diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 8e9e3246b2b..7f8f281f258 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -291,12 +291,6 @@ config ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 	select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	bool
 
-config GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	bool
-
-config GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
-	bool
-
 config HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	bool
 	help
@@ -362,6 +356,9 @@ config MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
 	  Modules only use ELF REL relocations.  Modules with ELF RELA
 	  relocations will give an error.
 
+config GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+	bool
+
 #
 # ABI hall of shame
 #
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 5dd7f5db24d..9d5904cc771 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ config ALPHA
 	select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
+	select GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
 	help
 	  The Alpha is a 64-bit general-purpose processor designed and
 	  marketed by the Digital Equipment Corporation of blessed memory,
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
index df9a6cd748d..21128505ddb 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define user_mode(regs) (((regs)->ps & 8) != 0)
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->pc)
 #define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
+#define current_user_stack_pointer() rdusp()
 
 #define task_pt_regs(task) \
   ((struct pt_regs *) (task_stack_page(task) + 2*PAGE_SIZE) - 1)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
index d6069ff3b1c..b3396ee039b 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLDUMOUNT
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 965bbfa59c6..dd4ca4bcbb4 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 #define SA_ONESHOT	SA_RESETHAND
 #define SA_NOMASK	SA_NODEFER
 
-/* 
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	4096
 #define SIGSTKSZ	16384
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
index 336393c9c11..02d02c047f1 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
@@ -122,12 +122,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sigsuspend, old_sigset_t, mask)
 	return sigsuspend(&blocked);
 }
 
-asmlinkage int
-sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss)
-{
-	return do_sigaltstack(uss, uoss, rdusp());
-}
-
 /*
  * Do a signal return; undo the signal stack.
  */
@@ -418,9 +412,7 @@ setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	err |= __put_user(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
 	err |= __put_user(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
 	err |= __put_user(set->sig[0], &frame->uc.uc_osf_sigmask);
-	err |= __put_user(current->sas_ss_sp, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_sp);
-	err |= __put_user(sas_ss_flags(oldsp), &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_flags);
-	err |= __put_user(current->sas_ss_size, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_size);
+	err |= __save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, oldsp);
 	err |= setup_sigcontext(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, regs, 
 				set->sig[0], oldsp);
 	err |= __copy_to_user(&frame->uc.uc_sigmask, set, sizeof(*set));
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 8c83d98424c..f95ba14ae3d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ config ARM
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if SMP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
index 7cd13cc6262..21a2700d295 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SOCKETCALL
 #endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 921c57fdc52..33073bdcf09 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -87,13 +87,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 #define SA_NOMASK	SA_NODEFER
 #define SA_ONESHOT	SA_RESETHAND
 
-
-/* 
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index f9ccff91591..9c829b00826 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ config ARM64
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/compat.h
index 37e610dc084..d9ec40217a2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -209,10 +209,11 @@ static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
 	return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
 }
 
+#define compat_user_stack_pointer() (current_pt_regs()->compat_sp)
+
 static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
 {
-	struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
-	return (void __user *)regs->compat_sp - len;
+	return (void __user *)compat_user_stack_pointer() - len;
 }
 
 struct compat_ipc64_perm {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
index 76fb7dd3350..744087fb521 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
diff --git a/arch/avr32/Kconfig b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
index e40c9bd7914..2ae6591b3a5 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ config AVR32
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	help
 	  AVR32 is a high-performance 32-bit RISC microprocessor core,
 	  designed for cost-sensitive embedded applications, with particular
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 8d3c412fc65..630e4f9bf5f 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define user_mode(regs)                 (((regs)->sr & MODE_MASK) == MODE_USER)
 #define instruction_pointer(regs)       ((regs)->pc)
 #define profile_pc(regs)                instruction_pointer(regs)
+#define user_stack_pointer(regs)	((regs)->sp)
 
 static __inline__ int valid_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h
index f05a9804e8e..0bdf6371574 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETPGRP
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/avr32/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index eb46f61adb7..1b77a93eff5 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 #define SA_NOMASK	SA_NODEFER
 #define SA_ONESHOT	SA_RESETHAND
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index ab9ff4075f4..b6f3ad5441c 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ config BLACKFIN
 	select ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET if !GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 config GENERIC_CSUM
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 14ea93388c0..c00491594b4 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define arch_has_single_step()	(1)
 /* common code demands this function */
 #define ptrace_disable(child) user_disable_single_step(child)
+#define current_user_stack_pointer() rdusp()
 
 extern int is_user_addr_valid(struct task_struct *child,
 			      unsigned long start, unsigned long len);
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
index 17eb748e9c5..e943cb13004 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_NICE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/c6x/Kconfig b/arch/c6x/Kconfig
index 66eab3703c7..f6a3648f5ec 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/c6x/Kconfig
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ config C6X
 	select OF
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 
 config MMU
diff --git a/arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index f3987a8703d..e7d09a614d1 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  *   more details.
  */
 
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 
 /* Use the standard ABI for syscalls. */
diff --git a/arch/cris/Kconfig b/arch/cris/Kconfig
index 0cac6a49f23..c59a01dd9c0 100644
--- a/arch/cris/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/Kconfig
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ config CRIS
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD if ETRAX_ARCH_V32
 	select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS2
 
 config HZ
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 2de84d7061c..9e788d04a4e 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 #define PTRACE_SETREGS            13
 
