-+({								\
-+	size_t __len = (len);					\
-+	void *__ret;						\
-+	if (__builtin_constant_p(len) && __len >= 64)		\
-+		__ret = memmove((dst), (src), __len);		\
-+	else							\
-+		__ret = __builtin_memmove((dst), (src), __len);	\
-+	__ret;							\
-+})
-+
-+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP
-+#define memcmp(src1, src2, len) __builtin_memcmp((src1), (src2), (len))
-+#endif
-+
- #endif /* _ASM_STRING_H */
---- a/arch/mips/lib/Makefile
-+++ b/arch/mips/lib/Makefile
-@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- 
- lib-y	+= bitops.o csum_partial.o delay.o memcpy.o memset.o \
- 	   mips-atomic.o strncpy_user.o \
--	   strnlen_user.o uncached.o
-+	   strnlen_user.o uncached.o memcmp.o
- 
- obj-y			+= iomap_copy.o
- obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)	+= iomap-pci.o
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/arch/mips/lib/memcmp.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
-+/*
-+ *  copied from linux/lib/string.c
-+ *
-+ *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
-+ */
-+
-+#include <linux/module.h>
-+#include <linux/string.h>
-+
-+#undef memcmp
-+int memcmp(const void *cs, const void *ct, size_t count)
-+{
-+	const unsigned char *su1, *su2;
-+	int res = 0;
-+
-+	for (su1 = cs, su2 = ct; 0 < count; ++su1, ++su2, count--)
-+		if ((res = *su1 - *su2) != 0)
-+			break;
-+	return res;
-+}
-+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp);
-+
