Merge branch 'linux-2.6'

21 files changed, 536 insertions, 511 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
index 6ff12743a0bd..9bf944f6a1db 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ static int aio_thread(void *arg)
 				{ .data = (void *) (long) event.data,
 						.err	= event.res });
 			reply_fd = ((struct aio_context *) reply.data)->reply_fd;
-			err = os_write_file(reply_fd, &reply, sizeof(reply));
+			err = write(reply_fd, &reply, sizeof(reply));
 			if(err != sizeof(reply))
 				printk("aio_thread - write failed, fd = %d, "
-				       "err = %d\n", reply_fd, -err);
+				       "err = %d\n", reply_fd, errno);
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -146,38 +146,31 @@ static int aio_thread(void *arg)
 static int do_not_aio(struct aio_thread_req *req)
 {
 	char c;
-	int err;
+	unsigned long long actual;
+	int n;
+
+	actual = lseek64(req->io_fd, req->offset, SEEK_SET);
+	if(actual != req->offset)
+		return -errno;
 
 	switch(req->type){
 	case AIO_READ:
-		err = os_seek_file(req->io_fd, req->offset);
-		if(err)
-			goto out;
-
-		err = os_read_file(req->io_fd, req->buf, req->len);
+		n = read(req->io_fd, req->buf, req->len);
 		break;
 	case AIO_WRITE:
-		err = os_seek_file(req->io_fd, req->offset);
-		if(err)
-			goto out;
-
-		err = os_write_file(req->io_fd, req->buf, req->len);
+		n = write(req->io_fd, req->buf, req->len);
 		break;
 	case AIO_MMAP:
-		err = os_seek_file(req->io_fd, req->offset);
-		if(err)
-			goto out;
-
-		err = os_read_file(req->io_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
+		n = read(req->io_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
 		break;
 	default:
 		printk("do_not_aio - bad request type : %d\n", req->type);
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		break;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-out:
-	return err;
+	if(n < 0)
+		return -errno;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* These are initialized in initcalls and not changed */
@@ -193,12 +186,12 @@ static int not_aio_thread(void *arg)
 
 	signal(SIGWINCH, SIG_IGN);
 	while(1){
-		err = os_read_file(aio_req_fd_r, &req, sizeof(req));
+		err = read(aio_req_fd_r, &req, sizeof(req));
 		if(err != sizeof(req)){
 			if(err < 0)
 				printk("not_aio_thread - read failed, "
 				       "fd = %d, err = %d\n", aio_req_fd_r,
-				       -err);
+				       errno);
 			else {
 				printk("not_aio_thread - short read, fd = %d, "
 				       "length = %d\n", aio_req_fd_r, err);
@@ -207,11 +200,11 @@ static int not_aio_thread(void *arg)
 		}
 		err = do_not_aio(&req);
 		reply = ((struct aio_thread_reply) { .data 	= req.aio,
-					 .err	= err });
-		err = os_write_file(req.aio->reply_fd, &reply, sizeof(reply));
+						     .err	= err });
+		err = write(req.aio->reply_fd, &reply, sizeof(reply));
 		if(err != sizeof(reply))
 			printk("not_aio_thread - write failed, fd = %d, "
-			       "err = %d\n", req.aio->reply_fd, -err);
+			       "err = %d\n", req.aio->reply_fd, errno);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -228,6 +221,11 @@ static int init_aio_24(void)
 
 	aio_req_fd_w = fds[0];
 	aio_req_fd_r = fds[1];
+
+	err = os_set_fd_block(aio_req_fd_w, 0);
+	if(err)
+		goto out_close_pipe;
+
 	err = run_helper_thread(not_aio_thread, NULL,
 				CLONE_FILES | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, &stack, 0);
 	if(err < 0)
@@ -285,10 +283,12 @@ static int submit_aio_26(enum aio_type type, int io_fd, char *buf, int len,
 	if(err){
 		reply = ((struct aio_thread_reply) { .data = aio,
 					 .err  = err });
-		err = os_write_file(aio->reply_fd, &reply, sizeof(reply));
-		if(err != sizeof(reply))
+		err = write(aio->reply_fd, &reply, sizeof(reply));
+		if(err != sizeof(reply)){
+			err = -errno;
 			printk("submit_aio_26 - write failed, "
 			       "fd = %d, err = %d\n", aio->reply_fd, -err);
+		}
 		else err = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -383,9 +383,10 @@ static int submit_aio_24(enum aio_type type, int io_fd, char *buf, int len,
 	};
 	int err;
 
-	err = os_write_file(aio_req_fd_w, &req, sizeof(req));
+	err = write(aio_req_fd_w, &req, sizeof(req));
 	if(err == sizeof(req))
 		err = 0;
+	else err = -errno;
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/ethertap_user.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/ethertap_user.c
index 863981ba1468..acba30161287 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/ethertap_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/ethertap_user.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2001 Lennert Buytenhek (buytenh@gnu.org) and 
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Lennert Buytenhek (buytenh@gnu.org) and
  * James Leu (jleu@mindspring.net).
  * Copyright (C) 2001 by various other people who didn't put their name here.
  * Licensed under the GPL.
@@ -16,19 +16,20 @@
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include "user.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "net_user.h"
 #include "etap.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "um_malloc.h"
+#include "kern_constants.h"
 
 #define MAX_PACKET ETH_MAX_PACKET
 
-void etap_user_init(void *data, void *dev)
+static int etap_user_init(void *data, void *dev)
 {
 	struct ethertap_data *pri = data;
 
 	pri->dev = dev;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct addr_change {
@@ -47,13 +48,16 @@ static void etap_change(int op, unsigned char *addr, unsigned char *netmask,
 	change.what = op;
 	memcpy(change.addr, addr, sizeof(change.addr));
 	memcpy(change.netmask, netmask, sizeof(change.netmask));
-	n = os_write_file(fd, &change, sizeof(change));
-	if(n != sizeof(change))
-		printk("etap_change - request failed, err = %d\n", -n);
-	output = um_kmalloc(page_size());
+	CATCH_EINTR(n = write(fd, &change, sizeof(change)));
+	if(n != sizeof(change)){
+		printk("etap_change - request failed, err = %d\n", errno);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	output = um_kmalloc(UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE);
 	if(output == NULL)
 		printk("etap_change : Failed to allocate output buffer\n");
-	read_output(fd, output, page_size());
+	read_output(fd, output, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE);
 	if(output != NULL){
 		printk("%s", output);
 		kfree(output);
@@ -115,13 +119,15 @@ static int etap_tramp(char *dev, char *gate, int control_me,
 	pe_data.data_me = data_me;
 	pid = run_helper(etap_pre_exec, &pe_data, args, NULL);
 
-	if(pid < 0) err = pid;
+	if(pid < 0)
+		err = pid;
 	os_close_file(data_remote);
 	os_close_file(control_remote);
-	n = os_read_file(control_me, &c, sizeof(c));
+	CATCH_EINTR(n = read(control_me, &c, sizeof(c)));
 	if(n != sizeof(c)){
-		printk("etap_tramp : read of status failed, err = %d\n", -n);
-		return(-EINVAL);
+		err = -errno;
+		printk("etap_tramp : read of status failed, err = %d\n", -err);
+		return err;
 	}
 	if(c != 1){
 		printk("etap_tramp : uml_net failed\n");
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ static int etap_tramp(char *dev, char *gate, int control_me,
 		else if(!WIFEXITED(status) || (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 1))
 			printk("uml_net didn't exit with status 1\n");
 	}
-	return(err);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int etap_open(void *data)
@@ -142,23 +148,24 @@ static int etap_open(void *data)
 	int data_fds[2], control_fds[2], err, output_len;
 
 	err = tap_open_common(pri->dev, pri->gate_addr);
-	if(err) return(err);
+	if(err)
+		return err;
 
 	err = os_pipe(data_fds, 0, 0);
 	if(err < 0){
 		printk("data os_pipe failed - err = %d\n", -err);
-		return(err);
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	err = os_pipe(control_fds, 1, 0);
 	if(err < 0){
 		printk("control os_pipe failed - err = %d\n", -err);
-		return(err);
+		return err;
 	}
-	
+
 	err = etap_tramp(pri->dev_name, pri->gate_addr, control_fds[0], 
 			 control_fds[1], data_fds[0], data_fds[1]);
-	output_len = page_size();
+	output_len = UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE;
 	output = um_kmalloc(output_len);
 	read_output(control_fds[0], output, output_len);
 
