diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
index 7044233124ba..ad55a1ccb9fb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ extern const char *powerpc_base_platform;
 #define CPU_FTR_POPCNTB			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0400000000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_POPCNTD			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0800000000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_ICSWX			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x1000000000000000)
+#define CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x2000000000000000)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ extern const char *powerpc_base_platform;
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_SPURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_DSCR | CPU_FTR_SAO  | CPU_FTR_ASYM_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS | CPU_FTR_POPCNTB | CPU_FTR_POPCNTD | \
-	    CPU_FTR_ICSWX | CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE)
+	    CPU_FTR_ICSWX | CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY)
 #define CPU_FTRS_CELL	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | CPU_FTR_CTRL | \
 	    CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC_COMP | CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index 166a6a0ad544..7735a2c2e6d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM)	+= devres.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= copypage_64.o copyuser_64.o \
 			   memcpy_64.o usercopy_64.o mem_64.o string.o \
-			   checksum_wrappers_64.o hweight_64.o
+			   checksum_wrappers_64.o hweight_64.o \
+			   copyuser_power7.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XMON)	+= sstep.o ldstfp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES)	+= sstep.o ldstfp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT)	+= sstep.o ldstfp.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64),y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)	+= locks.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC)	+= copyuser_power7_vmx.o
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_LIB_RHEAP) += rheap.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_64.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_64.S
index 578b625d6a3c..773d38f90aaa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_64.S
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
 	.align	7
 _GLOBAL(__copy_tofrom_user)
+BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
+	nop
+FTR_SECTION_ELSE
+	b	__copy_tofrom_user_power7
+ALT_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY)
+_GLOBAL(__copy_tofrom_user_base)
 	/* first check for a whole page copy on a page boundary */
 	cmpldi	cr1,r5,16
 	cmpdi	cr6,r5,4096
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_power7.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_power7.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..497db7b23bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_power7.S
