diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c
index 32c4b0e35b37768f7d75fa01194f1f9c3d0baac8..3de7f84b53c25e3cdd5f8d44da252336fb55645a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 		    (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start))
 			return addr;
 	}
-	start_addr = addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	if (len > mm->cached_hole_size) {
+	        start_addr = addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	} else {
+	        start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	        mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+	}
 
 full_search:
 	if (do_align)
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			 */
 			if (start_addr != TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE) {
 				start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 				goto full_search;
 			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -101,6 +107,8 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
 			return addr;
 		}
+		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
 		addr = vma->vm_end;
 		if (do_align)
 			addr = COLOUR_ALIGN(addr, pgoff);
diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 5aa06001a4bde0537fd22a0eebbdb528bf38ca6b..3b099f32b9487a054db420509ad25591ea0d06eb 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -140,7 +140,12 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(struct file *file,
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	unsigned long start_addr;
 
-	start_addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	if (len > mm->cached_hole_size) {
+	        start_addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	} else {
+	        start_addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	        mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+	}
 
 full_search:
 	addr = ALIGN(start_addr, HPAGE_SIZE);
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(struct file *file,
 			 */
 			if (start_addr != TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE) {
 				start_addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 				goto full_search;
 			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -162,6 +168,8 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(struct file *file,
 			mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
 			return addr;
 		}
+		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
 		addr = ALIGN(vma->vm_end, HPAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 }
@@ -173,12 +181,17 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *file,
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev_vma;
 	unsigned long base = mm->mmap_base, addr = addr0;
+	unsigned long largest_hole = mm->cached_hole_size;
 	int first_time = 1;
 
 	/* don't allow allocations above current base */
 	if (mm->free_area_cache > base)
 		mm->free_area_cache = base;
 
+	if (len <= largest_hole) {
+	        largest_hole = 0;
+		mm->free_area_cache  = base;
+	}
 try_again:
 	/* make sure it can fit in the remaining address space */
 	if (mm->free_area_cache < len)
@@ -199,13 +212,21 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *file,
 		 * vma->vm_start, use it:
 		 */
 		if (addr + len <= vma->vm_start &&
-				(!prev_vma || (addr >= prev_vma->vm_end)))
+		            (!prev_vma || (addr >= prev_vma->vm_end))) {
 			/* remember the address as a hint for next time */
-			return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
-		else
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
+		        return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
+		} else {
 			/* pull free_area_cache down to the first hole */
-			if (mm->free_area_cache == vma->vm_end)
+		        if (mm->free_area_cache == vma->vm_end) {
 				mm->free_area_cache = vma->vm_start;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* remember the largest hole we saw so far */
+		if (addr + largest_hole < vma->vm_start)
+		        largest_hole = vma->vm_start - addr;
 
 		/* try just below the current vma->vm_start */
 		addr = (vma->vm_start - len) & HPAGE_MASK;
@@ -218,6 +239,7 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *file,
 	 */
 	if (first_time) {
 		mm->free_area_cache = base;
+		largest_hole = 0;
 		first_time = 0;
 		goto try_again;
 	}
@@ -228,6 +250,7 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *file,
 	 * allocations.
 	 */
 	mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
 	addr = hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(file, addr0,
 			len, pgoff, flags);
 
@@ -235,6 +258,7 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *file,
 	 * Restore the topdown base:
 	 */
 	mm->free_area_cache = base;
+	mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
 
 	return addr;
 }
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/ppc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index b4ab766f59800bcc66774d6ff70c2accc390f835..fdcfe97c75c1dbc388cec0fe261ce446e82ab3e3 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -292,7 +292,12 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 		    && !is_hugepage_only_range(mm, addr,len))
 			return addr;
 	}
-	start_addr = addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	if (len > mm->cached_hole_size) {
+	        start_addr = addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	} else {
+	        start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	        mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+	}
 
 full_search:
 	vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
@@ -316,6 +321,8 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
 			return addr;
 		}
+		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
 		addr = vma->vm_end;
 		vma = vma->vm_next;
 	}
@@ -323,6 +330,7 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 	/* Make sure we didn't miss any holes */
 	if (start_addr != TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE) {
 		start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+		mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 		goto full_search;
 	}
 	return -ENOMEM;
@@ -344,6 +352,7 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev_vma;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	unsigned long base = mm->mmap_base, addr = addr0;
+	unsigned long largest_hole = mm->cached_hole_size;
 	int first_time = 1;
 
