diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index c4f88af..47c1d44 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -841,6 +841,81 @@ ssize_t rw_copy_check_uvector(int type, const struct iovec __user * uvector,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
+		const struct compat_iovec __user *uvector, unsigned long nr_segs,
+		unsigned long fast_segs, struct iovec *fast_pointer,
+		struct iovec **ret_pointer)
+{
+	compat_ssize_t tot_len;
+	struct iovec *iov = *ret_pointer = fast_pointer;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
+	int seg;
+
+	/*
+	 * SuS says "The readv() function *may* fail if the iovcnt argument
+	 * was less than or equal to 0, or greater than {IOV_MAX}.  Linux has
+	 * traditionally returned zero for zero segments, so...
+	 */
+	if (nr_segs == 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV)
+		goto out;
+	if (nr_segs > fast_segs) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		iov = kmalloc(nr_segs*sizeof(struct iovec), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (iov == NULL)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	*ret_pointer = iov;
+
+	ret = -EFAULT;
+	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, uvector, nr_segs*sizeof(*uvector)))
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * Single unix specification:
+	 * We should -EINVAL if an element length is not >= 0 and fitting an
+	 * ssize_t.
+	 *
+	 * In Linux, the total length is limited to MAX_RW_COUNT, there is
+	 * no overflow possibility.
+	 */
+	tot_len = 0;
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
+		compat_uptr_t buf;
+		compat_ssize_t len;
+
+		if (__get_user(len, &uvector->iov_len) ||
+		   __get_user(buf, &uvector->iov_base)) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		if (len < 0)	/* size_t not fitting in compat_ssize_t .. */
+			goto out;
+		if (type >= 0 &&
+		    !access_ok(vrfy_dir(type), compat_ptr(buf), len)) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		if (len > MAX_RW_COUNT - tot_len)
+			len = MAX_RW_COUNT - tot_len;
+		tot_len += len;
+		iov->iov_base = compat_ptr(buf);
+		iov->iov_len = (compat_size_t) len;
+		uvector++;
+		iov++;
+	}
+	ret = tot_len;
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 static ssize_t __do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 				 struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *pos, int flags)
 {