diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 6c50877841df..02e5b673bdad 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ config ALPHA
 	select AUDIT_ARCH
 	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index ea40ec7f6cae..783bfdb3bfa3 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -655,88 +655,16 @@ static inline unsigned long __arc_clear_user(void __user *to, unsigned long n)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static inline long
-__arc_strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	long res = 0;
-	char val;
-
-	if (count == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"	mov	lp_count, %5		\n"
-	"	lp	3f			\n"
-	"1:	ldb.ab  %3, [%2, 1]		\n"
-	"	breq.d	%3, 0, 3f               \n"
-	"	stb.ab  %3, [%1, 1]		\n"
-	"	add	%0, %0, 1	# Num of NON NULL bytes copied	\n"
-	"3:								\n"
-	"	.section .fixup, \"ax\"		\n"
-	"	.align 4			\n"
-	"4:	mov %0, %4		# sets @res as -EFAULT	\n"
-	"	j   3b				\n"
-	"	.previous			\n"
-	"	.section __ex_table, \"a\"	\n"
-	"	.align 4			\n"
-	"	.word   1b, 4b			\n"
-	"	.previous			\n"
-	: "+r"(res), "+r"(dst), "+r"(src), "=r"(val)
-	: "g"(-EFAULT), "r"(count)
-	: "lp_count", "memory");
-
-	return res;
-}
-
-static inline long __arc_strnlen_user(const char __user *s, long n)
-{
-	long res, tmp1, cnt;
-	char val;
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"	mov %2, %1			\n"
-	"1:	ldb.ab  %3, [%0, 1]		\n"
-	"	breq.d  %3, 0, 2f		\n"
-	"	sub.f   %2, %2, 1		\n"
-	"	bnz 1b				\n"
-	"	sub %2, %2, 1			\n"
-	"2:	sub %0, %1, %2			\n"
-	"3:	;nop				\n"
-	"	.section .fixup, \"ax\"		\n"
-	"	.align 4			\n"
-	"4:	mov %0, 0			\n"
-	"	j   3b				\n"
-	"	.previous			\n"
-	"	.section __ex_table, \"a\"	\n"
-	"	.align 4			\n"
-	"	.word 1b, 4b			\n"
-	"	.previous			\n"
-	: "=r"(res), "=r"(tmp1), "=r"(cnt), "=r"(val)
-	: "0"(s), "1"(n)
-	: "memory");
-
-	return res;
-}
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 
 #define INLINE_COPY_TO_USER
 #define INLINE_COPY_FROM_USER
 
 #define __clear_user(d, n)		__arc_clear_user(d, n)
-#define __strncpy_from_user(d, s, n)	__arc_strncpy_from_user(d, s, n)
-#define __strnlen_user(s, n)		__arc_strnlen_user(s, n)
 #else
 extern unsigned long arc_clear_user_noinline(void __user *to,
 		unsigned long n);
-extern long arc_strncpy_from_user_noinline (char *dst, const char __user *src,
-		long count);
-extern long arc_strnlen_user_noinline(const char __user *src, long n);
-
 #define __clear_user(d, n)		arc_clear_user_noinline(d, n)
-#define __strncpy_from_user(d, s, n)	arc_strncpy_from_user_noinline(d, s, n)
-#define __strnlen_user(s, n)		arc_strnlen_user_noinline(s, n)
-
 #endif
 
 #include <asm/segment.h>
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/extable.c b/arch/arc/mm/extable.c
index b06b09ddf924..4e14c4244ea2 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/extable.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/extable.c
@@ -32,16 +32,4 @@ unsigned long arc_clear_user_noinline(void __user *to,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(arc_clear_user_noinline);
 
