diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index b8a2990bab83..687023bdfd1e 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ const struct address_space_operations ext2_aops = {
 
 const struct address_space_operations ext2_aops_xip = {
 	.bmap			= ext2_bmap,
-	.get_xip_page		= ext2_get_xip_page,
+	.get_xip_mem		= ext2_get_xip_mem,
 };
 
 const struct address_space_operations ext2_nobh_aops = {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xip.c b/fs/ext2/xip.c
index 430b4c8ee971..233f7fdbe31d 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xip.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xip.c
@@ -15,26 +15,28 @@
 #include "xip.h"
 
 static inline int
-__inode_direct_access(struct inode *inode, sector_t sector,
+__inode_direct_access(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 		      void **kaddr, unsigned long *pfn)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
 	struct block_device_operations *ops = bdev->bd_disk->fops;
+	sector_t sector;
+
+	sector = block * (PAGE_SIZE / 512); /* ext2 block to bdev sector */
 
 	BUG_ON(!ops->direct_access);
 	return ops->direct_access(bdev, sector, kaddr, pfn);
 }
 
 static inline int
-__ext2_get_sector(struct inode *inode, sector_t offset, int create,
+__ext2_get_block(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff, int create,
 		   sector_t *result)
 {
 	struct buffer_head tmp;
 	int rc;
 
 	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(struct buffer_head));
-	rc = ext2_get_block(inode, offset/ (PAGE_SIZE/512), &tmp,
-			    create);
+	rc = ext2_get_block(inode, pgoff, &tmp, create);
 	*result = tmp.b_blocknr;
 
 	/* did we get a sparse block (hole in the file)? */
@@ -47,14 +49,13 @@ __ext2_get_sector(struct inode *inode, sector_t offset, int create,
 }
 
 int
-ext2_clear_xip_target(struct inode *inode, int block)
+ext2_clear_xip_target(struct inode *inode, sector_t block)
 {
-	sector_t sector = block * (PAGE_SIZE/512);
 	void *kaddr;
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = __inode_direct_access(inode, sector, &kaddr, &pfn);
+	rc = __inode_direct_access(inode, block, &kaddr, &pfn);
 	if (!rc)
 		clear_page(kaddr);
 	return rc;
@@ -72,26 +73,18 @@ void ext2_xip_verify_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 }
 
-struct page *
-ext2_get_xip_page(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t offset,
-		   int create)
+int ext2_get_xip_mem(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t pgoff, int create,
+				void **kmem, unsigned long *pfn)
 {
 	int rc;
-	void *kaddr;
-	unsigned long pfn;
-	sector_t sector;
+	sector_t block;
 
 	/* first, retrieve the sector number */
-	rc = __ext2_get_sector(mapping->host, offset, create, &sector);
+	rc = __ext2_get_block(mapping->host, pgoff, create, &block);
 	if (rc)
-		goto error;
+		return rc;
 
 	/* retrieve address of the target data */
-	rc = __inode_direct_access
-		(mapping->host, sector * (PAGE_SIZE/512), &kaddr, &pfn);
-	if (!rc)
-		return pfn_to_page(pfn);
-
- error:
-	return ERR_PTR(rc);
+	rc = __inode_direct_access(mapping->host, block, kmem, pfn);
+	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xip.h b/fs/ext2/xip.h
index aa85331d6c56..18b34d2f31b3 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xip.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/xip.h
@@ -7,19 +7,20 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XIP
 extern void ext2_xip_verify_sb (struct super_block *);
-extern int ext2_clear_xip_target (struct inode *, int);
+extern int ext2_clear_xip_target (struct inode *, sector_t);
 
