diff --git a/arch/ia64/ia32/binfmt_elf32.c b/arch/ia64/ia32/binfmt_elf32.c
index 6f4d3d0..e1189ba 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/ia32/binfmt_elf32.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/ia32/binfmt_elf32.c
@@ -195,62 +195,27 @@
 	ia32_load_state(current);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Undo the override of setup_arg_pages() without this ia32_setup_arg_pages()
+ * will suffer infinite self recursion.
+ */
+#undef setup_arg_pages
+
 int
 ia32_setup_arg_pages (struct linux_binprm *bprm, int executable_stack)
 {
-	unsigned long stack_base;
-	struct vm_area_struct *mpnt;
-	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	int i, ret;
+	int ret;
 
-	stack_base = IA32_STACK_TOP - MAX_ARG_PAGES*PAGE_SIZE;
-	mm->arg_start = bprm->p + stack_base;
-
-	bprm->p += stack_base;
-	if (bprm->loader)
-		bprm->loader += stack_base;
-	bprm->exec += stack_base;
-
-	mpnt = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mpnt)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-	{
-		mpnt->vm_mm = current->mm;
-		mpnt->vm_start = PAGE_MASK & (unsigned long) bprm->p;
-		mpnt->vm_end = IA32_STACK_TOP;
-		if (executable_stack == EXSTACK_ENABLE_X)
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS |  VM_EXEC;
-		else if (executable_stack == EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS & ~VM_EXEC;
-		else
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
-		mpnt->vm_page_prot = (mpnt->vm_flags & VM_EXEC)?
-					PAGE_COPY_EXEC: PAGE_COPY;
-		if ((ret = insert_vm_struct(current->mm, mpnt))) {
-			up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-			kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, mpnt);
-			return ret;
-		}
-		current->mm->stack_vm = current->mm->total_vm = vma_pages(mpnt);
+	ret = setup_arg_pages(bprm, IA32_STACK_TOP, executable_stack);
+	if (!ret) {
+		/*
+		 * Can't do it in ia64_elf32_init(). Needs to be done before
+		 * calls to elf32_map()
+		 */
+		current->thread.ppl = ia32_init_pp_list();
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-		struct page *page = bprm->page[i];
-		if (page) {
-			bprm->page[i] = NULL;
-			install_arg_page(mpnt, page, stack_base);
-		}
-		stack_base += PAGE_SIZE;
-	}
-	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-
-	/* Can't do it in ia64_elf32_init(). Needs to be done before calls to
-	   elf32_map() */
-	current->thread.ppl = ia32_init_pp_list();
-
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index fe83edb..0878137 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 
 	set_brk(current->mm->start_brk, current->mm->brk);
 
-	retval = ia32_setup_arg_pages(bprm, IA32_STACK_TOP, EXSTACK_DEFAULT);
+	retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, IA32_STACK_TOP, EXSTACK_DEFAULT);
 	if (retval < 0) { 
 		/* Someone check-me: is this error path enough? */ 
 		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0); 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
index 185399b..ed56a88 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
@@ -232,9 +232,6 @@
 #define load_elf_binary load_elf32_binary
 
 #define ELF_PLAT_INIT(r, load_addr)	elf32_init(r)
-#define setup_arg_pages(bprm, stack_top, exec_stack) \
-	ia32_setup_arg_pages(bprm, stack_top, exec_stack)
-int ia32_setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long stack_top, int executable_stack);
 
 #undef start_thread
 #define start_thread(regs,new_rip,new_rsp) do { \
@@ -286,61 +283,6 @@
 	me->thread.es = __USER_DS;
 }
 
-int ia32_setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long stack_top,
-			 int executable_stack)
-{
-	unsigned long stack_base;
-	struct vm_area_struct *mpnt;
-	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	int i, ret;
-
-	stack_base = stack_top - MAX_ARG_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
-	mm->arg_start = bprm->p + stack_base;
-
-	bprm->p += stack_base;
-	if (bprm->loader)
-		bprm->loader += stack_base;
-	bprm->exec += stack_base;
-
-	mpnt = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mpnt) 
-		return -ENOMEM; 
-
-	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	{
-		mpnt->vm_mm = mm;
-		mpnt->vm_start = PAGE_MASK & (unsigned long) bprm->p;
-		mpnt->vm_end = stack_top;
-		if (executable_stack == EXSTACK_ENABLE_X)
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS |  VM_EXEC;
-		else if (executable_stack == EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS & ~VM_EXEC;
-		else
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
- 		mpnt->vm_page_prot = (mpnt->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) ? 
- 			PAGE_COPY_EXEC : PAGE_COPY;
-		if ((ret = insert_vm_struct(mm, mpnt))) {
-			up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-			kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, mpnt);
-			return ret;
-		}
-		mm->stack_vm = mm->total_vm = vma_pages(mpnt);
-	} 
-
-	for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-		struct page *page = bprm->page[i];
-		if (page) {
-			bprm->page[i] = NULL;
-			install_arg_page(mpnt, page, stack_base);
-		}
-		stack_base += PAGE_SIZE;
-	}
-	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ia32_setup_arg_pages);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 /* Register vsyscall32 into the ABI table */
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index a27e42b..295cbaa 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 	elf_addr_t *elf_info;
 	int ei_index = 0;
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
 	/*
 	 * If this architecture has a platform capability string, copy it
@@ -234,6 +235,15 @@
 	sp = (elf_addr_t __user *)bprm->p;
 #endif
 