@@ -171,13 +178,13 @@ static int etap_open(void *data)
 
 	if(err < 0){
 		printk("etap_tramp failed - err = %d\n", -err);
-		return(err);
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	pri->data_fd = data_fds[0];
 	pri->control_fd = control_fds[0];
 	iter_addresses(pri->dev, etap_open_addr, &pri->control_fd);
-	return(data_fds[0]);
+	return data_fds[0];
 }
 
 static void etap_close(int fd, void *data)
@@ -195,7 +202,7 @@ static void etap_close(int fd, void *data)
 
 static int etap_set_mtu(int mtu, void *data)
 {
-	return(mtu);
+	return mtu;
 }
 
 static void etap_add_addr(unsigned char *addr, unsigned char *netmask,
@@ -204,7 +211,8 @@ static void etap_add_addr(unsigned char *addr, unsigned char *netmask,
 	struct ethertap_data *pri = data;
 
 	tap_check_ips(pri->gate_addr, addr);
-	if(pri->control_fd == -1) return;
+	if(pri->control_fd == -1)
+		return;
 	etap_open_addr(addr, netmask, &pri->control_fd);
 }
 
@@ -213,7 +221,8 @@ static void etap_del_addr(unsigned char *addr, unsigned char *netmask,
 {
 	struct ethertap_data *pri = data;
 
-	if(pri->control_fd == -1) return;
+	if(pri->control_fd == -1)
+		return;
 	etap_close_addr(addr, netmask, &pri->control_fd);
 }
 
@@ -227,14 +236,3 @@ const struct net_user_info ethertap_user_info = {
 	.delete_address = etap_del_addr,
 	.max_packet	= MAX_PACKET - ETH_HEADER_ETHERTAP
 };
-
-/*
- * Overrides for Emacs so that we follow Linus's tabbing style.
- * Emacs will notice this stuff at the end of the file and automatically
- * adjust the settings for this buffer only.  This must remain at the end
- * of the file.
- * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Local variables:
- * c-file-style: "linux"
- * End:
- */
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
index e846b23f7558..11a9779dc9f1 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@
 #include "net_user.h"
 #include "tuntap.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "os.h"
 
 #define MAX_PACKET ETH_MAX_PACKET
 
-void tuntap_user_init(void *data, void *dev)
+static int tuntap_user_init(void *data, void *dev)
 {
 	struct tuntap_data *pri = data;
 
 	pri->dev = dev;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void tuntap_add_addr(unsigned char *addr, unsigned char *netmask,
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ static void tuntap_add_addr(unsigned char *addr, unsigned char *netmask,
 	struct tuntap_data *pri = data;
 
 	tap_check_ips(pri->gate_addr, addr);
-	if((pri->fd == -1) || pri->fixed_config) return;
+	if((pri->fd == -1) || pri->fixed_config)
+		return;
 	open_addr(addr, netmask, pri->dev_name);
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ static void tuntap_del_addr(unsigned char *addr, unsigned char *netmask,
 {
 	struct tuntap_data *pri = data;
 
-	if((pri->fd == -1) || pri->fixed_config) return;
+	if((pri->fd == -1) || pri->fixed_config)
+		return;
 	close_addr(addr, netmask, pri->dev_name);
 }
 
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ struct tuntap_pre_exec_data {
 static void tuntap_pre_exec(void *arg)
 {
 	struct tuntap_pre_exec_data *data = arg;
-	
+
 	dup2(data->stdout, 1);
 	os_close_file(data->close_me);
 }
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ static int tuntap_open_tramp(char *gate, int *fd_out, int me, int remote,
 
 	pid = run_helper(tuntap_pre_exec, &data, argv, NULL);
 
-	if(pid < 0) return(-pid);
+	if(pid < 0)
+		return -pid;
 
 	os_close_file(remote);
 
@@ -114,16 +117,16 @@ static int tuntap_open_tramp(char *gate, int *fd_out, int me, int remote,
 	cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
 	if(cmsg == NULL){
 		printk("tuntap_open_tramp : didn't receive a message\n");
-		return(-EINVAL);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if((cmsg->cmsg_level != SOL_SOCKET) || 
 	   (cmsg->cmsg_type != SCM_RIGHTS)){
 		printk("tuntap_open_tramp : didn't receive a descriptor\n");
-		return(-EINVAL);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	*fd_out = ((int *) CMSG_DATA(cmsg))[0];
 	os_set_exec_close(*fd_out, 1);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int tuntap_open(void *data)
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ static int tuntap_open(void *data)
 
 	err = tap_open_common(pri->dev, pri->gate_addr);
 	if(err < 0)
-		return(err);
+		return err;
 
 	if(pri->fixed_config){
 		pri->fd = os_open_file("/dev/net/tun",
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ static int tuntap_open(void *data)
 		if(pri->fd < 0){
 			printk("Failed to open /dev/net/tun, err = %d\n",
 			       -pri->fd);
-			return(pri->fd);
+			return pri->fd;
 		}
 		memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
 		ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ static int tuntap_open(void *data)
 		if(err < 0){
 			printk("tuntap_open : os_pipe failed - err = %d\n",
 			       -err);
-			return(err);
+			return err;
 		}
 
 		buffer = get_output_buffer(&len);
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ static int tuntap_open(void *data)
 			printk("%s", output);
 			free_output_buffer(buffer);
 			printk("tuntap_open_tramp failed - err = %d\n", -err);
-			return(err);
+			return err;
 		}
 
 		pri->dev_name = uml_strdup(buffer);
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ static int tuntap_open(void *data)
 		iter_addresses(pri->dev, open_addr, pri->dev_name);
 	}
 
-	return(pri->fd);
+	return pri->fd;
 }
 
 static void tuntap_close(int fd, void *data)
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ static void tuntap_close(int fd, void *data)
 
 static int tuntap_set_mtu(int mtu, void *data)
 {
-	return(mtu);
+	return mtu;
 }
 
 const struct net_user_info tuntap_user_info = {
@@ -215,14 +218,3 @@ const struct net_user_info tuntap_user_info = {
 	.delete_address = tuntap_del_addr,
 	.max_packet	= MAX_PACKET
 };
-
-/*
- * Overrides for Emacs so that we follow Linus's tabbing style.
- * Emacs will notice this stuff at the end of the file and automatically
- * adjust the settings for this buffer only.  This must remain at the end
- * of the file.
- * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Local variables:
- * c-file-style: "linux"
- * End:
- */
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/file.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/file.c
index 371b4335f46d..6f92f732d253 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/file.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/file.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "os.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 
 static void copy_stat(struct uml_stat *dst, struct stat64 *src)
 {
@@ -291,54 +290,22 @@ int os_seek_file(int fd, __u64 offset)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int fault_buffer(void *start, int len,
-			int (*copy_proc)(void *addr, void *buf, int len))
-{
-	int page = getpagesize(), i;
-	char c;
-
-	for(i = 0; i < len; i += page){
-		if((*copy_proc)(start + i, &c, sizeof(c)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	if((len % page) != 0){
-		if((*copy_proc)(start + len - 1, &c, sizeof(c)))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int file_io(int fd, void *buf, int len,
-		   int (*io_proc)(int fd, void *buf, int len),
-		   int (*copy_user_proc)(void *addr, void *buf, int len))
+int os_read_file(int fd, void *buf, int len)
 {
-	int n, err;
-
-	do {
-		n = (*io_proc)(fd, buf, len);
-		if((n < 0) && (errno == EFAULT)){
-			err = fault_buffer(buf, len, copy_user_proc);
-			if(err)
-				return err;
-			n = (*io_proc)(fd, buf, len);
-		}
-	} while((n < 0) && (errno == EINTR));
+	int n = read(fd, buf, len);
 
 	if(n < 0)
 		return -errno;
 	return n;
 }
 
-int os_read_file(int fd, void *buf, int len)
-{
-	return file_io(fd, buf, len, (int (*)(int, void *, int)) read,
-		       copy_from_user_proc);
-}
-
 int os_write_file(int fd, const void *buf, int len)
 {
-	return file_io(fd, (void *) buf, len,
-		       (int (*)(int, void *, int)) write, copy_to_user_proc);
+	int n = write(fd, (void *) buf, len);
+
+	if(n < 0)
+		return -errno;
+	return n;
 }
 
 int os_file_size(char *file, unsigned long long *size_out)
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
index c7ad6306e22f..97bed16bf4c7 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include "user.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "um_malloc.h"
+#include "kern_constants.h"
 
 struct helper_data {
 	void (*pre_exec)(void*);
@@ -25,28 +25,18 @@ struct helper_data {
 	char *buf;
 };
 
-/* Debugging aid, changed only from gdb */
-int helper_pause = 0;
-
-static void helper_hup(int sig)
-{
-}
-
 static int helper_child(void *arg)
 {
 	struct helper_data *data = arg;
 	char **argv = data->argv;
 	int errval;
 
