diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 9d02cdb15b23..c63e65d436a3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1085,6 +1085,22 @@ config ALIGNMENT_TRAP
 	  correct operation of some network protocols. With an IP-only
 	  configuration it is safe to say N, otherwise say Y.
 
+config UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY
+	bool "Use kernel mem{cpy,set}() for {copy_to,clear}_user() (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on MMU && EXPERIMENTAL
+	default y if CPU_FEROCEON
+	help
+	  Implement faster copy_to_user and clear_user methods for CPU
+	  cores where a 8-word STM instruction give significantly higher
+	  memory write throughput than a sequence of individual 32bit stores.
+
+	  A possible side effect is a slight increase in scheduling latency
+	  between threads sharing the same address space if they invoke
+	  such copy operations with large buffers.
+
+	  However, if the CPU data cache is using a write-allocate mode,
+	  this option is unlikely to provide any performance gain.
+
 endmenu
 
 menu "Boot options"
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
index 866f84a586ff..030ba7219f48 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ else
 endif
 endif
 
+# using lib_ here won't override already available weak symbols
+obj-$(CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY) += uaccess_with_memcpy.o
+
 lib-$(CONFIG_MMU) += $(mmu-y)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_32v3),y)
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c b/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf987b4a2571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c
+ *
+ *  Written by: Lennert Buytenhek and Nicolas Pitre
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 Marvell Semiconductor
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h> /* for in_atomic() */
+#include <asm/current.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+
+static int
+pin_page_for_write(const void __user *_addr, pte_t **ptep, spinlock_t **ptlp)
+{
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)_addr;
+	pgd_t *pgd;
+	pmd_t *pmd;
+	pte_t *pte;
+	spinlock_t *ptl;
+
+	pgd = pgd_offset(current->mm, addr);
+	if (unlikely(pgd_none(*pgd) || pgd_bad(*pgd)))
+		return 0;
+
+	pmd = pmd_offset(pgd, addr);
+	if (unlikely(pmd_none(*pmd) || pmd_bad(*pmd)))
+		return 0;
+
+	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(current->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+	if (unlikely(!pte_present(*pte) || !pte_young(*pte) ||
+	    !pte_write(*pte) || !pte_dirty(*pte))) {
+		pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	*ptep = pte;
+	*ptlp = ptl;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+unsigned long
+__copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
+{
+	int atomic;
+
+	if (n < 1024)
+		return __copy_to_user_std(to, from, n);
+
+	if (unlikely(segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))) {
+		memcpy((void *)to, from, n);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* the mmap semaphore is taken only if not in an atomic context */
+	atomic = in_atomic();
+
+	if (!atomic)
+		down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	while (n) {
+		pte_t *pte;
+		spinlock_t *ptl;
+		int tocopy;
+
+		while (!pin_page_for_write(to, &pte, &ptl)) {
+			if (!atomic)
+				up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+			if (__put_user(0, (char __user *)to))
+				goto out;
+			if (!atomic)
+				down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+		}
+
+		tocopy = (~(unsigned long)to & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1;
+		if (tocopy > n)
+			tocopy = n;
+
+		memcpy((void *)to, from, tocopy);
+		to += tocopy;
+		from += tocopy;
+		n -= tocopy;
+
+		pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
+	}
+	if (!atomic)
+		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+out:
+	return n;
+}
+
+unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long n)
+{
+	if (n < 256)
+		return __clear_user_std(addr, n);
+
+	if (unlikely(segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))) {
+		memset((void *)addr, 0, n);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	while (n) {
+		pte_t *pte;
+		spinlock_t *ptl;
+		int tocopy;
+
+		while (!pin_page_for_write(addr, &pte, &ptl)) {
+			up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+			if (__put_user(0, (char __user *)addr))
+				goto out;
+			down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+		}
+
+		tocopy = (~(unsigned long)addr & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1;
+		if (tocopy > n)
+			tocopy = n;
+
+		memset((void *)addr, 0, tocopy);
+		addr += tocopy;
+		n -= tocopy;
+
+		pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
+	}
+	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+out:
+	return n;
+}