-long arc_strncpy_from_user_noinline(char *dst, const char __user *src,
-		long count)
-{
-	return __arc_strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(arc_strncpy_from_user_noinline);
-
-long arc_strnlen_user_noinline(const char __user *src, long n)
-{
-	return __arc_strnlen_user(src, n);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(arc_strnlen_user_noinline);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 2fb7012c3246..1a48c17a5909 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ config ARM
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
 	select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL if AEABI && !OABI_COMPAT
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 62c3c1d2190f..9dc1720a909f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ config ARM64
 	select GENERIC_PTDUMP
 	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	select GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
diff --git a/arch/csky/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/csky/include/asm/uaccess.h
index ac83823fc437..c40f06ee8d3e 100644
--- a/arch/csky/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/csky/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -209,12 +209,6 @@ unsigned long raw_copy_to_user(void *to, const void *from, unsigned long n);
 unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *to, unsigned long n);
 #define __clear_user __clear_user
 
-long __strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char *src, long count);
-#define __strncpy_from_user __strncpy_from_user
-
-long __strnlen_user(const char *s, long n);
-#define __strnlen_user __strnlen_user
-
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 #include <asm-generic/uaccess.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/csky/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/csky/lib/usercopy.c
index c5d394a0ae78..3c01c54421ca 100644
--- a/arch/csky/lib/usercopy.c
+++ b/arch/csky/lib/usercopy.c
@@ -142,108 +142,6 @@ unsigned long raw_copy_to_user(void *to, const void *from,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(raw_copy_to_user);
 
-/*
- * __strncpy_from_user: - Copy a NUL terminated string from userspace,
- * with less checking.
- * @dst:   Destination address, in kernel space.  This buffer must be at
- *         least @count bytes long.
- * @src:   Source address, in user space.
- * @count: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL.
- *
- * Copies a NUL-terminated string from userspace to kernel space.
- * Caller must check the specified block with access_ok() before calling
- * this function.
- *
- * On success, returns the length of the string (not including the trailing
- * NUL).
- *
- * If access to userspace fails, returns -EFAULT (some data may have been
- * copied).
- *
- * If @count is smaller than the length of the string, copies @count bytes
- * and returns @count.
- */
-long __strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char *src, long count)
-{
-	long res, faultres;
-	int tmp;
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"       cmpnei  %3, 0           \n"
-	"       bf      4f              \n"
-	"1:     cmpnei  %1, 0          	\n"
-	"       bf      5f              \n"
-	"2:     ldb     %4, (%3, 0)     \n"
-	"       stb     %4, (%2, 0)     \n"
-	"       cmpnei  %4, 0           \n"
-	"       bf      3f              \n"
-	"       addi    %3,  1          \n"
-	"       addi    %2,  1          \n"
-	"       subi    %1,  1          \n"
-	"       br      1b              \n"
-	"3:     subu	%0, %1          \n"
-	"       br      5f              \n"
-	"4:     mov     %0, %5          \n"
-	"       br      5f              \n"
-	".section __ex_table, \"a\"     \n"
-	".align   2                     \n"
-	".long    2b, 4b                \n"
-	".previous                      \n"
-	"5:                             \n"
-	: "=r"(res), "=r"(count), "=r"(dst),
-	  "=r"(src), "=r"(tmp), "=r"(faultres)
-	: "5"(-EFAULT), "0"(count), "1"(count),
-	  "2"(dst), "3"(src)
-	: "memory");
-
-	return res;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_from_user);
-
-/*
- * strnlen_user: - Get the size of a string in user space.
- * @str: The string to measure.
- * @n:   The maximum valid length
- *
- * Get the size of a NUL-terminated string in user space.
- *
- * Returns the size of the string INCLUDING the terminating NUL.
- * On exception, returns 0.
- * If the string is too long, returns a value greater than @n.
- */
-long __strnlen_user(const char *s, long n)
-{
-	unsigned long res, tmp;
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	"       cmpnei  %1, 0           \n"
-	"       bf      3f              \n"
-	"1:     cmpnei  %0, 0           \n"
-	"       bf      3f              \n"
-	"2:     ldb     %3, (%1, 0)     \n"
-	"       cmpnei  %3, 0           \n"
-	"       bf      3f              \n"
-	"       subi    %0,  1          \n"
-	"       addi    %1,  1          \n"
-	"       br      1b              \n"
-	"3:     subu    %2, %0          \n"
-	"       addi    %2,  1          \n"
-	"       br      5f              \n"
-	"4:     movi    %0, 0           \n"
-	"       br      5f              \n"
-	".section __ex_table, \"a\"     \n"
-	".align   2                     \n"
-	".long    2b, 4b                \n"
-	".previous                      \n"
-	"5:                             \n"
-	: "=r"(n), "=r"(s), "=r"(res), "=r"(tmp)
-	: "0"(n), "1"(s), "2"(n)
-	: "memory");
-
-	return res;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_user);
-
 /*
  * __clear_user: - Zero a block of memory in user space, with less checking.
  * @to:   Destination address, in user space.
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/h8300_ksyms.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/h8300_ksyms.c
index 1c6f902e82a5..853d6e886477 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/h8300_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/h8300_ksyms.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ asmlinkage long __mulsi3(long, long);
 asmlinkage long __udivsi3(long, long);
 asmlinkage void *memcpy(void *, const void *, size_t);
 asmlinkage void *memset(void *, int, size_t);
-asmlinkage long strncpy_from_user(void *to, void *from, size_t n);
 
