diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 8686b0f5fc12fc85d19c31d934bbe34bd55d5af2..4a976208de29d49489999bed95fd93fc3ae6b31d 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2040,8 +2040,122 @@ int proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			       buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 
+static size_t proc_skip_spaces(char **buf)
+{
+	size_t ret;
+	char *tmp = skip_spaces(*buf);
+	ret = tmp - *buf;
+	*buf = tmp;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#define TMPBUFLEN 22
+/**
+ * proc_get_long - reads an ASCII formated integer from a user buffer
+ *
+ * @buf - a kernel buffer
+ * @size - size of the kernel buffer
+ * @val - this is where the number will be stored
+ * @neg - set to %TRUE if number is negative
+ * @perm_tr - a vector which contains the allowed trailers
+ * @perm_tr_len - size of the perm_tr vector
+ * @tr - pointer to store the trailer character
+ *
+ * In case of success 0 is returned and buf and size are updated with
+ * the amount of bytes read. If tr is non NULL and a trailing
+ * character exist (size is non zero after returning from this
+ * function) tr is updated with the trailing character.
+ */
+static int proc_get_long(char **buf, size_t *size,
+			  unsigned long *val, bool *neg,
+			  const char *perm_tr, unsigned perm_tr_len, char *tr)
+{
+	int len;
+	char *p, tmp[TMPBUFLEN];
+
+	if (!*size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len = *size;
+	if (len > TMPBUFLEN - 1)
+		len = TMPBUFLEN - 1;
+
+	memcpy(tmp, *buf, len);
+
+	tmp[len] = 0;
+	p = tmp;
+	if (*p == '-' && *size > 1) {
+		*neg = true;
+		p++;
+	} else
+		*neg = false;
+	if (!isdigit(*p))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*val = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 0);
+
+	len = p - tmp;
+
+	/* We don't know if the next char is whitespace thus we may accept
+	 * invalid integers (e.g. 1234...a) or two integers instead of one
+	 * (e.g. 123...1). So lets not allow such large numbers. */
+	if (len == TMPBUFLEN - 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (len < *size && perm_tr_len && !memchr(perm_tr, *p, perm_tr_len))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-static int do_proc_dointvec_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
+	if (tr && (len < *size))
+		*tr = *p;
+
+	*buf += len;
+	*size -= len;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * proc_put_long - coverts an integer to a decimal ASCII formated string
+ *
+ * @buf - the user buffer
+ * @size - the size of the user buffer
+ * @val - the integer to be converted
+ * @neg - sign of the number, %TRUE for negative
+ *
+ * In case of success 0 is returned and buf and size are updated with
+ * the amount of bytes read.
+ */
+static int proc_put_long(void __user **buf, size_t *size, unsigned long val,
+			  bool neg)
+{
+	int len;
+	char tmp[TMPBUFLEN], *p = tmp;
+
+	sprintf(p, "%s%lu", neg ? "-" : "", val);
+	len = strlen(tmp);
+	if (len > *size)
+		len = *size;
+	if (copy_to_user(*buf, tmp, len))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	*size -= len;
+	*buf += len;
+	return 0;
+}
+#undef TMPBUFLEN
+
+static int proc_put_char(void __user **buf, size_t *size, char c)
+{
+	if (*size) {
+		char __user **buffer = (char __user **)buf;
+		if (put_user(c, *buffer))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		(*size)--, (*buffer)++;
+		*buf = *buffer;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int do_proc_dointvec_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 				 int *valp,
 				 int write, void *data)
 {
@@ -2050,33 +2164,31 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 	} else {
 		int val = *valp;
 		if (val < 0) {
-			*negp = -1;
+			*negp = true;
 			*lvalp = (unsigned long)-val;
 		} else {
-			*negp = 0;
+			*negp = false;
 			*lvalp = (unsigned long)val;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const char proc_wspace_sep[] = { ' ', '\t', '\n' };
+
 static int __do_proc_dointvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
 		  int write, void __user *buffer,
 		  size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
-		  int (*conv)(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, int *valp,
+		  int (*conv)(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, int *valp,
 			      int write, void *data),
 		  void *data)
 {
-#define TMPBUFLEN 21
-	int *i, vleft, first = 1, neg;
-	unsigned long lval;
-	size_t left, len;
-	
-	char buf[TMPBUFLEN], *p;
-	char __user *s = buffer;
+	int *i, vleft, first = 1, err = 0;
+	unsigned long page = 0;
+	size_t left;
+	char *kbuf;
 	