-	if (helper_pause){
-		signal(SIGHUP, helper_hup);
-		pause();
-	}
 	if (data->pre_exec != NULL)
 		(*data->pre_exec)(data->pre_data);
 	errval = execvp_noalloc(data->buf, argv[0], argv);
-	printk("helper_child - execvp of '%s' failed - errno = %d\n", argv[0], -errval);
-	os_write_file(data->fd, &errval, sizeof(errval));
+	printk("helper_child - execvp of '%s' failed - errno = %d\n", argv[0],
+	       -errval);
+	write(data->fd, &errval, sizeof(errval));
 	kill(os_getpid(), SIGKILL);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -81,7 +71,7 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
 		goto out_close;
 	}
 
-	sp = stack + page_size() - sizeof(void *);
+	sp = stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(void *);
 	data.pre_exec = pre_exec;
 	data.pre_data = pre_data;
 	data.argv = argv;
@@ -98,13 +88,16 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
 	close(fds[1]);
 	fds[1] = -1;
 
-	/* Read the errno value from the child, if the exec failed, or get 0 if
-	 * the exec succeeded because the pipe fd was set as close-on-exec. */
-	n = os_read_file(fds[0], &ret, sizeof(ret));
+	/*
+	 * Read the errno value from the child, if the exec failed, or get 0 if
+	 * the exec succeeded because the pipe fd was set as close-on-exec.
+	 */
+	n = read(fds[0], &ret, sizeof(ret));
 	if (n == 0) {
 		ret = pid;
 	} else {
 		if (n < 0) {
+			n = -errno;
 			printk("run_helper : read on pipe failed, ret = %d\n",
 			       -n);
 			ret = n;
@@ -135,7 +128,7 @@ int run_helper_thread(int (*proc)(void *), void *arg, unsigned int flags,
 	if (stack == 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sp = stack + (page_size() << stack_order) - sizeof(void *);
+	sp = stack + (UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE << stack_order) - sizeof(void *);
 	pid = clone(proc, (void *) sp, flags | SIGCHLD, arg);
 	if (pid < 0) {
 		err = -errno;
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/irq.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/irq.c
index d1b61d474e0a..a633fa8e0a94 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/irq.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/irq.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <sys/poll.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "process.h"
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
index 685feaab65d2..ea9a23696f36 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/user.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
+#include "as-layout.h"
 #include "mem_user.h"
 #include "irq_user.h"
 #include "user.h"
@@ -25,12 +25,7 @@
 #include "os.h"
 #include "um_malloc.h"
 
-/* Set in set_stklim, which is called from main and __wrap_malloc.
- * __wrap_malloc only calls it if main hasn't started.
- */
-unsigned long stacksizelim;
-
-/* Set in main */
+/* Set in main, unchanged thereafter */
 char *linux_prog;
 
 #define PGD_BOUND (4 * 1024 * 1024)
@@ -52,7 +47,6 @@ static void set_stklim(void)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 	}
-	stacksizelim = (lim.rlim_cur + PGD_BOUND - 1) & ~(PGD_BOUND - 1);
 }
 
 static __init void do_uml_initcalls(void)
@@ -126,7 +120,7 @@ extern int uml_exitcode;
 
 extern void scan_elf_aux( char **envp);
 
-int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
+int __init main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 {
 	char **new_argv;
 	int ret, i, err;
@@ -224,7 +218,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 		ret = 1;
 	}
 	printf("\n");
-	return(uml_exitcode);
+	return uml_exitcode;
 }
 
 #define CAN_KMALLOC() \
@@ -237,7 +231,7 @@ void *__wrap_malloc(int size)
 	void *ret;
 
 	if(!CAN_KMALLOC())
-		return(__real_malloc(size));
+		return __real_malloc(size);
 	else if(size <= PAGE_SIZE) /* finding contiguos pages can be hard*/
 		ret = um_kmalloc(size);
 	else ret = um_vmalloc(size);
@@ -248,16 +242,17 @@ void *__wrap_malloc(int size)
 	if(ret == NULL)
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void *__wrap_calloc(int n, int size)
 {
 	void *ptr = __wrap_malloc(n * size);
 
-	if(ptr == NULL) return(NULL);
+	if(ptr == NULL)
+		return NULL;
 	memset(ptr, 0, n * size);
-	return(ptr);
+	return ptr;
 }
 
 extern void __real_free(void *);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
index f1ea169db85e..c6378c6d10d2 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <sys/statfs.h>
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "mem_user.h"
 #include "init.h"
 #include "os.h"
@@ -165,7 +164,8 @@ found:
  * (file: kernel/tt/ptproxy/proxy.c, proc: start_debugger).
  * So it isn't 'static' yet.
  */
-int make_tempfile(const char *template, char **out_tempname, int do_unlink)
+int __init make_tempfile(const char *template, char **out_tempname,
+			 int do_unlink)
 {
 	char *tempname;
 	int fd;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ out:
  * This proc is used in start_up.c
  * So it isn't 'static'.
  */
-int create_tmp_file(unsigned long long len)
+int __init create_tmp_file(unsigned long long len)
 {
 	int fd, err;
 	char zero;
@@ -232,17 +232,16 @@ int create_tmp_file(unsigned long long len)
 
 	zero = 0;
 
-	err = os_write_file(fd, &zero, 1);
+	err = write(fd, &zero, 1);
 	if(err != 1){
-		errno = -err;
-		perror("os_write_file");
+		perror("write");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
 	return fd;
 }
 
-int create_mem_file(unsigned long long len)
+int __init create_mem_file(unsigned long long len)
 {
 	int err, fd;
 
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ int create_mem_file(unsigned long long len)
 }
 
 
-void check_tmpexec(void)
+void __init check_tmpexec(void)
 {
 	void *addr;
 	int err, fd = create_tmp_file(UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
index 76bdd6712417..92a7b59120d6 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/process.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "ptrace_user.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "user.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "process.h"
 #include "irq_user.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "skas_ptrace.h"
 #include "kern_constants.h"
 #include "uml-config.h"
+#include "init.h"
 
 #define ARBITRARY_ADDR -1
 #define FAILURE_PID    -1
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ unsigned long os_process_pc(int pid)
 	if(fd < 0){
 		printk("os_process_pc - couldn't open '%s', err = %d\n",
 		       proc_stat, -fd);
-		return(ARBITRARY_ADDR);
+		return ARBITRARY_ADDR;
 	}
-	err = os_read_file(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	CATCH_EINTR(err = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)));
 	if(err < 0){
 		printk("os_process_pc - couldn't read '%s', err = %d\n",
-		       proc_stat, -err);
+		       proc_stat, errno);
 		os_close_file(fd);
-		return(ARBITRARY_ADDR);
+		return ARBITRARY_ADDR;
 	}
 	os_close_file(fd);
 	pc = ARBITRARY_ADDR;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ unsigned long os_process_pc(int pid)
 		  "%*d %*d %*d %*d %*d %lu", &pc) != 1){
 		printk("os_process_pc - couldn't find pc in '%s'\n", buf);
 	}
-	return(pc);
+	return pc;
 }
 
 int os_process_parent(int pid)
@@ -65,21 +65,22 @@ int os_process_parent(int pid)
 	char data[256];
 	int parent, n, fd;
 
-	if(pid == -1) return(-1);
+	if(pid == -1)
+		return -1;
 
 	snprintf(stat, sizeof(stat), "/proc/%d/stat", pid);
 	fd = os_open_file(stat, of_read(OPENFLAGS()), 0);
 	if(fd < 0){
 		printk("Couldn't open '%s', err = %d\n", stat, -fd);
-		return(FAILURE_PID);
+		return FAILURE_PID;
 	}
 
-	n = os_read_file(fd, data, sizeof(data));
+	CATCH_EINTR(n = read(fd, data, sizeof(data)));
 	os_close_file(fd);
 
 	if(n < 0){
-		printk("Couldn't read '%s', err = %d\n", stat, -n);
-		return(FAILURE_PID);
+		printk("Couldn't read '%s', err = %d\n", stat, errno);
+		return FAILURE_PID;
 	}
 
 	parent = FAILURE_PID;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ int os_process_parent(int pid)
 	if(n != 1)
 		printk("Failed to scan '%s'\n", data);
 