 #define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
+#define current_user_stack_pointer() rdusp()
 
 #endif /* _CRIS_PTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
index 89680f9eac0..6d062bdf92d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 21624948a96..ce42fa7c32a 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000
 
-/* 
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index df2eb4bd9fa..9d262645f66 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ config FRV
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 config ZONE_DMA
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
index 1807d8ea8cb..d685da17f5f 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
index 0ae44508760..2d2efb653ee 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ config H8300
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 config SYMBOL_PREFIX
 	string
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 79c9a91e75e..c1826b95c5c 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@
 #define current_pt_regs() ((struct pt_regs *) \
 	(THREAD_SIZE + (unsigned long)current_thread_info()) - 1)
 #define signal_pt_regs() ((struct pt_regs *)current->thread.esp0)
+#define current_user_stack_pointer() rdusp()
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif /* _H8300_PTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h
index 8215518b3f9..aa38105959f 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 913729e581e..af3a6c37fee 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000
 
-/* 
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
index e418803b6c8..0744f7d7b1f 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ config HEXAGON
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	---help---
 	  Qualcomm Hexagon is a processor architecture designed for high
 	  performance and low power across a wide variety of applications.
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 2af81533bd0..4a87cc47075 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
  */
 
 #define sys_mmap2 sys_mmap_pgoff
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 
 #include <asm-generic/unistd.h>
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 67060046812..3279646120e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ config IA64
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL_OLD
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	default y
 	help
 	  The Itanium Processor Family is Intel's 64-bit successor to
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h
index b0e973649cb..845143990a1 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static inline long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned long __ip = instruction_pointer(regs);			\
 	(__ip & ~3UL) + ((__ip & 3UL) << 2);				\
 })
+/*
+ * Why not default?  Because user_stack_pointer() on ia64 gives register
+ * stack backing store instead...
+ */
+#define current_user_stack_pointer() (current_pt_regs()->r12)
 
   /* given a pointer to a task_struct, return the user's pt_regs */
 # define task_pt_regs(t)		(((struct pt_regs *) ((char *) (t) + IA64_STK_OFFSET)) - 1)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
index 1574bca8613..8b3ff2f5b86 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 
 #if !defined(__ASSEMBLY__) && !defined(ASSEMBLER)
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index e531c424434..c0ea2855e96 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 /*
  * The minimum stack size needs to be fairly large because we want to
  * be sure that an app compiled for today's CPUs will continue to run
diff --git a/arch/m32r/Kconfig b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
index 5183f43a2cf..f807721e19a 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ config M32R
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 config SBUS
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/ptrace.h
index ba487c554db..fa58ccfff86 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ extern void init_debug_traps(struct task_struct *);
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->bpc)
 #define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
+#define user_stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->spu)
 
 extern void withdraw_debug_trap(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h
index 1eade32082b..79b063caec8 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLDUMOUNT
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/m32r/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index ef9788fda2e..54acacb1f1f 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index 953a7ba5d05..6710084e072 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ config M68K
 	select FPU if MMU
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET if MMU && !COLDFIRE
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 0f717045bdd..a45cb6894ad 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
 #define current_pt_regs() \
 	(struct pt_regs *)((char *)current_thread_info() + THREAD_SIZE) - 1
+#define current_user_stack_pointer() rdusp()
 
 #define arch_has_single_step()	(1)
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
index a021d67cdd7..847994ce680 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 2b450f311bd..cba6f858bb4 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 #define SA_NOMASK	SA_NODEFER
 #define SA_ONESHOT	SA_RESETHAND
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
index 4bcf89148f3..ba3b7c8c04b 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ config MICROBLAZE
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 
 config SWAP
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 3732bcf186f..5b18ec124e5 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs)	((regs)->pc)
 #define profile_pc(regs)		instruction_pointer(regs)
+#define user_stack_pointer(regs)	((regs)->r1)
 
 static inline long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
index 99e23937a31..a5f06ac9711 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index d971d1586f1..b7dc39c6c84 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ config MIPS
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if 64BIT
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 menu "Machine selection"
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
index cec5e125f7e..a3186f2bb8a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static inline long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->cp0_epc)
 #define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
+#define user_stack_pointer(r) ((r)->regs[29])
 
 extern asmlinkage void syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern asmlinkage void syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs);
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
index b306e2081ca..9e47cc11aa2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_OMIT_COMPAT_SYS_GETDENTS64
 #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 3f1237c6c80..770732cb8d0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ typedef unsigned long old_sigset_t;		/* at least 32 bits */
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000	/* Only for o32 */
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK     1
-#define SS_DISABLE     2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ    2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ       8192
 
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
index 72471744a91..aa03f2e1338 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ config MN10300
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
 	select HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG if MN10300_WD_TIMER
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 
 config AM33_2
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
index cabf8ba73b2..e6d2ed4ba68 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/mn10300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 08dcd6a8561..f423a08d7ee 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -92,12 +92,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index ec37e185d20..0ac66f67521 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ config OPENRISC
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 config MMU
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 5082b806632..ce40b71df00 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 #define sys_mmap2 sys_mmap_pgoff
 
