diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c b/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
index 98838a0..9d0ac09 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ retry:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
index 9c69552..15879a1 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ good_area:
 	/* TBD: switch to pagefault_out_of_memory() */
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 		goto out_of_memory;
+	else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEV)
+		goto bad_area;
 	else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 		goto do_sigbus;
 
diff --git a/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c b/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
index 0eca933..d223a8b 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/cris/mm/fault.c b/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
index 1790f22..2686a7a 100644
--- a/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ retry:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/frv/mm/fault.c b/arch/frv/mm/fault.c
index 9a66372..ec4917d 100644
--- a/arch/frv/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/frv/mm/fault.c
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(int datammu, unsigned long esr0, unsigned long ear
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c b/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
index 7225dad..ba5ba7a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ retry:
 		 */
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV) {
+			goto bad_area;
 		} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 			signal = SIGBUS;
 			goto bad_area;
diff --git a/arch/m32r/mm/fault.c b/arch/m32r/mm/fault.c
index e9c6a80..e3d4d48901 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/mm/fault.c
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c b/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
index eb1d61f..f0eef04 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto map_err;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto bus_err;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/metag/mm/fault.c b/arch/metag/mm/fault.c
index 332680e..2de5dc6 100644
--- a/arch/metag/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/metag/mm/fault.c
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/fault.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/fault.c
index fa4cf52..d46a5eb 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/fault.c
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
index becc42b..70ab5d6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/mm/fault.c b/arch/mn10300/mm/fault.c
index 3516cbd..0c2cc5d 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/mm/fault.c
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
index 0703acf..230ac20 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
index d72197f..d27e388 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ good_area:
 		 */
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto bad_area;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 51ab9e7..010fabf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ good_area:
 	 */
 	fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
 	if (unlikely(fault & (VM_FAULT_RETRY|VM_FAULT_ERROR))) {
+		if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		rc = mm_fault_error(regs, address, fault);
 		if (rc >= MM_FAULT_RETURN)
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index d95265b2..8e95432 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ static noinline void do_fault_error(struct pt_regs *regs, int fault)
 				do_no_context(regs);
 			else
 				pagefault_out_of_memory();
+		} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV) {
+			/* Kernel mode? Handle exceptions or die */
+			if (!user_mode(regs))
+				do_no_context(regs);
+			else
+				do_sigsegv(regs, SEGV_MAPERR);
 		} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 			/* Kernel mode? Handle exceptions or die */
 			if (!user_mode(regs))
diff --git a/arch/score/mm/fault.c b/arch/score/mm/fault.c
index 52238983..6860beb 100644
--- a/arch/score/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/score/mm/fault.c
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/fault.c b/arch/sh/mm/fault.c
index 541dc61..a58fec9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/fault.c
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ mm_fault_error(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 	} else {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			do_sigbus(regs, error_code, address);
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			bad_area(regs, error_code, address);
 		else
 			BUG();
 	}
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
index 59dbd46..163c787 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_64.c
index 45a413e..0d6de79 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_64.c
@@ -448,6 +448,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/fault.c b/arch/tile/mm/fault.c
index 6c05712..c6d2a76 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/fault.c
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
index 974b874..53b8320 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ good_area:
 		if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 			if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 				goto out_of_memory;
+			} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV) {
+				goto out;
 			} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 				err = -EACCES;
 				goto out;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 1ca1605..7e14055 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -887,6 +887,8 @@ mm_fault_error(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 		if (fault & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS|VM_FAULT_HWPOISON|
 			     VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE))
 			do_sigbus(regs, error_code, address, fault);
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			bad_area_nosemaphore(regs, error_code, address);
 		else
 			BUG();
 	}
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
index 70fa7bc..3827833 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ good_area:
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
index 3ff664c..37b14f3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int vvp_io_kernel_fault(struct vvp_fault_io *cfio)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (cfio->fault.ft_flags & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
+	if (cfio->fault.ft_flags & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)) {
 		CDEBUG(D_PAGE, "got addr %p - SIGBUS\n", vmf->virtual_address);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c61755d..bc205d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ static inline int page_mapped(struct page *page)
 #define VM_FAULT_WRITE	0x0008	/* Special case for get_user_pages */
 #define VM_FAULT_HWPOISON 0x0010	/* Hit poisoned small page */
 #define VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE 0x0020  /* Hit poisoned large page. Index encoded in upper bits */
+#define VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV 0x0040
 
 #define VM_FAULT_NOPAGE	0x0100	/* ->fault installed the pte, not return page */
 #define VM_FAULT_LOCKED	0x0200	/* ->fault locked the returned page */
@@ -980,8 +981,9 @@ static inline int page_mapped(struct page *page)
 
 #define VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE_MASK 0xf000 /* encodes hpage index for large hwpoison */
 
-#define VM_FAULT_ERROR	(VM_FAULT_OOM | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON | \
-			 VM_FAULT_FALLBACK | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE)
+#define VM_FAULT_ERROR	(VM_FAULT_OOM | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV | \
+			 VM_FAULT_HWPOISON | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE | \
+			 VM_FAULT_FALLBACK)
 
 /* Encode hstate index for a hwpoisoned large page */
 #define VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(x) ((x) << 12)
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 418b8ca..813a1d9 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int break_ksm(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 		else
 			ret = VM_FAULT_WRITE;
 		put_page(page);
-	} while (!(ret & (VM_FAULT_WRITE | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_OOM)));
+	} while (!(ret & (VM_FAULT_WRITE | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV | VM_FAULT_OOM)));
 	/*
 	 * We must loop because handle_mm_fault() may back out if there's
 	 * any difficulty e.g. if pte accessed bit gets updated concurrently.