@@ -0,0 +1,683 @@
+/*
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2011
+ *
+ * Author: Anton Blanchard <anton@au.ibm.com>
+ */
+#include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
+
+#define STACKFRAMESIZE	256
+#define STK_REG(i)	(112 + ((i)-14)*8)
+
+	.macro err1
+100:
+	.section __ex_table,"a"
+	.align 3
+	.llong 100b,.Ldo_err1
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+	.macro err2
+200:
+	.section __ex_table,"a"
+	.align 3
+	.llong 200b,.Ldo_err2
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+	.macro err3
+300:
+	.section __ex_table,"a"
+	.align 3
+	.llong 300b,.Ldo_err3
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+	.macro err4
+400:
+	.section __ex_table,"a"
+	.align 3
+	.llong 400b,.Ldo_err4
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+
+.Ldo_err4:
+	ld	r16,STK_REG(r16)(r1)
+	ld	r15,STK_REG(r15)(r1)
+	ld	r14,STK_REG(r14)(r1)
+.Ldo_err3:
+	bl	.exit_vmx_copy
+	ld	r0,STACKFRAMESIZE+16(r1)
+	mtlr	r0
+	b	.Lexit
+#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+
+.Ldo_err2:
+	ld	r22,STK_REG(r22)(r1)
+	ld	r21,STK_REG(r21)(r1)
+	ld	r20,STK_REG(r20)(r1)
+	ld	r19,STK_REG(r19)(r1)
+	ld	r18,STK_REG(r18)(r1)
+	ld	r17,STK_REG(r17)(r1)
+	ld	r16,STK_REG(r16)(r1)
+	ld	r15,STK_REG(r15)(r1)
+	ld	r14,STK_REG(r14)(r1)
+.Lexit:
+	addi	r1,r1,STACKFRAMESIZE
+.Ldo_err1:
+	ld	r3,48(r1)
+	ld	r4,56(r1)
+	ld	r5,64(r1)
+	b	__copy_tofrom_user_base
+
+
+_GLOBAL(__copy_tofrom_user_power7)
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+	cmpldi	r5,16
+	cmpldi	cr1,r5,4096
+
+	std	r3,48(r1)
+	std	r4,56(r1)
+	std	r5,64(r1)
+
+	blt	.Lshort_copy
+	bgt	cr1,.Lvmx_copy
+#else
+	cmpldi	r5,16
+
+	std	r3,48(r1)
+	std	r4,56(r1)
+	std	r5,64(r1)
+
+	blt	.Lshort_copy
+#endif
+
+.Lnonvmx_copy:
+	/* Get the source 8B aligned */
+	neg	r6,r4
+	mtocrf	0x01,r6
+	clrldi	r6,r6,(64-3)
+
+	bf	cr7*4+3,1f
+err1;	lbz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,1
+err1;	stb	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,1
+
+1:	bf	cr7*4+2,2f
+err1;	lhz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,2
+err1;	sth	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,2
+
+2:	bf	cr7*4+1,3f
+err1;	lwz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,4
+err1;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,4
+
+3:	sub	r5,r5,r6
+	cmpldi	r5,128
+	blt	5f
+
+	mflr	r0
+	stdu	r1,-STACKFRAMESIZE(r1)
+	std	r14,STK_REG(r14)(r1)
+	std	r15,STK_REG(r15)(r1)
+	std	r16,STK_REG(r16)(r1)
+	std	r17,STK_REG(r17)(r1)
+	std	r18,STK_REG(r18)(r1)
+	std	r19,STK_REG(r19)(r1)
+	std	r20,STK_REG(r20)(r1)
+	std	r21,STK_REG(r21)(r1)
+	std	r22,STK_REG(r22)(r1)
+	std	r0,STACKFRAMESIZE+16(r1)
+
+	srdi	r6,r5,7
+	mtctr	r6
+
+	/* Now do cacheline (128B) sized loads and stores. */
+	.align	5
+4:
+err2;	ld	r0,0(r4)
+err2;	ld	r6,8(r4)
+err2;	ld	r7,16(r4)
+err2;	ld	r8,24(r4)
+err2;	ld	r9,32(r4)
+err2;	ld	r10,40(r4)
+err2;	ld	r11,48(r4)
+err2;	ld	r12,56(r4)
+err2;	ld	r14,64(r4)
+err2;	ld	r15,72(r4)
+err2;	ld	r16,80(r4)
