diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index aa47be7..9cfd6bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2657,6 +2657,27 @@
 	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
 			Format: <command>
 
+	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
+			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
+			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
+			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
+			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
+			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
+			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
+
+			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
+			            emulated reasonably safely.
+
+			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
+			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
+			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
+			            better than they would in emulation mode.
+			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
+
+			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
+			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
+			            might break your system.
+
 	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
 			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
 			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
index a563c50..2c224e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  *  Vectors   0 ...  31 : system traps and exceptions - hardcoded events
  *  Vectors  32 ... 127 : device interrupts
  *  Vector  128         : legacy int80 syscall interface
- *  Vector  204         : legacy x86_64 vsyscall emulation
  *  Vectors 129 ... INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR_START-1 except 204 : device interrupts
  *  Vectors INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR_START ... 255 : special interrupts
  *
@@ -51,9 +50,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 # define SYSCALL_VECTOR			0x80
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-# define VSYSCALL_EMU_VECTOR		0xcc
-#endif
 
 /*
  * Vectors 0x30-0x3f are used for ISA interrupts.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
index 2bae0a5..0012d09 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 asmlinkage void machine_check(void);
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_MCE */
 asmlinkage void simd_coprocessor_error(void);
-asmlinkage void emulate_vsyscall(void);
 
 dotraplinkage void do_divide_error(struct pt_regs *, long);
 dotraplinkage void do_debug(struct pt_regs *, long);
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@
 dotraplinkage void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *, long);
 #endif
 dotraplinkage void do_simd_coprocessor_error(struct pt_regs *, long);
-dotraplinkage void do_emulate_vsyscall(struct pt_regs *, long);
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 dotraplinkage void do_iret_error(struct pt_regs *, long);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h
index 6010707..eaea1d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 
 extern void map_vsyscall(void);
 
+/*
+ * Called on instruction fetch fault in vsyscall page.
+ * Returns true if handled.
+ */
+extern bool emulate_vsyscall(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address);
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_VSYSCALL_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index e949793..46792d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1123,7 +1123,6 @@
 zeroentry coprocessor_error do_coprocessor_error
 errorentry alignment_check do_alignment_check
 zeroentry simd_coprocessor_error do_simd_coprocessor_error
-zeroentry emulate_vsyscall do_emulate_vsyscall
 
 
 	/* Reload gs selector with exception handling */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index fbc097a..b9b6716 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -872,12 +872,6 @@
 	set_bit(SYSCALL_VECTOR, used_vectors);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	BUG_ON(test_bit(VSYSCALL_EMU_VECTOR, used_vectors));
-	set_system_intr_gate(VSYSCALL_EMU_VECTOR, &emulate_vsyscall);
-	set_bit(VSYSCALL_EMU_VECTOR, used_vectors);
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * Should be a barrier for any external CPU state:
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8f3a265..0f703f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5);          /* R_E */
 	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(6);          /* RW_ */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	user PT_LOAD FLAGS(5);          /* R_E */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	percpu PT_LOAD FLAGS(6);        /* RW_ */
 #endif
@@ -174,38 +173,6 @@
 
        . = ALIGN(__vvar_page + PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-#define VSYSCALL_ADDR (-10*1024*1024)
-
-#define VLOAD_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - __vsyscall_0 + LOAD_OFFSET)
-#define VLOAD(x) (ADDR(x) - VLOAD_OFFSET)
-
-#define VVIRT_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - __vsyscall_0)
-#define VVIRT(x) (ADDR(x) - VVIRT_OFFSET)
-
-	__vsyscall_0 = .;
-
-	. = VSYSCALL_ADDR;
-	.vsyscall : AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall)) {
-		/* work around gold bug 13023 */
-		__vsyscall_beginning_hack = .;
-		*(.vsyscall_0)
-
-		. = __vsyscall_beginning_hack + 1024;
-		*(.vsyscall_1)
-
-		. = __vsyscall_beginning_hack + 2048;
-		*(.vsyscall_2)
-
-		. = __vsyscall_beginning_hack + 4096;  /* Pad the whole page. */
-	} :user =0xcc
-	. = ALIGN(__vsyscall_0 + PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
-
-#undef VSYSCALL_ADDR
-#undef VLOAD_OFFSET
-#undef VLOAD
-#undef VVIRT_OFFSET
-#undef VVIRT
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
 	/* Init code and data - will be freed after init */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index bf8e9ff..18ae83d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -56,6 +56,27 @@
 	.lock = __SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED(__vsyscall_gtod_data.lock),
 };
 
+static enum { EMULATE, NATIVE, NONE } vsyscall_mode = EMULATE;
+
+static int __init vsyscall_setup(char *str)
+{
+	if (str) {
+		if (!strcmp("emulate", str))
+			vsyscall_mode = EMULATE;
+		else if (!strcmp("native", str))
+			vsyscall_mode = NATIVE;
+		else if (!strcmp("none", str))
+			vsyscall_mode = NONE;
+		else
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+early_param("vsyscall", vsyscall_setup);
+
 void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -100,7 +121,7 @@
 
 	printk("%s%s[%d] %s ip:%lx cs:%lx sp:%lx ax:%lx si:%lx di:%lx\n",
 	       level, tsk->comm, task_pid_nr(tsk),
-	       message, regs->ip - 2, regs->cs,
+	       message, regs->ip, regs->cs,
 	       regs->sp, regs->ax, regs->si, regs->di);
 }
 
