23 files changed, 554 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 5fbe07706ae9..fb80e9ffea68 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         usbhid.mousepoll=
                         [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
 
-        vdso=           [IA-32,SH]
+        vdso=           [IA-32,SH,x86-64]
                         vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
                         vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
                         vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Makefile b/arch/x86_64/Makefile
index 29617ae3926d..128561d3e876 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ head-y := arch/x86_64/kernel/head.o arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.o arch/x86_64/kern
 libs-y                                  += arch/x86_64/lib/
 core-y                                  += arch/x86_64/kernel/ \
                                            arch/x86_64/mm/ \
-                                           arch/x86_64/crypto/
+                                           arch/x86_64/crypto/ \
+                                           arch/x86_64/vdso/
 core-$(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION)           += arch/x86_64/ia32/
 drivers-$(CONFIG_PCI)                   += arch/x86_64/pci/
 drivers-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE)              += arch/x86_64/oprofile/
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
index ed56a8806eab..b70f3e7cf06c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 int sysctl_vsyscall32 = 1;
 
+#undef ARCH_DLINFO
 #define ARCH_DLINFO do {  \
         if (sysctl_vsyscall32) { \
         NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO, (u32)(u64)VSYSCALL32_VSYSCALL); \
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index 4a0895bacf51..5405a69a1f72 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <asm/hpet.h>
 #include <asm/mpspec.h>
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
+#include <asm/vgtod.h>
 
 static char *timename = NULL;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5c57ea4591c1..c2d5a840cb1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ SECTIONS
   .vsyscall_gtod_data : AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_gtod_data))
                 { *(.vsyscall_gtod_data) }
   vsyscall_gtod_data = VVIRT(.vsyscall_gtod_data);
+  .vsyscall_clock : AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_clock))
+                { *(.vsyscall_clock) }
+  vsyscall_clock = VVIRT(.vsyscall_clock);
 
 
   .vsyscall_1 ADDR(.vsyscall_0) + 1024: AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_1))
@@ -189,6 +192,12 @@ SECTIONS
   .exit.text : AT(ADDR(.exit.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.exit.text) }
   .exit.data : AT(ADDR(.exit.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.exit.data) }
 
+/* vdso blob that is mapped into user space */
+  vdso_start = . ;
+  .vdso  : AT(ADDR(.vdso) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.vdso) }
+  . = ALIGN(4096);
+  vdso_end = .;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   __initramfs_start = .;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
index 57660d58d500..06c34949bfdc 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
 #include <asm/topology.h>
+#include <asm/vgtod.h>
 
 #define __vsyscall(nr) __attribute__ ((unused,__section__(".vsyscall_" #nr)))
 #define __syscall_clobber "r11","rcx","memory"
@@ -57,26 +58,9 @@
  * - writen by timer interrupt or systcl (/proc/sys/kernel/vsyscall64)
  * Try to keep this structure as small as possible to avoid cache line ping pongs
  */
-struct vsyscall_gtod_data_t {
-        seqlock_t       lock;
-
-        /* open coded 'struct timespec' */
-        time_t          wall_time_sec;
-        u32             wall_time_nsec;
-
-        int             sysctl_enabled;
-        struct timezone sys_tz;
-        struct { /* extract of a clocksource struct */
-                cycle_t (*vread)(void);
-                cycle_t cycle_last;
-                cycle_t mask;
-                u32     mult;
-                u32     shift;
-        } clock;
-};
 int __vgetcpu_mode __section_vgetcpu_mode;
 
-struct vsyscall_gtod_data_t __vsyscall_gtod_data __section_vsyscall_gtod_data =
+struct vsyscall_gtod_data __vsyscall_gtod_data __section_vsyscall_gtod_data =
 {
         .lock = SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED,
         .sysctl_enabled = 1,
@@ -96,6 +80,8 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
         vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_sec = wall_time->tv_sec;
         vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_nsec = wall_time->tv_nsec;
         vsyscall_gtod_data.sys_tz = sys_tz;
+        vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_nsec = wall_time->tv_nsec;
+        vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_to_monotonic = wall_to_monotonic;
         write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
index 9a0e98accf04..2f673225a51f 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
@@ -774,3 +774,12 @@ void *alloc_bootmem_high_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size)
         return __alloc_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, size,
                         SMP_CACHE_BYTES, (4UL*1024*1024*1024), 0);
 }
+
+const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+        if (vma->vm_mm && vma->vm_start == (long)vma->vm_mm->context.vdso)
+                return "[vdso]";
+        if (vma == &gate_vma)
+                return "[vsyscall]";
+        return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86_64/vdso/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..faaa72fb250c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#
+# x86-64 vDSO.