 	/* requested length too big for entire address space */
@@ -364,6 +373,10 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
 			return addr;
 	}
 
+	if (len <= largest_hole) {
+	        largest_hole = 0;
+		mm->free_area_cache = base;
+	}
 try_again:
 	/* make sure it can fit in the remaining address space */
 	if (mm->free_area_cache < len)
@@ -392,13 +405,21 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
 		 * vma->vm_start, use it:
 		 */
 		if (addr+len <= vma->vm_start &&
-				(!prev_vma || (addr >= prev_vma->vm_end)))
+		          (!prev_vma || (addr >= prev_vma->vm_end))) {
 			/* remember the address as a hint for next time */
-			return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
-		else
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
+		        return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
+		} else {
 			/* pull free_area_cache down to the first hole */
-			if (mm->free_area_cache == vma->vm_end)
+		        if (mm->free_area_cache == vma->vm_end) {
 				mm->free_area_cache = vma->vm_start;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* remember the largest hole we saw so far */
+		if (addr + largest_hole < vma->vm_start)
+		        largest_hole = vma->vm_start - addr;
 
 		/* try just below the current vma->vm_start */
 		addr = vma->vm_start-len;
@@ -411,6 +432,7 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
 	 */
 	if (first_time) {
 		mm->free_area_cache = base;
+		largest_hole = 0;
 		first_time = 0;
 		goto try_again;
 	}
@@ -421,11 +443,13 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
 	 * allocations.
 	 */
 	mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
 	addr = arch_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr0, len, pgoff, flags);
 	/*
 	 * Restore the topdown base:
 	 */
 	mm->free_area_cache = base;
+	mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
 
 	return addr;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c
index df5ac294c37906cd575a9bd482b2478cdfbd4805..917b2f32f260888b2a84b272303edce8d0b5c1b6 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 		    (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start))
 			return addr;
 	}
+	if (len <= mm->cached_hole_size) {
+	        mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+		mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	}
 	if (flags & MAP_PRIVATE)
 		addr = PAGE_ALIGN(mm->free_area_cache);
 	else
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			 */
 			if (start_addr != TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE) {
 				start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 				goto full_search;
 			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -106,6 +111,9 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
 			return addr;
 		}
+		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
+
 		addr = vma->vm_end;
 		if (!(flags & MAP_PRIVATE))
 			addr = COLOUR_ALIGN(addr);
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
index 0077f02f4b374e34ced8a57e03490a6dd06c2165..5f8c822a2b4a4a3dbcdab26809d94a90679682d8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsi
 			return addr;
 	}
 
+	if (len <= mm->cached_hole_size) {
+	        mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+		mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	}
 	start_addr = addr = mm->free_area_cache;
 
