Merge rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

Conflicts:

	drivers/usb/input/hid.h

27 files changed, 243 insertions, 100 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c
index 3576b3cc505e..7d4190e55654 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ int chan_out_fd(struct list_head *chans)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-void chan_interrupt(struct list_head *chans, struct work_struct *task,
+void chan_interrupt(struct list_head *chans, struct delayed_work *task,
 		    struct tty_struct *tty, int irq)
 {
 	struct list_head *ele, *next;
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
index 2f880cb167a5..0cad3546cb89 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int winch_thread(void *arg)
 	/* These are synchronization calls between various UML threads on the
 	 * host - since they are not different kernel threads, we cannot use
 	 * kernel semaphores. We don't use SysV semaphores because they are
-	 * persistant. */
+	 * persistent. */
 	count = os_read_file(pipe_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
 	if(count != sizeof(c))
 		printk("winch_thread : failed to read synchronization byte, "
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/daemon_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/daemon_kern.c
index 824386974f88..9c2e7a758f21 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/daemon_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/daemon_kern.c
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ static int register_daemon(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__initcall(register_daemon);
+late_initcall(register_daemon);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/line.c b/arch/um/drivers/line.c
index 426633e5d6e3..aa3090d05a8f 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/line.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/line.c
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ static irqreturn_t line_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static void line_timer_cb(void *arg)
+static void line_timer_cb(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct line *line = arg;
+	struct line *line = container_of(work, struct line, task.work);
 
 	if(!line->throttled)
 		chan_interrupt(&line->chan_list, &line->task, line->tty,
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ int line_open(struct line *lines, struct tty_struct *tty)
 		 * is registered.
 		 */
 		enable_chan(line);
-		INIT_WORK(&line->task, line_timer_cb, line);
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&line->task, line_timer_cb);
 
 		if(!line->sigio){
 			chan_enable_winch(&line->chan_list, tty);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mcast_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mcast_kern.c
index c090fbd464e7..52ccb7b53cd2 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/mcast_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/mcast_kern.c
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ static int register_mcast(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__initcall(register_mcast);
+late_initcall(register_mcast);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
index 7b172160fe04..96f0189327af 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static struct notifier_block reboot_notifier = {
 
 static LIST_HEAD(mc_requests);
 
-static void mc_work_proc(void *unused)
+static void mc_work_proc(struct work_struct *unused)
 {
 	struct mconsole_entry *req;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void mc_work_proc(void *unused)
 	}
 }
 
-static DECLARE_WORK(mconsole_work, mc_work_proc, NULL);
+static DECLARE_WORK(mconsole_work, mc_work_proc);
 
 static irqreturn_t mconsole_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
index ec9eb8bd9432..286bc0b3207f 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ irqreturn_t uml_net_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		 * same device, since it tests for (dev->flags & IFF_UP). So
 		 * there's no harm in delaying the device shutdown. */
 		schedule_work(&close_work);
+#error this is not permitted - close_work will go out of scope
 		goto out;
 	}
 	reactivate_fd(lp->fd, UM_ETH_IRQ);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/pcap_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/pcap_kern.c
index 6e1ef8558283..e67362acf0e7 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/pcap_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/pcap_kern.c
@@ -109,4 +109,4 @@ static int register_pcap(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__initcall(register_pcap);
+late_initcall(register_pcap);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/port_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/port_kern.c
index ce9f3733f73e..6dfe632f1c14 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/port_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/port_kern.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int port_accept(struct port_list *port)
 DECLARE_MUTEX(ports_sem);
 struct list_head ports = LIST_HEAD_INIT(ports);
 
-void port_work_proc(void *unused)
+void port_work_proc(struct work_struct *unused)
 {
 	struct port_list *port;
 	struct list_head *ele;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void port_work_proc(void *unused)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-DECLARE_WORK(port_work, port_work_proc, NULL);
+DECLARE_WORK(port_work, port_work_proc);
 
 static irqreturn_t port_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/slip_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/slip_kern.c
index 788da5439a2d..25634bd1f585 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/slip_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/slip_kern.c
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ static int register_slip(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__initcall(register_slip);
+late_initcall(register_slip);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/slirp_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/slirp_kern.c
index ae322e1c8a87..b3ed8fb874ab 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/slirp_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/slirp_kern.c
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ static int register_slirp(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__initcall(register_slirp);
+late_initcall(register_slirp);
diff --git a/arch/um/include/chan_kern.h b/arch/um/include/chan_kern.h
index 572d286ed2c6..9003a343e148 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/chan_kern.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/chan_kern.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct chan {
 	void *data;
 };
 