+#
+
+# files to link into the vdso
+# vdso-start.o has to be first
+vobjs-y := vdso-start.o vdso-note.o vclock_gettime.o vgetcpu.o vvar.o
+
+# files to link into kernel
+obj-y := vma.o vdso.o vdso-syms.o
+
+vobjs := $(foreach F,$(vobjs-y),$(obj)/$F)
+
+$(obj)/vdso.o: $(obj)/vdso.so
+
+targets += vdso.so vdso.lds $(vobjs-y) vdso-syms.o
+
+# The DSO images are built using a special linker script.
+quiet_cmd_syscall = SYSCALL $@
+      cmd_syscall = $(CC) -m elf_x86_64 -nostdlib $(SYSCFLAGS_$(@F)) \
+                          -Wl,-T,$(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@
+
+export CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds += -P -C -U$(ARCH)
+
+vdso-flags = -fPIC -shared -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
+                 $(call ld-option, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv) \
+                -Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=4096
+SYSCFLAGS_vdso.so = $(vdso-flags)
+
+$(obj)/vdso.o: $(src)/vdso.S $(obj)/vdso.so
+
+$(obj)/vdso.so: $(src)/vdso.lds $(vobjs) FORCE
+        $(call if_changed,syscall)
+
+CF := $(PROFILING) -mcmodel=small -fPIC -g0 -O2 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -m64
+
+$(obj)/vclock_gettime.o: CFLAGS = $(CF)
+$(obj)/vgetcpu.o: CFLAGS = $(CF)
+
+# We also create a special relocatable object that should mirror the symbol
+# table and layout of the linked DSO.  With ld -R we can then refer to
+# these symbols in the kernel code rather than hand-coded addresses.
+extra-y += vdso-syms.o
+$(obj)/built-in.o: $(obj)/vdso-syms.o
+$(obj)/built-in.o: ld_flags += -R $(obj)/vdso-syms.o
+
+SYSCFLAGS_vdso-syms.o = -r -d
+$(obj)/vdso-syms.o: $(src)/vdso.lds $(vobjs) FORCE
+        $(call if_changed,syscall)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17f6a00de712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006 Andi Kleen, SUSE Labs.
+ * Subject to the GNU Public License, v.2
+ *
+ * Fast user context implementation of clock_gettime and gettimeofday.
+ *
+ * The code should have no internal unresolved relocations.
+ * Check with readelf after changing.