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index e688a2be30f..b77feffbade 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ config PARISC
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 
 	help
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 1efef41659c..3043194547c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3, type4 arg4, type5 arg5)	\
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index b1ddaa24337..a2fa297196b 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000 /* obsolete -- ignored */
 
-/* 
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 951a517a1a0..17903f1f356 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -141,10 +141,8 @@ config PPC
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 
 config EARLY_PRINTK
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 29365e15ed7..1d4864a40e3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SCHED_RR_GET_INTERVAL
 #endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 48fa8d3f2f9..e079fb39d5b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -85,12 +85,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000U
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 32425af9d68..b5ea38c2564 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ config S390
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select KTIME_SCALAR if 32BIT
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS2
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
index 18cd6b59265..f8c6df6cd1f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
 
+#define __TYPE_IS_PTR(t) (!__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(0?(t)0:0ULL), u64))
+#define __SC_DELOUSE(t,v) (t)(__TYPE_IS_PTR(t) ? ((v) & 0x7fffffff) : (v))
+
 #define PSW32_MASK_PER		0x40000000UL
 #define PSW32_MASK_DAT		0x04000000UL
 #define PSW32_MASK_IO		0x02000000UL
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
index 086bb8eaf6a..63653087251 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #   define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_TIME
 #   define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
 # endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 8c6a49e392e..2f43cfbf5f1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 
 #define SA_RESTORER     0x04000000
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK      1
-#define SS_DISABLE      2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ     2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ        8192
 
diff --git a/arch/score/Kconfig b/arch/score/Kconfig
index 45893390c7d..3b1482e7afa 100644
--- a/arch/score/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/score/Kconfig
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ config SCORE
        select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
        select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 
 choice
diff --git a/arch/score/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/score/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 78fc538db84..abc279d96b7 100644
--- a/arch/score/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/score/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ struct task_struct;
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs)	((unsigned long)(regs)->cp0_epc)
 #define profile_pc(regs)		instruction_pointer(regs)
+#define user_stack_pointer(r)		((unsigned long)(r)->regs[0])
 
 extern void do_syscall_trace(struct pt_regs *regs, int entryexit);
 extern int read_tsk_long(struct task_struct *, unsigned long, unsigned long *);
diff --git a/arch/score/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/score/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 56001c93095..9cb4260a5f3 100644
--- a/arch/score/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/score/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYSCALL_NO_FLAGS
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYSCALL_OFF_T
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYSCALL_DEPRECATED
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 8451317eed5..babc2b826c5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ config SUPERH
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC if DWARF_UNWINDER
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	help
 	  The SuperH is a RISC processor targeted for use in embedded systems
 	  and consumer electronics; it was also used in the Sega Dreamcast
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
index 43d3f26b2ea..012004ed333 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
-# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 0c7d365fa40..9f2edb5c555 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ config SPARC
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 config SPARC32
 	def_bool !64BIT
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 497386a7ed2..87ce24c5eb9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SCHED_RR_GET_INTERVAL
 #endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 
 /*
  * "Conditional" syscalls
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 1a041892538..c4ffd6c9710 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -147,12 +147,6 @@ struct sigstack {
 #define SIG_UNBLOCK        0x02	/* for unblocking signals */
 #define SIG_SETMASK        0x04	/* for setting the signal mask */
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	4096
 #define SIGSTKSZ	16384
 
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index ea7f61e8bc9..875d008828b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ config TILE
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 # FIXME: investigate whether we need/want these options.
 #	select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 5ce052e16b7..2e83fc1b946 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ typedef unsigned long pt_reg_t;
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->pc)
 #define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
+#define user_stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->sp)
 
 /* Does the process account for user or for system time? */
 #define user_mode(regs) (EX1_PL((regs)->ex1) == USER_PL)
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h
index fe841e7d496..6ac21034f69 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SCHED_RR_GET_INTERVAL
 #endif
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_NEWFSTATAT
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/signal.c b/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
index db18eb6124e..48ccf718e29 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
@@ -132,8 +132,3 @@ long sys_sigsuspend(int history0, int history1, old_sigset_t mask)
 	siginitset(&blocked, mask);
 	return sigsuspend(&blocked);
 }
-
-long sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss)
-{
-	return do_sigaltstack(uss, uoss, PT_REGS_SP(&current->thread.regs));
-}
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
index c4fbb21e802..60651df5f95 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ config UNICORE32
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	help
 	  UniCore-32 is 32-bit Instruction Set Architecture,
 	  including a series of low-power-consumption RISC chip
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 726749dab52..9df53d991c7 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static inline int valid_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
 }
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs)	((regs)->UCreg_pc)
+#define user_stack_pointer(regs)	((regs)->UCreg_sp)
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 00cf5e286fc..d4cc4559d84 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@
 
 /* Use the standard ABI for syscalls. */
 #include <asm-generic/unistd.h>
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 97f8c5ad8c2..79795af5981 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -110,11 +110,10 @@ config X86
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING if X86_64
 	select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL if X86_32
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if X86_64
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS if X86_32
+	select GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
 