-extern void chan_interrupt(struct list_head *chans, struct work_struct *task,
+extern void chan_interrupt(struct list_head *chans, struct delayed_work *task,
 			   struct tty_struct *tty, int irq);
 extern int parse_chan_pair(char *str, struct line *line, int device,
 			   const struct chan_opts *opts);
diff --git a/arch/um/include/line.h b/arch/um/include/line.h
index 7be24811bb30..214ee76c40df 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/line.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/line.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct line {
 	char *tail;
 
 	int sigio;
-	struct work_struct task;
+	struct delayed_work task;
 	const struct line_driver *driver;
 	int have_irq;
 };
diff --git a/arch/um/include/os.h b/arch/um/include/os.h
index 6516f6dca96d..13a86bd383d3 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/os.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/os.h
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ extern unsigned long __do_user_copy(void *to, const void *from, int n,
 				    void (*op)(void *to, const void *from,
 					       int n), int *faulted_out);
 
+/* execvp.c */
+extern int execvp_noalloc(char *buf, const char *file, char *const argv[]);
 /* helper.c */
 extern int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
 		      unsigned long *stack_out);
diff --git a/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/checksum.h b/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/checksum.h
index 052bb061a978..0cb4645cbeb8 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/checksum.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/checksum.h
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
  *
  * it's best to have buff aligned on a 32-bit boundary
  */
-unsigned int csum_partial(const unsigned char * buff, int len, 
-			  unsigned int sum);
+__wsum csum_partial(const void *buff, int len, __wsum sum);
 
 /*
  *	Note: when you get a NULL pointer exception here this means someone
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ unsigned int csum_partial(const unsigned char * buff, int len,
  */
 
 static __inline__
-unsigned int csum_partial_copy_nocheck(const unsigned char *src, unsigned char *dst,
-				       int len, int sum)
+__wsum csum_partial_copy_nocheck(const void *src, void *dst,
+				       int len, __wsum sum)
 {
 	memcpy(dst, src, len);
 	return csum_partial(dst, len, sum);
@@ -48,36 +47,25 @@ unsigned int csum_partial_copy_nocheck(const unsigned char *src, unsigned char *
  */
 
 static __inline__
-unsigned int csum_partial_copy_from_user(const unsigned char __user *src,
-					 unsigned char *dst,
-					 int len, int sum, int *err_ptr)
+__wsum csum_partial_copy_from_user(const void __user *src, void *dst,
+					 int len, __wsum sum, int *err_ptr)
 {
-	if(copy_from_user(dst, src, len)){
+	if (copy_from_user(dst, src, len)) {
 		*err_ptr = -EFAULT;
-		return(-1);
+		return (__force __wsum)-1;
 	}
 
 	return csum_partial(dst, len, sum);
 }
 
 /*
- * These are the old (and unsafe) way of doing checksums, a warning message 
- * will be printed if they are used and an exception occurs.
- *
- * these functions should go away after some time.
- */
-
-#define csum_partial_copy_fromuser csum_partial_copy_from_user
-
-/*
  *	This is a version of ip_compute_csum() optimized for IP headers,
  *	which always checksum on 4 octet boundaries.
  *
  *	By Jorge Cwik <jorge@laser.satlink.net>, adapted for linux by
  *	Arnt Gulbrandsen.
  */
-static inline unsigned short ip_fast_csum(unsigned char * iph,
-					  unsigned int ihl)
+static inline __sum16 ip_fast_csum(const void *iph, unsigned int ihl)
 {
 	unsigned int sum;
 
@@ -105,29 +93,29 @@ static inline unsigned short ip_fast_csum(unsigned char * iph,
 	: "=r" (sum), "=r" (iph), "=r" (ihl)
 	: "1" (iph), "2" (ihl)
 	: "memory");
-	return sum;
+	return (__force __sum16)sum;
 }
 