+ * Also alternative() doesn't work.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/posix-timers.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
+#include <asm/vgtod.h>
+#include <asm/timex.h>
+#include <asm/hpet.h>
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/vgtod.h>
+#include "vextern.h"
+
+#define gtod vdso_vsyscall_gtod_data
+
+static long vdso_fallback_gettime(long clock, struct timespec *ts)
+{
+        long ret;
+        asm("syscall" : "=a" (ret) :
+            "0" (__NR_clock_gettime),"D" (clock), "S" (ts) : "memory");
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long vgetns(void)
+{
+        cycles_t (*vread)(void);
+        vread = gtod->clock.vread;
+        return ((vread() - gtod->clock.cycle_last) * gtod->clock.mult) >>
+                gtod->clock.shift;
+}
+
+static noinline int do_realtime(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+        unsigned long seq, ns;
+        do {
+                seq = read_seqbegin(&gtod->lock);
+                ts->tv_sec = gtod->wall_time_sec;
+                ts->tv_nsec = gtod->wall_time_nsec;
+                ns = vgetns();
+        } while (unlikely(read_seqretry(&gtod->lock, seq)));
+        timespec_add_ns(ts, ns);
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/* Copy of the version in kernel/time.c which we cannot directly access */
+static void vset_normalized_timespec(struct timespec *ts, long sec, long nsec)
+{
+        while (nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
+                nsec -= NSEC_PER_SEC;
+                ++sec;
+        }
+        while (nsec < 0) {
+                nsec += NSEC_PER_SEC;
+                --sec;
+        }
+        ts->tv_sec = sec;
+        ts->tv_nsec = nsec;
+}
+
+static noinline int do_monotonic(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+        unsigned long seq, ns, secs;
+        do {
+                seq = read_seqbegin(&gtod->lock);
+                secs = gtod->wall_time_sec;
+                ns = gtod->wall_time_nsec + vgetns();
+                secs += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec;
+                ns += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec;
+        } while (unlikely(read_seqretry(&gtod->lock, seq)));
+        vset_normalized_timespec(ts, secs, ns);
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int __vdso_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock, struct timespec *ts)
+{
+        if (likely(gtod->sysctl_enabled && gtod->clock.vread))
+                switch (clock) {
+                case CLOCK_REALTIME:
+                        return do_realtime(ts);
+                case CLOCK_MONOTONIC:
+                        return do_monotonic(ts);
+                }
+        return vdso_fallback_gettime(clock, ts);
+}
+int clock_gettime(clockid_t, struct timespec *)
+        __attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso_clock_gettime")));
+
+int __vdso_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
+{
+        long ret;
+        if (likely(gtod->sysctl_enabled && gtod->clock.vread)) {
+                BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct timeval, tv_usec) !=
+                             offsetof(struct timespec, tv_nsec) ||
+                             sizeof(*tv) != sizeof(struct timespec));
+                do_realtime((struct timespec *)tv);
+                tv->tv_usec /= 1000;
+                if (unlikely(tz != NULL)) {
+                        /* This relies on gcc inlining the memcpy. We'll notice
+                           if it ever fails to do so. */
+                        memcpy(tz, &gtod->sys_tz, sizeof(struct timezone));
+                }
+                return 0;
+        }
+        asm("syscall" : "=a" (ret) :
+            "0" (__NR_gettimeofday), "D" (tv), "S" (tz) : "memory");
+        return ret;
+}
+int gettimeofday(struct timeval *, struct timezone *)
+        __attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso_gettimeofday")));
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso-note.S b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso-note.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79a071e4357e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso-note.S
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * This supplies .note.* sections to go into the PT_NOTE inside the vDSO text.
+ * Here we can supply some information useful to userland.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/uts.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/elfnote.h>
+
+ELFNOTE_START(Linux, 0, "a")
+        .long LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+ELFNOTE_END
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso-start.S b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso-start.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2dc2cdb84d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso-start.S
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+        .globl vdso_kernel_start
+vdso_kernel_start:
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.S b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92e80c1972a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.S
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+        .section ".vdso","a"
+        .incbin "arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.so"
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.lds.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9a60e665d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.lds.S
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Linker script for vsyscall DSO.  The vsyscall page is an ELF shared
+ * object prelinked to its virtual address, and with only one read-only
+ * segment (that fits in one page).  This script controls its layout.
+ */
+#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
+#include "voffset.h"
+
+#define VDSO_PRELINK 0xffffffffff700000
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+  . = VDSO_PRELINK + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
+
+  .hash           : { *(.hash) }                :text
+  .gnu.hash       : { *(.gnu.hash) }
+  .dynsym         : { *(.dynsym) }
+  .dynstr         : { *(.dynstr) }
+  .gnu.version    : { *(.gnu.version) }
+  .gnu.version_d  : { *(.gnu.version_d) }
+  .gnu.version_r  : { *(.gnu.version_r) }
+
+  /* This linker script is used both with -r and with -shared.