 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index efc6a958b71..a1daf4a6500 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -136,52 +136,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sigsuspend(int history0, int history1, old_sigset_t mask)
 	return sigsuspend(&blocked);
 }
 
-asmlinkage long sys32_sigaltstack(const stack_ia32_t __user *uss_ptr,
-				  stack_ia32_t __user *uoss_ptr,
-				  struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	stack_t uss, uoss;
-	int ret, err = 0;
-	mm_segment_t seg;
-
-	if (uss_ptr) {
-		u32 ptr;
-
-		memset(&uss, 0, sizeof(stack_t));
-		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, uss_ptr, sizeof(stack_ia32_t)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		get_user_try {
-			get_user_ex(ptr, &uss_ptr->ss_sp);
-			get_user_ex(uss.ss_flags, &uss_ptr->ss_flags);
-			get_user_ex(uss.ss_size, &uss_ptr->ss_size);
-		} get_user_catch(err);
-
-		if (err)
-			return -EFAULT;
-		uss.ss_sp = compat_ptr(ptr);
-	}
-	seg = get_fs();
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	ret = do_sigaltstack((stack_t __force __user *) (uss_ptr ? &uss : NULL),
-			     (stack_t __force __user *) &uoss, regs->sp);
-	set_fs(seg);
-	if (ret >= 0 && uoss_ptr)  {
-		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uoss_ptr, sizeof(stack_ia32_t)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		put_user_try {
-			put_user_ex(ptr_to_compat(uoss.ss_sp), &uoss_ptr->ss_sp);
-			put_user_ex(uoss.ss_flags, &uoss_ptr->ss_flags);
-			put_user_ex(uoss.ss_size, &uoss_ptr->ss_size);
-		} put_user_catch(err);
-
-		if (err)
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * Do a signal return; undo the signal stack.
  */
@@ -292,7 +246,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct rt_sigframe_ia32 __user *frame;
 	sigset_t set;
 	unsigned int ax;
-	struct pt_regs tregs;
 
 	frame = (struct rt_sigframe_ia32 __user *)(regs->sp - 4);
 
@@ -306,8 +259,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (ia32_restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	tregs = *regs;
-	if (sys32_sigaltstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, NULL, &tregs) == -EFAULT)
+	if (compat_restore_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack))
 		goto badframe;
 
 	return ax;
@@ -515,10 +467,7 @@ int ia32_setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 		else
 			put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
 		put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
-		put_user_ex(current->sas_ss_sp, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_sp);
-		put_user_ex(sas_ss_flags(regs->sp),
-			    &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_flags);
-		put_user_ex(current->sas_ss_size, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_size);
+		err |= __compat_save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
 
 		if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
 			restorer = ka->sa.sa_restorer;
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
index 32e6f05ddaa..102ff7cb3e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ GLOBAL(\label)
 
 	PTREGSCALL stub32_rt_sigreturn, sys32_rt_sigreturn, %rdi
 	PTREGSCALL stub32_sigreturn, sys32_sigreturn, %rdi
-	PTREGSCALL stub32_sigaltstack, sys32_sigaltstack, %rdx
 	PTREGSCALL stub32_execve, compat_sys_execve, %rcx
 	PTREGSCALL stub32_fork, sys_fork, %rdi
 	PTREGSCALL stub32_vfork, sys_vfork, %rdi
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ia32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ia32.h
index e6232773ce4..4c6da2e4bb1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ia32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ia32.h
@@ -29,16 +29,10 @@ struct old_sigaction32 {
 	unsigned int sa_restorer;	/* Another 32 bit pointer */
 };
 
-typedef struct sigaltstack_ia32 {
-	unsigned int	ss_sp;
-	int		ss_flags;
-	unsigned int	ss_size;
-} stack_ia32_t;
-
 struct ucontext_ia32 {
 	unsigned int	  uc_flags;
 	unsigned int 	  uc_link;
-	stack_ia32_t	  uc_stack;
+	compat_stack_t	  uc_stack;
 	struct sigcontext_ia32 uc_mcontext;
 	compat_sigset_t	  uc_sigmask;	/* mask last for extensibility */
 };
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ struct ucontext_ia32 {
 struct ucontext_x32 {
 	unsigned int	  uc_flags;
 	unsigned int 	  uc_link;
-	stack_ia32_t	  uc_stack;
+	compat_stack_t	  uc_stack;
 	unsigned int	  uc__pad0;     /* needed for alignment */
 	struct sigcontext uc_mcontext;  /* the 64-bit sigcontext type */
 	compat_sigset_t	  uc_sigmask;	/* mask last for extensibility */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 03ca442d8f0..942a08623a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ static inline bool user_64bit_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return regs->cs == __USER_CS || regs->cs == pv_info.extra_user_64bit_cs;
 #endif
 }
+
+#define current_user_stack_pointer()	this_cpu_read(old_rsp)
+/* ia32 vs. x32 difference */
+#define compat_user_stack_pointer()	\
+	(test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32) 	\
+	 ? current_pt_regs()->sp 	\
+	 : this_cpu_read(old_rsp))
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
index c76fae4d90b..31f61f96e0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_fallocate(int, int, unsigned,
 