 /*
  *	Fold a partial checksum
  */
 
-static inline unsigned int csum_fold(unsigned int sum)
+static inline __sum16 csum_fold(__wsum sum)
 {
 	__asm__(
 		"addl %1, %0		;\n"
 		"adcl $0xffff, %0	;\n"
 		: "=r" (sum)
-		: "r" (sum << 16), "0" (sum & 0xffff0000)
+		: "r" ((__force u32)sum << 16),
+		  "0" ((__force u32)sum & 0xffff0000)
 	);
-	return (~sum) >> 16;
+	return (__force __sum16)(~(__force u32)sum >> 16);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long csum_tcpudp_nofold(unsigned long saddr,
-						   unsigned long daddr,
+static inline __wsum csum_tcpudp_nofold(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
 						   unsigned short len,
 						   unsigned short proto,
-						   unsigned int sum)
+						   __wsum sum)
 {
     __asm__(
 	"addl %1, %0	;\n"
@@ -135,7 +123,7 @@ static inline unsigned long csum_tcpudp_nofold(unsigned long saddr,
 	"adcl %3, %0	;\n"
 	"adcl $0, %0	;\n"
 	: "=r" (sum)
-	: "g" (daddr), "g"(saddr), "g"((ntohs(len)<<16)+proto*256), "0"(sum));
+	: "g" (daddr), "g"(saddr), "g"((len + proto) << 8), "0"(sum));
     return sum;
 }
 
@@ -143,11 +131,10 @@ static inline unsigned long csum_tcpudp_nofold(unsigned long saddr,
  * computes the checksum of the TCP/UDP pseudo-header
  * returns a 16-bit checksum, already complemented
  */
-static inline unsigned short int csum_tcpudp_magic(unsigned long saddr,
-						   unsigned long daddr,
+static inline __sum16 csum_tcpudp_magic(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
 						   unsigned short len,
 						   unsigned short proto,
-						   unsigned int sum)
+						   __wsum sum)
 {
 	return csum_fold(csum_tcpudp_nofold(saddr,daddr,len,proto,sum));
 }
@@ -157,17 +144,16 @@ static inline unsigned short int csum_tcpudp_magic(unsigned long saddr,
  * in icmp.c
  */
 
-static inline unsigned short ip_compute_csum(unsigned char * buff, int len)
+static inline __sum16 ip_compute_csum(const void *buff, int len)
 {
     return csum_fold (csum_partial(buff, len, 0));
 }
 
 #define _HAVE_ARCH_IPV6_CSUM
-static __inline__ unsigned short int csum_ipv6_magic(struct in6_addr *saddr,
-						     struct in6_addr *daddr,
-						     __u32 len,
-						     unsigned short proto,
-						     unsigned int sum)
+static __inline__ __sum16 csum_ipv6_magic(const struct in6_addr *saddr,
+					  const struct in6_addr *daddr,
+					  __u32 len, unsigned short proto,
+					  __wsum sum)
 {
 	__asm__(
 		"addl 0(%1), %0		;\n"
@@ -192,14 +178,14 @@ static __inline__ unsigned short int csum_ipv6_magic(struct in6_addr *saddr,
  *	Copy and checksum to user
  */
 #define HAVE_CSUM_COPY_USER
-static __inline__ unsigned int csum_and_copy_to_user(const unsigned char *src,
-						     unsigned char __user *dst,
-						     int len, int sum, int *err_ptr)
+static __inline__ __wsum csum_and_copy_to_user(const void *src,
+						     void __user *dst,
+						     int len, __wsum sum, int *err_ptr)
 {
-	if (access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, dst, len)){
-		if(copy_to_user(dst, src, len)){
+	if (access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, dst, len)) {
+		if (copy_to_user(dst, src, len)) {
 			*err_ptr = -EFAULT;
-			return(-1);
+			return (__force __wsum)-1;
 		}
 
 		return csum_partial(src, len, sum);
@@ -208,7 +194,7 @@ static __inline__ unsigned int csum_and_copy_to_user(const unsigned char *src,
 	if (len)
 		*err_ptr = -EFAULT;
 
-	return -1; /* invalid checksum */
+	return (__force __wsum)-1; /* invalid checksum */
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/ptrace.h b/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/ptrace.h
index 6670cc992ecb..52b398bcafcf 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/ptrace.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ union uml_pt_regs {
 #endif
 #ifdef UML_CONFIG_MODE_SKAS
 	struct skas_regs {
-		unsigned long regs[HOST_FRAME_SIZE];
+		unsigned long regs[MAX_REG_NR];
 		unsigned long fp[HOST_FP_SIZE];
 		unsigned long xfp[HOST_XFP_SIZE];
                 struct faultinfo faultinfo;
diff --git a/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/stub.h b/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/stub.h
index b492b12b4a10..4fffae75ba53 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/stub.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/stub.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
 #include "stub-data.h"
 #include "kern_constants.h"
 #include "uml-config.h"
diff --git a/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/checksum.h b/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/checksum.h
index ea97005af694..a5be9031ea85 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/checksum.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/checksum.h
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 #include "linux/in6.h"
 #include "asm/uaccess.h"
 