+err2;	ld	r17,88(r4)
+err2;	ld	r18,96(r4)
+err2;	ld	r19,104(r4)
+err2;	ld	r20,112(r4)
+err2;	ld	r21,120(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,128
+err2;	std	r0,0(r3)
+err2;	std	r6,8(r3)
+err2;	std	r7,16(r3)
+err2;	std	r8,24(r3)
+err2;	std	r9,32(r3)
+err2;	std	r10,40(r3)
+err2;	std	r11,48(r3)
+err2;	std	r12,56(r3)
+err2;	std	r14,64(r3)
+err2;	std	r15,72(r3)
+err2;	std	r16,80(r3)
+err2;	std	r17,88(r3)
+err2;	std	r18,96(r3)
+err2;	std	r19,104(r3)
+err2;	std	r20,112(r3)
+err2;	std	r21,120(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,128
+	bdnz	4b
+
+	clrldi	r5,r5,(64-7)
+
+	ld	r14,STK_REG(r14)(r1)
+	ld	r15,STK_REG(r15)(r1)
+	ld	r16,STK_REG(r16)(r1)
+	ld	r17,STK_REG(r17)(r1)
+	ld	r18,STK_REG(r18)(r1)
+	ld	r19,STK_REG(r19)(r1)
+	ld	r20,STK_REG(r20)(r1)
+	ld	r21,STK_REG(r21)(r1)
+	ld	r22,STK_REG(r22)(r1)
+	addi	r1,r1,STACKFRAMESIZE
+
+	/* Up to 127B to go */
+5:	srdi	r6,r5,4
+	mtocrf	0x01,r6
+
+6:	bf	cr7*4+1,7f
+err1;	ld	r0,0(r4)
+err1;	ld	r6,8(r4)
+err1;	ld	r7,16(r4)
+err1;	ld	r8,24(r4)
+err1;	ld	r9,32(r4)
+err1;	ld	r10,40(r4)
+err1;	ld	r11,48(r4)
+err1;	ld	r12,56(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,64
+err1;	std	r0,0(r3)
+err1;	std	r6,8(r3)
+err1;	std	r7,16(r3)
+err1;	std	r8,24(r3)
+err1;	std	r9,32(r3)
+err1;	std	r10,40(r3)
+err1;	std	r11,48(r3)
+err1;	std	r12,56(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,64
+
+	/* Up to 63B to go */
+7:	bf	cr7*4+2,8f
+err1;	ld	r0,0(r4)
+err1;	ld	r6,8(r4)
+err1;	ld	r7,16(r4)
+err1;	ld	r8,24(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,32
+err1;	std	r0,0(r3)
+err1;	std	r6,8(r3)
+err1;	std	r7,16(r3)
+err1;	std	r8,24(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,32
+
+	/* Up to 31B to go */
+8:	bf	cr7*4+3,9f
+err1;	ld	r0,0(r4)
+err1;	ld	r6,8(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,16
+err1;	std	r0,0(r3)
+err1;	std	r6,8(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,16
+
+9:	clrldi	r5,r5,(64-4)
+
+	/* Up to 15B to go */
+.Lshort_copy:
+	mtocrf	0x01,r5
+	bf	cr7*4+0,12f
+err1;	lwz	r0,0(r4)	/* Less chance of a reject with word ops */
+err1;	lwz	r6,4(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,8
+err1;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+err1;	stw	r6,4(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,8
+
+12:	bf	cr7*4+1,13f
+err1;	lwz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,4
+err1;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,4
+
+13:	bf	cr7*4+2,14f
+err1;	lhz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,2
+err1;	sth	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,2
+
+14:	bf	cr7*4+3,15f
+err1;	lbz	r0,0(r4)
+err1;	stb	r0,0(r3)
+
+15:	li	r3,0
+	blr
+
+.Lunwind_stack_nonvmx_copy:
+	addi	r1,r1,STACKFRAMESIZE
+	b	.Lnonvmx_copy
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+.Lvmx_copy:
+	mflr	r0
+	std	r0,16(r1)
+	stdu	r1,-STACKFRAMESIZE(r1)
+	bl	.enter_vmx_copy
+	cmpwi	r3,0
+	ld	r0,STACKFRAMESIZE+16(r1)
+	ld	r3,STACKFRAMESIZE+48(r1)
+	ld	r4,STACKFRAMESIZE+56(r1)