+
+	/*
+	 * Grow the stack manually; some architectures have a limit on how
+	 * far ahead a user-space access may be in order to grow the stack.
+	 */
+	vma = find_extend_vma(current->mm, bprm->p);
+	if (!vma)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	/* Now, let's put argc (and argv, envp if appropriate) on the stack */
 	if (__put_user(argc, sp++))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -254,8 +264,8 @@
 		size_t len;
 		if (__put_user((elf_addr_t)p, argv++))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES);
-		if (!len || len > PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES)
+		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
+		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return 0;
 		p += len;
 	}
@@ -266,8 +276,8 @@
 		size_t len;
 		if (__put_user((elf_addr_t)p, envp++))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES);
-		if (!len || len > PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES)
+		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
+		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return 0;
 		p += len;
 	}
@@ -826,10 +836,6 @@
 	}
 
 	/* OK, This is the point of no return */
-	current->mm->start_data = 0;
-	current->mm->end_data = 0;
-	current->mm->end_code = 0;
-	current->mm->mmap = NULL;
 	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 	current->mm->def_flags = def_flags;
 
@@ -1051,9 +1057,13 @@
 
 	compute_creds(bprm);
 	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
-	create_elf_tables(bprm, &loc->elf_ex,
+	retval = create_elf_tables(bprm, &loc->elf_ex,
 			  (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT),
 			  load_addr, interp_load_addr);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	/* N.B. passed_fileno might not be initialized? */
 	if (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT)
 		current->mm->arg_start += strlen(passed_fileno) + 1;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 9d62fba..4739506 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@
 	p = (char __user *) current->mm->arg_start;
 	for (loop = bprm->argc; loop > 0; loop--) {
 		__put_user((elf_caddr_t) p, argv++);
-		len = strnlen_user(p, PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES);
-		if (!len || len > PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES)
+		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
+		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
@@ -633,8 +633,8 @@
 	current->mm->env_start = (unsigned long) p;
 	for (loop = bprm->envc; loop > 0; loop--) {
 		__put_user((elf_caddr_t)(unsigned long) p, envp++);
-		len = strnlen_user(p, PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES);
-		if (!len || len > PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES)
+		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
+		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 330fd3f..42e94b3 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@
 		goto _ret;
 
 	if (!(fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_PRESERVE_ARGV0)) {
-		remove_arg_zero(bprm);
+		retval = remove_arg_zero(bprm);
+		if (retval)
+			goto _ret;
 	}
 
 	if (fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_OPEN_BINARY) {
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_script.c b/fs/binfmt_script.c
index 304c885..4d0e0f6 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_script.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_script.c
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@
 	 * This is done in reverse order, because of how the
 	 * user environment and arguments are stored.
 	 */
-	remove_arg_zero(bprm);
+	retval = remove_arg_zero(bprm);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
 	retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &bprm->interp, bprm);
 	if (retval < 0) return retval; 
 	bprm->argc++;
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 4db6216..15078ce 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@
 {
 	struct page *kmapped_page = NULL;
 	char *kaddr = NULL;
+	unsigned long kpos = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	while (argc-- > 0) {
@@ -1265,92 +1266,84 @@
 		unsigned long pos;
 
 		if (get_user(str, argv+argc) ||
-			!(len = strnlen_user(compat_ptr(str), bprm->p))) {
+		    !(len = strnlen_user(compat_ptr(str), MAX_ARG_STRLEN))) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (bprm->p < len)  {
+		if (len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN) {
 			ret = -E2BIG;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		bprm->p -= len;
-		/* XXX: add architecture specific overflow check here. */
+		/* We're going to work our way backwords. */
 		pos = bprm->p;
+		str += len;
+		bprm->p -= len;
 
 		while (len > 0) {
-			int i, new, err;
 			int offset, bytes_to_copy;
-			struct page *page;
 
 			offset = pos % PAGE_SIZE;
-			i = pos/PAGE_SIZE;
-			page = bprm->page[i];
-			new = 0;
-			if (!page) {
-				page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
-				bprm->page[i] = page;
-				if (!page) {
-					ret = -ENOMEM;
+			if (offset == 0)
+				offset = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+			bytes_to_copy = offset;
+			if (bytes_to_copy > len)
+				bytes_to_copy = len;
+
+			offset -= bytes_to_copy;
+			pos -= bytes_to_copy;
+			str -= bytes_to_copy;
+			len -= bytes_to_copy;
+
+			if (!kmapped_page || kpos != (pos & PAGE_MASK)) {
+				struct page *page;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
+				ret = expand_stack_downwards(bprm->vma, pos);
+				if (ret < 0) {
+					/* We've exceed the stack rlimit. */
+					ret = -E2BIG;
 					goto out;
 				}
-				new = 1;
-			}
+#endif
+				ret = get_user_pages(current, bprm->mm, pos,
+						     1, 1, 1, &page, NULL);
+				if (ret <= 0) {
+					/* We've exceed the stack rlimit. */
+					ret = -E2BIG;
+					goto out;
+				}
 