 /* ia32/ia32_signal.c */
 asmlinkage long sys32_sigsuspend(int, int, old_sigset_t);
-asmlinkage long sys32_sigaltstack(const stack_ia32_t __user *,
-				  stack_ia32_t __user *, struct pt_regs *);
 asmlinkage long sys32_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *);
 asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
index 2f8374718aa..58b7e3eac0a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_modify_ldt(int, void __user *, unsigned long);
 
 /* kernel/signal.c */
 long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *);
-long sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *,
-		     struct pt_regs *);
-
 
 /* kernel/tls.c */
 asmlinkage int sys_set_thread_area(struct user_desc __user *);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
index 1003e69a40d..a0790e07ba6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_WAITPID
-# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
 # define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 0818f9a8e88..aa7d6ae39e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ typedef unsigned long sigset_t;
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index c763116c535..ff84d5469d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -739,7 +739,6 @@ ENTRY(ptregs_##name) ; \
 ENDPROC(ptregs_##name)
 
 PTREGSCALL1(iopl)
-PTREGSCALL2(sigaltstack)
 PTREGSCALL0(sigreturn)
 PTREGSCALL0(rt_sigreturn)
 PTREGSCALL2(vm86)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 70641aff0c2..07a7a04529b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -864,7 +864,6 @@ END(stub_\func)
 	FORK_LIKE  clone
 	FORK_LIKE  fork
 	FORK_LIKE  vfork
-	PTREGSCALL stub_sigaltstack, sys_sigaltstack, %rdx
 	PTREGSCALL stub_iopl, sys_iopl, %rsi
 
 ENTRY(ptregscall_common)
@@ -913,8 +912,6 @@ ENTRY(stub_rt_sigreturn)
 END(stub_rt_sigreturn)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
-	PTREGSCALL stub_x32_sigaltstack, sys32_sigaltstack, %rdx
-
 ENTRY(stub_x32_rt_sigreturn)
 	CFI_STARTPROC
 	addq $8, %rsp
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index fbbb604313a..d6bf1f34a6e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -364,10 +364,7 @@ static int __setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 		else
 			put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
 		put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
-		put_user_ex(current->sas_ss_sp, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_sp);
-		put_user_ex(sas_ss_flags(regs->sp),
-			    &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_flags);
-		put_user_ex(current->sas_ss_size, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_size);
+		err |= __save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
 
 		/* Set up to return from userspace.  */
 		restorer = VDSO32_SYMBOL(current->mm->context.vdso, rt_sigreturn);
@@ -414,7 +411,6 @@ static int __setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	struct rt_sigframe __user *frame;
 	void __user *fp = NULL;
 	int err = 0;
-	struct task_struct *me = current;
 
 	frame = get_sigframe(ka, regs, sizeof(struct rt_sigframe), &fp);
 
@@ -433,10 +429,7 @@ static int __setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 		else
 			put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
 		put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
-		put_user_ex(me->sas_ss_sp, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_sp);
-		put_user_ex(sas_ss_flags(regs->sp),
-			    &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_flags);
-		put_user_ex(me->sas_ss_size, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_size);
+		err |= __save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
 
 		/* Set up to return from userspace.  If provided, use a stub
 		   already in userspace.  */
@@ -503,10 +496,7 @@ static int x32_setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 		else
 			put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
 		put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
-		put_user_ex(current->sas_ss_sp, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_sp);
-		put_user_ex(sas_ss_flags(regs->sp),
-			    &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_flags);
-		put_user_ex(current->sas_ss_size, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_size);
+		err |= __compat_save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
 		put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc__pad0);
 
 		if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER) {
@@ -603,13 +593,6 @@ sys_sigaction(int sig, const struct old_sigaction __user *act,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
 
-long
-sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss,
-		struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	return do_sigaltstack(uss, uoss, regs->sp);
-}
-
 /*
  * Do a signal return; undo the signal stack.
  */
@@ -659,7 +642,7 @@ long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	if (do_sigaltstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, NULL, regs->sp) == -EFAULT)
+	if (restore_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack))
 		goto badframe;
 
 	return ax;
@@ -865,7 +848,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_x32_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct rt_sigframe_x32 __user *frame;
 	sigset_t set;
 	unsigned long ax;
-	struct pt_regs tregs;
 
 	frame = (struct rt_sigframe_x32 __user *)(regs->sp - 8);
 
@@ -879,8 +861,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_x32_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	tregs = *regs;
-	if (sys32_sigaltstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, NULL, &tregs) == -EFAULT)
+	if (compat_restore_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack))
 		goto badframe;
 