 	/* gcc lib functions */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ucmpdi2);
@@ -34,4 +33,3 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mulsi3);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__udivsi3);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy_from_user);
diff --git a/arch/h8300/lib/Makefile b/arch/h8300/lib/Makefile
index 685fa837c1f7..5911c1fa856d 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/h8300/lib/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Makefile for H8/300-specific library files..
 #
 
-lib-y  = memcpy.o memset.o abs.o strncpy.o \
+lib-y  = memcpy.o memset.o abs.o \
 	 mulsi3.o udivsi3.o muldi3.o moddivsi3.o \
 	 ashldi3.o lshrdi3.o ashrdi3.o ucmpdi2.o \
 	 delay.o
diff --git a/arch/h8300/lib/strncpy.S b/arch/h8300/lib/strncpy.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b65d7c4727b..000000000000
--- a/arch/h8300/lib/strncpy.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-;;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-;;; strncpy.S
-
-#include <asm/linkage.h>
-
-	.text
-.global strncpy_from_user
-
-;;; long strncpy_from_user(void *to, void *from, size_t n)
-strncpy_from_user:
-	mov.l	er2,er2
-	bne	1f
-	sub.l	er0,er0
-	rts
-1:
-	mov.l	er4,@-sp
-	sub.l	er3,er3
-2:
-	mov.b	@er1+,r4l
-	mov.b	r4l,@er0
-	adds	#1,er0
-	beq	3f
-	inc.l	#1,er3
-	dec.l	#1,er2
-	bne	2b
-3:
-	dec.l	#1,er2
-4:
-	mov.b	r4l,@er0
-	adds	#1,er0
-	dec.l	#1,er2
-	bne	4b
-	mov.l	er3,er0
-	mov.l	@sp+,er4
-	rts
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/uaccess.h
index c1019a736ff1..ef5bfef8d490 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -57,38 +57,7 @@ unsigned long raw_copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from,
 __kernel_size_t __clear_user_hexagon(void __user *dest, unsigned long count);
 #define __clear_user(a, s) __clear_user_hexagon((a), (s))
 
-#define __strncpy_from_user(dst, src, n) hexagon_strncpy_from_user(dst, src, n)
-
-/*  get around the ifndef in asm-generic/uaccess.h  */
-#define __strnlen_user __strnlen_user
-
-extern long __strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n);
-
-static inline long hexagon_strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src,
-					     long n);
-
 #include <asm-generic/uaccess.h>
 
-/*  Todo:  an actual accelerated version of this.  */
-static inline long hexagon_strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src,
-					     long n)
-{
-	long res = __strnlen_user(src, n);
-
-	if (unlikely(!res))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (res > n) {
-		long left = raw_copy_from_user(dst, src, n);
-		if (unlikely(left))
-			memset(dst + (n - left), 0, left);
-		return n;
-	} else {
-		long left = raw_copy_from_user(dst, src, res);
-		if (unlikely(left))
-			memset(dst + (res - left), 0, left);
-		return res-1;
-	}
-}
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/hexagon_ksyms.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/hexagon_ksyms.c
index 35545a7386a0..ec56ce2d92a2 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/hexagon_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/hexagon_ksyms.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user_hexagon);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(raw_copy_from_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(raw_copy_to_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iounmap);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmgetie);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmsetie);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmyield);
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/mm/Makefile b/arch/hexagon/mm/Makefile
index 893838499591..49911a906fd0 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/hexagon/mm/Makefile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 #
 