 	task_size -= len;
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsi
 		if (task_size < addr) {
 			if (start_addr != TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE) {
 				start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 				goto full_search;
 			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -114,6 +119,9 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsi
 			mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
 			return addr;
 		}
+		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
+
 		addr = vma->vm_end;
 		if (do_color_align)
 			addr = COLOUR_ALIGN(addr, pgoff);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index 1965efc974dc4d1312717c9a948e927a456ae884..c12edf5d97f02a6e3c87e90a8f55d3b8c73618aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	current->mm->brk = ex.a_bss +
 		(current->mm->start_brk = N_BSSADDR(ex));
 	current->mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 
 	set_mm_counter(current->mm, rss, 0);
 	current->mm->mmap = NULL;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
index d9798dd433fca68d01f37d055df1374d28ff1353..cc7821c68851d5334b01359f8dd892a5266fdf0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 		    (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start))
 			return addr;
 	}
+	if (((flags & MAP_32BIT) || test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32))
+	    && len <= mm->cached_hole_size) {
+	        mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+		mm->free_area_cache = begin;
+	}
 	addr = mm->free_area_cache;
 	if (addr < begin) 
 		addr = begin; 
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			 */
 			if (start_addr != begin) {
 				start_addr = addr = begin;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 				goto full_search;
 			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -131,6 +137,9 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
 			return addr;
 		}
+		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
+
 		addr = vma->vm_end;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index 009b8920c1fff5fe796bc08f42d06c1917636c66..dd9baabaf0166afff7a55c5692f48660553b9bfa 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	current->mm->brk = ex.a_bss +
 		(current->mm->start_brk = N_BSSADDR(ex));
 	current->mm->free_area_cache = current->mm->mmap_base;
+	current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 
 	set_mm_counter(current->mm, rss, 0);
 	current->mm->mmap = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index f8f6b6b76179da87bfca266adadf360b10f2e91a..7976a238f0a3d60bb4c4a0d1fba0b3ad5183ad08 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	   change some of these later */
 	set_mm_counter(current->mm, rss, 0);
 	current->mm->free_area_cache = current->mm->mmap_base;
+	current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 	retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, randomize_stack_top(STACK_TOP),
 				 executable_stack);
 	if (retval < 0) {
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 2af3338f891bb17d069ec48a0323ecc710cf1ebd..3a9b6d179cbdf492da7924012fd85aa8241a64f1 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 
 	start_addr = mm->free_area_cache;
 
+	if (len <= mm->cached_hole_size)
+		start_addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+
 full_search:
 	addr = ALIGN(start_addr, HPAGE_SIZE);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 4dbb109022f3646ff39b7f64464bebb0200071fc..b58afd97a180274bad8b8904b018aac1c08621ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ extern unsigned long
 arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			  unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
 			  unsigned long flags);
-extern void arch_unmap_area(struct vm_area_struct *area);
-extern void arch_unmap_area_topdown(struct vm_area_struct *area);
+extern void arch_unmap_area(struct mm_struct *, unsigned long);
+extern void arch_unmap_area_topdown(struct mm_struct *, unsigned long);
 
 #define set_mm_counter(mm, member, value) (mm)->_##member = (value)
 #define get_mm_counter(mm, member) ((mm)->_##member)
@@ -218,9 +218,10 @@ struct mm_struct {
 	unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area) (struct file *filp,
 				unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 				unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags);
-	void (*unmap_area) (struct vm_area_struct *area);
-	unsigned long mmap_base;		/* base of mmap area */
-	unsigned long free_area_cache;		/* first hole */
+	void (*unmap_area) (struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
+        unsigned long mmap_base;		/* base of mmap area */
+        unsigned long cached_hole_size;         /* if non-zero, the largest hole below free_area_cache */
+	unsigned long free_area_cache;		/* first hole of size cached_hole_size or larger */
 	pgd_t * pgd;
 	atomic_t mm_users;			/* How many users with user space? */
 	atomic_t mm_count;			/* How many references to "struct mm_struct" (users count as 1) */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index f42a17f88699bb4c1a07b4f93961c92e3c5d75a5..876b31cd822d2669b5831b31707aabfdba676304 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ static inline int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct * mm, struct mm_struct * oldmm)
 	mm->mmap = NULL;
 	mm->mmap_cache = NULL;
 	mm->free_area_cache = oldmm->mmap_base;
+	mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
 	mm->map_count = 0;
 	set_mm_counter(mm, rss, 0);
 	set_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss, 0);
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ static struct mm_struct * mm_init(struct mm_struct * mm)
 	mm->ioctx_list = NULL;
 	mm->default_kioctx = (struct kioctx)INIT_KIOCTX(mm->default_kioctx, *mm);
 	mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
 
 	if (likely(!mm_alloc_pgd(mm))) {
 		mm->def_flags = 0;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index de54acd9942f9929004921042721df5cdfe2b6c7..9da23c1ef9dce6ea1710d2f36d3e0c7ece033876 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1175,7 +1175,12 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 		    (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start))
 			return addr;
 	}
-	start_addr = addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	if (len > mm->cached_hole_size) {
+	        start_addr = addr = mm->free_area_cache;
+	} else {
+	        start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	        mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+	}
 
 full_search:
 	for (vma = find_vma(mm, addr); ; vma = vma->vm_next) {
@@ -1186,7 +1191,9 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			 * some holes.
 			 */
 			if (start_addr != TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE) {
-				start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+				addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+			        start_addr = addr;
+				mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 				goto full_search;
 			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1198,19 +1205,22 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
 			mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
 			return addr;
 		}
+		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+		        mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
 		addr = vma->vm_end;
 	}
 }
 #endif	
 
