diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 9a111f7..8aad033 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -241,60 +241,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Access another process' address space.
- * Source/target buffer must be kernel space, 
- * Do not walk the page table directly, use get_user_pages
- */
-
-int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write)
-{
-	struct mm_struct *mm;
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-	struct page *page;
-	void *old_buf = buf;
-
-	mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
-	if (!mm)
-		return 0;
-
-	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	/* ignore errors, just check how much was sucessfully transfered */
-	while (len) {
-		int bytes, ret, offset;
-		void *maddr;
-
-		ret = get_user_pages(tsk, mm, addr, 1,
-				write, 1, &page, &vma);
-		if (ret <= 0)
-			break;
-
-		bytes = len;
-		offset = addr & (PAGE_SIZE-1);
-		if (bytes > PAGE_SIZE-offset)
-			bytes = PAGE_SIZE-offset;
-
-		maddr = kmap(page);
-		if (write) {
-			copy_to_user_page(vma, page, addr,
-					  maddr + offset, buf, bytes);
-			set_page_dirty_lock(page);
-		} else {
-			copy_from_user_page(vma, page, addr,
-					    buf, maddr + offset, bytes);
-		}
-		kunmap(page);
-		page_cache_release(page);
-		len -= bytes;
-		buf += bytes;
-		addr += bytes;
-	}
-	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	mmput(mm);
-	
-	return buf - old_buf;
-}
-
 int ptrace_readdata(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long src, char __user *dst, int len)
 {
 	int copied = 0;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index f2ef1dc..601159a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2604,3 +2604,56 @@
 }
 
 #endif	/* __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA */
+
+/*
+ * Access another process' address space.
+ * Source/target buffer must be kernel space,
+ * Do not walk the page table directly, use get_user_pages
+ */
+int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+	struct page *page;
+	void *old_buf = buf;
+
+	mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
+	if (!mm)
+		return 0;
+
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	/* ignore errors, just check how much was sucessfully transfered */
+	while (len) {
+		int bytes, ret, offset;
+		void *maddr;
+
+		ret = get_user_pages(tsk, mm, addr, 1,
+				write, 1, &page, &vma);
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			break;
+
+		bytes = len;
+		offset = addr & (PAGE_SIZE-1);
+		if (bytes > PAGE_SIZE-offset)
+			bytes = PAGE_SIZE-offset;
+
+		maddr = kmap(page);
+		if (write) {
+			copy_to_user_page(vma, page, addr,
+					  maddr + offset, buf, bytes);
+			set_page_dirty_lock(page);
+		} else {
+			copy_from_user_page(vma, page, addr,
+					    buf, maddr + offset, bytes);
+		}
+		kunmap(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+		len -= bytes;
+		buf += bytes;
+		addr += bytes;
+	}
+	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	mmput(mm);
+
+	return buf - old_buf;
+}
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index d99dea3..d08acda 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1206,3 +1206,50 @@
 	BUG();
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Access another process' address space.
+ * - source/target buffer must be kernel space
+ */
+int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write)
+{
+	struct vm_list_struct *vml;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+
+	if (addr + len < addr)
+		return 0;
+
+	mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
+	if (!mm)
+		return 0;
+
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	/* the access must start within one of the target process's mappings */
+	for (vml = mm->context.vmlist; vml; vml = vml->next)
+		if (addr >= vml->vma->vm_start && addr < vml->vma->vm_end)
+			break;
+
+	if (vml) {
+		vma = vml->vma;
+
+		/* don't overrun this mapping */
+		if (addr + len >= vma->vm_end)
+			len = vma->vm_end - addr;
+
+		/* only read or write mappings where it is permitted */
+		if (write && vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
+			len -= copy_to_user((void *) addr, buf, len);
+		else if (!write && vma->vm_flags & VM_READ)
+			len -= copy_from_user(buf, (void *) addr, len);
+		else
+			len = 0;
+	} else {
+		len = 0;
+	}
+
+	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	mmput(mm);
+	return len;
+}