 obj-y := init.o ioremap.o uaccess.o vm_fault.o cache.o
-obj-y += copy_to_user.o copy_from_user.o strnlen_user.o vm_tlb.o
+obj-y += copy_to_user.o copy_from_user.o vm_tlb.o
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/mm/strnlen_user.S b/arch/hexagon/mm/strnlen_user.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b5574a7cc9c..000000000000
--- a/arch/hexagon/mm/strnlen_user.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/*
- * User string length functions for kernel
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2011, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- */
-
-#define isrc	r0
-#define max	r1	/*  Do not change!  */
-
-#define end	r2
-#define tmp1	r3
-
-#define obo	r6	/*  off-by-one  */
-#define start	r7
-#define mod8	r8
-#define dbuf    r15:14
-#define dcmp	r13:12
-
-/*
- * The vector mask version of this turned out *really* badly.
- * The hardware loop version also turned out *really* badly.
- * Seems straight pointer arithmetic basically wins here.
- */
-
-#define fname __strnlen_user
-
-	.text
-	.global fname
-	.type fname, @function
-	.p2align 5  /*  why?  */
-fname:
-	{
-		mod8 = and(isrc,#7);
-		end = add(isrc,max);
-		start = isrc;
-	}
-	{
-		P0 = cmp.eq(mod8,#0);
-		mod8 = and(end,#7);
-		dcmp = #0;
-		if (P0.new) jump:t dw_loop;	/*  fire up the oven  */
-	}
-
-alignment_loop:
-fail_1:	{
-		tmp1 = memb(start++#1);
-	}
-	{
-		P0 = cmp.eq(tmp1,#0);
-		if (P0.new) jump:nt exit_found;
-		P1 = cmp.gtu(end,start);
-		mod8 = and(start,#7);
-	}
-	{
-		if (!P1) jump exit_error;  /*  hit the end  */
-		P0 = cmp.eq(mod8,#0);
-	}
-	{
-		if (!P0) jump alignment_loop;
-	}
-
-
-
-dw_loop:
-fail_2:	{
-		dbuf = memd(start);
-		obo = add(start,#1);
-	}
-	{
-		P0 = vcmpb.eq(dbuf,dcmp);
-	}
-	{
-		tmp1 = P0;
-		P0 = cmp.gtu(end,start);
-	}
-	{
-		tmp1 = ct0(tmp1);
-		mod8 = and(end,#7);
-		if (!P0) jump end_check;
-	}
-	{
-		P0 = cmp.eq(tmp1,#32);
-		if (!P0.new) jump:nt exit_found;
-		if (!P0.new) start = add(obo,tmp1);
-	}
-	{
-		start = add(start,#8);
-		jump dw_loop;
-	}	/*  might be nice to combine these jumps...   */
-
-
-end_check:
-	{
-		P0 = cmp.gt(tmp1,mod8);
-		if (P0.new) jump:nt exit_error;	/*  neverfound!  */
-		start = add(obo,tmp1);
-	}
-
-exit_found:
-	{
-		R0 = sub(start,isrc);
-		jumpr R31;
-	}
-
-exit_error:
-	{
-		R0 = add(max,#1);
-		jumpr R31;
-	}
-
-	/*  Uh, what does the "fixup" return here?  */
-	.falign
-fix_1:
-	{
-		R0 = #0;
-		jumpr R31;
-	}
-
-	.size fname,.-fname
-
-
-.section __ex_table,"a"
-.long fail_1,fix_1
-.long fail_2,fix_1
-.previous
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 4993c7ac7ff6..045792cde481 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ menu "Processor type and features"
 config IA64
 	bool
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_MARK_CLEAN
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO
 	select ACPI
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index d632a1d576f9..774c35f47eea 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ config M68K
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER if MMU
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER if MMU
 	select HAVE_AOUT if MMU
 	select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h
index c44b59470e45..d2a8ef9f8978 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 # define get_fs()	(current_thread_info()->addr_limit)
 # define set_fs(val)	(current_thread_info()->addr_limit = (val))
+# define user_addr_max() get_fs().seg
 