 	return ax;
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index 05f404f53f5..28e3fa9056e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 183	i386	getcwd			sys_getcwd
 184	i386	capget			sys_capget
 185	i386	capset			sys_capset
-186	i386	sigaltstack		ptregs_sigaltstack		stub32_sigaltstack
+186	i386	sigaltstack		sys_sigaltstack			compat_sys_sigaltstack
 187	i386	sendfile		sys_sendfile			sys32_sendfile
 188	i386	getpmsg
 189	i386	putpmsg
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 7c58c84b7bc..dc97328bd90 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 128	64	rt_sigtimedwait		sys_rt_sigtimedwait
 129	64	rt_sigqueueinfo		sys_rt_sigqueueinfo
 130	common	rt_sigsuspend		sys_rt_sigsuspend
-131	64	sigaltstack		stub_sigaltstack
+131	64	sigaltstack		sys_sigaltstack
 132	common	utime			sys_utime
 133	common	mknod			sys_mknod
 134	64	uselib
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 522	x32	rt_sigpending		sys32_rt_sigpending
 523	x32	rt_sigtimedwait		compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait
 524	x32	rt_sigqueueinfo		sys32_rt_sigqueueinfo
-525	x32	sigaltstack		stub_x32_sigaltstack
+525	x32	sigaltstack		compat_sys_sigaltstack
 526	x32	timer_create		compat_sys_timer_create
 527	x32	mq_notify		compat_sys_mq_notify
 528	x32	kexec_load		compat_sys_kexec_load
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
index 98399704196..53c90fd412d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ endmenu
 config UML_X86
 	def_bool y
 	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
+	select GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
 
 config 64BIT
 	bool "64-bit kernel" if SUBARCH = "x86"
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/um/asm/ptrace.h
index 755133258c4..54f8102ccde 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/um/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -86,4 +86,5 @@ extern long arch_prctl(struct task_struct *task, int code,
 		       unsigned long __user *addr);
 
 #endif
+#define user_stack_pointer(regs) PT_REGS_SP(regs)
 #endif /* __UM_X86_PTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/signal.c b/arch/x86/um/signal.c
index bdaa08cfbcf..71cef48ea5c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/signal.c
@@ -342,9 +342,7 @@ static int copy_ucontext_to_user(struct ucontext __user *uc,
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
-	err |= put_user(current->sas_ss_sp, &uc->uc_stack.ss_sp);
-	err |= put_user(sas_ss_flags(sp), &uc->uc_stack.ss_flags);
-	err |= put_user(current->sas_ss_size, &uc->uc_stack.ss_size);
+	err |= __save_altstack(&uc->uc_stack, sp);
 	err |= copy_sc_to_user(&uc->uc_mcontext, fp, &current->thread.regs, 0);
 	err |= copy_to_user(&uc->uc_sigmask, set, sizeof(*set));
 	return err;
@@ -529,10 +527,7 @@ int setup_signal_stack_si(unsigned long stack_top, int sig,
 	/* Create the ucontext.  */
 	err |= __put_user(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
 	err |= __put_user(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
-	err |= __put_user(me->sas_ss_sp, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_sp);
-	err |= __put_user(sas_ss_flags(PT_REGS_SP(regs)),
-			  &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_flags);
-	err |= __put_user(me->sas_ss_size, &frame->uc.uc_stack.ss_size);
+	err |= __save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, PT_REGS_SP(regs));
 	err |= copy_sc_to_user(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &frame->fpstate, regs,
 			       set->sig[0]);
 	err |= __put_user(&frame->fpstate, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext.fpstate);
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c b/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c
index 812e98c098e..a0c3b0d1a12 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define ptregs_iopl sys_iopl
 #define ptregs_vm86old sys_vm86old
 #define ptregs_vm86 sys_vm86
-#define ptregs_sigaltstack sys_sigaltstack
 
 #define __SYSCALL_I386(nr, sym, compat) extern asmlinkage void sym(void) ;
 #include <asm/syscalls_32.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c b/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c
index 170bd926a69..f2f0723070c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define stub_fork sys_fork
 #define stub_vfork sys_vfork
 #define stub_execve sys_execve
-#define stub_sigaltstack sys_sigaltstack
 #define stub_rt_sigreturn sys_rt_sigreturn
 
 #define __SYSCALL_COMMON(nr, sym, compat) __SYSCALL_64(nr, sym, compat)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index 73d34e77c39..5aab1acabf1 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ config XTENSA
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 58bf6fd3f91..682b1deac1f 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ struct pt_regs {
 #  define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
 # endif
 
+#define user_stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->areg[1])
+
 #else	/* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 # include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
index e002dbcc88b..eb63ea87815 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _XTENSA_UNISTD_H
 #define _XTENSA_UNISTD_H
 
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index b88ce96f2af..dacf716dd3e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #define SA_RESTORER	0x04000000
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index d8e1191cb11..af8ec80f816 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,6 @@ int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	return __get_dumpable(mm->flags);
 }
 
-#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(execve,
 		const char __user *, filename,
 		const char __user *const __user *, argv,
@@ -1682,23 +1681,3 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_execve(const char __user * filename,
 	return error;
 }
 #endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
-		  const char *const argv[],
-		  const char *const envp[])
-{
-	int ret = do_execve(filename,
-			(const char __user *const __user *)argv,
-			(const char __user *const __user *)envp);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * We were successful.  We won't be returning to our caller, but
-	 * instead to user space by manipulating the kernel stack.
-	 */
-	ret_from_kernel_execve(current_pt_regs());
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index a4c2b565c83..cf3eae0b4f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -119,8 +119,4 @@ extern void install_exec_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern void set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new);
 extern void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *);
 