-	return(parent);
+	return parent;
 }
 
 void os_stop_process(int pid)
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ void os_usr1_process(int pid)
 
 int os_getpid(void)
 {
-	return(syscall(__NR_getpid));
+	return syscall(__NR_getpid);
 }
 
 int os_getpgrp(void)
@@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ int os_map_memory(void *virt, int fd, unsigned long long off, unsigned long len,
 	loc = mmap64((void *) virt, len, prot, MAP_SHARED | MAP_FIXED,
 		     fd, off);
 	if(loc == MAP_FAILED)
-		return(-errno);
-	return(0);
+		return -errno;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int os_protect_memory(void *addr, unsigned long len, int r, int w, int x)
@@ -175,8 +176,8 @@ int os_protect_memory(void *addr, unsigned long len, int r, int w, int x)
 		    (x ? PROT_EXEC : 0));
 
         if(mprotect(addr, len, prot) < 0)
-		return(-errno);
-        return(0);
+		return -errno;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 int os_unmap_memory(void *addr, int len)
@@ -185,15 +186,15 @@ int os_unmap_memory(void *addr, int len)
 
         err = munmap(addr, len);
 	if(err < 0)
-		return(-errno);
-        return(0);
+		return -errno;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 #ifndef MADV_REMOVE
 #define MADV_REMOVE KERNEL_MADV_REMOVE
 #endif
 
-int os_drop_memory(void *addr, int length)
+int __init os_drop_memory(void *addr, int length)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ int os_drop_memory(void *addr, int length)
 	return err;
 }
 
-int can_drop_memory(void)
+int __init can_drop_memory(void)
 {
 	void *addr;
 	int fd, ok = 0;
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ void init_new_thread_stack(void *sig_stack, void (*usr1_handler)(int))
 
 	if(sig_stack != NULL){
 		pages = (1 << UML_CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER);
-		set_sigstack(sig_stack, pages * page_size());
+		set_sigstack(sig_stack, pages * UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE);
 		flags = SA_ONSTACK;
 	}
 	if(usr1_handler){
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
index 3fc43b33db66..8d4e0c6b8c92 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <pty.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sched.h>
@@ -16,10 +17,10 @@
 #include "init.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "sigio.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "um_malloc.h"
+#include "init.h"
 
 /* Protected by sigio_lock(), also used by sigio_cleanup, which is an
  * exitcall.
@@ -68,11 +69,12 @@ static int write_sigio_thread(void *unused)
 			p = &fds->poll[i];
 			if(p->revents == 0) continue;
 			if(p->fd == sigio_private[1]){
-				n = os_read_file(sigio_private[1], &c, sizeof(c));
+				CATCH_EINTR(n = read(sigio_private[1], &c,
+						     sizeof(c)));
 				if(n != sizeof(c))
 					printk("write_sigio_thread : "
 					       "read on socket failed, "
-					       "err = %d\n", -n);
+					       "err = %d\n", errno);
 				tmp = current_poll;
 				current_poll = next_poll;
 				next_poll = tmp;
@@ -85,10 +87,10 @@ static int write_sigio_thread(void *unused)
 					(fds->used - i) * sizeof(*fds->poll));
 			}
 
-			n = os_write_file(respond_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
+			CATCH_EINTR(n = write(respond_fd, &c, sizeof(c)));
 			if(n != sizeof(c))
 				printk("write_sigio_thread : write on socket "
-				       "failed, err = %d\n", -n);
+				       "failed, err = %d\n", errno);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -126,15 +128,15 @@ static void update_thread(void)
 	char c;
 
 	flags = set_signals(0);
-	n = os_write_file(sigio_private[0], &c, sizeof(c));
+	n = write(sigio_private[0], &c, sizeof(c));
 	if(n != sizeof(c)){
-		printk("update_thread : write failed, err = %d\n", -n);
+		printk("update_thread : write failed, err = %d\n", errno);
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	n = os_read_file(sigio_private[0], &c, sizeof(c));
+	CATCH_EINTR(n = read(sigio_private[0], &c, sizeof(c)));
 	if(n != sizeof(c)){
-		printk("update_thread : read failed, err = %d\n", -n);
+		printk("update_thread : read failed, err = %d\n", errno);
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
@@ -320,6 +322,10 @@ out_close1:
 	close(l_write_sigio_fds[1]);
 }
 
+/* Changed during early boot */
+static int pty_output_sigio = 0;
+static int pty_close_sigio = 0;
+
 void maybe_sigio_broken(int fd, int read)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -357,3 +363,143 @@ static void sigio_cleanup(void)
 }
 
 __uml_exitcall(sigio_cleanup);
+
+/* Used as a flag during SIGIO testing early in boot */
+static volatile int got_sigio = 0;
+
+static void __init handler(int sig)
+{
+	got_sigio = 1;
+}
+
+struct openpty_arg {
+	int master;
+	int slave;
+	int err;
+};
+
+static void openpty_cb(void *arg)
+{
+	struct openpty_arg *info = arg;
+
+	info->err = 0;
+	if(openpty(&info->master, &info->slave, NULL, NULL, NULL))
+		info->err = -errno;
+}
+
+static int async_pty(int master, int slave)
+{
+	int flags;
+
+	flags = fcntl(master, F_GETFL);
+	if(flags < 0)
+		return -errno;
+
+	if((fcntl(master, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK | O_ASYNC) < 0) ||
+	   (fcntl(master, F_SETOWN, os_getpid()) < 0))
+		return -errno;
+
+	if((fcntl(slave, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0))
+		return -errno;
+
+	return(0);
+}
+
+static void __init check_one_sigio(void (*proc)(int, int))
+{
+	struct sigaction old, new;
+	struct openpty_arg pty = { .master = -1, .slave = -1 };
+	int master, slave, err;
+
+	initial_thread_cb(openpty_cb, &pty);
+	if(pty.err){
+		printk("openpty failed, errno = %d\n", -pty.err);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	master = pty.master;
+	slave = pty.slave;
+
+	if((master == -1) || (slave == -1)){
+		printk("openpty failed to allocate a pty\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Not now, but complain so we now where we failed. */
+	err = raw(master);
+	if (err < 0)
+		panic("check_sigio : __raw failed, errno = %d\n", -err);
+
+	err = async_pty(master, slave);
+	if(err < 0)
+		panic("tty_fds : sigio_async failed, err = %d\n", -err);
+
+	if(sigaction(SIGIO, NULL, &old) < 0)
+		panic("check_sigio : sigaction 1 failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
+	new = old;
+	new.sa_handler = handler;
+	if(sigaction(SIGIO, &new, NULL) < 0)
+		panic("check_sigio : sigaction 2 failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
+
+	got_sigio = 0;
+	(*proc)(master, slave);
+
+	close(master);
+	close(slave);
+
+	if(sigaction(SIGIO, &old, NULL) < 0)
+		panic("check_sigio : sigaction 3 failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
+}
+
+static void tty_output(int master, int slave)
+{
+	int n;
+	char buf[512];
+
+	printk("Checking that host ptys support output SIGIO...");
+
+	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+
+	while(write(master, buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0) ;
+	if(errno != EAGAIN)
+		panic("tty_output : write failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
+	while(((n = read(slave, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) && !got_sigio) ;
+
+	if(got_sigio){
+		printk("Yes\n");
+		pty_output_sigio = 1;
+	}
+	else if(n == -EAGAIN)
+		printk("No, enabling workaround\n");
+	else panic("tty_output : read failed, err = %d\n", n);
+}
+
+static void tty_close(int master, int slave)
+{
+	printk("Checking that host ptys support SIGIO on close...");
+
+	close(slave);
+	if(got_sigio){
+		printk("Yes\n");
+		pty_close_sigio = 1;
+	}
+	else printk("No, enabling workaround\n");
+}
+
+void __init check_sigio(void)
+{
+	if((os_access("/dev/ptmx", OS_ACC_R_OK) < 0) &&
+	   (os_access("/dev/ptyp0", OS_ACC_R_OK) < 0)){
+		printk("No pseudo-terminals available - skipping pty SIGIO "
+		       "check\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	check_one_sigio(tty_output);
+	check_one_sigio(tty_close);
+}
+
+/* Here because it only does the SIGIO testing for now */
+void __init os_check_bugs(void)
+{
+	check_sigio();
+}
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
index 266768629fee..48d493415301 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "signal_kern.h"
 #include "sysdep/sigcontext.h"
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/mem.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/mem.c
index 9383e8751ae7..8e490fff3d47 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/mem.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -17,17 +18,17 @@
 #include "os.h"
 #include "proc_mm.h"
 #include "ptrace_user.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "task.h"
 #include "registers.h"
 #include "uml-config.h"
 #include "sysdep/ptrace.h"
 #include "sysdep/stub.h"
+#include "init.h"
 
 extern unsigned long batch_syscall_stub, __syscall_stub_start;
 
-extern void wait_stub_done(int pid, int sig, char * fname);
+extern void wait_stub_done(int pid);
 
 static inline unsigned long *check_init_stack(struct mm_id * mm_idp,
 					      unsigned long *stack)
@@ -39,6 +40,19 @@ static inline unsigned long *check_init_stack(struct mm_id * mm_idp,
 	return stack;
 }
 