 # define uaccess_kernel()	(get_fs().seg == KERNEL_DS.seg)
 
@@ -296,28 +297,14 @@ raw_copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
 /*
  * Copy a null terminated string from userspace.
  */
-extern int __strncpy_user(char *to, const char __user *from, int len);
-
-static inline long
-strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	if (!access_ok(src, 1))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return __strncpy_user(dst, src, count);
-}
+__must_check long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src,
+				    long count);
 
 /*
  * Return the size of a string (including the ending 0)
  *
  * Return 0 on exception, a value greater than N if too long
  */
-extern int __strnlen_user(const char __user *sstr, int len);
-
-static inline long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n)
-{
-	if (!access_ok(src, 1))
-		return 0;
-	return __strnlen_user(src, n);
-}
+__must_check long strnlen_user(const char __user *sstr, long len);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_MICROBLAZE_UACCESS_H */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/microblaze_ksyms.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/microblaze_ksyms.c
index 303aaf13573b..c892e173ec99 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/microblaze_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/microblaze_ksyms.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_mcount);
  * Assembly functions that may be used (directly or indirectly) by modules
  */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__copy_tofrom_user);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_user);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OPT_LIB_ASM
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy);
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/lib/uaccess_old.S b/arch/microblaze/lib/uaccess_old.S
index eca290090038..dd5f3bfbc2c5 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/lib/uaccess_old.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/lib/uaccess_old.S
@@ -12,96 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-/*
- * int __strncpy_user(char *to, char *from, int len);
- *
- * Returns:
- *  -EFAULT  for an exception
- *  len      if we hit the buffer limit
- *  bytes copied
- */
-
-	.text
-.globl __strncpy_user;
-.type  __strncpy_user, @function
-.align 4;
-__strncpy_user:
-
-	/*
-	 * r5 - to
-	 * r6 - from
-	 * r7 - len
-	 * r3 - temp count
-	 * r4 - temp val
-	 */
-	beqid	r7,3f
-	addik	r3,r7,0		/* temp_count = len */
-1:
-	lbu	r4,r6,r0
-	beqid	r4,2f
-	sb	r4,r5,r0
-
-	addik	r5,r5,1
-	addik	r6,r6,1		/* delay slot */
-
-	addik	r3,r3,-1
-	bnei	r3,1b		/* break on len */
-2:
-	rsubk	r3,r3,r7	/* temp_count = len - temp_count */
-3:
-	rtsd	r15,8
-	nop
-	.size   __strncpy_user, . - __strncpy_user
-
-	.section	.fixup, "ax"
-	.align	2
-4:
-	brid	3b
-	addik	r3,r0, -EFAULT
-
-	.section	__ex_table, "a"
-	.word	1b,4b
-
-/*
- * int __strnlen_user(char __user *str, int maxlen);
- *
- * Returns:
- *  0 on error
- *  maxlen + 1  if no NUL byte found within maxlen bytes
- *  size of the string (including NUL byte)
- */
-
-	.text
-.globl __strnlen_user;
-.type  __strnlen_user, @function
-.align 4;
-__strnlen_user:
-	beqid	r6,3f
-	addik	r3,r6,0
-1:
-	lbu	r4,r5,r0
-	beqid	r4,2f		/* break on NUL */
-	addik	r3,r3,-1	/* delay slot */
-
-	bneid	r3,1b
-	addik	r5,r5,1		/* delay slot */
-
-	addik	r3,r3,-1	/* for break on len */
-2:
-	rsubk	r3,r3,r6
-3:
-	rtsd	r15,8
-	nop
-	.size   __strnlen_user, . - __strnlen_user
-
-	.section	.fixup,"ax"
-4:
-	brid	3b
-	addk	r3,r0,r0
-
-	.section	__ex_table,"a"
-	.word	1b,4b
-
 /* Loop unrolling for __copy_tofrom_user */
 #define COPY(offset)	\
 1:	lwi	r4 , r6, 0x0000 + offset;	\
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 6dfb27d531dd..24e374266fdc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ config MIPS
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
 	select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE if !EVA
 	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL if !(32BIT && CPU_HAS_RIXI)
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
diff --git a/arch/nds32/Kconfig b/arch/nds32/Kconfig
index 62313902d75d..9c9f3877abf9 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/nds32/Kconfig
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ config NDS32
 	select GENERIC_LIB_LSHRDI3
 	select GENERIC_LIB_MULDI3
 	select GENERIC_LIB_UCMPDI2
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
diff --git a/arch/nios2/Kconfig b/arch/nios2/Kconfig
index c24955c81c92..3efe5533ea1c 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/nios2/Kconfig
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ config NIOS2
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index 591acc5990dc..50035a9816c8 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ config OPENRISC
 	select HAVE_UID16
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 4f8c1fbf8f2f..95d4bbf4e455 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
 	select ARCH_NO_SG_CHAIN
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS if PA20
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MEMORY_FAILURE
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ config PARISC
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select GENERIC_LIB_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
 	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 663766fbf505..678a0acbad7b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ config PPC
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP		if PCI
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 4f7b70ae7c31..1452584f83be 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ config RISCV
 	select GENERIC_PTDUMP if MMU
 	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER if MMU
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER if MMU
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL if MMU && 64BIT
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 2316f2440881..9ed9aa37e836 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -233,23 +233,9 @@ raw_copy_in_user(void __user *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n);
 /*
  * Copy a null terminated string from userspace.
  */
+long __must_check strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
 
