diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index d831d24d2a6c..b488edad743c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1331,13 +1331,6 @@ determine whether or not they are still functioning properly.
 Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI
 watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
 
-maps_protect
-------------
-
-Enables/Disables the protection of the per-process proc entries "maps" and
-"smaps".  When enabled, the contents of these files are visible only to
-readers that are allowed to ptrace() the given process.
-
 msgmni
 ------
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/dma.c b/arch/arm/kernel/dma.c
index ba99a2035523..d006085ed7e7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/dma.c
@@ -25,23 +25,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_spin_lock);
 
 static dma_t dma_chan[MAX_DMA_CHANNELS];
 
-/*
- * Get dma list for /proc/dma
- */
-int get_dma_list(char *buf)
-{
-	dma_t *dma;
-	char *p = buf;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0, dma = dma_chan; i < MAX_DMA_CHANNELS; i++, dma++)
-		if (dma->lock)
-			p += sprintf(p, "%2d: %14s %s\n", i,
-				     dma->d_ops->type, dma->device_id);
-
-	return p - buf;
-}
-
 /*
  * Request DMA channel
  *
diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig
index 73cd7a418f06..50f8f0600f06 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig
@@ -57,3 +57,13 @@ config PROC_SYSCTL
 	  As it is generally a good thing, you should say Y here unless
 	  building a kernel for install/rescue disks or your system is very
 	  limited in memory.
+
+config PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
+ 	default y
+	depends on PROC_FS && MMU
+	bool "Enable /proc page monitoring" if EMBEDDED
+ 	help
+	  Various /proc files exist to monitor process memory utilization:
+	  /proc/pid/smaps, /proc/pid/clear_refs, /proc/pid/pagemap,
+	  /proc/kpagecount, and /proc/kpageflags. Disabling these
+          interfaces will reduce the size of the kernel by approximately 4kb.
diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 71c9be59c9c2..f4bc0e789539 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-/* Gcc optimizes away "strlen(x)" for constant x */
-#define ADDBUF(buffer, string) \
-do { memcpy(buffer, string, strlen(string)); \
-     buffer += strlen(string); } while (0)
-
 static inline void task_name(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -261,7 +256,6 @@ static inline void task_sig(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p)
 	sigemptyset(&ignored);
 	sigemptyset(&caught);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
 		pending = p->pending.signal;
 		shpending = p->signal->shared_pending.signal;
@@ -272,7 +266,6 @@ static inline void task_sig(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p)
 		qlim = p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_SIGPENDING].rlim_cur;
 		unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	seq_printf(m, "Threads:\t%d\n", num_threads);
 	seq_printf(m, "SigQ:\t%lu/%lu\n", qsize, qlim);
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index a28840b11b89..b5918ae8ca79 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ static unsigned int pid_entry_count_dirs(const struct pid_entry *entries,
 	return count;
 }
 
-int maps_protect;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(maps_protect);
-
 static struct fs_struct *get_fs_struct(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	struct fs_struct *fs;
@@ -164,7 +161,6 @@ static struct fs_struct *get_fs_struct(struct task_struct *task)
 
 static int get_nr_threads(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	/* Must be called with the rcu_read_lock held */
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int count = 0;
 
@@ -471,14 +467,10 @@ static int proc_pid_limits(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer)
 
 	struct rlimit rlim[RLIM_NLIMITS];
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (!lock_task_sighand(task,&flags)) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (!lock_task_sighand(task, &flags))
 		return 0;
-	}
 	memcpy(rlim, task->signal->rlim, sizeof(struct rlimit) * RLIM_NLIMITS);
 	unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/*
 	 * print the file header
@@ -2443,6 +2435,13 @@ static int proc_tgid_io_accounting(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING */
 
+static int proc_pid_personality(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
+				struct pid *pid, struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "%08x\n", task->personality);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Thread groups
  */
@@ -2459,6 +2458,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
 	REG("environ",    S_IRUSR, environ),
 	INF("auxv",       S_IRUSR, pid_auxv),
 	ONE("status",     S_IRUGO, pid_status),
+	ONE("personality", S_IRUSR, pid_personality),
 	INF("limits",	  S_IRUSR, pid_limits),
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 	REG("sched",      S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, pid_sched),
@@ -2794,6 +2794,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tid_base_stuff[] = {
 	REG("environ",   S_IRUSR, environ),
 	INF("auxv",      S_IRUSR, pid_auxv),
 	ONE("status",    S_IRUGO, pid_status),
+	ONE("personality", S_IRUSR, pid_personality),
 	INF("limits",	 S_IRUSR, pid_limits),
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 	REG("sched",     S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, pid_sched),
@@ -3088,9 +3089,7 @@ static int proc_task_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 
 	if (p) {
-		rcu_read_lock();
 		stat->nlink += get_nr_threads(p);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 		put_task_struct(p);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 8bb03f056c28..c6b4fa7e3b49 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int proc_reg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (!pde->proc_fops) {
 		spin_unlock(&pde->pde_unload_lock);
 		kfree(pdeo);
-		return rv;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	pde->pde_users++;
 	open = pde->proc_fops->open;
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 442202314d53..3bfb7b8747b3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ do {						\
 extern int nommu_vma_show(struct seq_file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
 #endif
 