+     For the layouts to match, we need to skip more than enough
+     space for the dynamic symbol table et al.  If this amount
+     is insufficient, ld -shared will barf.  Just increase it here.  */
+  . = VDSO_PRELINK + VDSO_TEXT_OFFSET;
+
+  .text           : { *(.text) }                :text
+  .text.ptr       : { *(.text.ptr) }            :text
+  . = VDSO_PRELINK + 0x900;
+  .data           : { *(.data) }                :text
+  .bss            : { *(.bss) }                 :text
+
+  .altinstructions : { *(.altinstructions) }                    :text
+  .altinstr_replacement  : { *(.altinstr_replacement) } :text
+
+  .note           : { *(.note.*) }              :text :note
+  .eh_frame_hdr   : { *(.eh_frame_hdr) }        :text :eh_frame_hdr
+  .eh_frame       : { KEEP (*(.eh_frame)) }     :text
+  .dynamic        : { *(.dynamic) }             :text :dynamic
+  .useless        : {
+        *(.got.plt) *(.got)
+        *(.gnu.linkonce.d.*)
+        *(.dynbss)
+        *(.gnu.linkonce.b.*)
+  }                                             :text
+}
+
+/*
+ * We must supply the ELF program headers explicitly to get just one
+ * PT_LOAD segment, and set the flags explicitly to make segments read-only.
+ */
+PHDRS
+{
+  text PT_LOAD FILEHDR PHDRS FLAGS(5); /* PF_R|PF_X */
+  dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
+  note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4); /* PF_R */
+  eh_frame_hdr 0x6474e550; /* PT_GNU_EH_FRAME, but ld doesn't match the name */
+}
+
+/*
+ * This controls what symbols we export from the DSO.
+ */
+VERSION
+{
+  LINUX_2.6 {
+    global:
+        clock_gettime;
+        __vdso_clock_gettime;
+        gettimeofday;
+        __vdso_gettimeofday;
+        getcpu;
+        __vdso_getcpu;
+    local: *;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vextern.h b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vextern.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1683ba2ae3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vextern.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef VEXTERN
+#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
+#define VEXTERN(x) \
+        extern typeof(x) *vdso_ ## x __attribute__((visibility("hidden")));
+#endif
+
+#define VMAGIC 0xfeedbabeabcdefabUL
+
+/* Any kernel variables used in the vDSO must be exported in the main
+   kernel's vmlinux.lds.S/vsyscall.h/proper __section and
+   put into vextern.h and be referenced as a pointer with vdso prefix.
+   The main kernel later fills in the values.   */
+
+VEXTERN(jiffies)
+VEXTERN(vgetcpu_mode)
+VEXTERN(vsyscall_gtod_data)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vgetcpu.c b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vgetcpu.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91f6e85d0fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vgetcpu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006 Andi Kleen, SUSE Labs.
+ * Subject to the GNU Public License, v.2
+ *
+ * Fast user context implementation of getcpu()
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/getcpu.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
+#include <asm/vgtod.h>
+#include "vextern.h"
+
+long __vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, struct getcpu_cache *tcache)
+{
+        unsigned int dummy, p;
+        unsigned long j = 0;
+
+        /* Fast cache - only recompute value once per jiffies and avoid
+           relatively costly rdtscp/cpuid otherwise.
+           This works because the scheduler usually keeps the process
+           on the same CPU and this syscall doesn't guarantee its
+           results anyways.
+           We do this here because otherwise user space would do it on
+           its own in a likely inferior way (no access to jiffies).
+           If you don't like it pass NULL. */
+        if (tcache && tcache->blob[0] == (j = *vdso_jiffies)) {
+                p = tcache->blob[1];
+        } else if (*vdso_vgetcpu_mode == VGETCPU_RDTSCP) {
+                /* Load per CPU data from RDTSCP */
+                rdtscp(dummy, dummy, p);
+        } else {
+                /* Load per CPU data from GDT */
+                asm("lsl %1,%0" : "=r" (p) : "r" (__PER_CPU_SEG));
+        }
+        if (tcache) {
+                tcache->blob[0] = j;
+                tcache->blob[1] = p;
+        }
+        if (cpu)
+                *cpu = p & 0xfff;
+        if (node)
+                *node = p >> 12;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+long getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, struct getcpu_cache *tcache)
+        __attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso_getcpu")));
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vma.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4cb83a6c066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vma.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ * Set up the VMAs to tell the VM about the vDSO.