-extern unsigned csum_partial(const unsigned char *buff, unsigned len,
-                             unsigned sum);
+extern __wsum csum_partial(const void *buff, int len, __wsum sum);
 
 /*
  *	Note: when you get a NULL pointer exception here this means someone
@@ -21,21 +20,21 @@ extern unsigned csum_partial(const unsigned char *buff, unsigned len,
  */
 
 static __inline__
-unsigned int csum_partial_copy_nocheck(const unsigned char *src, unsigned char *dst,
-				       int len, int sum)
+__wsum csum_partial_copy_nocheck(const void *src, void *dst,
+				       int len, __wsum sum)
 {
 	memcpy(dst, src, len);
 	return(csum_partial(dst, len, sum));
 }
 
 static __inline__
-unsigned int csum_partial_copy_from_user(const unsigned char *src,
-                                         unsigned char *dst, int len, int sum,
+__wsum csum_partial_copy_from_user(const void __user *src,
+                                         void *dst, int len, __wsum sum,
                                          int *err_ptr)
 {
-        if(copy_from_user(dst, src, len)){
+        if (copy_from_user(dst, src, len)) {
                 *err_ptr = -EFAULT;
-                return(-1);
+                return (__force __wsum)-1;
         }
         return csum_partial(dst, len, sum);
 }
@@ -48,15 +47,16 @@ unsigned int csum_partial_copy_from_user(const unsigned char *src,
  * the last step before putting a checksum into a packet.
  * Make sure not to mix with 64bit checksums.
  */
-static inline unsigned int csum_fold(unsigned int sum)
+static inline __sum16 csum_fold(__wsum sum)
 {
 	__asm__(
 		"  addl %1,%0\n"
 		"  adcl $0xffff,%0"
 		: "=r" (sum)
-		: "r" (sum << 16), "0" (sum & 0xffff0000)
+		: "r" ((__force u32)sum << 16),
+		  "0" ((__force u32)sum & 0xffff0000)
 	);
-	return (~sum) >> 16;
+	return (__force __sum16)(~(__force u32)sum >> 16);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -70,28 +70,27 @@ static inline unsigned int csum_fold(unsigned int sum)
  * Returns the pseudo header checksum the input data. Result is
  * 32bit unfolded.
  */
-static inline unsigned long
-csum_tcpudp_nofold(unsigned saddr, unsigned daddr, unsigned short len,
-		   unsigned short proto, unsigned int sum)
+static inline __wsum
+csum_tcpudp_nofold(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr, unsigned short len,
+		   unsigned short proto, __wsum sum)
 {
 	asm("  addl %1, %0\n"
 	    "  adcl %2, %0\n"
 	    "  adcl %3, %0\n"
 	    "  adcl $0, %0\n"
 		: "=r" (sum)
-	    : "g" (daddr), "g" (saddr), "g" ((ntohs(len)<<16)+proto*256), "0" (sum));
-    return sum;
+	    : "g" (daddr), "g" (saddr), "g" ((len + proto) << 8), "0" (sum));
+	return sum;
 }
 
 /*
  * computes the checksum of the TCP/UDP pseudo-header
  * returns a 16-bit checksum, already complemented
  */
-static inline unsigned short int csum_tcpudp_magic(unsigned long saddr,
-						   unsigned long daddr,
-						   unsigned short len,
-						   unsigned short proto,
-						   unsigned int sum)
+static inline __sum16 csum_tcpudp_magic(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
+					   unsigned short len,
+					   unsigned short proto,
+					   __wsum sum)
 {
 	return csum_fold(csum_tcpudp_nofold(saddr,daddr,len,proto,sum));
 }
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ static inline unsigned short int csum_tcpudp_magic(unsigned long saddr,
  * iph: ipv4 header
  * ihl: length of header / 4
  */
-static inline unsigned short ip_fast_csum(unsigned char *iph, unsigned int ihl)
+static inline __sum16 ip_fast_csum(const void *iph, unsigned int ihl)
 {
 	unsigned int sum;
 
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ static inline unsigned short ip_fast_csum(unsigned char *iph, unsigned int ihl)
 	: "=r" (sum), "=r" (iph), "=r" (ihl)
 	: "1" (iph), "2" (ihl)
 	: "memory");
-	return(sum);
+	return (__force __sum16)sum;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned add32_with_carry(unsigned a, unsigned b)
@@ -140,6 +139,6 @@ static inline unsigned add32_with_carry(unsigned a, unsigned b)
         return a;
 }
 