-void arch_unmap_area(struct vm_area_struct *area)
+void arch_unmap_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Is this a new hole at the lowest possible address?
 	 */
-	if (area->vm_start >= TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE &&
-			area->vm_start < area->vm_mm->free_area_cache)
-		area->vm_mm->free_area_cache = area->vm_start;
+	if (addr >= TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE && addr < mm->free_area_cache) {
+		mm->free_area_cache = addr;
+		mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1240,6 +1250,12 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
 			return addr;
 	}
 
+	/* check if free_area_cache is useful for us */
+	if (len <= mm->cached_hole_size) {
+ 	        mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
+ 		mm->free_area_cache = mm->mmap_base;
+ 	}
+
 	/* either no address requested or can't fit in requested address hole */
 	addr = mm->free_area_cache;
 
@@ -1264,6 +1280,10 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
 			/* remember the address as a hint for next time */
 			return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
 
+ 		/* remember the largest hole we saw so far */
+ 		if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
+ 		        mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
+
 		/* try just below the current vma->vm_start */
 		addr = vma->vm_start-len;
 	} while (len < vma->vm_start);
@@ -1274,28 +1294,30 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
 	 * can happen with large stack limits and large mmap()
 	 * allocations.
 	 */
-	mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+	mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
+  	mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
 	addr = arch_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr0, len, pgoff, flags);
 	/*
 	 * Restore the topdown base:
 	 */
 	mm->free_area_cache = mm->mmap_base;
+	mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
 
 	return addr;
 }
 #endif
 
-void arch_unmap_area_topdown(struct vm_area_struct *area)
+void arch_unmap_area_topdown(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Is this a new hole at the highest possible address?
 	 */
-	if (area->vm_end > area->vm_mm->free_area_cache)
-		area->vm_mm->free_area_cache = area->vm_end;
+	if (addr > mm->free_area_cache)
+		mm->free_area_cache = addr;
 
 	/* dont allow allocations above current base */
-	if (area->vm_mm->free_area_cache > area->vm_mm->mmap_base)
-		area->vm_mm->free_area_cache = area->vm_mm->mmap_base;
+	if (mm->free_area_cache > mm->mmap_base)
+		mm->free_area_cache = mm->mmap_base;
 }
 
 unsigned long
@@ -1595,7 +1617,6 @@ static void unmap_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *area)
 	if (area->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
 		area->vm_mm->locked_vm -= len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	vm_stat_unaccount(area);
-	area->vm_mm->unmap_area(area);
 	remove_vm_struct(area);
 }
 
@@ -1649,6 +1670,7 @@ detach_vmas_to_be_unmapped(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct **insertion_point;
 	struct vm_area_struct *tail_vma = NULL;
+	unsigned long addr;
 
 	insertion_point = (prev ? &prev->vm_next : &mm->mmap);
 	do {
@@ -1659,6 +1681,11 @@ detach_vmas_to_be_unmapped(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	} while (vma && vma->vm_start < end);
 	*insertion_point = vma;
 	tail_vma->vm_next = NULL;
+	if (mm->unmap_area == arch_unmap_area)
+		addr = prev ? prev->vm_end : mm->mmap_base;
+	else
+		addr = vma ?  vma->vm_start : mm->mmap_base;
+	mm->unmap_area(mm, addr);
 	mm->mmap_cache = NULL;		/* Kill the cache. */
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index c53e9c8f6b4adc98ac9fe69b1bc3526bba1baaa5..ce74452c02d945e40e6cdb503499609f24e1cd64 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-void arch_unmap_area(struct vm_area_struct *area)
+void arch_unmap_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
 }