-	if (!tbl_data || !table->maxlen || !*lenp ||
-	    (*ppos && !write)) {
+	if (!tbl_data || !table->maxlen || !*lenp || (*ppos && !write)) {
 		*lenp = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -2088,89 +2200,69 @@ static int __do_proc_dointvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
 	if (!conv)
 		conv = do_proc_dointvec_conv;
 
+	if (write) {
+		if (left > PAGE_SIZE - 1)
+			left = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
+		page = __get_free_page(GFP_TEMPORARY);
+		kbuf = (char *) page;
+		if (!kbuf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (copy_from_user(kbuf, buffer, left)) {
+			err = -EFAULT;
+			goto free;
+		}
+		kbuf[left] = 0;
+	}
+
 	for (; left && vleft--; i++, first=0) {
-		if (write) {
-			while (left) {
-				char c;
-				if (get_user(c, s))
-					return -EFAULT;
-				if (!isspace(c))
-					break;
-				left--;
-				s++;
-			}
-			if (!left)
-				break;
-			neg = 0;
-			len = left;
-			if (len > sizeof(buf) - 1)
-				len = sizeof(buf) - 1;
-			if (copy_from_user(buf, s, len))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			buf[len] = 0;
-			p = buf;
-			if (*p == '-' && left > 1) {
-				neg = 1;
-				p++;
-			}
-			if (*p < '0' || *p > '9')
-				break;
+		unsigned long lval;
+		bool neg;
 
-			lval = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 0);
+		if (write) {
+			left -= proc_skip_spaces(&kbuf);
 
-			len = p-buf;
-			if ((len < left) && *p && !isspace(*p))
+			err = proc_get_long(&kbuf, &left, &lval, &neg,
+					     proc_wspace_sep,
+					     sizeof(proc_wspace_sep), NULL);
+			if (err)
 				break;
-			s += len;
-			left -= len;
-
-			if (conv(&neg, &lval, i, 1, data))
+			if (conv(&neg, &lval, i, 1, data)) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
 				break;
+			}
 		} else {
-			p = buf;
+			if (conv(&neg, &lval, i, 0, data)) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				break;
+			}
 			if (!first)
-				*p++ = '\t';
-	
-			if (conv(&neg, &lval, i, 0, data))
+				err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\t');
+			if (err)
+				break;
+			err = proc_put_long(&buffer, &left, lval, neg);
+			if (err)
 				break;
-
-			sprintf(p, "%s%lu", neg ? "-" : "", lval);
-			len = strlen(buf);
-			if (len > left)
-				len = left;
-			if(copy_to_user(s, buf, len))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			left -= len;
-			s += len;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!write && !first && left) {
-		if(put_user('\n', s))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		left--, s++;
-	}
+	if (!write && !first && left && !err)
+		err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\n');
+	if (write && !err)
+		left -= proc_skip_spaces(&kbuf);
+free:
 	if (write) {
-		while (left) {
-			char c;
-			if (get_user(c, s++))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			if (!isspace(c))
-				break;
-			left--;
-		}
+		free_page(page);
+		if (first)
+			return err ? : -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (write && first)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	*lenp -= left;
 	*ppos += *lenp;
-	return 0;
-#undef TMPBUFLEN
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int do_proc_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
-		  int (*conv)(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, int *valp,
+		  int (*conv)(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, int *valp,
 			      int write, void *data),
 		  void *data)
 {
@@ -2238,8 +2330,8 @@ struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param {
 	int *max;
 };
 