-#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
-extern void ret_from_kernel_execve(struct pt_regs *normal) __noreturn;
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_BINFMTS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index e4920bd58a4..dec7e2d1887 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -23,6 +23,61 @@
 #define COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __SC_DELOUSE
+#define __SC_DELOUSE(t,v) ((t)(unsigned long)(v))
+#endif
+
+#define __SC_CCAST1(t1, a1)      __SC_DELOUSE(t1,a1)
+#define __SC_CCAST2(t2, a2, ...) __SC_DELOUSE(t2,a2), __SC_CCAST1(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define __SC_CCAST3(t3, a3, ...) __SC_DELOUSE(t3,a3), __SC_CCAST2(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define __SC_CCAST4(t4, a4, ...) __SC_DELOUSE(t4,a4), __SC_CCAST3(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define __SC_CCAST5(t5, a5, ...) __SC_DELOUSE(t5,a5), __SC_CCAST4(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define __SC_CCAST6(t6, a6, ...) __SC_DELOUSE(t6,a6), __SC_CCAST5(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE1(name, ...) \
+        COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(1, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(name, ...) \
+	COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(2, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(name, ...) \
+	COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(3, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(name, ...) \
+	COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(4, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(name, ...) \
+	COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(5, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(name, ...) \
+	COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(6, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS
+
+#define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, name, ...)				\
+	asmlinkage long compat_sys##name(__SC_DECL##x(__VA_ARGS__));	\
+	static inline long C_SYSC##name(__SC_DECL##x(__VA_ARGS__));	\
+	asmlinkage long compat_SyS##name(__SC_LONG##x(__VA_ARGS__))	\
+	{								\
+		return (long) C_SYSC##name(__SC_CCAST##x(__VA_ARGS__));	\
+	}								\
+	SYSCALL_ALIAS(compat_sys##name, compat_SyS##name);		\
+	static inline long C_SYSC##name(__SC_DECL##x(__VA_ARGS__))
+
+#else /* CONFIG_HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS */
+
+#define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, name, ...)				\
+	asmlinkage long compat_sys##name(__SC_DECL##x(__VA_ARGS__))
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS */
+
+#ifndef compat_user_stack_pointer
+#define compat_user_stack_pointer() current_user_stack_pointer()
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+#ifndef compat_sigaltstack	/* we'll need that for MIPS */
+typedef struct compat_sigaltstack {
+	compat_uptr_t			ss_sp;
+	int				ss_flags;
+	compat_size_t			ss_size;
+} compat_stack_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #define compat_jiffies_to_clock_t(x)	\
 		(((unsigned long)(x) * COMPAT_USER_HZ) / HZ)
 
@@ -587,6 +642,13 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t compat_sys_process_vm_writev(compat_pid_t pid,
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd,
 				    compat_off_t __user *offset, compat_size_t count);
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_sigaltstack(const compat_stack_t __user *uss_ptr,
+				       compat_stack_t __user *uoss_ptr);
+
+int compat_restore_altstack(const compat_stack_t __user *uss);
+int __compat_save_altstack(compat_stack_t __user *, unsigned long);
+#endif
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_sched_rr_get_interval(compat_pid_t pid,
 						 struct compat_timespec __user *interval);
diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index addfbe7c180..1693775ecfe 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -344,6 +344,10 @@ static inline void user_single_step_siginfo(struct task_struct *tsk,
 #define signal_pt_regs() task_pt_regs(current)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef current_user_stack_pointer
+#define current_user_stack_pointer() user_stack_pointer(current_pt_regs())
+#endif
+
 extern int task_current_syscall(struct task_struct *target, long *callno,
 				unsigned long args[6], unsigned int maxargs,
 				unsigned long *sp, unsigned long *pc);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index f712465b05c..206bb089c06 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2353,9 +2353,7 @@ extern int do_execve(const char *,
 		     const char __user * const __user *);
 extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
 struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
 extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
-#endif
 
 extern void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *from);
 extern char *get_task_comm(char *to, struct task_struct *tsk);
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index e19a011b43b..0a89ffc4846 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -385,4 +385,7 @@ int unhandled_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig);
 
 void signals_init(void);
 
+int restore_altstack(const stack_t __user *);
+int __save_altstack(stack_t __user *, unsigned long);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SIGNAL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 6caee34bf8a..45e2db27025 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct getcpu_cache;
 struct old_linux_dirent;
 struct perf_event_attr;
 struct file_handle;
+struct sigaltstack;
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/aio_abi.h>
@@ -299,6 +300,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_personality(unsigned int personality);
 asmlinkage long sys_sigpending(old_sigset_t __user *set);
 asmlinkage long sys_sigprocmask(int how, old_sigset_t __user *set,
 				old_sigset_t __user *oset);
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+asmlinkage long sys_sigaltstack(const struct sigaltstack __user *uss,
+				struct sigaltstack __user *uoss);
+#endif
+
 asmlinkage long sys_getitimer(int which, struct itimerval __user *value);
 asmlinkage long sys_setitimer(int which,
 				struct itimerval __user *value,
@@ -827,15 +833,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fanotify_mark(int fanotify_fd, unsigned int flags,
 				  const char  __user *pathname);
 asmlinkage long sys_syncfs(int fd);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, const char *const argv[], const char *const envp[]);
-#else
-#define kernel_execve(filename, argv, envp) \
-	do_execve(filename, \
-		(const char __user *const __user *)argv, \
-		(const char __user *const __user *)envp)
-#endif
-
 asmlinkage long sys_fork(void);
 asmlinkage long sys_vfork(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CLONE_BACKWARDS
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h
index 0a78028984d..6fae30fd16a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@
  *	SA_RESTORER	0x04000000
  */
 