@@ -118,45 +139,39 @@
 	return nr;
 }
 
-void dotraplinkage do_emulate_vsyscall(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
+bool emulate_vsyscall(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	unsigned long caller;
 	int vsyscall_nr;
 	long ret;
 
-	local_irq_enable();
+	/*
+	 * No point in checking CS -- the only way to get here is a user mode
+	 * trap to a high address, which means that we're in 64-bit user code.
+	 */
 
-	if (!user_64bit_mode(regs)) {
-		/*
-		 * If we trapped from kernel mode, we might as well OOPS now
-		 * instead of returning to some random address and OOPSing
-		 * then.
-		 */
-		BUG_ON(!user_mode(regs));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(address != regs->ip);
 
-		/* Compat mode and non-compat 32-bit CS should both segfault. */
-		warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_WARNING, regs,
-				  "illegal int 0xcc from 32-bit mode");
-		goto sigsegv;
+	if (vsyscall_mode == NONE) {
+		warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_INFO, regs,
+				  "vsyscall attempted with vsyscall=none");
+		return false;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * x86-ism here: regs->ip points to the instruction after the int 0xcc,
-	 * and int 0xcc is two bytes long.
-	 */
-	vsyscall_nr = addr_to_vsyscall_nr(regs->ip - 2);
+	vsyscall_nr = addr_to_vsyscall_nr(address);
 
 	trace_emulate_vsyscall(vsyscall_nr);
 
 	if (vsyscall_nr < 0) {
 		warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_WARNING, regs,
-				  "illegal int 0xcc (exploit attempt?)");
+				  "misaligned vsyscall (exploit attempt or buggy program) -- look up the vsyscall kernel parameter if you need a workaround");
 		goto sigsegv;
 	}
 
 	if (get_user(caller, (unsigned long __user *)regs->sp) != 0) {
-		warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_WARNING, regs, "int 0xcc with bad stack (exploit attempt?)");
+		warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_WARNING, regs,
+				  "vsyscall with bad stack (exploit attempt?)");
 		goto sigsegv;
 	}
 
@@ -201,13 +216,11 @@
 	regs->ip = caller;
 	regs->sp += 8;
 
-	local_irq_disable();
-	return;
+	return true;
 
 sigsegv:
-	regs->ip -= 2;  /* The faulting instruction should be the int 0xcc. */
 	force_sig(SIGSEGV, current);
-	local_irq_disable();
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -255,15 +268,21 @@
 
 void __init map_vsyscall(void)
 {
-	extern char __vsyscall_0;
-	unsigned long physaddr_page0 = __pa_symbol(&__vsyscall_0);
+	extern char __vsyscall_page;
+	unsigned long physaddr_vsyscall = __pa_symbol(&__vsyscall_page);
 	extern char __vvar_page;
 	unsigned long physaddr_vvar_page = __pa_symbol(&__vvar_page);
 
-	/* Note that VSYSCALL_MAPPED_PAGES must agree with the code below. */
-	__set_fixmap(VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE, physaddr_page0, PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL);
+	__set_fixmap(VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE, physaddr_vsyscall,
+		     vsyscall_mode == NATIVE
+		     ? PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL
+		     : PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON((unsigned long)__fix_to_virt(VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE) !=
+		     (unsigned long)VSYSCALL_START);
+
 	__set_fixmap(VVAR_PAGE, physaddr_vvar_page, PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON((unsigned long)__fix_to_virt(VVAR_PAGE) != (unsigned long)VVAR_ADDRESS);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON((unsigned long)__fix_to_virt(VVAR_PAGE) !=
+		     (unsigned long)VVAR_ADDRESS);
 }
 
 static int __init vsyscall_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_emu_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_emu_64.S
index ffa845e..c9596a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_emu_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_emu_64.S
@@ -7,21 +7,31 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
+
 #include <asm/irq_vectors.h>
+#include <asm/page_types.h>
+#include <asm/unistd_64.h>
 
-/* The unused parts of the page are filled with 0xcc by the linker script. */
+__PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA
+	.globl __vsyscall_page
+	.balign PAGE_SIZE, 0xcc
+	.type __vsyscall_page, @object
+__vsyscall_page:
 
-.section .vsyscall_0, "a"
-ENTRY(vsyscall_0)
-	int $VSYSCALL_EMU_VECTOR
-END(vsyscall_0)
+	mov $__NR_gettimeofday, %rax
+	syscall
+	ret
 
-.section .vsyscall_1, "a"
-ENTRY(vsyscall_1)
-	int $VSYSCALL_EMU_VECTOR
-END(vsyscall_1)
+	.balign 1024, 0xcc
+	mov $__NR_time, %rax
+	syscall
+	ret
 
-.section .vsyscall_2, "a"
-ENTRY(vsyscall_2)
-	int $VSYSCALL_EMU_VECTOR
-END(vsyscall_2)
+	.balign 1024, 0xcc
+	mov $__NR_getcpu, %rax
+	syscall
+	ret
+
+	.balign 4096, 0xcc
+
+	.size __vsyscall_page, 4096
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index c1d0182..e58935c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -720,6 +720,18 @@
 		if (is_errata100(regs, address))
 			return;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+		/*
+		 * Instruction fetch faults in the vsyscall page might need
+		 * emulation.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely((error_code & PF_INSTR) &&
+			     ((address & ~0xfff) == VSYSCALL_START))) {
+			if (emulate_vsyscall(regs, address))
+				return;
+		}
+#endif
+
 		if (unlikely(show_unhandled_signals))
 			show_signal_msg(regs, error_code, address, tsk);