-static int do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp, 
-					int *valp, 
+static int do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
+					int *valp,
 					int write, void *data)
 {
 	struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param *param = data;
@@ -2252,10 +2344,10 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 	} else {
 		int val = *valp;
 		if (val < 0) {
-			*negp = -1;
+			*negp = true;
 			*lvalp = (unsigned long)-val;
 		} else {
-			*negp = 0;
+			*negp = false;
 			*lvalp = (unsigned long)val;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2295,102 +2387,78 @@ static int __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(void *data, struct ctl_table *table, int
 				     unsigned long convmul,
 				     unsigned long convdiv)
 {
-#define TMPBUFLEN 21
-	unsigned long *i, *min, *max, val;
-	int vleft, first=1, neg;
-	size_t len, left;
-	char buf[TMPBUFLEN], *p;
-	char __user *s = buffer;
-	
-	if (!data || !table->maxlen || !*lenp ||
-	    (*ppos && !write)) {
+	unsigned long *i, *min, *max;
+	int vleft, first = 1, err = 0;
+	unsigned long page = 0;
+	size_t left;
+	char *kbuf;
+
+	if (!data || !table->maxlen || !*lenp || (*ppos && !write)) {
 		*lenp = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
-	
+
 	i = (unsigned long *) data;
 	min = (unsigned long *) table->extra1;
 	max = (unsigned long *) table->extra2;
 	vleft = table->maxlen / sizeof(unsigned long);
 	left = *lenp;
-	
+
+	if (write) {
+		if (left > PAGE_SIZE - 1)
+			left = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
+		page = __get_free_page(GFP_TEMPORARY);
+		kbuf = (char *) page;
+		if (!kbuf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (copy_from_user(kbuf, buffer, left)) {
+			err = -EFAULT;
+			goto free;
+		}
+		kbuf[left] = 0;
+	}
+
 	for (; left && vleft--; i++, min++, max++, first=0) {
+		unsigned long val;
+
 		if (write) {
-			while (left) {
-				char c;
-				if (get_user(c, s))
-					return -EFAULT;
-				if (!isspace(c))
-					break;
-				left--;
-				s++;
-			}
-			if (!left)
-				break;
-			neg = 0;
-			len = left;
-			if (len > TMPBUFLEN-1)
-				len = TMPBUFLEN-1;
-			if (copy_from_user(buf, s, len))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			buf[len] = 0;
-			p = buf;
-			if (*p == '-' && left > 1) {
-				neg = 1;
-				p++;
-			}
-			if (*p < '0' || *p > '9')
-				break;
-			val = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 0) * convmul / convdiv ;
-			len = p-buf;
-			if ((len < left) && *p && !isspace(*p))
+			bool neg;
+
+			left -= proc_skip_spaces(&kbuf);
+
+			err = proc_get_long(&kbuf, &left, &val, &neg,
+					     proc_wspace_sep,
+					     sizeof(proc_wspace_sep), NULL);
+			if (err)
 				break;
 			if (neg)
-				val = -val;
-			s += len;
-			left -= len;
-
-			if(neg)
 				continue;
 			if ((min && val < *min) || (max && val > *max))
 				continue;
 			*i = val;
 		} else {
-			p = buf;
+			val = convdiv * (*i) / convmul;
 			if (!first)
-				*p++ = '\t';
-			sprintf(p, "%lu", convdiv * (*i) / convmul);
-			len = strlen(buf);
-			if (len > left)
-				len = left;
-			if(copy_to_user(s, buf, len))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			left -= len;
-			s += len;
+				err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\t');
+			err = proc_put_long(&buffer, &left, val, false);
+			if (err)
+				break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!write && !first && left) {
-		if(put_user('\n', s))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		left--, s++;
-	}
+	if (!write && !first && left && !err)
+		err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\n');
+	if (write && !err)
+		left -= proc_skip_spaces(&kbuf);
+free:
 	if (write) {
-		while (left) {
-			char c;
-			if (get_user(c, s++))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			if (!isspace(c))
-				break;
-			left--;
-		}
+		free_page(page);
+		if (first)
+			return err ? : -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (write && first)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	*lenp -= left;
 	*ppos += *lenp;
-	return 0;
-#undef TMPBUFLEN
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
@@ -2451,7 +2519,7 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 
 
-static int do_proc_dointvec_jiffies_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
+static int do_proc_dointvec_jiffies_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 					 int *valp,
 					 int write, void *data)
 {
@@ -2463,10 +2531,10 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_jiffies_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 		int val = *valp;
 		unsigned long lval;
 		if (val < 0) {
-			*negp = -1;
+			*negp = true;
 			lval = (unsigned long)-val;
 		} else {
-			*negp = 0;
+			*negp = false;
 			lval = (unsigned long)val;
 		}
 		*lvalp = lval / HZ;
@@ -2474,7 +2542,7 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_jiffies_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int do_proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
+static int do_proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 						int *valp,
 						int write, void *data)
 {
@@ -2486,10 +2554,10 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 		int val = *valp;
 		unsigned long lval;
 		if (val < 0) {
-			*negp = -1;
+			*negp = true;
 			lval = (unsigned long)-val;
 		} else {
-			*negp = 0;
+			*negp = false;
 			lval = (unsigned long)val;
 		}
 		*lvalp = jiffies_to_clock_t(lval);
@@ -2497,7 +2565,7 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
+static int do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 					    int *valp,
 					    int write, void *data)
 {
@@ -2507,10 +2575,10 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 		int val = *valp;
 		unsigned long lval;
 		if (val < 0) {
-			*negp = -1;
+			*negp = true;
 			lval = (unsigned long)-val;
 		} else {
-			*negp = 0;
+			*negp = false;
 			lval = (unsigned long)val;
 		}
 		*lvalp = jiffies_to_msecs(lval);