diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index f6f3353..bff7fd7 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -442,9 +442,10 @@
 extern u64 hwpoison_filter_memcg;
 extern u32 hwpoison_filter_enable;
 
-extern unsigned long vm_mmap_pgoff(struct file *, unsigned long,
+extern unsigned long  __must_check vm_mmap_pgoff(struct file *, unsigned long,
         unsigned long, unsigned long,
-        unsigned long, unsigned long);
+        unsigned long, unsigned long,
+        bool);
 
 extern void set_pageblock_order(void);
 unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 07427d3..93fb63e 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -707,10 +707,12 @@
 		return error;
 
 	write = madvise_need_mmap_write(behavior);
-	if (write)
-		down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-	else
+	if (write) {
+		if (down_write_killable(&current->mm->mmap_sem))
+			return -EINTR;
+	} else {
 		down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If the interval [start,end) covers some unmapped address
diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 96f0010..ef8dc9f 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int do_mlock(unsigned long start, size_t len, vm_flags_t flags)
+static __must_check int do_mlock(unsigned long start, size_t len, vm_flags_t flags)
 {
 	unsigned long locked;
 	unsigned long lock_limit;
@@ -635,7 +635,8 @@
 	lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
 	locked = len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&current->mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
 
 	locked += current->mm->locked_vm;
 
@@ -678,7 +679,8 @@
 	len = PAGE_ALIGN(len + (offset_in_page(start)));
 	start &= PAGE_MASK;
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&current->mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
 	ret = apply_vma_lock_flags(start, len, 0);
 	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 
@@ -748,9 +750,10 @@
 	lock_limit = rlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK);
 	lock_limit >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&current->mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
 
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	if (!(flags & MCL_CURRENT) || (current->mm->total_vm <= lock_limit) ||
 	    capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
 		ret = apply_mlockall_flags(flags);
@@ -765,7 +768,8 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&current->mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
 	ret = apply_mlockall_flags(0);
 	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index b9274a0..11e1f2c 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@
 	unsigned long min_brk;
 	bool populate;
 
-	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK
 	/*
@@ -1332,7 +1333,7 @@
 
 	flags &= ~(MAP_EXECUTABLE | MAP_DENYWRITE);
 
-	retval = vm_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff);
+	retval = vm_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff, true);
 out_fput:
 	if (file)
 		fput(file);
@@ -2493,6 +2494,10 @@
 	int ret;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 
+	/*
+	 * XXX convert to down_write_killable as soon as all users are able
+	 * to handle the error.
+	 */
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	ret = do_munmap(mm, start, len);
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
@@ -2502,8 +2507,15 @@
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(munmap, unsigned long, addr, size_t, len)
 {
+	int ret;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+
 	profile_munmap(addr);
-	return vm_munmap(addr, len);
+	if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
+	ret = do_munmap(mm, addr, len);
+	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 
@@ -2535,7 +2547,9 @@
 	if (pgoff + (size >> PAGE_SHIFT) < pgoff)
 		return ret;
 
-	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
+
 	vma = find_vma(mm, start);
 
 	if (!vma || !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
@@ -2700,6 +2714,11 @@
 	unsigned long ret;
 	bool populate;
 
+	/*
+	 * XXX not all users are chcecking the return value, convert
+	 * to down_write_killable after they are able to cope with
+	 * error
+	 */
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	ret = do_brk(addr, len);
 	populate = ((mm->def_flags & VM_LOCKED) != 0);
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index b650c54..5019a1e 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@
 
 	reqprot = prot;
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&current->mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
 
 	vma = find_vma(current->mm, start);
 	error = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 9dc4999..1f157ad 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@
 	if (!new_len)
 		return ret;
 
-	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	if (down_write_killable(&current->mm->mmap_sem))
+		return -EINTR;
 
 	if (flags & MREMAP_FIXED) {
 		ret = mremap_to(addr, old_len, new_addr, new_len,
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index c8bd59a..b7451274 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@
 
 	flags &= ~(MAP_EXECUTABLE | MAP_DENYWRITE);
 
-	retval = vm_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff);
+	retval = vm_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff, true);
 
 	if (file)
 		fput(file);
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 8a1b3a1..03b2377 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 
 unsigned long vm_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long len, unsigned long prot,
-	unsigned long flag, unsigned long pgoff)
+	unsigned long flag, unsigned long pgoff, bool killable)
 {
 	unsigned long ret;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
@@ -297,7 +297,12 @@
 
 	ret = security_mmap_file(file, prot, flag);
 	if (!ret) {
-		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		if (killable) {
+			if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
+				return -EINTR;
+		} else {
+			down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		}
 		ret = do_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, len, prot, flag, pgoff,
 				    &populate);
 		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
@@ -307,6 +312,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* XXX are all callers checking an error */
 unsigned long vm_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long len, unsigned long prot,
 	unsigned long flag, unsigned long offset)
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(offset_in_page(offset)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return vm_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, len, prot, flag, offset >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	return vm_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, len, prot, flag, offset >> PAGE_SHIFT, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_mmap);