+	ld	r5,STACKFRAMESIZE+64(r1)
+	mtlr	r0
+
+	beq	.Lunwind_stack_nonvmx_copy
+
+	/*
+	 * If source and destination are not relatively aligned we use a
+	 * slower permute loop.
+	 */
+	xor	r6,r4,r3
+	rldicl.	r6,r6,0,(64-4)
+	bne	.Lvmx_unaligned_copy
+
+	/* Get the destination 16B aligned */
+	neg	r6,r3
+	mtocrf	0x01,r6
+	clrldi	r6,r6,(64-4)
+
+	bf	cr7*4+3,1f
+err3;	lbz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,1
+err3;	stb	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,1
+
+1:	bf	cr7*4+2,2f
+err3;	lhz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,2
+err3;	sth	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,2
+
+2:	bf	cr7*4+1,3f
+err3;	lwz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,4
+err3;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,4
+
+3:	bf	cr7*4+0,4f
+err3;	ld	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,8
+err3;	std	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,8
+
+4:	sub	r5,r5,r6
+
+	/* Get the desination 128B aligned */
+	neg	r6,r3
+	srdi	r7,r6,4
+	mtocrf	0x01,r7
+	clrldi	r6,r6,(64-7)
+
+	li	r9,16
+	li	r10,32
+	li	r11,48
+
+	bf	cr7*4+3,5f
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r0,r4
+	addi	r4,r4,16
+err3;	stvx	vr1,r0,r3
+	addi	r3,r3,16
+
+5:	bf	cr7*4+2,6f
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r0,r4
+err3;	lvx	vr0,r4,r9
+	addi	r4,r4,32
+err3;	stvx	vr1,r0,r3
+err3;	stvx	vr0,r3,r9
+	addi	r3,r3,32
+
+6:	bf	cr7*4+1,7f
+err3;	lvx	vr3,r0,r4
+err3;	lvx	vr2,r4,r9
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r4,r10
+err3;	lvx	vr0,r4,r11
+	addi	r4,r4,64
+err3;	stvx	vr3,r0,r3
+err3;	stvx	vr2,r3,r9
+err3;	stvx	vr1,r3,r10
+err3;	stvx	vr0,r3,r11
+	addi	r3,r3,64
+
+7:	sub	r5,r5,r6
+	srdi	r6,r5,7
+
+	std	r14,STK_REG(r14)(r1)
+	std	r15,STK_REG(r15)(r1)
+	std	r16,STK_REG(r16)(r1)
+
+	li	r12,64
+	li	r14,80
+	li	r15,96
+	li	r16,112
+
+	mtctr	r6
+
+	/*
+	 * Now do cacheline sized loads and stores. By this stage the
+	 * cacheline stores are also cacheline aligned.
+	 */
+	.align	5
+8:
+err4;	lvx	vr7,r0,r4
+err4;	lvx	vr6,r4,r9
+err4;	lvx	vr5,r4,r10
+err4;	lvx	vr4,r4,r11
+err4;	lvx	vr3,r4,r12
+err4;	lvx	vr2,r4,r14
+err4;	lvx	vr1,r4,r15
+err4;	lvx	vr0,r4,r16
+	addi	r4,r4,128
+err4;	stvx	vr7,r0,r3
+err4;	stvx	vr6,r3,r9
+err4;	stvx	vr5,r3,r10
+err4;	stvx	vr4,r3,r11
+err4;	stvx	vr3,r3,r12
+err4;	stvx	vr2,r3,r14
+err4;	stvx	vr1,r3,r15
+err4;	stvx	vr0,r3,r16
+	addi	r3,r3,128
+	bdnz	8b
+
+	ld	r14,STK_REG(r14)(r1)
+	ld	r15,STK_REG(r15)(r1)
+	ld	r16,STK_REG(r16)(r1)
+
+	/* Up to 127B to go */
+	clrldi	r5,r5,(64-7)
+	srdi	r6,r5,4
+	mtocrf	0x01,r6
+
+	bf	cr7*4+1,9f
+err3;	lvx	vr3,r0,r4
+err3;	lvx	vr2,r4,r9
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r4,r10
+err3;	lvx	vr0,r4,r11
+	addi	r4,r4,64
+err3;	stvx	vr3,r0,r3
+err3;	stvx	vr2,r3,r9
+err3;	stvx	vr1,r3,r10
+err3;	stvx	vr0,r3,r11
+	addi	r3,r3,64
+
+9:	bf	cr7*4+2,10f
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r0,r4
+err3;	lvx	vr0,r4,r9
+	addi	r4,r4,32
+err3;	stvx	vr1,r0,r3
+err3;	stvx	vr0,r3,r9