+static unsigned long syscall_regs[MAX_REG_NR];
+
+static int __init init_syscall_regs(void)
+{
+	get_safe_registers(syscall_regs, NULL);
+	syscall_regs[REGS_IP_INDEX] = UML_CONFIG_STUB_CODE +
+		((unsigned long) &batch_syscall_stub -
+		 (unsigned long) &__syscall_stub_start);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+__initcall(init_syscall_regs);
+
 extern int proc_mm;
 
 int single_count = 0;
@@ -47,12 +61,11 @@ int multi_op_count = 0;
 
 static inline long do_syscall_stub(struct mm_id * mm_idp, void **addr)
 {
-	unsigned long regs[MAX_REG_NR];
 	int n, i;
 	long ret, offset;
 	unsigned long * data;
 	unsigned long * syscall;
-	int pid = mm_idp->u.pid;
+	int err, pid = mm_idp->u.pid;
 
 	if(proc_mm)
 #warning Need to look up userspace_pid by cpu
@@ -60,21 +73,21 @@ static inline long do_syscall_stub(struct mm_id * mm_idp, void **addr)
 
 	multi_count++;
 
-	get_safe_registers(regs, NULL);
-	regs[REGS_IP_INDEX] = UML_CONFIG_STUB_CODE +
-		((unsigned long) &batch_syscall_stub -
-		 (unsigned long) &__syscall_stub_start);
-
-	n = ptrace_setregs(pid, regs);
+	n = ptrace_setregs(pid, syscall_regs);
 	if(n < 0){
 		printk("Registers - \n");
 		for(i = 0; i < MAX_REG_NR; i++)
-			printk("\t%d\t0x%lx\n", i, regs[i]);
+			printk("\t%d\t0x%lx\n", i, syscall_regs[i]);
 		panic("do_syscall_stub : PTRACE_SETREGS failed, errno = %d\n",
 		      -n);
 	}
 
-	wait_stub_done(pid, 0, "do_syscall_stub");
+	err = ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, 0, 0);
+	if(err)
+		panic("Failed to continue stub, pid = %d, errno = %d\n", pid,
+		      errno);
+
+	wait_stub_done(pid);
 
 	/* When the stub stops, we find the following values on the
 	 * beginning of the stack:
@@ -176,14 +189,10 @@ long syscall_stub_data(struct mm_id * mm_idp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int map(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long virt, unsigned long len,
-	int r, int w, int x, int phys_fd, unsigned long long offset,
-	int done, void **data)
+int map(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long virt, unsigned long len, int prot,
+	int phys_fd, unsigned long long offset, int done, void **data)
 {
-	int prot, ret;
-
-	prot = (r ? PROT_READ : 0) | (w ? PROT_WRITE : 0) |
-		(x ? PROT_EXEC : 0);
+	int ret;
 
 	if(proc_mm){
 		struct proc_mm_op map;
@@ -200,9 +209,11 @@ int map(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long virt, unsigned long len,
 					   .fd	= phys_fd,
 					   .offset= offset
 					 } } } );
-		ret = os_write_file(fd, &map, sizeof(map));
-		if(ret != sizeof(map))
+		CATCH_EINTR(ret = write(fd, &map, sizeof(map)));
+		if(ret != sizeof(map)){
+			ret = -errno;
 			printk("map : /proc/mm map failed, err = %d\n", -ret);
+		}
 		else ret = 0;
 	}
 	else {
@@ -217,8 +228,8 @@ int map(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long virt, unsigned long len,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int unmap(struct mm_id * mm_idp, void *addr, unsigned long len, int done,
-	  void **data)
+int unmap(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
+	  int done, void **data)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -232,9 +243,11 @@ int unmap(struct mm_id * mm_idp, void *addr, unsigned long len, int done,
 					   { .addr	=
 					     (unsigned long) addr,
 					     .len		= len } } } );
-		ret = os_write_file(fd, &unmap, sizeof(unmap));
-		if(ret != sizeof(unmap))
+		CATCH_EINTR(ret = write(fd, &unmap, sizeof(unmap)));
+		if(ret != sizeof(unmap)){
+			ret = -errno;
 			printk("unmap - proc_mm write returned %d\n", ret);
+		}
 		else ret = 0;
 	}
 	else {
@@ -249,13 +262,11 @@ int unmap(struct mm_id * mm_idp, void *addr, unsigned long len, int done,
 }
 
 int protect(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
-	    int r, int w, int x, int done, void **data)
+	    unsigned int prot, int done, void **data)
 {
 	struct proc_mm_op protect;
-	int prot, ret;
+	int ret;
 
-	prot = (r ? PROT_READ : 0) | (w ? PROT_WRITE : 0) |
-		(x ? PROT_EXEC : 0);
 	if(proc_mm){
 		int fd = mm_idp->u.mm_fd;
 
@@ -267,9 +278,11 @@ int protect(struct mm_id * mm_idp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 					       .len	= len,
 					       .prot	= prot } } } );
 
-		ret = os_write_file(fd, &protect, sizeof(protect));
-		if(ret != sizeof(protect))
+		CATCH_EINTR(ret = write(fd, &protect, sizeof(protect)));
+		if(ret != sizeof(protect)){
+			ret = -errno;
 			printk("protect failed, err = %d", -ret);
+		}
 		else ret = 0;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
index 0564422c155f..5c088a55396c 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include "user.h"
 #include "sysdep/ptrace.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "skas.h"
 #include "stub-data.h"
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@
 #include "uml-config.h"
 #include "process.h"
 #include "longjmp.h"
+#include "kern_constants.h"
+#include "as-layout.h"
 
 int is_skas_winch(int pid, int fd, void *data)
 {
@@ -44,45 +45,58 @@ int is_skas_winch(int pid, int fd, void *data)
 	return(1);
 }
 
-void wait_stub_done(int pid, int sig, char * fname)
+static int ptrace_dump_regs(int pid)
 {
-	int n, status, err;
+        unsigned long regs[MAX_REG_NR];
+        int i;
+
+        if(ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, pid, 0, regs) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+        else {
+                printk("Stub registers -\n");
+                for(i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++)
+                        printk("\t%d - %lx\n", i, regs[i]);
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+}
 
-	do {
-		if ( sig != -1 ) {
-			err = ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, 0, sig);
-			if(err)
-				panic("%s : continue failed, errno = %d\n",
-				      fname, errno);
-		}
-		sig = 0;
+/*
+ * Signals that are OK to receive in the stub - we'll just continue it.
+ * SIGWINCH will happen when UML is inside a detached screen.
+ */
+#define STUB_SIG_MASK ((1 << SIGVTALRM) | (1 << SIGWINCH))
+
+/* Signals that the stub will finish with - anything else is an error */
+#define STUB_DONE_MASK ((1 << SIGUSR1) | (1 << SIGTRAP))
+
+void wait_stub_done(int pid)
+{
+	int n, status, err;
 
+	while(1){
 		CATCH_EINTR(n = waitpid(pid, &status, WUNTRACED));
-	} while((n >= 0) && WIFSTOPPED(status) &&
-	        ((WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGVTALRM) ||
-		 /* running UML inside a detached screen can cause
-		  * SIGWINCHes
-		  */
-		 (WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGWINCH)));
-
-	if((n < 0) || !WIFSTOPPED(status) ||
-	   (WSTOPSIG(status) != SIGUSR1 && WSTOPSIG(status) != SIGTRAP)){
-		unsigned long regs[MAX_REG_NR];
-
-		if(ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, pid, 0, regs) < 0)
-			printk("Failed to get registers from stub, "
-			       "errno = %d\n", errno);
-		else {
-			int i;
-
-			printk("Stub registers -\n");
-			for(i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++)
-				printk("\t%d - %lx\n", i, regs[i]);
-		}
-		panic("%s : failed to wait for SIGUSR1/SIGTRAP, "
-		      "pid = %d, n = %d, errno = %d, status = 0x%x\n",
-		      fname, pid, n, errno, status);
+		if((n < 0) || !WIFSTOPPED(status))
+			goto bad_wait;
+
+		if(((1 << WSTOPSIG(status)) & STUB_SIG_MASK) == 0)
+			break;
+
+		err = ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, 0, 0);
+		if(err)
+			panic("wait_stub_done : continue failed, errno = %d\n",
+			      errno);
 	}
+
+	if(((1 << WSTOPSIG(status)) & STUB_DONE_MASK) != 0)
+		return;
+
+bad_wait:
+	err = ptrace_dump_regs(pid);
+	if(err)
+		printk("Failed to get registers from stub, errno = %d\n", -err);
+	panic("wait_stub_done : failed to wait for SIGUSR1/SIGTRAP, pid = %d, "
+	      "n = %d, errno = %d, status = 0x%x\n", pid, n, errno, status);
 }
 
 extern unsigned long current_stub_stack(void);
@@ -104,7 +118,11 @@ void get_skas_faultinfo(int pid, struct faultinfo * fi)
 			       sizeof(struct ptrace_faultinfo));
 	}
 	else {
-		wait_stub_done(pid, SIGSEGV, "get_skas_faultinfo");
+		err = ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, 0, SIGSEGV);
+		if(err)
+			panic("Failed to continue stub, pid = %d, errno = %d\n",
+			      pid, errno);
+		wait_stub_done(pid);
 