-long __strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
-
-static inline long __must_check
-strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	might_fault();
-	return __strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count);
-}
-
-unsigned long __must_check __strnlen_user(const char __user *src, unsigned long count);
-
-static inline unsigned long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, unsigned long n)
-{
-	might_fault();
-	return __strnlen_user(src, n);
-}
+long __must_check strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long count);
 
 /*
  * Zero Userspace
diff --git a/arch/s390/lib/uaccess.c b/arch/s390/lib/uaccess.c
index 7ec8b1fa0f08..94ca99bde59d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/lib/uaccess.c
+++ b/arch/s390/lib/uaccess.c
@@ -338,55 +338,3 @@ unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *to, unsigned long size)
 	return clear_user_xc(to, size);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user);
-
-static inline unsigned long strnlen_user_srst(const char __user *src,
-					      unsigned long size)
-{
-	unsigned long tmp1, tmp2;
-
-	asm volatile(
-		"   lghi  0,0\n"
-		"   la    %2,0(%1)\n"
-		"   la    %3,0(%0,%1)\n"
-		"   slgr  %0,%0\n"
-		"   sacf  256\n"
-		"0: srst  %3,%2\n"
-		"   jo    0b\n"
-		"   la    %0,1(%3)\n"	/* strnlen_user results includes \0 */
-		"   slgr  %0,%1\n"
-		"1: sacf  768\n"
-		EX_TABLE(0b,1b)
-		: "+a" (size), "+a" (src), "=a" (tmp1), "=a" (tmp2)
-		:
-		: "cc", "memory", "0");
-	return size;
-}
-
-unsigned long __strnlen_user(const char __user *src, unsigned long size)
-{
-	if (unlikely(!size))
-		return 0;
-	return strnlen_user_srst(src, size);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_user);
-
-long __strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long size)
-{
-	size_t done, len, offset, len_str;
-
-	if (unlikely(size <= 0))
-		return 0;
-	done = 0;
-	do {
-		offset = (size_t)src & (L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1);
-		len = min(size - done, L1_CACHE_BYTES - offset);
-		if (copy_from_user(dst, src, len))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		len_str = strnlen(dst, len);
-		done += len_str;
-		src += len_str;
-		dst += len_str;
-	} while ((len_str == len) && (done < size));
-	return done;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_from_user);
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index b683b69a4556..f37280e805ea 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ config SUPERH
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP if PCI
 	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GUP_GET_PTE_LOW_HIGH if X2TLB
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index f0c0f955e169..fa650e4eadba 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ config SPARC
 	select HAVE_EBPF_JIT if SPARC64
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 	select PCI_SYSCALL if PCI
 	select PCI_MSI_ARCH_FALLBACKS if PCI_MSI
diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig
index 0561b73cfd9a..77e66d3719f6 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ config UML
 	default y
 	select ARCH_EPHEMERAL_INODES
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
 	select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/um/include/asm/uaccess.h
index fe66d659acad..191ef36dd543 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -23,16 +23,13 @@
 
