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diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index ecd3319dac33..ae572c138607 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
#ifndef __LINUX_UACCESS_H__
#define __LINUX_UACCESS_H__
-#include <linux/preempt.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+static __always_inline void pagefault_disabled_inc(void)
+{
+ current->pagefault_disabled++;
+}
+
+static __always_inline void pagefault_disabled_dec(void)
+{
+ current->pagefault_disabled--;
+ WARN_ON(current->pagefault_disabled < 0);
+}
+
/*
- * These routines enable/disable the pagefault handler in that
- * it will not take any locks and go straight to the fixup table.
+ * These routines enable/disable the pagefault handler. If disabled, it will
+ * not take any locks and go straight to the fixup table.
*
- * They have great resemblance to the preempt_disable/enable calls
- * and in fact they are identical; this is because currently there is
- * no other way to make the pagefault handlers do this. So we do
- * disable preemption but we don't necessarily care about that.
+ * User access methods will not sleep when called from a pagefault_disabled()
+ * environment.
*/
static inline void pagefault_disable(void)
{
- preempt_count_inc();
+ pagefault_disabled_inc();
/*
* make sure to have issued the store before a pagefault
* can hit.
@@ -25,18 +34,31 @@ static inline void pagefault_disable(void)
static inline void pagefault_enable(void)
{
-#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT
/*
* make sure to issue those last loads/stores before enabling
* the pagefault handler again.
*/
barrier();
- preempt_count_dec();
-#else
- preempt_enable();
-#endif
+ pagefault_disabled_dec();
}
+/*
+ * Is the pagefault handler disabled? If so, user access methods will not sleep.
+ */
+#define pagefault_disabled() (current->pagefault_disabled != 0)
+
+/*
+ * The pagefault handler is in general disabled by pagefault_disable() or
+ * when in irq context (via in_atomic()).
+ *
+ * This function should only be used by the fault handlers. Other users should
+ * stick to pagefault_disabled().
+ * Please NEVER use preempt_disable() to disable the fault handler. With
+ * !CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT, this is like a NOP. So the handler won't be disabled.
+ * in_atomic() will report different values based on !CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT.
+ */
+#define faulthandler_disabled() (pagefault_disabled() || in_atomic())
+
#ifndef ARCH_HAS_NOCACHE_UACCESS
static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(void *to,