 		/* faultinfo is prepared by the stub-segv-handler at start of
 		 * the stub stack page. We just have to copy it.
@@ -142,9 +160,14 @@ static void handle_trap(int pid, union uml_pt_regs *regs, int local_using_sysemu
 
 		CATCH_EINTR(err = waitpid(pid, &status, WUNTRACED));
 		if((err < 0) || !WIFSTOPPED(status) ||
-		   (WSTOPSIG(status) != SIGTRAP + 0x80))
+		   (WSTOPSIG(status) != SIGTRAP + 0x80)){
+                        err = ptrace_dump_regs(pid);
+                        if(err)
+                                printk("Failed to get registers from process, "
+                                       "errno = %d\n", -err);
 			panic("handle_trap - failed to wait at end of syscall, "
 			      "errno = %d, status = %d\n", errno, status);
+                }
 	}
 
 	handle_syscall(regs);
@@ -172,7 +195,7 @@ static int userspace_tramp(void *stack)
 		int fd;
 		__u64 offset;
 		fd = phys_mapping(to_phys(&__syscall_stub_start), &offset);
-		addr = mmap64((void *) UML_CONFIG_STUB_CODE, page_size(),
+		addr = mmap64((void *) UML_CONFIG_STUB_CODE, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE,
 			      PROT_EXEC, MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE, fd, offset);
 		if(addr == MAP_FAILED){
 			printk("mapping mmap stub failed, errno = %d\n",
@@ -182,8 +205,8 @@ static int userspace_tramp(void *stack)
 
 		if(stack != NULL){
 			fd = phys_mapping(to_phys(stack), &offset);
-			addr = mmap((void *) UML_CONFIG_STUB_DATA, page_size(),
-				    PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			addr = mmap((void *) UML_CONFIG_STUB_DATA,
+				    UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
 				    MAP_FIXED | MAP_SHARED, fd, offset);
 			if(addr == MAP_FAILED){
 				printk("mapping segfault stack failed, "
@@ -199,7 +222,7 @@ static int userspace_tramp(void *stack)
 				  (unsigned long) stub_segv_handler -
 				  (unsigned long) &__syscall_stub_start;
 
-		set_sigstack((void *) UML_CONFIG_STUB_DATA, page_size());
+		set_sigstack((void *) UML_CONFIG_STUB_DATA, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE);
 		sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
 		sigaddset(&sa.sa_mask, SIGIO);
 		sigaddset(&sa.sa_mask, SIGWINCH);
@@ -291,10 +314,13 @@ void userspace(union uml_pt_regs *regs)
 		UPT_SYSCALL_NR(regs) = -1; /* Assume: It's not a syscall */
 
 		if(WIFSTOPPED(status)){
-		  	switch(WSTOPSIG(status)){
+			int sig = WSTOPSIG(status);
+		  	switch(sig){
 			case SIGSEGV:
-				if(PTRACE_FULL_FAULTINFO || !ptrace_faultinfo)
-					user_signal(SIGSEGV, regs, pid);
+				if(PTRACE_FULL_FAULTINFO || !ptrace_faultinfo){
+					get_skas_faultinfo(pid, &regs->skas.faultinfo);
+					(*sig_info[SIGSEGV])(SIGSEGV, regs);
+				}
 				else handle_segv(pid, regs);
 				break;
 			case SIGTRAP + 0x80:
@@ -309,11 +335,13 @@ void userspace(union uml_pt_regs *regs)
 			case SIGBUS:
 			case SIGFPE:
 			case SIGWINCH:
-				user_signal(WSTOPSIG(status), regs, pid);
+				block_signals();
+				(*sig_info[sig])(sig, regs);
+				unblock_signals();
 				break;
 			default:
 			        printk("userspace - child stopped with signal "
-				       "%d\n", WSTOPSIG(status));
+				       "%d\n", sig);
 			}
 			pid = userspace_pid[0];
 			interrupt_end();
@@ -325,11 +353,29 @@ void userspace(union uml_pt_regs *regs)
 	}
 }
 
+static unsigned long thread_regs[MAX_REG_NR];
+static unsigned long thread_fp_regs[HOST_FP_SIZE];
+
+static int __init init_thread_regs(void)
+{
+	get_safe_registers(thread_regs, thread_fp_regs);
+	/* Set parent's instruction pointer to start of clone-stub */
+	thread_regs[REGS_IP_INDEX] = UML_CONFIG_STUB_CODE +
+				(unsigned long) stub_clone_handler -
+				(unsigned long) &__syscall_stub_start;
+	thread_regs[REGS_SP_INDEX] = UML_CONFIG_STUB_DATA + PAGE_SIZE -
+		sizeof(void *);
+#ifdef __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE
+	thread_regs[REGS_SP_INDEX] -= __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE;
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}
+
+__initcall(init_thread_regs);
+
 int copy_context_skas0(unsigned long new_stack, int pid)
 {
 	int err;
-	unsigned long regs[MAX_REG_NR];
-	unsigned long fp_regs[HOST_FP_SIZE];
 	unsigned long current_stack = current_stub_stack();
 	struct stub_data *data = (struct stub_data *) current_stack;
 	struct stub_data *child_data = (struct stub_data *) new_stack;
@@ -344,23 +390,12 @@ int copy_context_skas0(unsigned long new_stack, int pid)
 				      .timer    = ((struct itimerval)
 					            { { 0, 1000000 / hz() },
 						      { 0, 1000000 / hz() }})});
-	get_safe_registers(regs, fp_regs);
-
-	/* Set parent's instruction pointer to start of clone-stub */
-	regs[REGS_IP_INDEX] = UML_CONFIG_STUB_CODE +
-				(unsigned long) stub_clone_handler -
-				(unsigned long) &__syscall_stub_start;
-	regs[REGS_SP_INDEX] = UML_CONFIG_STUB_DATA + PAGE_SIZE -
-		sizeof(void *);
-#ifdef __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE
-	regs[REGS_SP_INDEX] -= __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE;
-#endif
-	err = ptrace_setregs(pid, regs);
+	err = ptrace_setregs(pid, thread_regs);
 	if(err < 0)
 		panic("copy_context_skas0 : PTRACE_SETREGS failed, "
 		      "pid = %d, errno = %d\n", pid, -err);
 
-	err = ptrace_setfpregs(pid, fp_regs);
+	err = ptrace_setfpregs(pid, thread_fp_regs);
 	if(err < 0)
 		panic("copy_context_skas0 : PTRACE_SETFPREGS failed, "
 		      "pid = %d, errno = %d\n", pid, -err);
@@ -371,7 +406,11 @@ int copy_context_skas0(unsigned long new_stack, int pid)
 	/* Wait, until parent has finished its work: read child's pid from
 	 * parent's stack, and check, if bad result.
 	 */
-	wait_stub_done(pid, 0, "copy_context_skas0");
+	err = ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, 0, 0);
+	if(err)
+		panic("Failed to continue new process, pid = %d, "
+		      "errno = %d\n", pid, errno);
+	wait_stub_done(pid);
 
 	pid = data->err;
 	if(pid < 0)
@@ -381,7 +420,7 @@ int copy_context_skas0(unsigned long new_stack, int pid)
 	/* Wait, until child has finished too: read child's result from
 	 * child's stack and check it.
 	 */
-	wait_stub_done(pid, -1, "copy_context_skas0");
+	wait_stub_done(pid);
 	if (child_data->err != UML_CONFIG_STUB_DATA)
 		panic("copy_context_skas0 - stub-child reports error %ld\n",
 		      child_data->err);
@@ -396,7 +435,7 @@ int copy_context_skas0(unsigned long new_stack, int pid)
 