 static inline int ext2_use_xip (struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext2_sb_info *sbi = EXT2_SB(sb);
 	return (sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT2_MOUNT_XIP);
 }
-struct page* ext2_get_xip_page (struct address_space *, sector_t, int);
-#define mapping_is_xip(map) unlikely(map->a_ops->get_xip_page)
+int ext2_get_xip_mem(struct address_space *, pgoff_t, int,
+				void **, unsigned long *);
+#define mapping_is_xip(map) unlikely(map->a_ops->get_xip_mem)
 #else
 #define mapping_is_xip(map)			0
 #define ext2_xip_verify_sb(sb)			do { } while (0)
 #define ext2_use_xip(sb)			0
 #define ext2_clear_xip_target(inode, chain)	0
-#define ext2_get_xip_page			NULL
+#define ext2_get_xip_mem			NULL
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index b70e7666bb2c..7af1f05d5978 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ static struct file *__dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	if (f->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
 		if (!f->f_mapping->a_ops ||
 		    ((!f->f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO) &&
-		    (!f->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page))) {
+		    (!f->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem))) {
 			fput(f);
 			f = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index bd05f5678045..2c925747bc49 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ struct address_space_operations {
 	int (*releasepage) (struct page *, gfp_t);
 	ssize_t (*direct_IO)(int, struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
 			loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs);
-	struct page* (*get_xip_page)(struct address_space *, sector_t,
-			int);
+	int (*get_xip_mem)(struct address_space *, pgoff_t, int,
+						void **, unsigned long *);
 	/* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */
 	int (*migratepage) (struct address_space *,
 			struct page *, struct page *);
diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index 3c0f1e99f5e4..343cfdfebd9e 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fadvise64_64(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page) {
+	if (mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem) {
 		switch (advice) {
 		case POSIX_FADV_NORMAL:
 		case POSIX_FADV_RANDOM:
diff --git a/mm/filemap_xip.c b/mm/filemap_xip.c
index 5e598c42afd7..3e744abcce9d 100644
--- a/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ b/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
 
 /*
  * We do use our own empty page to avoid interference with other users
@@ -42,37 +43,41 @@ static struct page *xip_sparse_page(void)
 
 /*
  * This is a file read routine for execute in place files, and uses
- * the mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page() function for the actual low-level
+ * the mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem() function for the actual low-level
  * stuff.
  *
  * Note the struct file* is not used at all.  It may be NULL.
  */
-static void
+static ssize_t
 do_xip_mapping_read(struct address_space *mapping,
 		    struct file_ra_state *_ra,
 		    struct file *filp,
-		    loff_t *ppos,
-		    read_descriptor_t *desc,
-		    read_actor_t actor)
+		    char __user *buf,
+		    size_t len,
+		    loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	pgoff_t index, end_index;
 	unsigned long offset;
-	loff_t isize;
+	loff_t isize, pos;
+	size_t copied = 0, error = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(!mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page);
+	BUG_ON(!mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem);
 
-	index = *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	offset = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	pos = *ppos;
+	index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 
 	isize = i_size_read(inode);
 	if (!isize)
 		goto out;
 
 	end_index = (isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	for (;;) {
-		struct page *page;
-		unsigned long nr, ret;
+	do {
+		unsigned long nr, left;
+		void *xip_mem;
+		unsigned long xip_pfn;
+		int zero = 0;
 
 		/* nr is the maximum number of bytes to copy from this page */
 		nr = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
@@ -85,19 +90,17 @@ do_xip_mapping_read(struct address_space *mapping,
 			}
 		}
 		nr = nr - offset;
+		if (nr > len)
+			nr = len;
 
-		page = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page(mapping,
-			index*(PAGE_SIZE/512), 0);
-		if (!page)
-			goto no_xip_page;
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
-			if (PTR_ERR(page) == -ENODATA) {
+		error = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem(mapping, index, 0,
+							&xip_mem, &xip_pfn);
+		if (unlikely(error)) {
+			if (error == -ENODATA) {
 				/* sparse */
-				page = ZERO_PAGE(0);
-			} else {
-				desc->error = PTR_ERR(page);
+				zero = 1;
+			} else
 				goto out;
-			}
 		}
 
 		/* If users can be writing to this page using arbitrary
@@ -105,10 +108,10 @@ do_xip_mapping_read(struct address_space *mapping,
 		 * before reading the page on the kernel side.
 		 */
 		if (mapping_writably_mapped(mapping))
-			flush_dcache_page(page);
+			/* address based flush */ ;
 
 		/*
-		 * Ok, we have the page, so now we can copy it to user space...
+		 * Ok, we have the mem, so now we can copy it to user space...
 		 *
 		 * The actor routine returns how many bytes were actually used..
 		 * NOTE! This may not be the same as how much of a user buffer
@@ -116,47 +119,38 @@ do_xip_mapping_read(struct address_space *mapping,
 		 * "pos" here (the actor routine has to update the user buffer
 		 * pointers and the remaining count).
 		 */
-		ret = actor(desc, page, offset, nr);
-		offset += ret;
+		if (!zero)
+			left = __copy_to_user(buf+copied, xip_mem+offset, nr);
+		else
+			left = __clear_user(buf + copied, nr);
+
+		if (left) {
+			error = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		copied += (nr - left);
+		offset += (nr - left);
 		index += offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 		offset &= ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
-
-		if (ret == nr && desc->count)
-			continue;
-		goto out;
-
-no_xip_page:
-		/* Did not get the page. Report it */
-		desc->error = -EIO;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	} while (copied < len);
 
 out:
-	*ppos = ((loff_t) index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset;
+	*ppos = pos + copied;
 	if (filp)
 		file_accessed(filp);
+
+	return (copied ? copied : error);
 }
 
 ssize_t
 xip_file_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	read_descriptor_t desc;
-
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, len))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	desc.written = 0;
-	desc.arg.buf = buf;
-	desc.count = len;
-	desc.error = 0;
-
-	do_xip_mapping_read(filp->f_mapping, &filp->f_ra, filp,
-			    ppos, &desc, file_read_actor);
-
-	if (desc.written)
-		return desc.written;
-	else
-		return desc.error;
+	return do_xip_mapping_read(filp->f_mapping, &filp->f_ra, filp,
+			    buf, len, ppos);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_file_read);
 
@@ -211,13 +205,16 @@ __xip_unmap (struct address_space * mapping,
  *
  * This function is derived from filemap_fault, but used for execute in place
  */
-static int xip_file_fault(struct vm_area_struct *area, struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static int xip_file_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
-	struct file *file = area->vm_file;
+	struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	struct page *page;
 	pgoff_t size;
+	void *xip_mem;
+	unsigned long xip_pfn;
+	struct page *page;
+	int error;
 
 	/* XXX: are VM_FAULT_ codes OK? */
 
@@ -225,35 +222,44 @@ static int xip_file_fault(struct vm_area_struct *area, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (vmf->pgoff >= size)
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
-	page = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page(mapping,
-					vmf->pgoff*(PAGE_SIZE/512), 0);
-	if (!IS_ERR(page))
-		goto out;
-	if (PTR_ERR(page) != -ENODATA)
+	error = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem(mapping, vmf->pgoff, 0,
+						&xip_mem, &xip_pfn);
+	if (likely(!error))
+		goto found;
+	if (error != -ENODATA)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 
 	/* sparse block */
-	if ((area->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE | VM_MAYWRITE)) &&
-	    (area->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED| VM_MAYSHARE)) &&
+	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE | VM_MAYWRITE)) &&
+	    (vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) &&
 	    (!(mapping->host->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))) {
+		int err;
+
 		/* maybe shared writable, allocate new block */
-		page = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page(mapping,
-					vmf->pgoff*(PAGE_SIZE/512), 1);
-		if (IS_ERR(page))
+		error = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem(mapping, vmf->pgoff, 1,
+							&xip_mem, &xip_pfn);
+		if (error)
 			return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-		/* unmap page at pgoff from all other vmas */
+		/* unmap sparse mappings at pgoff from all other vmas */
 		__xip_unmap(mapping, vmf->pgoff);
+
+found:
+		err = vm_insert_mixed(vma, (unsigned long)vmf->virtual_address,
+							xip_pfn);
+		if (err == -ENOMEM)
+			return VM_FAULT_OOM;
+		BUG_ON(err);
+		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 	} else {
 		/* not shared and writable, use xip_sparse_page() */
 		page = xip_sparse_page();
 		if (!page)
 			return VM_FAULT_OOM;
-	}
 
-out:
-	page_cache_get(page);
-	vmf->page = page;
-	return 0;
+		page_cache_get(page);
+		vmf->page = page;
+		return 0;
+	}
 }
 
 static struct vm_operations_struct xip_file_vm_ops = {
@@ -262,11 +268,11 @@ static struct vm_operations_struct xip_file_vm_ops = {
 
 int xip_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
 {
-	BUG_ON(!file->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page);
+	BUG_ON(!file->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem);
 
 	file_accessed(file);
 	vma->vm_ops = &xip_file_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR | VM_MIXEDMAP;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_file_mmap);
@@ -279,17 +285,17 @@ __xip_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 	const struct address_space_operations *a_ops = mapping->a_ops;
 	struct inode 	*inode = mapping->host;
 	long		status = 0;
-	struct page	*page;
 	size_t		bytes;
 	ssize_t		written = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(!mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page);
+	BUG_ON(!mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem);
 
 	do {
 		unsigned long index;
 		unsigned long offset;
 		size_t copied;
-		char *kaddr;
+		void *xip_mem;
+		unsigned long xip_pfn;
 
 		offset = (pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -1)); /* Within page */
 		index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
@@ -297,28 +303,22 @@ __xip_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 		if (bytes > count)
 			bytes = count;
 
-		page = a_ops->get_xip_page(mapping,
-					   index*(PAGE_SIZE/512), 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(page) && (PTR_ERR(page) == -ENODATA)) {
+		status = a_ops->get_xip_mem(mapping, index, 0,
+						&xip_mem, &xip_pfn);
+		if (status == -ENODATA) {
 			/* we allocate a new page unmap it */
-			page = a_ops->get_xip_page(mapping,
-						   index*(PAGE_SIZE/512), 1);
-			if (!IS_ERR(page))
+			status = a_ops->get_xip_mem(mapping, index, 1,
+							&xip_mem, &xip_pfn);
+			if (!status)
 				/* unmap page at pgoff from all other vmas */
 				__xip_unmap(mapping, index);
 		}
 
-		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
-			status = PTR_ERR(page);
+		if (status)
 			break;
-		}
 
-		fault_in_pages_readable(buf, bytes);
-		kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 		copied = bytes -
-			__copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(kaddr + offset, buf, bytes);
-		kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-		flush_dcache_page(page);
+			__copy_from_user_nocache(xip_mem + offset, buf, bytes);
 
 		if (likely(copied > 0)) {
 			status = copied;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_file_write);
 
 /*
  * truncate a page used for execute in place
- * functionality is analog to block_truncate_page but does use get_xip_page
+ * functionality is analog to block_truncate_page but does use get_xip_mem
  * to get the page instead of page cache
  */
 int
@@ -408,9 +408,11 @@ xip_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from)
 	unsigned offset = from & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
 	unsigned blocksize;
 	unsigned length;
-	struct page *page;
+	void *xip_mem;
+	unsigned long xip_pfn;
+	int err;
 
-	BUG_ON(!mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page);
+	BUG_ON(!mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem);
 
 	blocksize = 1 << mapping->host->i_blkbits;
 	length = offset & (blocksize - 1);
@@ -421,18 +423,16 @@ xip_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from)
 
 	length = blocksize - length;
 
-	page = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page(mapping,
-					    index*(PAGE_SIZE/512), 0);
-	if (!page)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(page) == -ENODATA)
+	err = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem(mapping, index, 0,
+						&xip_mem, &xip_pfn);
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		if (err == -ENODATA)
 			/* Hole? No need to truncate */
 			return 0;
 		else
-			return PTR_ERR(page);
+			return err;
 	}
-	zero_user(page, offset, length);
+	memset(xip_mem + offset, 0, length);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_truncate_page);
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 93ee375b38e7..23a0ec3e0ea0 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static long madvise_willneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
 	if (!file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	if (file->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page) {
+	if (file->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem) {
 		/* no bad return value, but ignore advice */
 		return 0;
 	}