 extern unsigned long raw_copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n);
 extern unsigned long raw_copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n);
-extern long __strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
-extern long __strnlen_user(const void __user *str, long len);
 extern unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *mem, unsigned long len);
 static inline int __access_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
 
 /* Teach asm-generic/uaccess.h that we have C functions for these. */
 #define __access_ok __access_ok
 #define __clear_user __clear_user
-#define __strnlen_user __strnlen_user
-#define __strncpy_from_user __strncpy_from_user
+
 #define INLINE_COPY_FROM_USER
 #define INLINE_COPY_TO_USER
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/uaccess.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/uaccess.c
index 6c76df96e858..a509be911026 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/uaccess.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/uaccess.c
@@ -189,11 +189,14 @@ static int strncpy_chunk_from_user(unsigned long from, int len, void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-long __strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
+long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
 {
 	long n;
 	char *ptr = dst;
 
+	if (!access_ok(src, 1))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	if (uaccess_kernel()) {
 		strncpy(dst, (__force void *) src, count);
 		return strnlen(dst, count);
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ long __strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return strnlen(dst, count);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_from_user);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy_from_user);
 
 static int clear_chunk(unsigned long addr, int len, void *unused)
 {
@@ -236,10 +239,13 @@ static int strnlen_chunk(unsigned long str, int len, void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-long __strnlen_user(const void __user *str, long len)
+long strnlen_user(const char __user *str, long len)
 {
 	int count = 0, n;
 
+	if (!access_ok(str, 1))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	if (uaccess_kernel())
 		return strnlen((__force char*)str, len) + 1;
 
@@ -248,7 +254,7 @@ long __strnlen_user(const void __user *str, long len)
 		return count + 1;
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_user);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnlen_user);
 
 /**
  * arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser() - Atomic arithmetic operation with constant
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 45962aaf2b2c..1146b85d708b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ config X86
 	select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ		if SMP
 	select GENERIC_PTDUMP
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	select GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index 3878880469d1..f02b8850b01b 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ config XTENSA
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED if MMU
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER if !KASAN
+	select ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
 	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ config XTENSA
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
-	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER if KASAN
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL if !XIP_KERNEL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN if MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 5c9fb8005aa8..75bd8fbf52ba 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -290,8 +290,7 @@ clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
 #define __clear_user  __xtensa_clear_user
 
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 extern long __strncpy_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
 
 static inline long
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c
index 415fe7faa37f..d79edbb98d2a 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/xtensa_ksyms.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memmove);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memset);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memcpy);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memmove);
-#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_user);
 #endif
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h
index 1dacfdb4247e..7b129329046b 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * This is defined the same way as
  * the libc and compiler builtin ffs routines, therefore
- * differs in spirit from the above ffz (man ffs).
+ * differs in spirit from ffz (man ffs).
  */
 #define ffs(x) __builtin_ffs(x)
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/ffs.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/ffs.h
index e81868b2c0f0..323fd5d6ae26 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/ffs.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/ffs.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * This is defined the same way as
  * the libc and compiler builtin ffs routines, therefore
- * differs in spirit from the above ffz (man ffs).
+ * differs in spirit from ffz (man ffs).
  */
 static inline int ffs(int x)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/non-atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/non-atomic.h
index 365377fb104b..078cc68be2f1 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/non-atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/non-atomic.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * may be that only one operation succeeds.
  */
 static __always_inline void
-arch___set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+arch___set_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	unsigned long mask = BIT_MASK(nr);
 	unsigned long *p = ((unsigned long *)addr) + BIT_WORD(nr);
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ arch___set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 #define __set_bit arch___set_bit
 