-/*
- * sigaltstack controls
- */
-#define SS_ONSTACK	1
-#define SS_DISABLE	2
-
 #define MINSIGSTKSZ	2048
 #define SIGSTKSZ	8192
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/signal.h b/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
index dff452ed6d0..e1bd50c29de 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 #include <asm/siginfo.h>
 
+#define SS_ONSTACK	1
+#define SS_DISABLE	2
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SIGNAL_H */
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index baf1f0f5c46..85d69dffe86 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -797,7 +797,9 @@ static void __init do_pre_smp_initcalls(void)
 static int run_init_process(const char *init_filename)
 {
 	argv_init[0] = init_filename;
-	return kernel_execve(init_filename, argv_init, envp_init);
+	return do_execve(init_filename,
+		(const char __user *const __user *)argv_init,
+		(const char __user *const __user *)envp_init);
 }
 
 static void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 85f6d536608..a31b823b3c2 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1613,7 +1613,6 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	return nr;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
 /*
  * Create a kernel thread.
  */
@@ -1622,7 +1621,6 @@ pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
 	return do_fork(flags|CLONE_VM|CLONE_UNTRACED, (unsigned long)fn,
 		(unsigned long)arg, NULL, NULL);
 }
-#endif
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
 SYSCALL_DEFINE0(fork)
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 1c317e38683..0023a87e8de 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
 
 	commit_creds(new);
 
-	retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,
-			       (const char *const *)sub_info->argv,
-			       (const char *const *)sub_info->envp);
+	retval = do_execve(sub_info->path,
+			   (const char __user *const __user *)sub_info->argv,
+			   (const char __user *const __user *)sub_info->envp);
 	if (!retval)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 580a91e6347..7aaa51d8e5b 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/uprobes.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/signal.h>
 
@@ -3094,6 +3095,79 @@ do_sigaltstack (const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss, unsigned long s
 out:
 	return error;
 }
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sigaltstack,const stack_t __user *,uss, stack_t __user *,uoss)
+{
+	return do_sigaltstack(uss, uoss, current_user_stack_pointer());
+}
+#endif
+
+int restore_altstack(const stack_t __user *uss)
+{
+	int err = do_sigaltstack(uss, NULL, current_user_stack_pointer());
+	/* squash all but EFAULT for now */
+	return err == -EFAULT ? err : 0;
+}
+
+int __save_altstack(stack_t __user *uss, unsigned long sp)
+{
+	struct task_struct *t = current;
+	return  __put_user((void __user *)t->sas_ss_sp, &uss->ss_sp) |
+		__put_user(sas_ss_flags(sp), &uss->ss_flags) |
+		__put_user(t->sas_ss_size, &uss->ss_size);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_sigaltstack(const compat_stack_t __user *uss_ptr,
+				       compat_stack_t __user *uoss_ptr)
+{
+	stack_t uss, uoss;
+	int ret;
+	mm_segment_t seg;
+
+	if (uss_ptr) {
+		compat_stack_t uss32;
+
+		memset(&uss, 0, sizeof(stack_t));
+		if (copy_from_user(&uss32, uss_ptr, sizeof(compat_stack_t)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		uss.ss_sp = compat_ptr(uss32.ss_sp);
+		uss.ss_flags = uss32.ss_flags;
+		uss.ss_size = uss32.ss_size;
+	}
+	seg = get_fs();
+	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
+	ret = do_sigaltstack((stack_t __force __user *) (uss_ptr ? &uss : NULL),
+			     (stack_t __force __user *) &uoss,
+			     compat_user_stack_pointer());
+	set_fs(seg);
+	if (ret >= 0 && uoss_ptr)  {
+		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uoss_ptr, sizeof(compat_stack_t)) ||
+		    __put_user(ptr_to_compat(uoss.ss_sp), &uoss_ptr->ss_sp) ||
+		    __put_user(uoss.ss_flags, &uoss_ptr->ss_flags) ||
+		    __put_user(uoss.ss_size, &uoss_ptr->ss_size))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int compat_restore_altstack(const compat_stack_t __user *uss)
+{
+	int err = compat_sys_sigaltstack(uss, NULL);
+	/* squash all but -EFAULT for now */
+	return err == -EFAULT ? err : 0;
+}
+
+int __compat_save_altstack(compat_stack_t __user *uss, unsigned long sp)
+{
+	struct task_struct *t = current;
+	return  __put_user(ptr_to_compat((void __user *)t->sas_ss_sp), &uss->ss_sp) |
+		__put_user(sas_ss_flags(sp), &uss->ss_flags) |
+		__put_user(t->sas_ss_size, &uss->ss_size);
+}
+#endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING