diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
index 8f9770f1af19..391f3ab3ff32 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
@@ -9,13 +9,25 @@ lib-y		:= backtrace.o changebit.o csumipv6.o csumpartial.o   \
 		   copy_page.o delay.o findbit.o memchr.o memcpy.o    \
 		   memmove.o memset.o memzero.o setbit.o              \
 		   strncpy_from_user.o strnlen_user.o                 \
-		   strchr.o strrchr.o testchangebit.o                 \
-		   testclearbit.o testsetbit.o uaccess.o              \
+		   strchr.o strrchr.o                                 \
+		   testchangebit.o testclearbit.o testsetbit.o        \
 		   getuser.o putuser.o clear_user.o                   \
 		   ashldi3.o ashrdi3.o lshrdi3.o muldi3.o             \
 		   ucmpdi2.o lib1funcs.o div64.o sha1.o               \
 		   io-readsb.o io-writesb.o io-readsl.o io-writesl.o
 
+# the code in uaccess.S is not preemption safe and
+# probably faster on ARMv3 only
+ifeq ($CONFIG_PREEMPT,y)
+  lib-y	+= copy_from_user.o copy_to_user.o
+else
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_CPU_32v3),y)
+  lib-y	+= copy_from_user.o copy_to_user.o
+else
+  lib-y	+= uaccess.o
+endif
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_32v3),y)
   lib-y	+= io-readsw-armv3.o io-writesw-armv3.o
 else
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S b/arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7497393a0e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S
+ *
+ *  Author:	Nicolas Pitre
+ *  Created:	Sep 29, 2005
+ *  Copyright:	MontaVista Software, Inc.
+ *
+ *  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/linkage.h>
+#include <asm/assembler.h>
+
+/*
+ * Prototype:
+ *
+ *	size_t __arch_copy_from_user(void *to, const void *from, size_t n)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *	copy a block to kernel memory from user memory
+ *
+ * Params:
+ *
+ *	to = kernel memory
+ *	from = user memory
+ *	n = number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ *	Number of bytes NOT copied.
+ */
+
+	.macro ldr1w ptr reg abort
+100:	ldrt \reg, [\ptr], #4
+	.section __ex_table, "a"
+	.long 100b, \abort
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+	.macro ldr4w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 abort
+	ldr1w \ptr, \reg1, \abort
+	ldr1w \ptr, \reg2, \abort
+	ldr1w \ptr, \reg3, \abort
+	ldr1w \ptr, \reg4, \abort
+	.endm
+
+	.macro ldr8w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 reg5 reg6 reg7 reg8 abort
+	ldr4w \ptr, \reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4, \abort
+	ldr4w \ptr, \reg5, \reg6, \reg7, \reg8, \abort
+	.endm
+
+	.macro ldr1b ptr reg cond=al abort
+100:	ldr\cond\()bt \reg, [\ptr], #1
+	.section __ex_table, "a"
+	.long 100b, \abort
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+	.macro str1w ptr reg abort
+	str \reg, [\ptr], #4
+	.endm
+
+	.macro str8w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 reg5 reg6 reg7 reg8 abort
+	stmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4, \reg5, \reg6, \reg7, \reg8}
+	.endm
+
+	.macro str1b ptr reg cond=al abort
+	str\cond\()b \reg, [\ptr], #1
+	.endm
+
+	.macro enter reg1 reg2
+	mov	r3, #0
+	stmdb	sp!, {r0, r2, r3, \reg1, \reg2}
+	.endm
+
+	.macro exit reg1 reg2
+	add	sp, sp, #8
+	ldmfd	sp!, {r0, \reg1, \reg2}
+	.endm
+
+	.text
+
+ENTRY(__arch_copy_from_user)
+
+#include "copy_template.S"
+
+	.section .fixup,"ax"
+	.align 0
+	copy_abort_preamble
+	ldmfd	sp!, {r1, r2}
+	sub	r3, r0, r1
+	rsb	r1, r3, r2
+	str	r1, [sp]
+	bl	__memzero
+	ldr	r0, [sp], #4
+	copy_abort_end
+	.previous
+
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S b/arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a6d8ea14022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S
+ *
+ *  Author:	Nicolas Pitre
+ *  Created:	Sep 29, 2005
+ *  Copyright:	MontaVista Software, Inc.
+ *
+ *  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/linkage.h>
+#include <asm/assembler.h>
+
+/*
+ * Prototype:
+ *
+ *	size_t __arch_copy_to_user(void *to, const void *from, size_t n)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *	copy a block to user memory from kernel memory
+ *
+ * Params:
+ *
+ *	to = user memory
+ *	from = kernel memory
+ *	n = number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *
+ *	Number of bytes NOT copied.
+ */
+
+	.macro ldr1w ptr reg abort
+	ldr \reg, [\ptr], #4
+	.endm
+
+	.macro ldr4w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 abort
+	ldmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4}
+	.endm
+
+	.macro ldr8w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 reg5 reg6 reg7 reg8 abort
+	ldmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4, \reg5, \reg6, \reg7, \reg8}
+	.endm
+
+	.macro ldr1b ptr reg cond=al abort
+	ldr\cond\()b \reg, [\ptr], #1
+	.endm
+
+	.macro str1w ptr reg abort
+100:	strt \reg, [\ptr], #4
+	.section __ex_table, "a"
+	.long 100b, \abort
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+	.macro str8w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 reg5 reg6 reg7 reg8 abort
+	str1w \ptr, \reg1, \abort
+	str1w \ptr, \reg2, \abort
+	str1w \ptr, \reg3, \abort
+	str1w \ptr, \reg4, \abort
+	str1w \ptr, \reg5, \abort
+	str1w \ptr, \reg6, \abort
+	str1w \ptr, \reg7, \abort
+	str1w \ptr, \reg8, \abort
+	.endm
+
+	.macro str1b ptr reg cond=al abort
+100:	str\cond\()bt \reg, [\ptr], #1
+	.section __ex_table, "a"
+	.long 100b, \abort
+	.previous
+	.endm
+
+	.macro enter reg1 reg2
+	mov	r3, #0
+	stmdb	sp!, {r0, r2, r3, \reg1, \reg2}
+	.endm
+
+	.macro exit reg1 reg2
+	add	sp, sp, #8
+	ldmfd	sp!, {r0, \reg1, \reg2}
+	.endm
+
+	.text
+
+ENTRY(__arch_copy_to_user)
+
+#include "copy_template.S"
+
+	.section .fixup,"ax"
+	.align 0
+	copy_abort_preamble
+	ldmfd	sp!, {r1, r2, r3}
+	sub	r0, r0, r1
+	rsb	r0, r0, r2
+	copy_abort_end
+	.previous
+