 static __always_inline void
-arch___clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+arch___clear_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	unsigned long mask = BIT_MASK(nr);
 	unsigned long *p = ((unsigned long *)addr) + BIT_WORD(nr);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ arch___clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
  * may be that only one operation succeeds.
  */
 static __always_inline
-void arch___change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+void arch___change_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	unsigned long mask = BIT_MASK(nr);
 	unsigned long *p = ((unsigned long *)addr) + BIT_WORD(nr);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void arch___change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
  * but actually fail.  You must protect multiple accesses with a lock.
  */
 static __always_inline int
-arch___test_and_set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+arch___test_and_set_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	unsigned long mask = BIT_MASK(nr);
 	unsigned long *p = ((unsigned long *)addr) + BIT_WORD(nr);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ arch___test_and_set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
  * but actually fail.  You must protect multiple accesses with a lock.
  */
 static __always_inline int
-arch___test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+arch___test_and_clear_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	unsigned long mask = BIT_MASK(nr);
 	unsigned long *p = ((unsigned long *)addr) + BIT_WORD(nr);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ arch___test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 
 /* WARNING: non atomic and it can be reordered! */
 static __always_inline int
-arch___test_and_change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
+arch___test_and_change_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	unsigned long mask = BIT_MASK(nr);
 	unsigned long *p = ((unsigned long *)addr) + BIT_WORD(nr);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ arch___test_and_change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
  * @addr: Address to start counting from
  */
 static __always_inline int
-arch_test_bit(int nr, const volatile unsigned long *addr)
+arch_test_bit(unsigned int nr, const volatile unsigned long *addr)
 {
 	return 1UL & (addr[BIT_WORD(nr)] >> (nr & (BITS_PER_LONG-1)));
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/uaccess.h b/include/asm-generic/uaccess.h
index a0b2f270dddc..10ffa8b5c117 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/uaccess.h
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ static inline void set_fs(mm_segment_t fs)
 #ifndef uaccess_kernel
 #define uaccess_kernel() (get_fs().seg == KERNEL_DS.seg)
 #endif
+
+#ifndef user_addr_max
+#define user_addr_max() (uaccess_kernel() ? ~0UL : TASK_SIZE)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SET_FS */
 
 #define access_ok(addr, size) __access_ok((unsigned long)(addr),(size))
@@ -243,50 +248,6 @@ static inline int __get_user_fn(size_t size, const void __user *ptr, void *x)
 
 extern int __get_user_bad(void) __attribute__((noreturn));
 
-/*
- * Copy a null terminated string from userspace.
- */
-#ifndef __strncpy_from_user
-static inline long
-__strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	char *tmp;
-	strncpy(dst, (const char __force *)src, count);
-	for (tmp = dst; *tmp && count > 0; tmp++, count--)
-		;
-	return (tmp - dst);
-}
-#endif
-
-static inline long
-strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	if (!access_ok(src, 1))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return __strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count);
-}
-
-/*
- * Return the size of a string (including the ending 0)
- *
- * Return 0 on exception, a value greater than N if too long
- */
-#ifndef __strnlen_user
-#define __strnlen_user(s, n) (strnlen((s), (n)) + 1)
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Unlike strnlen, strnlen_user includes the nul terminator in
- * its returned count. Callers should check for a returned value
- * greater than N as an indication the string is too long.
- */
-static inline long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n)
-{
-	if (!access_ok(src, 1))
-		return 0;
-	return __strnlen_user(src, n);
-}
-
 /*
  * Zero Userspace
  */
@@ -311,4 +272,8 @@ clear_user(void __user *to, unsigned long n)
 
 #include <asm/extable.h>
 
+__must_check long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src,
+				    long count);
+__must_check long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n);
+
 #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_UACCESS_H */
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 5c9c0687f76d..5e7165e6a346 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -50,12 +50,18 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE
 	  This option enables the use of hardware bit-reversal instructions on
 	  architectures which support such operations.
 
-config GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+config ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	bool
 
-config GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
+config ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
 	bool
 
+config GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+	def_bool !ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+
+config GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
+	def_bool !ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
+
 config GENERIC_NET_UTILS
 	bool