 /*
  * This is used only, if stub pages are needed, while proc_mm is
- * availabl. Opening /proc/mm creates a new mm_context, which lacks
+ * available. Opening /proc/mm creates a new mm_context, which lacks
  * the stub-pages. Thus, we map them using /proc/mm-fd
  */
 void map_stub_pages(int fd, unsigned long code,
@@ -418,12 +457,13 @@ void map_stub_pages(int fd, unsigned long code,
 					  .fd      = code_fd,
 					  .offset  = code_offset
 	} } });
-	n = os_write_file(fd, &mmop, sizeof(mmop));
+	CATCH_EINTR(n = write(fd, &mmop, sizeof(mmop)));
 	if(n != sizeof(mmop)){
+		n = errno;
 		printk("mmap args - addr = 0x%lx, fd = %d, offset = %llx\n",
 		       code, code_fd, (unsigned long long) code_offset);
 		panic("map_stub_pages : /proc/mm map for code failed, "
-		      "err = %d\n", -n);
+		      "err = %d\n", n);
 	}
 
 	if ( stack ) {
@@ -440,10 +480,10 @@ void map_stub_pages(int fd, unsigned long code,
 				      .fd      = map_fd,
 				      .offset  = map_offset
 		} } });
-		n = os_write_file(fd, &mmop, sizeof(mmop));
+		CATCH_EINTR(n = write(fd, &mmop, sizeof(mmop)));
 		if(n != sizeof(mmop))
 			panic("map_stub_pages : /proc/mm map for data failed, "
-			      "err = %d\n", -n);
+			      "err = %d\n", errno);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -480,7 +520,15 @@ int start_idle_thread(void *stack, jmp_buf *switch_buf)
 		    SA_ONSTACK | SA_RESTART, SIGUSR1, SIGIO, SIGALRM,
 		    SIGVTALRM, -1);
 
-	n = UML_SETJMP(&initial_jmpbuf);
+	/*
+	 * Can't use UML_SETJMP or UML_LONGJMP here because they save
+	 * and restore signals, with the possible side-effect of
+	 * trying to handle any signals which came when they were
+	 * blocked, which can't be done on this stack.
+	 * Signals must be blocked when jumping back here and restored
+	 * after returning to the jumper.
+	 */
+	n = setjmp(initial_jmpbuf);
 	switch(n){
 	case INIT_JMP_NEW_THREAD:
 		(*switch_buf)[0].JB_IP = (unsigned long) new_thread_handler;
@@ -490,7 +538,7 @@ int start_idle_thread(void *stack, jmp_buf *switch_buf)
 		break;
 	case INIT_JMP_CALLBACK:
 		(*cb_proc)(cb_arg);
-		UML_LONGJMP(cb_back, 1);
+		longjmp(*cb_back, 1);
 		break;
 	case INIT_JMP_HALT:
 		kmalloc_ok = 0;
@@ -501,7 +549,7 @@ int start_idle_thread(void *stack, jmp_buf *switch_buf)
 	default:
 		panic("Bad sigsetjmp return in start_idle_thread - %d\n", n);
 	}
-	UML_LONGJMP(switch_buf, 1);
+	longjmp(*switch_buf, 1);
 }
 
 void initial_thread_cb_skas(void (*proc)(void *), void *arg)
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/trap.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/trap.c
index 9ad5fbec4593..3b600c2e63b8 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/trap.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/trap.c
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
+#include "as-layout.h"
 #include "task.h"
 #include "sigcontext.h"
 #include "skas.h"
@@ -15,29 +15,39 @@
 #include "sysdep/ptrace_user.h"
 #include "os.h"
 
+static union uml_pt_regs ksig_regs[UM_NR_CPUS];
+
 void sig_handler_common_skas(int sig, void *sc_ptr)
 {
 	struct sigcontext *sc = sc_ptr;
-	struct skas_regs *r;
+	union uml_pt_regs *r;
 	void (*handler)(int, union uml_pt_regs *);
-	int save_errno = errno;
-	int save_user;
+	int save_user, save_errno = errno;
 
 	/* This is done because to allow SIGSEGV to be delivered inside a SEGV
 	 * handler.  This can happen in copy_user, and if SEGV is disabled,
 	 * the process will die.
 	 * XXX Figure out why this is better than SA_NODEFER
 	 */
-	if(sig == SIGSEGV)
+	if(sig == SIGSEGV) {
 		change_sig(SIGSEGV, 1);
+		/* For segfaults, we want the data from the
+		 * sigcontext.  In this case, we don't want to mangle
+		 * the process registers, so use a static set of
+		 * registers.  For other signals, the process
+		 * registers are OK.
+		 */
+		r = &ksig_regs[cpu()];
+		copy_sc(r, sc_ptr);
+	}
+	else r = TASK_REGS(get_current());
 
-	r = &TASK_REGS(get_current())->skas;
-	save_user = r->is_user;
-	r->is_user = 0;
+	save_user = r->skas.is_user;
+	r->skas.is_user = 0;
 	if ( sig == SIGFPE || sig == SIGSEGV ||
 	     sig == SIGBUS || sig == SIGILL ||
 	     sig == SIGTRAP ) {
-		GET_FAULTINFO_FROM_SC(r->faultinfo, sc);
+		GET_FAULTINFO_FROM_SC(r->skas.faultinfo, sc);
 	}
 
 	change_sig(SIGUSR1, 1);
@@ -49,25 +59,8 @@ void sig_handler_common_skas(int sig, void *sc_ptr)
 	    sig != SIGVTALRM && sig != SIGALRM)
 		unblock_signals();
 
-	handler(sig, (union uml_pt_regs *) r);
+	handler(sig, r);
 
 	errno = save_errno;
-	r->is_user = save_user;
-}
-
-extern int ptrace_faultinfo;
-
-void user_signal(int sig, union uml_pt_regs *regs, int pid)
-{
-	void (*handler)(int, union uml_pt_regs *);
-	int segv = ((sig == SIGFPE) || (sig == SIGSEGV) || (sig == SIGBUS) ||
-		    (sig == SIGILL) || (sig == SIGTRAP));
-
-	if (segv)
-		get_skas_faultinfo(pid, &regs->skas.faultinfo);
-
-	handler = sig_info[sig];
-	handler(sig, (union uml_pt_regs *) regs);
-
-	unblock_signals();
+	r->skas.is_user = save_user;
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
index 5178eba9afa5..79471f85eb89 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "signal_kern.h"
@@ -329,8 +329,32 @@ static void __init check_ptrace(void)
 
 extern void check_tmpexec(void);
 
-void os_early_checks(void)
+static void __init check_coredump_limit(void)
 {
+	struct rlimit lim;
+	int err = getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &lim);
+
+	if(err){
+		perror("Getting core dump limit");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	printf("Core dump limits :\n\tsoft - ");
+	if(lim.rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY)
+		printf("NONE\n");
+	else printf("%lu\n", lim.rlim_cur);
+
+	printf("\thard - ");
+	if(lim.rlim_max == RLIM_INFINITY)
+		printf("NONE\n");
+	else printf("%lu\n", lim.rlim_max);
+}
+
+void __init os_early_checks(void)
+{
+	/* Print out the core dump limits early */
+	check_coredump_limit();
+
 	check_ptrace();
 
 	/* Need to check this early because mmapping happens before the
@@ -528,148 +552,3 @@ int __init parse_iomem(char *str, int *add)
  out:
 	return 1;
 }
-
-
-/* Changed during early boot */
-int pty_output_sigio = 0;
-int pty_close_sigio = 0;
-
-/* Used as a flag during SIGIO testing early in boot */
-static volatile int got_sigio = 0;
-
-static void __init handler(int sig)
-{
-	got_sigio = 1;
-}
-
-struct openpty_arg {
-	int master;
-	int slave;
-	int err;
-};
-
-static void openpty_cb(void *arg)
-{
-	struct openpty_arg *info = arg;
-
-	info->err = 0;
-	if(openpty(&info->master, &info->slave, NULL, NULL, NULL))
-		info->err = -errno;
-}
-
-static int async_pty(int master, int slave)
-{
-	int flags;
-
-	flags = fcntl(master, F_GETFL);
-	if(flags < 0)
-		return -errno;
-
-	if((fcntl(master, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK | O_ASYNC) < 0) ||
-	   (fcntl(master, F_SETOWN, os_getpid()) < 0))
-		return -errno;
-
-	if((fcntl(slave, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0))
-		return -errno;
-
-	return(0);
-}
-
-static void __init check_one_sigio(void (*proc)(int, int))
-{
-	struct sigaction old, new;
-	struct openpty_arg pty = { .master = -1, .slave = -1 };
-	int master, slave, err;
-
-	initial_thread_cb(openpty_cb, &pty);
-	if(pty.err){
-		printk("openpty failed, errno = %d\n", -pty.err);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	master = pty.master;
-	slave = pty.slave;
-
-	if((master == -1) || (slave == -1)){
-		printk("openpty failed to allocate a pty\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* Not now, but complain so we now where we failed. */
-	err = raw(master);
-	if (err < 0)
-		panic("check_sigio : __raw failed, errno = %d\n", -err);
-
-	err = async_pty(master, slave);
-	if(err < 0)
-		panic("tty_fds : sigio_async failed, err = %d\n", -err);
-
-	if(sigaction(SIGIO, NULL, &old) < 0)
-		panic("check_sigio : sigaction 1 failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
-	new = old;
-	new.sa_handler = handler;
-	if(sigaction(SIGIO, &new, NULL) < 0)
-		panic("check_sigio : sigaction 2 failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
-
-	got_sigio = 0;
-	(*proc)(master, slave);
-
-	close(master);
-	close(slave);
-
-	if(sigaction(SIGIO, &old, NULL) < 0)
-		panic("check_sigio : sigaction 3 failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
-}
-
-static void tty_output(int master, int slave)
-{
-	int n;
-	char buf[512];
-
-	printk("Checking that host ptys support output SIGIO...");
-
-	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
-
-	while(os_write_file(master, buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0) ;
-	if(errno != EAGAIN)
-		panic("check_sigio : write failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
-	while(((n = os_read_file(slave, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) && !got_sigio) ;
-
-	if(got_sigio){
-		printk("Yes\n");
-		pty_output_sigio = 1;
-	}
-	else if(n == -EAGAIN) printk("No, enabling workaround\n");
-	else panic("check_sigio : read failed, err = %d\n", n);
-}
-
-static void tty_close(int master, int slave)
-{
-	printk("Checking that host ptys support SIGIO on close...");
-
-	close(slave);
-	if(got_sigio){
-		printk("Yes\n");
-		pty_close_sigio = 1;
-	}
-	else printk("No, enabling workaround\n");
-}
-
-void __init check_sigio(void)
-{
-	if((os_access("/dev/ptmx", OS_ACC_R_OK) < 0) &&
-	   (os_access("/dev/ptyp0", OS_ACC_R_OK) < 0)){
-		printk("No pseudo-terminals available - skipping pty SIGIO "
-		       "check\n");
-		return;
-	}
-	check_one_sigio(tty_output);
-	check_one_sigio(tty_close);
-}
-
-void os_check_bugs(void)
-{
-	check_ptrace();
-	check_sigio();
-}
-
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/tls.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/tls.c
index 256532034c62..32ed41ec1a3d 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/tls.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/tls.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "sysdep/tls.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
+#include "user.h"
 
