diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
index ef76a04b4daf..d7acae4120d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@ extern pmd_t initial_pg_pmd[];
 void paging_init(void);
 void sync_initial_page_table(void);
 
-/*
- * Define this if things work differently on an i386 and an i486:
- * it will (on an i486) warn about kernel memory accesses that are
- * done without a 'access_ok( ..)'
- */
-#undef TEST_ACCESS_OK
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 # include <asm/pgtable-3level.h>
 #else
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_ia32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_ia32.c
index ab03fede1422..f8d65c99feb8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_ia32.c
@@ -135,26 +135,30 @@ static int cp_stat64(struct stat64 __user *ubuf, struct kstat *stat)
 	typeof(ubuf->st_gid) gid = 0;
 	SET_UID(uid, from_kuid_munged(current_user_ns(), stat->uid));
 	SET_GID(gid, from_kgid_munged(current_user_ns(), stat->gid));
-	if (!access_ok(ubuf, sizeof(struct stat64)) ||
-	    __put_user(huge_encode_dev(stat->dev), &ubuf->st_dev) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->ino, &ubuf->__st_ino) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->ino, &ubuf->st_ino) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->mode, &ubuf->st_mode) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->nlink, &ubuf->st_nlink) ||
-	    __put_user(uid, &ubuf->st_uid) ||
-	    __put_user(gid, &ubuf->st_gid) ||
-	    __put_user(huge_encode_dev(stat->rdev), &ubuf->st_rdev) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->size, &ubuf->st_size) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->atime.tv_sec, &ubuf->st_atime) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->atime.tv_nsec, &ubuf->st_atime_nsec) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->mtime.tv_sec, &ubuf->st_mtime) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->mtime.tv_nsec, &ubuf->st_mtime_nsec) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->ctime.tv_sec, &ubuf->st_ctime) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->ctime.tv_nsec, &ubuf->st_ctime_nsec) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->blksize, &ubuf->st_blksize) ||
-	    __put_user(stat->blocks, &ubuf->st_blocks))
+	if (!user_write_access_begin(ubuf, sizeof(struct stat64)))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	unsafe_put_user(huge_encode_dev(stat->dev), &ubuf->st_dev, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->ino, &ubuf->__st_ino, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->ino, &ubuf->st_ino, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->mode, &ubuf->st_mode, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->nlink, &ubuf->st_nlink, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(uid, &ubuf->st_uid, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(gid, &ubuf->st_gid, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(huge_encode_dev(stat->rdev), &ubuf->st_rdev, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->size, &ubuf->st_size, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->atime.tv_sec, &ubuf->st_atime, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->atime.tv_nsec, &ubuf->st_atime_nsec, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->mtime.tv_sec, &ubuf->st_mtime, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->mtime.tv_nsec, &ubuf->st_mtime_nsec, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->ctime.tv_sec, &ubuf->st_ctime, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->ctime.tv_nsec, &ubuf->st_ctime_nsec, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->blksize, &ubuf->st_blksize, Efault);
+	unsafe_put_user(stat->blocks, &ubuf->st_blocks, Efault);
+	user_access_end();
 	return 0;
+Efault:
+	user_write_access_end();
+	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(ia32_stat64, const char __user *, filename,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
index 238b78e069fe..af9cdb426dd2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ static int kvm_hv_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 data, bool host)
 		 * only, there can be valuable data in the rest which needs
 		 * to be preserved e.g. on migration.
 		 */
-		if (__clear_user((void __user *)addr, sizeof(u32)))
+		if (__put_user(0, (u32 __user *)addr))
 			return 1;
 		hv_vcpu->hv_vapic = data;
 		kvm_vcpu_mark_page_dirty(vcpu, gfn);
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index e5d50bd880e9..9fe3b51c116a 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
 		size_t len = strlen(k_platform) + 1;
 
 		u_platform = (elf_addr_t __user *)STACK_ALLOC(p, len);
-		if (__copy_to_user(u_platform, k_platform, len))
+		if (copy_to_user(u_platform, k_platform, len))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
 		size_t len = strlen(k_base_platform) + 1;
 