+	addi	r3,r3,32
+
+10:	bf	cr7*4+3,11f
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r0,r4
+	addi	r4,r4,16
+err3;	stvx	vr1,r0,r3
+	addi	r3,r3,16
+
+	/* Up to 15B to go */
+11:	clrldi	r5,r5,(64-4)
+	mtocrf	0x01,r5
+	bf	cr7*4+0,12f
+err3;	ld	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,8
+err3;	std	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,8
+
+12:	bf	cr7*4+1,13f
+err3;	lwz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,4
+err3;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,4
+
+13:	bf	cr7*4+2,14f
+err3;	lhz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,2
+err3;	sth	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,2
+
+14:	bf	cr7*4+3,15f
+err3;	lbz	r0,0(r4)
+err3;	stb	r0,0(r3)
+
+15:	addi	r1,r1,STACKFRAMESIZE
+	b	.exit_vmx_copy		/* tail call optimise */
+
+.Lvmx_unaligned_copy:
+	/* Get the destination 16B aligned */
+	neg	r6,r3
+	mtocrf	0x01,r6
+	clrldi	r6,r6,(64-4)
+
+	bf	cr7*4+3,1f
+err3;	lbz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,1
+err3;	stb	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,1
+
+1:	bf	cr7*4+2,2f
+err3;	lhz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,2
+err3;	sth	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,2
+
+2:	bf	cr7*4+1,3f
+err3;	lwz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,4
+err3;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,4
+
+3:	bf	cr7*4+0,4f
+err3;	lwz	r0,0(r4)	/* Less chance of a reject with word ops */
+err3;	lwz	r7,4(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,8
+err3;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+err3;	stw	r7,4(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,8
+
+4:	sub	r5,r5,r6
+
+	/* Get the desination 128B aligned */
+	neg	r6,r3
+	srdi	r7,r6,4
+	mtocrf	0x01,r7
+	clrldi	r6,r6,(64-7)
+
+	li	r9,16
+	li	r10,32
+	li	r11,48
+
+	lvsl	vr16,0,r4	/* Setup permute control vector */
+err3;	lvx	vr0,0,r4
+	addi	r4,r4,16
+
+	bf	cr7*4+3,5f
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r0,r4
+	vperm	vr8,vr0,vr1,vr16
+	addi	r4,r4,16
+err3;	stvx	vr8,r0,r3
+	addi	r3,r3,16
+	vor	vr0,vr1,vr1
+
+5:	bf	cr7*4+2,6f
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r0,r4
+	vperm	vr8,vr0,vr1,vr16
+err3;	lvx	vr0,r4,r9
+	vperm	vr9,vr1,vr0,vr16
+	addi	r4,r4,32
+err3;	stvx	vr8,r0,r3
+err3;	stvx	vr9,r3,r9
+	addi	r3,r3,32
+
+6:	bf	cr7*4+1,7f
+err3;	lvx	vr3,r0,r4
+	vperm	vr8,vr0,vr3,vr16
+err3;	lvx	vr2,r4,r9
+	vperm	vr9,vr3,vr2,vr16
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r4,r10
+	vperm	vr10,vr2,vr1,vr16
+err3;	lvx	vr0,r4,r11
+	vperm	vr11,vr1,vr0,vr16
+	addi	r4,r4,64
+err3;	stvx	vr8,r0,r3
+err3;	stvx	vr9,r3,r9
+err3;	stvx	vr10,r3,r10
+err3;	stvx	vr11,r3,r11
+	addi	r3,r3,64
+
+7:	sub	r5,r5,r6
+	srdi	r6,r5,7
+
+	std	r14,STK_REG(r14)(r1)
+	std	r15,STK_REG(r15)(r1)
+	std	r16,STK_REG(r16)(r1)
+
+	li	r12,64
+	li	r14,80
+	li	r15,96
+	li	r16,112
+
+	mtctr	r6
+
+	/*
+	 * Now do cacheline sized loads and stores. By this stage the
+	 * cacheline stores are also cacheline aligned.
