diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 1a8ab05..71a3773 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -575,6 +575,165 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static __always_inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
+						struct mm_struct *mm,
+						unsigned long start,
+						unsigned long nr_pages,
+						int write, int force,
+						struct page **pages,
+						struct vm_area_struct **vmas,
+						int *locked, bool notify_drop)
+{
+	int flags = FOLL_TOUCH;
+	long ret, pages_done;
+	bool lock_dropped;
+
+	if (locked) {
+		/* if VM_FAULT_RETRY can be returned, vmas become invalid */
+		BUG_ON(vmas);
+		/* check caller initialized locked */
+		BUG_ON(*locked != 1);
+	}
+
+	if (pages)
+		flags |= FOLL_GET;
+	if (write)
+		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
+	if (force)
+		flags |= FOLL_FORCE;
+
+	pages_done = 0;
+	lock_dropped = false;
+	for (;;) {
+		ret = __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages,
+				       vmas, locked);
+		if (!locked)
+			/* VM_FAULT_RETRY couldn't trigger, bypass */
+			return ret;
+
+		/* VM_FAULT_RETRY cannot return errors */
+		if (!*locked) {
+			BUG_ON(ret < 0);
+			BUG_ON(ret >= nr_pages);
+		}
+
+		if (!pages)
+			/* If it's a prefault don't insist harder */
+			return ret;
+
+		if (ret > 0) {
+			nr_pages -= ret;
+			pages_done += ret;
+			if (!nr_pages)
+				break;
+		}
+		if (*locked) {
+			/* VM_FAULT_RETRY didn't trigger */
+			if (!pages_done)
+				pages_done = ret;
+			break;
+		}
+		/* VM_FAULT_RETRY triggered, so seek to the faulting offset */
+		pages += ret;
+		start += ret << PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+		/*
+		 * Repeat on the address that fired VM_FAULT_RETRY
+		 * without FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY but with
+		 * FAULT_FLAG_TRIED.
+		 */
+		*locked = 1;
+		lock_dropped = true;
+		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		ret = __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, 1, flags | FOLL_TRIED,
+				       pages, NULL, NULL);
+		if (ret != 1) {
+			BUG_ON(ret > 1);
+			if (!pages_done)
+				pages_done = ret;
+			break;
+		}
+		nr_pages--;
+		pages_done++;
+		if (!nr_pages)
+			break;
+		pages++;
+		start += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+	if (notify_drop && lock_dropped && *locked) {
+		/*
+		 * We must let the caller know we temporarily dropped the lock
+		 * and so the critical section protected by it was lost.
+		 */
+		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		*locked = 0;
+	}
+	return pages_done;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We can leverage the VM_FAULT_RETRY functionality in the page fault
+ * paths better by using either get_user_pages_locked() or
+ * get_user_pages_unlocked().
+ *
+ * get_user_pages_locked() is suitable to replace the form:
+ *
+ *      down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ *      do_something()
+ *      get_user_pages(tsk, mm, ..., pages, NULL);
+ *      up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ *
+ *  to:
+ *
+ *      int locked = 1;
+ *      down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ *      do_something()
+ *      get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, ..., pages, &locked);
+ *      if (locked)
+ *          up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ */
+long get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+			   unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			   int write, int force, struct page **pages,
+			   int *locked)
+{
+	return __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
+				       pages, NULL, locked, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_locked);
+
+/*
+ * get_user_pages_unlocked() is suitable to replace the form:
+ *
+ *      down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ *      get_user_pages(tsk, mm, ..., pages, NULL);
+ *      up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ *
+ *  with:
+ *
+ *      get_user_pages_unlocked(tsk, mm, ..., pages);
+ *
+ * It is functionally equivalent to get_user_pages_fast so
+ * get_user_pages_fast should be used instead, if the two parameters
+ * "tsk" and "mm" are respectively equal to current and current->mm,
+ * or if "force" shall be set to 1 (get_user_pages_fast misses the
+ * "force" parameter).
+ */
+long get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+			     unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			     int write, int force, struct page **pages)
+{
+	long ret;
+	int locked = 1;
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	ret = __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
+				      pages, NULL, &locked, false);
+	if (locked)
+		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_unlocked);
+
 /*
  * get_user_pages() - pin user pages in memory
  * @tsk:	the task_struct to use for page fault accounting, or
@@ -624,22 +783,18 @@
  * use the correct cache flushing APIs.
  *
  * See also get_user_pages_fast, for performance critical applications.
+ *
+ * get_user_pages should be phased out in favor of
+ * get_user_pages_locked|unlocked or get_user_pages_fast. Nothing
+ * should use get_user_pages because it cannot pass
+ * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to handle_mm_fault.
  */
 long get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, int write,
 		int force, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
 {
-	int flags = FOLL_TOUCH;
-
-	if (pages)
-		flags |= FOLL_GET;
-	if (write)
-		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
-	if (force)
-		flags |= FOLL_FORCE;
-
-	return __get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, vmas,
-				NULL);
+	return __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
+				       pages, vmas, NULL, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages);
 
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 541bed6..bfb690b0 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -214,6 +214,29 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages);
 
+long get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+			   unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			   int write, int force, struct page **pages,
+			   int *locked)
+{
+	return get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
+			      pages, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_locked);
+
+long get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+			     unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			     int write, int force, struct page **pages)
+{
+	long ret;
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	ret = get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force,
+			     pages, NULL);
+	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_unlocked);
+
 /**
  * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
  * @vma: memory mapping