 		u_base_platform = (elf_addr_t __user *)STACK_ALLOC(p, len);
-		if (__copy_to_user(u_base_platform, k_base_platform, len))
+		if (copy_to_user(u_base_platform, k_base_platform, len))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
 	get_random_bytes(k_rand_bytes, sizeof(k_rand_bytes));
 	u_rand_bytes = (elf_addr_t __user *)
 		       STACK_ALLOC(p, sizeof(k_rand_bytes));
-	if (__copy_to_user(u_rand_bytes, k_rand_bytes, sizeof(k_rand_bytes)))
+	if (copy_to_user(u_rand_bytes, k_rand_bytes, sizeof(k_rand_bytes)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/* Create the ELF interpreter info */
@@ -314,21 +314,21 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/* Now, let's put argc (and argv, envp if appropriate) on the stack */
-	if (__put_user(argc, sp++))
+	if (put_user(argc, sp++))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/* Populate list of argv pointers back to argv strings. */
 	p = mm->arg_end = mm->arg_start;
 	while (argc-- > 0) {
 		size_t len;
-		if (__put_user((elf_addr_t)p, sp++))
+		if (put_user((elf_addr_t)p, sp++))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
-	if (__put_user(0, sp++))
+	if (put_user(0, sp++))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	mm->arg_end = p;
 
@@ -336,14 +336,14 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
 	mm->env_end = mm->env_start = p;
 	while (envc-- > 0) {
 		size_t len;
-		if (__put_user((elf_addr_t)p, sp++))
+		if (put_user((elf_addr_t)p, sp++))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
-	if (__put_user(0, sp++))
+	if (put_user(0, sp++))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	mm->env_end = p;
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index aaf332d32326..0f45521b237c 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		platform_len = strlen(k_platform) + 1;
 		sp -= platform_len;
 		u_platform = (char __user *) sp;
-		if (__copy_to_user(u_platform, k_platform, platform_len) != 0)
+		if (copy_to_user(u_platform, k_platform, platform_len) != 0)
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		platform_len = strlen(k_base_platform) + 1;
 		sp -= platform_len;
 		u_base_platform = (char __user *) sp;
-		if (__copy_to_user(u_base_platform, k_base_platform, platform_len) != 0)
+		if (copy_to_user(u_base_platform, k_base_platform, platform_len) != 0)
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
@@ -603,11 +603,13 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	/* put the ELF interpreter info on the stack */
 #define NEW_AUX_ENT(id, val)						\
 	do {								\
-		struct { unsigned long _id, _val; } __user *ent;	\
+		struct { unsigned long _id, _val; } __user *ent, v;	\
 									\
 		ent = (void __user *) csp;				\
-		__put_user((id), &ent[nr]._id);				\
-		__put_user((val), &ent[nr]._val);			\
+		v._id = (id);						\
+		v._val = (val);						\
+		if (copy_to_user(ent + nr, &v, sizeof(v)))		\
+			return -EFAULT;					\
 		nr++;							\
 	} while (0)
 
@@ -674,7 +676,8 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 
 	/* stack argc */
 	csp -= sizeof(unsigned long);
-	__put_user(bprm->argc, (unsigned long __user *) csp);
+	if (put_user(bprm->argc, (unsigned long __user *) csp))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	BUG_ON(csp != sp);
 
@@ -688,25 +691,29 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 
 	p = (char __user *) current->mm->arg_start;
 	for (loop = bprm->argc; loop > 0; loop--) {
-		__put_user((elf_caddr_t) p, argv++);
+		if (put_user((elf_caddr_t) p, argv++))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
-	__put_user(NULL, argv);
+	if (put_user(NULL, argv))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	current->mm->arg_end = (unsigned long) p;
 
 	/* fill in the envv[] array */
 	current->mm->env_start = (unsigned long) p;
 	for (loop = bprm->envc; loop > 0; loop--) {
-		__put_user((elf_caddr_t)(unsigned long) p, envp++);
+		if (put_user((elf_caddr_t)(unsigned long) p, envp++))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
-	__put_user(NULL, envp);
+	if (put_user(NULL, envp))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	current->mm->env_end = (unsigned long) p;
 
 	mm->start_stack = (unsigned long) sp;
@@ -848,8 +855,8 @@ static int elf_fdpic_map_file(struct elf_fdpic_params *params,
 
 				tmp = phdr->p_memsz / sizeof(Elf32_Dyn);
 				dyn = (Elf32_Dyn __user *)params->dynamic_addr;
-				__get_user(d_tag, &dyn[tmp - 1].d_tag);
-				if (d_tag != 0)
+				if (get_user(d_tag, &dyn[tmp - 1].d_tag) ||
+				    d_tag != 0)
 					goto dynamic_error;
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index 87ce229c63cf..f2f9086ebe98 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -138,35 +138,40 @@ static int create_flat_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long arg_start
 	current->mm->start_stack = (unsigned long)sp & -FLAT_STACK_ALIGN;
 	sp = (unsigned long __user *)current->mm->start_stack;
 
-	__put_user(bprm->argc, sp++);
+	if (put_user(bprm->argc, sp++))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_ARGVP_ENVP_ON_STACK)) {
 		unsigned long argv, envp;
 		argv = (unsigned long)(sp + 2);
 		envp = (unsigned long)(sp + 2 + bprm->argc + 1);
-		__put_user(argv, sp++);
-		__put_user(envp, sp++);
+		if (put_user(argv, sp++) || put_user(envp, sp++))
+			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
 	current->mm->arg_start = (unsigned long)p;
 	for (i = bprm->argc; i > 0; i--) {
-		__put_user((unsigned long)p, sp++);
+		if (put_user((unsigned long)p, sp++))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
-	__put_user(0, sp++);
+	if (put_user(0, sp++))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	current->mm->arg_end = (unsigned long)p;
 
 	current->mm->env_start = (unsigned long) p;
 	for (i = bprm->envc; i > 0; i--) {
-		__put_user((unsigned long)p, sp++);
+		if (put_user((unsigned long)p, sp++))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
-	__put_user(0, sp++);
+	if (put_user(0, sp++))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	current->mm->env_end = (unsigned long)p;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -996,7 +1001,8 @@ static int load_flat_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 			unsigned long __user *sp;
 			current->mm->start_stack -= sizeof(unsigned long);
 			sp = (unsigned long __user *)current->mm->start_stack;
-			__put_user(start_addr, sp);
+			if (put_user(start_addr, sp))
+				return -EFAULT;
 			start_addr = libinfo.lib_list[i].entry;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 11d0285d46b7..7aef49552d4c 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -766,22 +766,38 @@ static long do_pselect(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
  * which has a pointer to the sigset_t itself followed by a size_t containing
  * the sigset size.
  */
+struct sigset_argpack {
+	sigset_t __user *p;
+	size_t size;
+};
+
+static inline int get_sigset_argpack(struct sigset_argpack *to,
+				     struct sigset_argpack __user *from)
+{
+	// the path is hot enough for overhead of copy_from_user() to matter
+	if (from) {
+		if (!user_read_access_begin(from, sizeof(*from)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		unsafe_get_user(to->p, &from->p, Efault);
+		unsafe_get_user(to->size, &from->size, Efault);
+		user_read_access_end();
+	}
+	return 0;
+Efault:
+	user_access_end();
+	return -EFAULT;
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pselect6, int, n, fd_set __user *, inp, fd_set __user *, outp,
 		fd_set __user *, exp, struct __kernel_timespec __user *, tsp,
 		void __user *, sig)
 {
-	size_t sigsetsize = 0;
-	sigset_t __user *up = NULL;
+	struct sigset_argpack x = {NULL, 0};
 
-	if (sig) {
-		if (!access_ok(sig, sizeof(void *)+sizeof(size_t))
-		    || __get_user(up, (sigset_t __user * __user *)sig)
-		    || __get_user(sigsetsize,
-				(size_t __user *)(sig+sizeof(void *))))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	if (get_sigset_argpack(&x, sig))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-	return do_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, up, sigsetsize, PT_TIMESPEC);
+	return do_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, x.p, x.size, PT_TIMESPEC);
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME) && !defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
@@ -790,18 +806,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pselect6_time32, int, n, fd_set __user *, inp, fd_set __user *,
 		fd_set __user *, exp, struct old_timespec32 __user *, tsp,
 		void __user *, sig)
 {
-	size_t sigsetsize = 0;
-	sigset_t __user *up = NULL;
+	struct sigset_argpack x = {NULL, 0};
 
-	if (sig) {
-		if (!access_ok(sig, sizeof(void *)+sizeof(size_t))
-		    || __get_user(up, (sigset_t __user * __user *)sig)
-		    || __get_user(sigsetsize,
-				(size_t __user *)(sig+sizeof(void *))))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	if (get_sigset_argpack(&x, sig))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-	return do_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, up, sigsetsize, PT_OLD_TIMESPEC);
+	return do_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, x.p, x.size, PT_OLD_TIMESPEC);
 }
 