-extern unsigned short ip_compute_csum(unsigned char * buff, int len);
+extern __sum16 ip_compute_csum(const void *buff, int len);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/ptrace.h b/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/ptrace.h
index 617bb9efc934..66cb400c2c92 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/ptrace.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ union uml_pt_regs {
 		 * file size, while i386 uses FRAME_SIZE.  Therefore, we need
 		 * to use UM_FRAME_SIZE here instead of HOST_FRAME_SIZE.
 		 */
-		unsigned long regs[UM_FRAME_SIZE];
+		unsigned long regs[MAX_REG_NR];
 		unsigned long fp[HOST_FP_SIZE];
                 struct faultinfo faultinfo;
 		long syscall;
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/Makefile b/arch/um/os-Linux/Makefile
index b4183929b32c..2f8c79464015 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL
 #
 
-obj-y = aio.o elf_aux.o file.o helper.o irq.o main.o mem.o process.o sigio.o \
-	signal.o start_up.o time.o trap.o tty.o uaccess.o umid.o tls.o \
+obj-y = aio.o elf_aux.o execvp.o file.o helper.o irq.o main.o mem.o process.o \
+	sigio.o signal.o start_up.o time.o trap.o tty.o uaccess.o umid.o tls.o \
 	user_syms.o util.o drivers/ sys-$(SUBARCH)/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODE_SKAS) += skas/
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ user-objs-$(CONFIG_MODE_TT) += tt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TTY_LOG) += tty_log.o
 user-objs-$(CONFIG_TTY_LOG) += tty_log.o
 
-USER_OBJS := $(user-objs-y) aio.o elf_aux.o file.o helper.o irq.o main.o mem.o \
-	process.o sigio.o signal.o start_up.o time.o trap.o tty.o tls.o \
-	uaccess.o umid.o util.o
+USER_OBJS := $(user-objs-y) aio.o elf_aux.o execvp.o file.o helper.o irq.o \
+	main.o mem.o process.o sigio.o signal.o start_up.o time.o trap.o tty.o \
+	tls.o uaccess.o umid.o util.o
 
 CFLAGS_user_syms.o += -DSUBARCH_$(SUBARCH)
 
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/ethertap_kern.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/ethertap_kern.c
index 16385e2ada85..70541821775f 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/ethertap_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/ethertap_kern.c
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ static int register_ethertap(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__initcall(register_ethertap);
+late_initcall(register_ethertap);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_kern.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_kern.c
index 0edbac63c527..76570a2c25c3 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_kern.c
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ static int register_tuntap(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-__initcall(register_tuntap);
+late_initcall(register_tuntap);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/execvp.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/execvp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66e583a4031b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/execvp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2006 by Paolo Giarrusso - modified from glibc' execvp.c.
+   Original copyright notice follows:
+
+   Copyright (C) 1991,92,1995-99,2002,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+   02111-1307 USA.  */
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#ifndef TEST
+#include "um_malloc.h"
+#else
+#include <stdio.h>
+#define um_kmalloc malloc
+#endif
+#include "os.h"
+
+/* Execute FILE, searching in the `PATH' environment variable if it contains
+   no slashes, with arguments ARGV and environment from `environ'.  */
+int execvp_noalloc(char *buf, const char *file, char *const argv[])
+{
+	if (*file == '\0') {
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+
+	if (strchr (file, '/') != NULL) {
+		/* Don't search when it contains a slash.  */
+		execv(file, argv);
+	} else {
+		int got_eacces;
+		size_t len, pathlen;
+		char *name, *p;
+		char *path = getenv("PATH");
+		if (path == NULL)
+			path = ":/bin:/usr/bin";
+
+		len = strlen(file) + 1;
+		pathlen = strlen(path);
+		/* Copy the file name at the top.  */
+		name = memcpy(buf + pathlen + 1, file, len);
+		/* And add the slash.  */
+		*--name = '/';
+
+		got_eacces = 0;
+		p = path;
+		do {
+			char *startp;
+
+			path = p;
+			//Let's avoid this GNU extension.
+			//p = strchrnul (path, ':');
+			p = strchr(path, ':');
+			if (!p)
+				p = strchr(path, '\0');
+
+			if (p == path)
+				/* Two adjacent colons, or a colon at the beginning or the end
+				   of `PATH' means to search the current directory.  */
+				startp = name + 1;
+			else
+				startp = memcpy(name - (p - path), path, p - path);
+
+			/* Try to execute this name.  If it works, execv will not return.  */
+			execv(startp, argv);
+
+			/*
+			if (errno == ENOEXEC) {
+			}
+			*/
+
+			switch (errno) {
+				case EACCES:
+					/* Record the we got a `Permission denied' error.  If we end
+					   up finding no executable we can use, we want to diagnose
+					   that we did find one but were denied access.  */
+					got_eacces = 1;
+				case ENOENT:
+				case ESTALE:
+				case ENOTDIR:
+					/* Those errors indicate the file is missing or not executable
+					   by us, in which case we want to just try the next path
+					   directory.  */
+				case ENODEV:
+				case ETIMEDOUT:
+					/* Some strange filesystems like AFS return even
+					   stranger error numbers.  They cannot reasonably mean
+					   anything else so ignore those, too.  */
+				case ENOEXEC:
+					/* We won't go searching for the shell
+					 * if it is not executable - the Linux
+					 * kernel already handles this enough,
+					 * for us. */
+					break;
+
+				default:
+					/* Some other error means we found an executable file, but
+					   something went wrong executing it; return the error to our
+					   caller.  */
+					return -errno;
+			}
+		} while (*p++ != '\0');
+
+		/* We tried every element and none of them worked.  */
+		if (got_eacces)
+			/* At least one failure was due to permissions, so report that
+			   error.  */
+			return -EACCES;
+	}
+
+	/* Return the error from the last attempt (probably ENOENT).  */
+	return -errno;
+}
+#ifdef TEST
+int main(int argc, char**argv)
+{
+	char buf[PATH_MAX];
+	int ret;
+	argc--;
+	if (!argc) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Not enough arguments\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	argv++;
+	if (ret = execvp_noalloc(buf, argv[0], argv)) {
+		errno = -ret;
+		perror("execvp_noalloc");
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
index d13299cfa318..c7ad6306e22f 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
@@ -8,18 +8,21 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sched.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/signal.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include "user.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "user_util.h"
 #include "os.h"
+#include "um_malloc.h"
 