-extern int maps_protect;
-
 extern int proc_tid_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 				struct pid *pid, struct task_struct *task);
 extern int proc_tgid_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index 29e20c6b1f7f..66c1ab87656c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 extern int get_hardware_list(char *);
 extern int get_stram_list(char *);
 extern int get_exec_domain_list(char *);
-extern int get_dma_list(char *);
 
 static int proc_calc_metrics(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 				 int count, int *eof, int len)
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index f9a8b892718f..945a81043ba2 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static struct ctl_table *find_in_table(struct ctl_table *p, struct qstr *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct ctl_table_header *grab_header(struct inode *inode)
+static struct ctl_table_header *grab_header(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (PROC_I(inode)->sysctl)
 		return sysctl_head_grab(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
@@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ static struct dentry_operations proc_sys_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_compare	= proc_sys_compare,
 };
 
-static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_sys_root;
-
 int proc_sys_init(void)
 {
+	struct proc_dir_entry *proc_sys_root;
+
 	proc_sys_root = proc_mkdir("sys", NULL);
 	proc_sys_root->proc_iops = &proc_sys_dir_operations;
 	proc_sys_root->proc_fops = &proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 73d1891ee625..4806830ea2a1 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -210,9 +210,6 @@ static int show_map(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	dev_t dev = 0;
 	int len;
 
-	if (maps_protect && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
-		return -EACCES;
-
 	if (file) {
 		struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 		dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
@@ -742,22 +739,11 @@ const struct file_operations proc_pagemap_operations = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 extern int show_numa_map(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
 
-static int show_numa_map_checked(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
-{
-	struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
-	struct task_struct *task = priv->task;
-
-	if (maps_protect && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
-		return -EACCES;
-
-	return show_numa_map(m, v);
-}
-
 static const struct seq_operations proc_pid_numa_maps_op = {
         .start  = m_start,
         .next   = m_next,
         .stop   = m_stop,
-        .show   = show_numa_map_checked
+        .show   = show_numa_map,
 };
 
 static int numa_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
index 5d84e7121df8..219bd79ea894 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ int task_statm(struct mm_struct *mm, int *shared, int *text,
 static int show_map(struct seq_file *m, void *_vml)
 {
 	struct vm_list_struct *vml = _vml;
-	struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
-	struct task_struct *task = priv->task;
-
-	if (maps_protect && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
-		return -EACCES;
 
 	return nommu_vma_show(m, vml->vma);
 }
diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index 9ac0f5e064e0..841368b87a29 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -165,14 +165,8 @@ static ssize_t read_vmcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 	return acc;
 }
 
-static int open_vmcore(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 const struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations = {
 	.read		= read_vmcore,
-	.open		= open_vmcore,
 };
 
 static struct vmcore* __init get_new_element(void)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c11da38837e5..8a8e2d00c40e 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -779,16 +779,6 @@ config MARKERS
 
 source "arch/Kconfig"
 
-config PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
- 	default y
-	depends on PROC_FS && MMU
-	bool "Enable /proc page monitoring" if EMBEDDED
- 	help
-	  Various /proc files exist to monitor process memory utilization:
-	  /proc/pid/smaps, /proc/pid/clear_refs, /proc/pid/pagemap,
-	  /proc/kpagecount, and /proc/kpageflags. Disabling these
-          interfaces will reduce the size of the kernel by approximately 4kb.
-
 endmenu		# General setup
 
 config HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT
diff --git a/kernel/sched_debug.c b/kernel/sched_debug.c
index bbe6b31c3c56..ad958c1ec708 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_debug.c
@@ -333,12 +333,10 @@ void proc_sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p, struct seq_file *m)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int num_threads = 1;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
 		num_threads = atomic_read(&p->signal->count);
 		unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	SEQ_printf(m, "%s (%d, #threads: %d)\n", p->comm, p->pid, num_threads);
 	SEQ_printf(m,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 1bf369bd4423..c468c3c6dfc5 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ extern int pid_max_min, pid_max_max;
 extern int sysctl_drop_caches;
 extern int percpu_pagelist_fraction;
 extern int compat_log;
-extern int maps_protect;
 extern int latencytop_enabled;
 extern int sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max;
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
@@ -807,16 +806,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	{
-		.ctl_name       = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
-		.procname       = "maps_protect",
-		.data           = &maps_protect,
-		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
-		.mode           = 0644,
-		.proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
-	},
 #endif
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,