diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 862fc07dc6c0..8f1e390fd71b 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ static inline int fault_in_pages_writeable(char __user *uaddr, int size)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (unlikely(size == 0))
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Writing zeroes into userspace here is OK, because we know that if
 	 * the zero gets there, we'll be overwriting it.
@@ -238,19 +241,23 @@ static inline int fault_in_pages_writeable(char __user *uaddr, int size)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline void fault_in_pages_readable(const char __user *uaddr, int size)
+static inline int fault_in_pages_readable(const char __user *uaddr, int size)
 {
 	volatile char c;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (unlikely(size == 0))
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = __get_user(c, uaddr);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		const char __user *end = uaddr + size - 1;
 
 		if (((unsigned long)uaddr & PAGE_MASK) !=
 				((unsigned long)end & PAGE_MASK))
-		 	__get_user(c, end);
+		 	ret = __get_user(c, end);
 	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_PAGEMAP_H */
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index c59d5b3cd99a..557fd887254f 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1826,11 +1826,12 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	filemap_set_next_iovec(&cur_iov, nr_segs, &iov_offset, written);
 
 	do {
+		struct page *src_page;
 		struct page *page;
 		pgoff_t index;		/* Pagecache index for current page */
 		unsigned long offset;	/* Offset into pagecache page */
-		unsigned long maxlen;	/* Bytes remaining in current iovec */
-		size_t bytes;		/* Bytes to write to page */
+		unsigned long seglen;	/* Bytes remaining in current iovec */
+		unsigned long bytes;	/* Bytes to write to page */
 		size_t copied;		/* Bytes copied from user */
 
 		buf = cur_iov->iov_base + iov_offset;
@@ -1840,20 +1841,30 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		if (bytes > count)
 			bytes = count;
 
-		maxlen = cur_iov->iov_len - iov_offset;
-		if (maxlen > bytes)
-			maxlen = bytes;
+		/*
+		 * a non-NULL src_page indicates that we're doing the
+		 * copy via get_user_pages and kmap.
+		 */
+		src_page = NULL;
+
+		seglen = cur_iov->iov_len - iov_offset;
+		if (seglen > bytes)
+			seglen = bytes;
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
 		/*
 		 * Bring in the user page that we will copy from _first_.
 		 * Otherwise there's a nasty deadlock on copying from the
 		 * same page as we're writing to, without it being marked
 		 * up-to-date.
+		 *
+		 * Not only is this an optimisation, but it is also required
+		 * to check that the address is actually valid, when atomic
+		 * usercopies are used, below.
 		 */
-		fault_in_pages_readable(buf, maxlen);
-#endif
-
+		if (unlikely(fault_in_pages_readable(buf, seglen))) {
+			status = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
 
 		page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
 		if (!page) {
@@ -1861,32 +1872,104 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			break;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * non-uptodate pages cannot cope with short copies, and we
+		 * cannot take a pagefault with the destination page locked.
+		 * So pin the source page to copy it.
+		 */
+		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+			unlock_page(page);
+
+			src_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!src_page) {
+				page_cache_release(page);
+				status = -ENOMEM;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Cannot get_user_pages with a page locked for the
+			 * same reason as we can't take a page fault with a
+			 * page locked (as explained below).
+			 */
+			copied = filemap_copy_from_user(src_page, offset,
+					cur_iov, nr_segs, iov_offset, bytes);
+			if (unlikely(copied == 0)) {
+				status = -EFAULT;
+				page_cache_release(page);
+				page_cache_release(src_page);
+				break;
+			}
+			bytes = copied;
+
+			lock_page(page);
+			/*
+			 * Can't handle the page going uptodate here, because
+			 * that means we would use non-atomic usercopies, which
+			 * zero out the tail of the page, which can cause
+			 * zeroes to become transiently visible. We could just
+			 * use a non-zeroing copy, but the APIs aren't too
+			 * consistent.
+			 */
+			if (unlikely(!page->mapping || PageUptodate(page))) {
+				unlock_page(page);
+				page_cache_release(page);
+				page_cache_release(src_page);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+		}
+
 		status = a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, offset, offset+bytes);
 		if (unlikely(status))
 			goto fs_write_aop_error;
 
-		copied = filemap_copy_from_user(page, offset,
+		if (!src_page) {
+			/*
+			 * Must not enter the pagefault handler here, because
+			 * we hold the page lock, so we might recursively
+			 * deadlock on the same lock, or get an ABBA deadlock
+			 * against a different lock, or against the mmap_sem
+			 * (which nests outside the page lock).  So increment
+			 * preempt count, and use _atomic usercopies.
+			 *
+			 * The page is uptodate so we are OK to encounter a
+			 * short copy: if unmodified parts of the page are
+			 * marked dirty and written out to disk, it doesn't
+			 * really matter.
+			 */
+			pagefault_disable();
+			copied = filemap_copy_from_user_atomic(page, offset,
 					cur_iov, nr_segs, iov_offset, bytes);
+			pagefault_enable();
+		} else {
+			void *src, *dst;
+			src = kmap_atomic(src_page, KM_USER0);
+			dst = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER1);
+			memcpy(dst + offset, src + offset, bytes);
+			kunmap_atomic(dst, KM_USER1);
+			kunmap_atomic(src, KM_USER0);
+			copied = bytes;
+		}
 		flush_dcache_page(page);
 
 		status = a_ops->commit_write(file, page, offset, offset+bytes);
 		if (unlikely(status < 0 || status == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE))
 			goto fs_write_aop_error;
-		if (unlikely(copied != bytes)) {
-			status = -EFAULT;
-			goto fs_write_aop_error;
-		}
 		if (unlikely(status > 0)) /* filesystem did partial write */
-			copied = status;
+			copied = min_t(size_t, copied, status);
+
+		unlock_page(page);
+		mark_page_accessed(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+		if (src_page)
+			page_cache_release(src_page);
 
 		written += copied;
 		count -= copied;
 		pos += copied;
 		filemap_set_next_iovec(&cur_iov, nr_segs, &iov_offset, copied);
 
-		unlock_page(page);
-		mark_page_accessed(page);
-		page_cache_release(page);
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
 		cond_resched();
 		continue;
@@ -1895,6 +1978,8 @@ fs_write_aop_error:
 		if (status != AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE)
 			unlock_page(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
+		if (src_page)
+			page_cache_release(src_page);
 
 		/*
 		 * prepare_write() may have instantiated a few blocks
@@ -1907,7 +1992,6 @@ fs_write_aop_error:
 			continue;
 		else
 			break;
-
 	} while (count);
 	*ppos = pos;