+	 */
+	.align	5
+8:
+err4;	lvx	vr7,r0,r4
+	vperm	vr8,vr0,vr7,vr16
+err4;	lvx	vr6,r4,r9
+	vperm	vr9,vr7,vr6,vr16
+err4;	lvx	vr5,r4,r10
+	vperm	vr10,vr6,vr5,vr16
+err4;	lvx	vr4,r4,r11
+	vperm	vr11,vr5,vr4,vr16
+err4;	lvx	vr3,r4,r12
+	vperm	vr12,vr4,vr3,vr16
+err4;	lvx	vr2,r4,r14
+	vperm	vr13,vr3,vr2,vr16
+err4;	lvx	vr1,r4,r15
+	vperm	vr14,vr2,vr1,vr16
+err4;	lvx	vr0,r4,r16
+	vperm	vr15,vr1,vr0,vr16
+	addi	r4,r4,128
+err4;	stvx	vr8,r0,r3
+err4;	stvx	vr9,r3,r9
+err4;	stvx	vr10,r3,r10
+err4;	stvx	vr11,r3,r11
+err4;	stvx	vr12,r3,r12
+err4;	stvx	vr13,r3,r14
+err4;	stvx	vr14,r3,r15
+err4;	stvx	vr15,r3,r16
+	addi	r3,r3,128
+	bdnz	8b
+
+	ld	r14,STK_REG(r14)(r1)
+	ld	r15,STK_REG(r15)(r1)
+	ld	r16,STK_REG(r16)(r1)
+
+	/* Up to 127B to go */
+	clrldi	r5,r5,(64-7)
+	srdi	r6,r5,4
+	mtocrf	0x01,r6
+
+	bf	cr7*4+1,9f
+err3;	lvx	vr3,r0,r4
+	vperm	vr8,vr0,vr3,vr16
+err3;	lvx	vr2,r4,r9
+	vperm	vr9,vr3,vr2,vr16
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r4,r10
+	vperm	vr10,vr2,vr1,vr16
+err3;	lvx	vr0,r4,r11
+	vperm	vr11,vr1,vr0,vr16
+	addi	r4,r4,64
+err3;	stvx	vr8,r0,r3
+err3;	stvx	vr9,r3,r9
+err3;	stvx	vr10,r3,r10
+err3;	stvx	vr11,r3,r11
+	addi	r3,r3,64
+
+9:	bf	cr7*4+2,10f
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r0,r4
+	vperm	vr8,vr0,vr1,vr16
+err3;	lvx	vr0,r4,r9
+	vperm	vr9,vr1,vr0,vr16
+	addi	r4,r4,32
+err3;	stvx	vr8,r0,r3
+err3;	stvx	vr9,r3,r9
+	addi	r3,r3,32
+
+10:	bf	cr7*4+3,11f
+err3;	lvx	vr1,r0,r4
+	vperm	vr8,vr0,vr1,vr16
+	addi	r4,r4,16
+err3;	stvx	vr8,r0,r3
+	addi	r3,r3,16
+
+	/* Up to 15B to go */
+11:	clrldi	r5,r5,(64-4)
+	addi	r4,r4,-16	/* Unwind the +16 load offset */
+	mtocrf	0x01,r5
+	bf	cr7*4+0,12f
+err3;	lwz	r0,0(r4)	/* Less chance of a reject with word ops */
+err3;	lwz	r6,4(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,8
+err3;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+err3;	stw	r6,4(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,8
+
+12:	bf	cr7*4+1,13f
+err3;	lwz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,4
+err3;	stw	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,4
+
+13:	bf	cr7*4+2,14f
+err3;	lhz	r0,0(r4)
+	addi	r4,r4,2
+err3;	sth	r0,0(r3)
+	addi	r3,r3,2
+
+14:	bf	cr7*4+3,15f
+err3;	lbz	r0,0(r4)
+err3;	stb	r0,0(r3)
+
+15:	addi	r1,r1,STACKFRAMESIZE
+	b	.exit_vmx_copy		/* tail call optimise */
+#endif /* CONFiG_ALTIVEC */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_power7_vmx.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_power7_vmx.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e1efadac48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/copyuser_power7_vmx.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2011
+ *
+ * Authors: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *          Anton Blanchard <anton@au.ibm.com>
+ */
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
+
+int enter_vmx_copy(void)
+{
+	if (in_interrupt())
+		return 0;
+
+	/* This acts as preempt_disable() as well and will make
+	 * enable_kernel_altivec(). We need to disable page faults
+	 * as they can call schedule and thus make us lose the VMX
+	 * context. So on page faults, we just fail which will cause
+	 * a fallback to the normal non-vmx copy.
+	 */
+	pagefault_disable();
+
+	enable_kernel_altivec();
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function must return 0 because we tail call optimise when calling
+ * from __copy_tofrom_user_power7 which returns 0 on success.
+ */
+int exit_vmx_copy(void)
+{
+	pagefault_enable();
+	return 0;
+}