 struct helper_data {
 	void (*pre_exec)(void*);
 	void *pre_data;
 	char **argv;
 	int fd;
+	char *buf;
 };
 
 /* Debugging aid, changed only from gdb */
@@ -41,9 +44,8 @@ static int helper_child(void *arg)
 	}
 	if (data->pre_exec != NULL)
 		(*data->pre_exec)(data->pre_data);
-	execvp(argv[0], argv);
-	errval = -errno;
-	printk("helper_child - execve of '%s' failed - errno = %d\n", argv[0], errno);
+	errval = execvp_noalloc(data->buf, argv[0], argv);
+	printk("helper_child - execvp of '%s' failed - errno = %d\n", argv[0], -errval);
 	os_write_file(data->fd, &errval, sizeof(errval));
 	kill(os_getpid(), SIGKILL);
 	return 0;
@@ -84,11 +86,13 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
 	data.pre_data = pre_data;
 	data.argv = argv;
 	data.fd = fds[1];
+	data.buf = __cant_sleep() ? um_kmalloc_atomic(PATH_MAX) :
+					um_kmalloc(PATH_MAX);
 	pid = clone(helper_child, (void *) sp, CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, &data);
 	if (pid < 0) {
 		ret = -errno;
 		printk("run_helper : clone failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
-		goto out_close;
+		goto out_free2;
 	}
 
 	close(fds[1]);
@@ -109,6 +113,8 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
 		CATCH_EINTR(waitpid(pid, NULL, 0));
 	}
 
+out_free2:
+	kfree(data.buf);
 out_close:
 	if (fds[1] != -1)
 		close(fds[1]);
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-i386/ldt.c b/arch/um/sys-i386/ldt.c
index e299ee5a753d..49057d8bc668 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-i386/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-i386/ldt.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * Licensed under the GPL
  */
 
-#include "linux/stddef.h"
 #include "linux/sched.h"
 #include "linux/slab.h"
 #include "linux/types.h"
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace_user.c b/arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace_user.c
index 5f3cc6685820..01212c88fcc4 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace_user.c
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include "ptrace_user.h"
 /* Grr, asm/user.h includes asm/ptrace.h, so has to follow ptrace_user.h */
 #include <asm/user.h>
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-i386/user-offsets.c b/arch/um/sys-i386/user-offsets.c
index 6f4ef2b7fa4a..447306b20aea 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-i386/user-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-i386/user-offsets.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/user.h>
-#include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <sys/poll.h>
 
 #define DEFINE(sym, val) \