 #endif
@@ -1325,24 +1335,37 @@ static long do_compat_pselect(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp,
 	return poll_select_finish(&end_time, tsp, type, ret);
 }
 
+struct compat_sigset_argpack {
+	compat_uptr_t p;
+	compat_size_t size;
+};
+static inline int get_compat_sigset_argpack(struct compat_sigset_argpack *to,
+					    struct compat_sigset_argpack __user *from)
+{
+	if (from) {
+		if (!user_read_access_begin(from, sizeof(*from)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		unsafe_get_user(to->p, &from->p, Efault);
+		unsafe_get_user(to->size, &from->size, Efault);
+		user_read_access_end();
+	}
+	return 0;
+Efault:
+	user_access_end();
+	return -EFAULT;
+}
+
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pselect6_time64, int, n, compat_ulong_t __user *, inp,
 	compat_ulong_t __user *, outp, compat_ulong_t __user *, exp,
 	struct __kernel_timespec __user *, tsp, void __user *, sig)
 {
-	compat_size_t sigsetsize = 0;
-	compat_uptr_t up = 0;
+	struct compat_sigset_argpack x = {0, 0};
 
-	if (sig) {
-		if (!access_ok(sig,
-				sizeof(compat_uptr_t)+sizeof(compat_size_t)) ||
-				__get_user(up, (compat_uptr_t __user *)sig) ||
-				__get_user(sigsetsize,
-				(compat_size_t __user *)(sig+sizeof(up))))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	if (get_compat_sigset_argpack(&x, sig))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-	return do_compat_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, compat_ptr(up),
-				 sigsetsize, PT_TIMESPEC);
+	return do_compat_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, compat_ptr(x.p),
+				 x.size, PT_TIMESPEC);
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME)
@@ -1351,20 +1374,13 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(pselect6_time32, int, n, compat_ulong_t __user *, inp,
 	compat_ulong_t __user *, outp, compat_ulong_t __user *, exp,
 	struct old_timespec32 __user *, tsp, void __user *, sig)
 {
-	compat_size_t sigsetsize = 0;
-	compat_uptr_t up = 0;
+	struct compat_sigset_argpack x = {0, 0};
 
-	if (sig) {
-		if (!access_ok(sig,
-				sizeof(compat_uptr_t)+sizeof(compat_size_t)) ||
-		    	__get_user(up, (compat_uptr_t __user *)sig) ||
-		    	__get_user(sigsetsize,
-				(compat_size_t __user *)(sig+sizeof(up))))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	if (get_compat_sigset_argpack(&x, sig))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-	return do_compat_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, compat_ptr(up),
-				 sigsetsize, PT_OLD_TIMESPEC);
+	return do_compat_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, compat_ptr(x.p),
+				 x.size, PT_OLD_TIMESPEC);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/regset.h b/include/linux/regset.h
index bf0243779738..46d6ae68c455 100644
--- a/include/linux/regset.h
+++ b/include/linux/regset.h
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static inline int user_regset_copyout_zero(unsigned int *pos,
 		if (*kbuf) {
 			memset(*kbuf, 0, copy);
 			*kbuf += copy;
-		} else if (__clear_user(*ubuf, copy))
+		} else if (clear_user(*ubuf, copy))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		else
 			*ubuf += copy;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index c3ae2adaeccd..9693730833d2 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -74,32 +74,19 @@ int bpf_check_uarg_tail_zero(void __user *uaddr,
 			     size_t expected_size,
 			     size_t actual_size)
 {
-	unsigned char __user *addr;
-	unsigned char __user *end;
-	unsigned char val;
-	int err;
+	unsigned char __user *addr = uaddr + expected_size;
+	int res;
 
 	if (unlikely(actual_size > PAGE_SIZE))	/* silly large */
 		return -E2BIG;
 
-	if (unlikely(!access_ok(uaddr, actual_size)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
 	if (actual_size <= expected_size)
 		return 0;
 
-	addr = uaddr + expected_size;
-	end  = uaddr + actual_size;
-
-	for (; addr < end; addr++) {
-		err = get_user(val, addr);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-		if (val)
-			return -E2BIG;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	res = check_zeroed_user(addr, actual_size - expected_size);
+	if (res < 0)
+		return res;
+	return res ? 0 : -E2BIG;
 }
 
 const struct bpf_map_ops bpf_map_offload_ops = {