 /* Checks whether host supports TLS, and sets *tls_min according to the value
  * valid on the host.
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
index 2115b8beb541..5de169b168f6 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "process.h"
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/trap.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/trap.c
index d221214d2ed5..295da657931a 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/trap.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/trap.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include "kern_util.h"
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "mode.h"
 #include "longjmp.h"
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/tt.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/tt.c
index 3dc3a02d6263..bcf9359c4e9f 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/tt.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/tt.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "signal_kern.h"
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "choose-mode.h"
 #include "mode.h"
 #include "tempfile.h"
+#include "kern_constants.h"
 
 int protect_memory(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, int r, int w, int x,
 		   int must_succeed)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int outer_tramp(void *arg)
 	int sig = sigkill;
 
 	t = arg;
-	t->pid = clone(t->tramp, (void *) t->temp_stack + page_size()/2,
+	t->pid = clone(t->tramp, (void *) t->temp_stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE/2,
 		       t->flags, t->tramp_data);
 	if(t->pid > 0) wait_for_stop(t->pid, SIGSTOP, PTRACE_CONT, NULL);
 	kill(os_getpid(), sig);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/tty_log.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/tty_log.c
index c6ba56c1560f..d11a55baa6bd 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/tty_log.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/tty_log.c
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ int open_tty_log(void *tty, void *current_tty)
 					       .direction = 0,
 					       .sec = tv.tv_sec,
 					       .usec = tv.tv_usec } );
-		os_write_file(tty_log_fd, &data, sizeof(data));
-		os_write_file(tty_log_fd, &current_tty, data.len);
-		return(tty_log_fd);
+		write(tty_log_fd, &data, sizeof(data));
+		write(tty_log_fd, &current_tty, data.len);
+		return tty_log_fd;
 	}
 
 	sprintf(buf, "%s/%0u-%0u", tty_log_dir, (unsigned int) tv.tv_sec,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int open_tty_log(void *tty, void *current_tty)
 		printk("open_tty_log : couldn't open '%s', errno = %d\n",
 		       buf, -fd);
 	}
-	return(fd);
+	return fd;
 }
 
 void close_tty_log(int fd, void *tty)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void close_tty_log(int fd, void *tty)
 					       .direction = 0,
 					       .sec = tv.tv_sec,
 					       .usec = tv.tv_usec } );
-		os_write_file(tty_log_fd, &data, sizeof(data));
+		write(tty_log_fd, &data, sizeof(data));
 		return;
 	}
 	os_close_file(fd);
@@ -98,21 +98,21 @@ static int log_chunk(int fd, const char *buf, int len)
 		try = (len > sizeof(chunk)) ? sizeof(chunk) : len;
 		missed = copy_from_user_proc(chunk, (char *) buf, try);
 		try -= missed;
-		n = os_write_file(fd, chunk, try);
+		n = write(fd, chunk, try);
 		if(n != try) {
 			if(n < 0)
-				return(n);
-			return(-EIO);
+				return -errno;
+			return -EIO;
 		}
 		if(missed != 0)
-			return(-EFAULT);
+			return -EFAULT;
 
 		len -= try;
 		total += try;
 		buf += try;
 	}
 
-	return(total);
+	return total;
 }
 
 int write_tty_log(int fd, const char *buf, int len, void *tty, int is_read)
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ int write_tty_log(int fd, const char *buf, int len, void *tty, int is_read)
 					       .direction = direction,
 					       .sec = tv.tv_sec,
 					       .usec = tv.tv_usec } );
-		os_write_file(tty_log_fd, &data, sizeof(data));
+		write(tty_log_fd, &data, sizeof(data));
 	}
 
-	return(log_chunk(fd, buf, len));
+	return log_chunk(fd, buf, len);
 }
 
 void log_exec(char **argv, void *tty)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void log_exec(char **argv, void *tty)
 				       .direction = 0,
 				       .sec = tv.tv_sec,
 				       .usec = tv.tv_usec } );
-	os_write_file(tty_log_fd, &data, sizeof(data));
+	write(tty_log_fd, &data, sizeof(data));
 
 	for(ptr = argv; ; ptr++){
 		if(copy_from_user_proc(&arg, ptr, sizeof(arg)))
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ extern void register_tty_logger(int (*opener)(void *, void *),
 static int register_logger(void)
 {
 	register_tty_logger(open_tty_log, write_tty_log, close_tty_log);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 __uml_initcall(register_logger);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/util.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/util.c
index 56b8a50e8bc2..c307a89ed259 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/util.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/util.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include "user_util.h"
 #include "kern_util.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "mem_user.h"
@@ -30,28 +29,29 @@
 #include "uml-config.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include "longjmp.h"
+#include "kern_constants.h"
 
 void stack_protections(unsigned long address)
 {
 	int prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC;
 
-	if(mprotect((void *) address, page_size(), prot) < 0)
+	if(mprotect((void *) address, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE, prot) < 0)
 		panic("protecting stack failed, errno = %d", errno);
 }
 
 void task_protections(unsigned long address)
 {
-	unsigned long guard = address + page_size();
-	unsigned long stack = guard + page_size();
+	unsigned long guard = address + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE;
+	unsigned long stack = guard + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE;
 	int prot = 0, pages;
 
 #ifdef notdef
-	if(mprotect((void *) stack, page_size(), prot) < 0)
+	if(mprotect((void *) stack, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE, prot) < 0)
 		panic("protecting guard page failed, errno = %d", errno);
 #endif
 	pages = (1 << UML_CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER) - 2;
 	prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC;
-	if(mprotect((void *) stack, pages * page_size(), prot) < 0)
+	if(mprotect((void *) stack, pages * UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE, prot) < 0)
 		panic("protecting stack failed, errno = %d", errno);
 }
 
@@ -96,15 +96,13 @@ void setup_machinename(char *machine_out)
 	strcpy(machine_out, host.machine);
 }
 
-char host_info[(_UTSNAME_LENGTH + 1) * 4 + _UTSNAME_NODENAME_LENGTH + 1];
-
-void setup_hostinfo(void)
+void setup_hostinfo(char *buf, int len)
 {
 	struct utsname host;
 
 	uname(&host);
-	sprintf(host_info, "%s %s %s %s %s", host.sysname, host.nodename,
-		host.release, host.version, host.machine);
+	snprintf(buf, len, "%s %s %s %s %s", host.sysname, host.nodename,
+		 host.release, host.version, host.machine);
 }
 
 int setjmp_wrapper(void (*proc)(void *, void *), ...)
@@ -121,3 +119,9 @@ int setjmp_wrapper(void (*proc)(void *, void *), ...)
 	va_end(args);
 	return n;
 }
+
+void os_dump_core(void)
+{
+	signal(SIGSEGV, SIG_DFL);
+	abort();
+}