-			if (page != kmapped_page) {
-				if (kmapped_page)
+				if (kmapped_page) {
+					flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
 					kunmap(kmapped_page);
+					put_page(kmapped_page);
+				}
 				kmapped_page = page;
 				kaddr = kmap(kmapped_page);
+				kpos = pos & PAGE_MASK;
+				flush_cache_page(bprm->vma, kpos,
+						 page_to_pfn(kmapped_page));
 			}
-			if (new && offset)
-				memset(kaddr, 0, offset);
-			bytes_to_copy = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
-			if (bytes_to_copy > len) {
-				bytes_to_copy = len;
-				if (new)
-					memset(kaddr+offset+len, 0,
-						PAGE_SIZE-offset-len);
-			}
-			err = copy_from_user(kaddr+offset, compat_ptr(str),
-						bytes_to_copy);
-			if (err) {
+			if (copy_from_user(kaddr+offset, compat_ptr(str),
+						bytes_to_copy)) {
 				ret = -EFAULT;
 				goto out;
 			}
-
-			pos += bytes_to_copy;
-			str += bytes_to_copy;
-			len -= bytes_to_copy;
 		}
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 out:
-	if (kmapped_page)
+	if (kmapped_page) {
+		flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
 		kunmap(kmapped_page);
+		put_page(kmapped_page);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-
-#define free_arg_pages(bprm) do { } while (0)
-
-#else
-
-static inline void free_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES; i++) {
-		if (bprm->page[i])
-			__free_page(bprm->page[i]);
-		bprm->page[i] = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
-
 /*
  * compat_do_execve() is mostly a copy of do_execve(), with the exception
  * that it processes 32 bit argv and envp pointers.
@@ -1363,7 +1356,6 @@
 	struct linux_binprm *bprm;
 	struct file *file;
 	int retval;
-	int i;
 
 	retval = -ENOMEM;
 	bprm = kzalloc(sizeof(*bprm), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1377,24 +1369,19 @@
 
 	sched_exec();
 
-	bprm->p = PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES-sizeof(void *);
 	bprm->file = file;
 	bprm->filename = filename;
 	bprm->interp = filename;
-	bprm->mm = mm_alloc();
-	retval = -ENOMEM;
-	if (!bprm->mm)
+
+	retval = bprm_mm_init(bprm);
+	if (retval)
 		goto out_file;
 
-	retval = init_new_context(current, bprm->mm);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto out_mm;
-
-	bprm->argc = compat_count(argv, bprm->p / sizeof(compat_uptr_t));
+	bprm->argc = compat_count(argv, MAX_ARG_STRINGS);
 	if ((retval = bprm->argc) < 0)
 		goto out_mm;
 
-	bprm->envc = compat_count(envp, bprm->p / sizeof(compat_uptr_t));
+	bprm->envc = compat_count(envp, MAX_ARG_STRINGS);
 	if ((retval = bprm->envc) < 0)
 		goto out_mm;
 
@@ -1421,8 +1408,6 @@
 
 	retval = search_binary_handler(bprm, regs);
 	if (retval >= 0) {
-		free_arg_pages(bprm);
-
 		/* execve success */
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 		acct_update_integrals(current);
@@ -1431,19 +1416,12 @@
 	}
 
 out:
-	/* Something went wrong, return the inode and free the argument pages*/
-	for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-		struct page * page = bprm->page[i];
-		if (page)
-			__free_page(page);
-	}
-
 	if (bprm->security)
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 
 out_mm:
 	if (bprm->mm)
-		mmdrop(bprm->mm);
+		mmput(bprm->mm);
 
 out_file:
 	if (bprm->file) {
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 2e3f795..498f2b3 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+#include <asm/tlb.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
@@ -178,6 +179,207 @@
 	goto out;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+
+static struct page *get_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pos,
+		int write)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	int ret;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
+	if (write) {
+		ret = expand_stack_downwards(bprm->vma, pos);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+#endif
+	ret = get_user_pages(current, bprm->mm, pos,
+			1, write, 1, &page, NULL);
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (write) {
+		struct rlimit *rlim = current->signal->rlim;
+		unsigned long size = bprm->vma->vm_end - bprm->vma->vm_start;
+
+		/*
+		 * Limit to 1/4-th the stack size for the argv+env strings.
+		 * This ensures that:
+		 *  - the remaining binfmt code will not run out of stack space,
+		 *  - the program will have a reasonable amount of stack left
+		 *    to work from.
+		 */
+		if (size > rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur / 4) {
+			put_page(page);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return page;
+}
+
+static void put_arg_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	put_page(page);
+}
+
+static void free_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int i)
+{
+}
+
+static void free_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+}
+
+static void flush_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pos,
+		struct page *page)
+{
+	flush_cache_page(bprm->vma, pos, page_to_pfn(page));
+}
+
+static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = bprm->mm;
+
+	bprm->vma = vma = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!vma)
+		goto err;
+
+	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	vma->vm_mm = mm;
+
+	/*
+	 * Place the stack at the largest stack address the architecture
+	 * supports. Later, we'll move this to an appropriate place. We don't
+	 * use STACK_TOP because that can depend on attributes which aren't
+	 * configured yet.
+	 */
+	vma->vm_end = STACK_TOP_MAX;
+	vma->vm_start = vma->vm_end - PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	vma->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
+	vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[vma->vm_flags & 0x7];
+	err = insert_vm_struct(mm, vma);
+	if (err) {
+		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	mm->stack_vm = mm->total_vm = 1;
+	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	bprm->p = vma->vm_end - sizeof(void *);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	if (vma) {
+		bprm->vma = NULL;
+		kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static bool valid_arg_len(struct linux_binprm *bprm, long len)
+{
+	return len <= MAX_ARG_STRLEN;
+}
+
+#else
+
+static struct page *get_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pos,
+		int write)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+
+	page = bprm->page[pos / PAGE_SIZE];
+	if (!page && write) {
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER|__GFP_ZERO);
+		if (!page)
+			return NULL;
+		bprm->page[pos / PAGE_SIZE] = page;
+	}
+
+	return page;
+}
+
+static void put_arg_page(struct page *page)
+{
+}
+
+static void free_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int i)
+{
+	if (bprm->page[i]) {
+		__free_page(bprm->page[i]);
+		bprm->page[i] = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void free_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES; i++)
+		free_arg_page(bprm, i);
+}
+
+static void flush_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pos,
+		struct page *page)
+{
+}
+
+static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	bprm->p = PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES - sizeof(void *);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool valid_arg_len(struct linux_binprm *bprm, long len)
+{
+	return len <= bprm->p;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
+
+/*
+ * Create a new mm_struct and populate it with a temporary stack
+ * vm_area_struct.  We don't have enough context at this point to set the stack
+ * flags, permissions, and offset, so we use temporary values.  We'll update
+ * them later in setup_arg_pages().
+ */
+int bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = NULL;
+
+	bprm->mm = mm = mm_alloc();
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!mm)
+		goto err;
+
+	err = init_new_context(current, mm);
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
+	err = __bprm_mm_init(bprm);
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	if (mm) {
+		bprm->mm = NULL;
+		mmdrop(mm);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /*
  * count() counts the number of strings in array ARGV.
  */
@@ -203,15 +405,16 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * 'copy_strings()' copies argument/environment strings from user
- * memory to free pages in kernel mem. These are in a format ready
- * to be put directly into the top of new user memory.
+ * 'copy_strings()' copies argument/environment strings from the old
+ * processes's memory to the new process's stack.  The call to get_user_pages()
+ * ensures the destination page is created and not swapped out.
  */
 static int copy_strings(int argc, char __user * __user * argv,
 			struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
 	struct page *kmapped_page = NULL;
 	char *kaddr = NULL;
+	unsigned long kpos = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	while (argc-- > 0) {
@@ -220,69 +423,69 @@
 		unsigned long pos;
 
 		if (get_user(str, argv+argc) ||
-				!(len = strnlen_user(str, bprm->p))) {
+				!(len = strnlen_user(str, MAX_ARG_STRLEN))) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (bprm->p < len)  {
+		if (!valid_arg_len(bprm, len)) {
 			ret = -E2BIG;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		bprm->p -= len;
-		/* XXX: add architecture specific overflow check here. */
+		/* We're going to work our way backwords. */
 		pos = bprm->p;
+		str += len;
+		bprm->p -= len;
 
 		while (len > 0) {
-			int i, new, err;
 			int offset, bytes_to_copy;
-			struct page *page;
 
 			offset = pos % PAGE_SIZE;
-			i = pos/PAGE_SIZE;
-			page = bprm->page[i];
-			new = 0;
-			if (!page) {
-				page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
-				bprm->page[i] = page;
+			if (offset == 0)
+				offset = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+			bytes_to_copy = offset;
+			if (bytes_to_copy > len)
+				bytes_to_copy = len;
+
+			offset -= bytes_to_copy;
+			pos -= bytes_to_copy;
+			str -= bytes_to_copy;
+			len -= bytes_to_copy;
+
+			if (!kmapped_page || kpos != (pos & PAGE_MASK)) {
+				struct page *page;
+
+				page = get_arg_page(bprm, pos, 1);
 				if (!page) {
-					ret = -ENOMEM;
+					ret = -E2BIG;
 					goto out;
 				}
-				new = 1;
-			}
 
-			if (page != kmapped_page) {
-				if (kmapped_page)
+				if (kmapped_page) {
+					flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
 					kunmap(kmapped_page);
+					put_arg_page(kmapped_page);
+				}
 				kmapped_page = page;
 				kaddr = kmap(kmapped_page);
+				kpos = pos & PAGE_MASK;
+				flush_arg_page(bprm, kpos, kmapped_page);
 			}
-			if (new && offset)
-				memset(kaddr, 0, offset);
-			bytes_to_copy = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
-			if (bytes_to_copy > len) {
-				bytes_to_copy = len;
-				if (new)
-					memset(kaddr+offset+len, 0,
-						PAGE_SIZE-offset-len);
-			}
-			err = copy_from_user(kaddr+offset, str, bytes_to_copy);
-			if (err) {
+			if (copy_from_user(kaddr+offset, str, bytes_to_copy)) {
 				ret = -EFAULT;
 				goto out;
 			}
-
-			pos += bytes_to_copy;
-			str += bytes_to_copy;
-			len -= bytes_to_copy;
 		}
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 out:
-	if (kmapped_page)
+	if (kmapped_page) {
+		flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
 		kunmap(kmapped_page);
+		put_arg_page(kmapped_page);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -298,181 +501,172 @@
 	set_fs(oldfs);
 	return r;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_strings_kernel);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+
 /*
- * This routine is used to map in a page into an address space: needed by
- * execve() for the initial stack and environment pages.
+ * During bprm_mm_init(), we create a temporary stack at STACK_TOP_MAX.  Once
+ * the binfmt code determines where the new stack should reside, we shift it to
+ * its final location.  The process proceeds as follows:
  *
- * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem is held for writing.
+ * 1) Use shift to calculate the new vma endpoints.
+ * 2) Extend vma to cover both the old and new ranges.  This ensures the
+ *    arguments passed to subsequent functions are consistent.
+ * 3) Move vma's page tables to the new range.
+ * 4) Free up any cleared pgd range.
+ * 5) Shrink the vma to cover only the new range.
  */
-void install_arg_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-			struct page *page, unsigned long address)
+static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long shift)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
-	pte_t * pte;
-	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	unsigned long old_start = vma->vm_start;
+	unsigned long old_end = vma->vm_end;
+	unsigned long length = old_end - old_start;
+	unsigned long new_start = old_start - shift;
+	unsigned long new_end = old_end - shift;
+	struct mmu_gather *tlb;
 
-	if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(vma)))
-		goto out;
+	BUG_ON(new_start > new_end);
 
-	flush_dcache_page(page);
-	pte = get_locked_pte(mm, address, &ptl);
-	if (!pte)
-		goto out;
-	if (!pte_none(*pte)) {
-		pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
-		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * ensure there are no vmas between where we want to go
+	 * and where we are
+	 */
+	if (vma != find_vma(mm, new_start))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	/*
+	 * cover the whole range: [new_start, old_end)
+	 */
+	vma_adjust(vma, new_start, old_end, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * move the page tables downwards, on failure we rely on
+	 * process cleanup to remove whatever mess we made.
+	 */
+	if (length != move_page_tables(vma, old_start,
+				       vma, new_start, length))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	lru_add_drain();
+	tlb = tlb_gather_mmu(mm, 0);
+	if (new_end > old_start) {
+		/*
+		 * when the old and new regions overlap clear from new_end.
+		 */
+		free_pgd_range(&tlb, new_end, old_end, new_end,
+			vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : 0);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * otherwise, clean from old_start; this is done to not touch
+		 * the address space in [new_end, old_start) some architectures
+		 * have constraints on va-space that make this illegal (IA64) -
+		 * for the others its just a little faster.
+		 */
+		free_pgd_range(&tlb, old_start, old_end, new_end,
+			vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : 0);
 	}
-	inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
-	lru_cache_add_active(page);
-	set_pte_at(mm, address, pte, pte_mkdirty(pte_mkwrite(mk_pte(
-					page, vma->vm_page_prot))));
-	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
-	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
+	tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, new_end, old_end);
 
-	/* no need for flush_tlb */
-	return;
-out:
-	__free_page(page);
-	force_sig(SIGKILL, current);
+	/*
+	 * shrink the vma to just the new range.
+	 */
+	vma_adjust(vma, new_start, new_end, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #define EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES	20	/* random */
 
+/*
+ * Finalizes the stack vm_area_struct. The flags and permissions are updated,
+ * the stack is optionally relocated, and some extra space is added.
+ */
 int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		    unsigned long stack_top,
 		    int executable_stack)
 {
-	unsigned long stack_base;
-	struct vm_area_struct *mpnt;
+	unsigned long ret;
+	unsigned long stack_shift;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	int i, ret;
-	long arg_size;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = bprm->vma;
+	struct vm_area_struct *prev = NULL;
+	unsigned long vm_flags;
+	unsigned long stack_base;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
-	/* Move the argument and environment strings to the bottom of the
-	 * stack space.
-	 */
-	int offset, j;
-	char *to, *from;
-
-	/* Start by shifting all the pages down */
-	i = 0;
-	for (j = 0; j < MAX_ARG_PAGES; j++) {
-		struct page *page = bprm->page[j];
-		if (!page)
-			continue;
-		bprm->page[i++] = page;
-	}
-
-	/* Now move them within their pages */
-	offset = bprm->p % PAGE_SIZE;
-	to = kmap(bprm->page[0]);
-	for (j = 1; j < i; j++) {
-		memmove(to, to + offset, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
-		from = kmap(bprm->page[j]);
-		memcpy(to + PAGE_SIZE - offset, from, offset);
-		kunmap(bprm->page[j - 1]);
-		to = from;
-	}
-	memmove(to, to + offset, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
-	kunmap(bprm->page[j - 1]);
-
 	/* Limit stack size to 1GB */
 	stack_base = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_max;
 	if (stack_base > (1 << 30))
 		stack_base = 1 << 30;
-	stack_base = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_top - stack_base);
 
-	/* Adjust bprm->p to point to the end of the strings. */
-	bprm->p = stack_base + PAGE_SIZE * i - offset;
-
-	mm->arg_start = stack_base;
-	arg_size = i << PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-	/* zero pages that were copied above */
-	while (i < MAX_ARG_PAGES)
-		bprm->page[i++] = NULL;
-#else
-	stack_base = arch_align_stack(stack_top - MAX_ARG_PAGES*PAGE_SIZE);
-	stack_base = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_base);
-	bprm->p += stack_base;
-	mm->arg_start = bprm->p;
-	arg_size = stack_top - (PAGE_MASK & (unsigned long) mm->arg_start);
-#endif
-
-	arg_size += EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
-
-	if (bprm->loader)
-		bprm->loader += stack_base;
-	bprm->exec += stack_base;
-
-	mpnt = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mpnt)
+	/* Make sure we didn't let the argument array grow too large. */
+	if (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start > stack_base)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	{
-		mpnt->vm_mm = mm;
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
-		mpnt->vm_start = stack_base;
-		mpnt->vm_end = stack_base + arg_size;
+	stack_base = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_top - stack_base);
+
+	stack_shift = vma->vm_start - stack_base;
+	mm->arg_start = bprm->p - stack_shift;
+	bprm->p = vma->vm_end - stack_shift;
 #else
-		mpnt->vm_end = stack_top;
-		mpnt->vm_start = mpnt->vm_end - arg_size;
+	stack_top = arch_align_stack(stack_top);
+	stack_top = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_top);
+	stack_shift = vma->vm_end - stack_top;
+
+	bprm->p -= stack_shift;
+	mm->arg_start = bprm->p;
 #endif
-		/* Adjust stack execute permissions; explicitly enable
-		 * for EXSTACK_ENABLE_X, disable for EXSTACK_DISABLE_X
-		 * and leave alone (arch default) otherwise. */
-		if (unlikely(executable_stack == EXSTACK_ENABLE_X))
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS |  VM_EXEC;
-		else if (executable_stack == EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS & ~VM_EXEC;
-		else
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
-		mpnt->vm_flags |= mm->def_flags;
-		mpnt->vm_page_prot = protection_map[mpnt->vm_flags & 0x7];
-		if ((ret = insert_vm_struct(mm, mpnt))) {
+
+	if (bprm->loader)
+		bprm->loader -= stack_shift;
+	bprm->exec -= stack_shift;
+
+	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Adjust stack execute permissions; explicitly enable for
+	 * EXSTACK_ENABLE_X, disable for EXSTACK_DISABLE_X and leave alone
+	 * (arch default) otherwise.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(executable_stack == EXSTACK_ENABLE_X))
+		vm_flags |= VM_EXEC;
+	else if (executable_stack == EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
+		vm_flags &= ~VM_EXEC;
+	vm_flags |= mm->def_flags;
+
+	ret = mprotect_fixup(vma, &prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
+			vm_flags);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unlock;
+	BUG_ON(prev != vma);
+
+	/* Move stack pages down in memory. */
+	if (stack_shift) {
+		ret = shift_arg_pages(vma, stack_shift);
+		if (ret) {
 			up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-			kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, mpnt);
 			return ret;
 		}
-		mm->stack_vm = mm->total_vm = vma_pages(mpnt);
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-		struct page *page = bprm->page[i];
-		if (page) {
-			bprm->page[i] = NULL;
-			install_arg_page(mpnt, page, stack_base);
-		}
-		stack_base += PAGE_SIZE;
-	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
+	stack_base = vma->vm_end + EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
+#else
+	stack_base = vma->vm_start - EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
+#endif
+	ret = expand_stack(vma, stack_base);
+	if (ret)
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+
+out_unlock:
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	
 	return 0;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(setup_arg_pages);
 
-#define free_arg_pages(bprm) do { } while (0)
-
-#else
-
-static inline void free_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES; i++) {
-		if (bprm->page[i])
-			__free_page(bprm->page[i]);
-		bprm->page[i] = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
 struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
@@ -1000,43 +1194,42 @@
  * points to; chop off the first by relocating brpm->p to right after
  * the first '\0' encountered.
  */
-void remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+int remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
-	if (bprm->argc) {
-		char ch;
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned long offset;
+	char *kaddr;
+	struct page *page;
 
-		do {
-			unsigned long offset;
-			unsigned long index;
-			char *kaddr;
-			struct page *page;
+	if (!bprm->argc)
+		return 0;
 
-			offset = bprm->p & ~PAGE_MASK;
-			index = bprm->p >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	do {
+		offset = bprm->p & ~PAGE_MASK;
+		page = get_arg_page(bprm, bprm->p, 0);
+		if (!page) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 
-			page = bprm->page[index];
-			kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
+		for (; offset < PAGE_SIZE && kaddr[offset];
+				offset++, bprm->p++)
+			;
 
-			/* run through page until we reach end or find NUL */
-			do {
-				ch = *(kaddr + offset);
+		kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+		put_arg_page(page);
 
-				/* discard that character... */
-				bprm->p++;
-				offset++;
-			} while (offset < PAGE_SIZE && ch != '\0');
+		if (offset == PAGE_SIZE)
+			free_arg_page(bprm, (bprm->p >> PAGE_SHIFT) - 1);
+	} while (offset == PAGE_SIZE);
 
-			kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+	bprm->p++;
+	bprm->argc--;
+	ret = 0;
 
-			/* free the old page */
-			if (offset == PAGE_SIZE) {
-				__free_page(page);
-				bprm->page[index] = NULL;
-			}
-		} while (ch != '\0');
-
-		bprm->argc--;
-	}
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_arg_zero);
 
@@ -1062,7 +1255,7 @@
 		fput(bprm->file);
 		bprm->file = NULL;
 
-	        loader = PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES-sizeof(void *);
+		loader = bprm->vma->vm_end - sizeof(void *);
 
 		file = open_exec("/sbin/loader");
 		retval = PTR_ERR(file);
@@ -1156,7 +1349,6 @@
 	struct file *file;
 	unsigned long env_p;
 	int retval;
-	int i;
 
 	retval = -ENOMEM;
 	bprm = kzalloc(sizeof(*bprm), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1170,25 +1362,19 @@
 
 	sched_exec();
 
-	bprm->p = PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES-sizeof(void *);
-
 	bprm->file = file;
 	bprm->filename = filename;
 	bprm->interp = filename;
-	bprm->mm = mm_alloc();
-	retval = -ENOMEM;
-	if (!bprm->mm)
+
+	retval = bprm_mm_init(bprm);
+	if (retval)
 		goto out_file;
 
-	retval = init_new_context(current, bprm->mm);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto out_mm;
-
-	bprm->argc = count(argv, bprm->p / sizeof(void *));
+	bprm->argc = count(argv, MAX_ARG_STRINGS);
 	if ((retval = bprm->argc) < 0)
 		goto out_mm;
 
-	bprm->envc = count(envp, bprm->p / sizeof(void *));
+	bprm->envc = count(envp, MAX_ARG_STRINGS);
 	if ((retval = bprm->envc) < 0)
 		goto out_mm;
 
@@ -1217,9 +1403,8 @@
 
 	retval = search_binary_handler(bprm,regs);
 	if (retval >= 0) {
-		free_arg_pages(bprm);
-
 		/* execve success */
+		free_arg_pages(bprm);
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 		acct_update_integrals(current);
 		kfree(bprm);
@@ -1227,26 +1412,19 @@
 	}
 
 out:
-	/* Something went wrong, return the inode and free the argument pages*/
-	for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-		struct page * page = bprm->page[i];
-		if (page)
-			__free_page(page);
-	}
-
+	free_arg_pages(bprm);
 	if (bprm->security)
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 
 out_mm:
 	if (bprm->mm)
-		mmdrop(bprm->mm);
+		mmput (bprm->mm);
 
 out_file:
 	if (bprm->file) {
 		allow_write_access(bprm->file);
 		fput(bprm->file);
 	}
-
 out_kfree:
 	kfree(bprm);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index a0b209c..91c8c07 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 struct pt_regs;
 
 /*
- * MAX_ARG_PAGES defines the number of pages allocated for arguments
- * and envelope for the new program. 32 should suffice, this gives
- * a maximum env+arg of 128kB w/4KB pages!
+ * These are the maximum length and maximum number of strings passed to the
+ * execve() system call.  MAX_ARG_STRLEN is essentially random but serves to
+ * prevent the kernel from being unduly impacted by misaddressed pointers.
+ * MAX_ARG_STRINGS is chosen to fit in a signed 32-bit integer.
  */
-#define MAX_ARG_PAGES 32
+#define MAX_ARG_STRLEN (PAGE_SIZE * 32)
+#define MAX_ARG_STRINGS 0x7FFFFFFF
 
 /* sizeof(linux_binprm->buf) */
 #define BINPRM_BUF_SIZE 128
@@ -24,7 +26,12 @@
  */
 struct linux_binprm{
 	char buf[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE];
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+#else
+# define MAX_ARG_PAGES	32
 	struct page *page[MAX_ARG_PAGES];
+#endif
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	unsigned long p; /* current top of mem */
 	int sh_bang;
@@ -69,7 +76,7 @@
 extern int unregister_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *);
 
 extern int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *);
-extern void remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *);
+extern int __must_check remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *);
 extern int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *,struct pt_regs *);
 extern int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm);
 
@@ -86,6 +93,7 @@
 extern int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 			   unsigned long stack_top,
 			   int executable_stack);
+extern int bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc,char ** argv,struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern void compute_creds(struct linux_binprm *binprm);
 extern int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 50a0ed1..c456c3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@
 
 extern int make_pages_present(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end);
 extern int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write);
-void install_arg_page(struct vm_area_struct *, struct page *, unsigned long);
 
 int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 		int len, int write, int force, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
@@ -825,9 +824,15 @@
 int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page);
 int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page);
 
+extern unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		unsigned long old_addr, struct vm_area_struct *new_vma,
+		unsigned long new_addr, unsigned long len);
 extern unsigned long do_mremap(unsigned long addr,
 			       unsigned long old_len, unsigned long new_len,
 			       unsigned long flags, unsigned long new_addr);
+extern int mprotect_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			  struct vm_area_struct **pprev, unsigned long start,
+			  unsigned long end, unsigned long newflags);
 
 /*
  * A callback you can register to apply pressure to ageable caches.
@@ -1159,6 +1164,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_IA64
 extern int expand_upwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address);
 #endif
+extern int expand_stack_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				  unsigned long address);
 
 /* Look up the first VMA which satisfies  addr < vm_end,  NULL if none. */
 extern struct vm_area_struct * find_vma(struct mm_struct * mm, unsigned long addr);
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 535586f..145cbb7 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
 		return; /* execve failed, no additional info */
 
 	for (i = 0; i < axi->argc; i++, p += len) {
-		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_PAGES*PAGE_SIZE);
+		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		/*
 		 * We just created this mm, if we can't find the strings
 		 * we just copied into it something is _very_ wrong. Similar
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 724f342..7afc7a7 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1571,33 +1571,11 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP || CONFIG_IA64 */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
-int expand_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
-{
-	return expand_upwards(vma, address);
-}
-
-struct vm_area_struct *
-find_extend_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
-{
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
-
-	addr &= PAGE_MASK;
-	vma = find_vma_prev(mm, addr, &prev);
-	if (vma && (vma->vm_start <= addr))
-		return vma;
-	if (!prev || expand_stack(prev, addr))
-		return NULL;
-	if (prev->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
-		make_pages_present(addr, prev->vm_end);
-	}
-	return prev;
-}
-#else
 /*
  * vma is the first one with address < vma->vm_start.  Have to extend vma.
  */
-int expand_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
+static inline int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				   unsigned long address)
 {
 	int error;
 
@@ -1634,6 +1612,38 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
+int expand_stack_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
+{
+	return expand_downwards(vma, address);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
+int expand_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
+{
+	return expand_upwards(vma, address);
+}
+
+struct vm_area_struct *
+find_extend_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
+
+	addr &= PAGE_MASK;
+	vma = find_vma_prev(mm, addr, &prev);
+	if (vma && (vma->vm_start <= addr))
+		return vma;
+	if (!prev || expand_stack(prev, addr))
+		return NULL;
+	if (prev->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
+		make_pages_present(addr, prev->vm_end);
+	return prev;
+}
+#else
+int expand_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
+{
+	return expand_downwards(vma, address);
+}
+
 struct vm_area_struct *
 find_extend_vma(struct mm_struct * mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
@@ -1651,9 +1661,8 @@
 	start = vma->vm_start;
 	if (expand_stack(vma, addr))
 		return NULL;
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
 		make_pages_present(addr, start);
-	}
 	return vma;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 3b8f3c0..e8346c3 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	flush_tlb_range(vma, start, end);
 }
 
-static int
+int
 mprotect_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **pprev,
 	unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned long newflags)
 {
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index bc7c52e..8ea5c24 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 
 #define LATENCY_LIMIT	(64 * PAGE_SIZE)
 
-static unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long old_addr, struct vm_area_struct *new_vma,
 		unsigned long new_addr, unsigned long len)
 {