+ * Copyright 2007 Andi Kleen, SUSE Labs.
+ * Subject to the GPL, v.2
+ */
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
+#include <asm/vgtod.h>
+#include <asm/proto.h>
+#include "voffset.h"
+
+int vdso_enabled = 1;
+
+#define VEXTERN(x) extern typeof(__ ## x) *vdso_ ## x;
+#include "vextern.h"
+#undef VEXTERN
+
+extern char vdso_kernel_start[], vdso_start[], vdso_end[];
+extern unsigned short vdso_sync_cpuid;
+
+struct page **vdso_pages;
+
+static inline void *var_ref(void *vbase, char *var, char *name)
+{
+        unsigned offset = var - &vdso_kernel_start[0] + VDSO_TEXT_OFFSET;
+        void *p = vbase + offset;
+        if (*(void **)p != (void *)VMAGIC) {
+                printk("VDSO: variable %s broken\n", name);
+                vdso_enabled = 0;
+        }
+        return p;
+}
+
+static int __init init_vdso_vars(void)
+{
+        int npages = (vdso_end - vdso_start + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
+        int i;
+        char *vbase;
+
+        vdso_pages = kmalloc(sizeof(struct page *) * npages, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!vdso_pages)
+                goto oom;
+        for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
+                struct page *p;
+                p = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+                if (!p)
+                        goto oom;
+                vdso_pages[i] = p;
+                copy_page(page_address(p), vdso_start + i*PAGE_SIZE);
+        }
+
+        vbase = vmap(vdso_pages, npages, 0, PAGE_KERNEL);
+        if (!vbase)
+                goto oom;
+
+        if (memcmp(vbase, "\177ELF", 4)) {
+                printk("VDSO: I'm broken; not ELF\n");
+                vdso_enabled = 0;
+        }
+
+#define V(x) *(typeof(x) *) var_ref(vbase, (char *)RELOC_HIDE(&x, 0), #x)
+#define VEXTERN(x) \
+        V(vdso_ ## x) = &__ ## x;
+#include "vextern.h"
+#undef VEXTERN
+        return 0;
+
+ oom:
+        printk("Cannot allocate vdso\n");
+        vdso_enabled = 0;
+        return -ENOMEM;
+}
+__initcall(init_vdso_vars);
+
+struct linux_binprm;
+
+/* Put the vdso above the (randomized) stack with another randomized offset.
+   This way there is no hole in the middle of address space.
+   To save memory make sure it is still in the same PTE as the stack top.
+   This doesn't give that many random bits */
+static unsigned long vdso_addr(unsigned long start, unsigned len)
+{
+        unsigned long addr, end;
+        unsigned offset;
+        end = (start + PMD_SIZE - 1) & PMD_MASK;
+        if (end >= TASK_SIZE64)
+                end = TASK_SIZE64;
+        end -= len;
+        /* This loses some more bits than a modulo, but is cheaper */
+        offset = get_random_int() & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1);
+        addr = start + (offset << PAGE_SHIFT);
+        if (addr >= end)
+                addr = end;
+        return addr;
+}
+
+/* Setup a VMA at program startup for the vsyscall page.
