diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 578a82554923..bc09de0adced 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 4
-SUBLEVEL = 25
-EXTRAVERSION =
+SUBLEVEL = 26
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Blurry Fish Butt
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 0a291cdfaf77..efa6073ffa7e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma \
 	vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.lz4
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing $(call cc-option, -fPIE, -fPIC)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := -march=i386
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -mcmodel=small
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),y)
+# If kernel is relocatable, build compressed kernel as PIE.
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
+LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -pie) $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
+else
+# To build 64-bit compressed kernel as PIE, we disable relocation
+# overflow check to avoid relocation overflow error with a new linker
+# command-line option, -z noreloc-overflow.
+LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
+	&& echo "-z noreloc-overflow -pie --no-dynamic-linker")
+endif
+endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
 
 hostprogs-y	:= mkpiggy
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
index 8ef964ddc18e..0256064da8da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
@@ -31,6 +31,34 @@
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/bootparam.h>
 
+/*
+ * The 32-bit x86 assembler in binutils 2.26 will generate R_386_GOT32X
+ * relocation to get the symbol address in PIC.  When the compressed x86
+ * kernel isn't built as PIC, the linker optimizes R_386_GOT32X
+ * relocations to their fixed symbol addresses.  However, when the
+ * compressed x86 kernel is loaded at a different address, it leads
+ * to the following load failure:
+ *
+ *   Failed to allocate space for phdrs
+ *
+ * during the decompression stage.
+ *
+ * If the compressed x86 kernel is relocatable at run-time, it should be
+ * compiled with -fPIE, instead of -fPIC, if possible and should be built as
+ * Position Independent Executable (PIE) so that linker won't optimize
+ * R_386_GOT32X relocation to its fixed symbol address.  Older
+ * linkers generate R_386_32 relocations against locally defined symbols,
+ * _bss, _ebss, _got and _egot, in PIE.  It isn't wrong, just less
+ * optimal than R_386_RELATIVE.  But the x86 kernel fails to properly handle
+ * R_386_32 relocations when relocating the kernel.  To generate
+ * R_386_RELATIVE relocations, we mark _bss, _ebss, _got and _egot as
+ * hidden:
+ */
+	.hidden _bss
+	.hidden _ebss
+	.hidden _got
+	.hidden _egot
+
 	__HEAD
 ENTRY(startup_32)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index b0c0d16ef58d..86558a199139 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/bootparam.h>
 
+/*
+ * Locally defined symbols should be marked hidden:
+ */
+	.hidden _bss
+	.hidden _ebss
+	.hidden _got
+	.hidden _egot
+
 	__HEAD
 	.code32
 ENTRY(startup_32)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index cfebb742ee18..f0ffa01c90d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2112,6 +2112,7 @@ static inline struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 #define FOLL_MIGRATION	0x400	/* wait for page to replace migration entry */
 #define FOLL_TRIED	0x800	/* a retry, previous pass started an IO */
 #define FOLL_MLOCK	0x1000	/* lock present pages */
+#define FOLL_COW	0x4000	/* internal GUP flag */
 
 typedef int (*pte_fn_t)(pte_t *pte, pgtable_t token, unsigned long addr,
 			void *data);
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index deafa2c91b36..4b0b7e7d1136 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ static int follow_pfn_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	return -EEXIST;
 }
 
+/*
+ * FOLL_FORCE can write to even unwritable pte's, but only
+ * after we've gone through a COW cycle and they are dirty.
+ */
+static inline bool can_follow_write_pte(pte_t pte, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return pte_write(pte) ||
+		((flags & FOLL_FORCE) && (flags & FOLL_COW) && pte_dirty(pte));
+}
+
 static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -92,7 +102,7 @@ retry:
 	}
 	if ((flags & FOLL_NUMA) && pte_protnone(pte))
 		goto no_page;
-	if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !pte_write(pte)) {
+	if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !can_follow_write_pte(pte, flags)) {
 		pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -352,7 +362,7 @@ static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 * reCOWed by userspace write).
 	 */
 	if ((ret & VM_FAULT_WRITE) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
-		*flags &= ~FOLL_WRITE;
+	        *flags |= FOLL_COW;
 	return 0;
 }
 
