diff -urNp x-ref/include/linux/fs.h x/include/linux/fs.h
--- x-ref/include/linux/fs.h	2003-01-31 01:32:19.000000000 +0100
+++ x/include/linux/fs.h	2003-01-31 01:32:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -1478,7 +1478,9 @@ extern int file_read_actor(read_descript
 extern ssize_t generic_file_read(struct file *, char *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_write_nolock(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
-extern void do_generic_file_read(struct file *, loff_t *, read_descriptor_t *, read_actor_t);
+extern void __do_generic_file_read(struct file *, loff_t *, read_descriptor_t *, read_actor_t, int);
+#define do_generic_file_read(filp, ppos, desc, actor) __do_generic_file_read(filp, ppos, desc, actor, 0)
+#define do_generic_file_read_atomic(filp, ppos, desc, actor) __do_generic_file_read(filp, ppos, desc, actor, 1)
 extern loff_t no_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
 extern loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin);
 extern ssize_t generic_read_dir(struct file *, char *, size_t, loff_t *);
diff -urNp x-ref/kernel/ksyms.c x/kernel/ksyms.c
--- x-ref/kernel/ksyms.c	2003-01-31 01:32:14.000000000 +0100
+++ x/kernel/ksyms.c	2003-01-31 01:33:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_commit_write);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_truncate_page);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_block_bmap);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_read);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_generic_file_read);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__do_generic_file_read);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write_nolock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_mmap);
diff -urNp x-ref/mm/filemap.c x/mm/filemap.c
--- x-ref/mm/filemap.c	2003-01-31 01:32:15.000000000 +0100
+++ x/mm/filemap.c	2003-01-31 01:32:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ void mark_page_accessed(struct page *pag
  * This is really ugly. But the goto's actually try to clarify some
  * of the logic when it comes to error handling etc.
  */
-void do_generic_file_read(struct file * filp, loff_t *ppos, read_descriptor_t * desc, read_actor_t actor)
+void __do_generic_file_read(struct file * filp, loff_t *ppos, read_descriptor_t * desc, read_actor_t actor, int nonblock)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = filp->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
@@ -1377,9 +1377,16 @@ found_page:
 		page_cache_get(page);
 		spin_unlock(&pagecache_lock);
 
-		if (!Page_Uptodate(page))
+		if (!Page_Uptodate(page)) {
+			if (nonblock) {
+				page_cache_release(page);
+				desc->error = -EWOULDBLOCKIO;
+				break;
+			}
 			goto page_not_up_to_date;
-		generic_file_readahead(reada_ok, filp, inode, page);
+		}
+		if (!nonblock)
+			generic_file_readahead(reada_ok, filp, inode, page);
 page_ok:
 		/* If users can be writing to this page using arbitrary
 		 * virtual addresses, take care about potential aliasing
@@ -1465,6 +1472,11 @@ readpage:
 		break;
 
 no_cached_page:
+		if (nonblock) {
+			spin_unlock(&pagecache_lock);
+			desc->error = -EWOULDBLOCKIO;
+			break;
+		}
 		/*
 		 * Ok, it wasn't cached, so we need to create a new
 		 * page..