+   Not called for compat tasks */
+int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int exstack)
+{
+        struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+        unsigned long addr;
+        int ret;
+        unsigned len = round_up(vdso_end - vdso_start, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+        if (!vdso_enabled)
+                return 0;
+
+        down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+        addr = vdso_addr(mm->start_stack, len);
+        addr = get_unmapped_area(NULL, addr, len, 0, 0);
+        if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr)) {
+                ret = addr;
+                goto up_fail;
+        }
+
+        ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, len,
+                                      VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
+                                      VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC|
+                                      VM_ALWAYSDUMP,
+                                      vdso_pages);
+        if (ret)
+                goto up_fail;
+
+        current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
+up_fail:
+        up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static __init int vdso_setup(char *s)
+{
+        vdso_enabled = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 0);
+        return 0;
+}
+__setup("vdso=", vdso_setup);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/voffset.h b/arch/x86_64/vdso/voffset.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5304204911f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/voffset.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#define VDSO_TEXT_OFFSET 0x500
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/vdso/vvar.c b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vvar.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fc22219a472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/vdso/vvar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* Define pointer to external vDSO variables.
+   These are part of the vDSO. The kernel fills in the real addresses
+   at boot time. This is done because when the vdso is linked the
+   kernel isn't yet and we don't know the final addresses. */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
+#include <asm/timex.h>
+#include <asm/vgtod.h>
+
+#define VEXTERN(x) typeof (__ ## x) *vdso_ ## x = (void *)VMAGIC;
+#include "vextern.h"
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/auxvec.h b/include/asm-x86_64/auxvec.h
index 2403c4cfced2..1d5ab0d03950 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/auxvec.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/auxvec.h
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_X86_64_AUXVEC_H
 #define __ASM_X86_64_AUXVEC_H
 
+#define AT_SYSINFO_EHDR         33
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/elf.h b/include/asm-x86_64/elf.h
index 6d24ea7c4d9d..b4fbe47f6ccd 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/elf.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/elf.h
@@ -162,6 +162,19 @@ extern int dump_task_fpu (struct task_struct *, elf_fpregset_t *);
 /* 1GB for 64bit, 8MB for 32bit */
 #define STACK_RND_MASK (test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32) ? 0x7ff : 0x3fffff)
 
+
+#define ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES 1
+struct linux_binprm;
+extern int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
+                                       int executable_stack);
+
+extern int vdso_enabled;
+
+#define ARCH_DLINFO                                             \
+do if (vdso_enabled) {                                          \
+        NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR,(unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso);\
+} while (0)
+
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/mmu.h b/include/asm-x86_64/mmu.h
index 5dc6ed79859a..d2cd4a9d984d 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/mmu.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/mmu.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ typedef struct {
         rwlock_t ldtlock; 
         int size;
         struct semaphore sem; 
+        void *vdso;
 } mm_context_t;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/vgtod.h b/include/asm-x86_64/vgtod.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3301f0929342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/vgtod.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_VGTOD_H
+#define _ASM_VGTOD_H 1
+
+#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+
+struct vsyscall_gtod_data {
+        seqlock_t       lock;
+
+        /* open coded 'struct timespec' */
+        time_t          wall_time_sec;
+        u32             wall_time_nsec;
+
+        int             sysctl_enabled;
+        struct timezone sys_tz;
+        struct { /* extract of a clocksource struct */
+                cycle_t (*vread)(void);
+                cycle_t cycle_last;
+                cycle_t mask;
+                u32     mult;
+                u32     shift;
+        } clock;
+        struct timespec wall_to_monotonic;
+};
+extern struct vsyscall_gtod_data __vsyscall_gtod_data
+__section_vsyscall_gtod_data;
+extern struct vsyscall_gtod_data vsyscall_gtod_data;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h b/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
index 82b4afe65c91..3b8ceb4af2cf 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ enum vsyscall_num {
 /* Definitions for CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME definitions */
 #define __section_vsyscall_gtod_data __attribute__ \
         ((unused, __section__ (".vsyscall_gtod_data"),aligned(16)))
+#define __section_vsyscall_clock __attribute__ \
+        ((unused, __section__ (".vsyscall_clock"),aligned(16)))
 #define __vsyscall_fn __attribute__ ((unused,__section__(".vsyscall_fn")))
 
 #define VGETCPU_RDTSCP  1
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ extern volatile unsigned long __jiffies;
 /* kernel space (writeable) */
 extern int vgetcpu_mode;
 extern struct timezone sys_tz;
-extern struct vsyscall_gtod_data_t vsyscall_gtod_data;
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */