diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index c5c424f23fd..8a23a91e137 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- *  fs/eventpoll.c (Efficent event polling implementation)
- *  Copyright (C) 2001,...,2007	 Davide Libenzi
+ *  fs/eventpoll.c (Efficient event retrieval implementation)
+ *  Copyright (C) 2001,...,2009	 Davide Libenzi
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 /* Epoll private bits inside the event mask */
 #define EP_PRIVATE_BITS (EPOLLONESHOT | EPOLLET)
 
-/* Maximum number of poll wake up nests we are allowing */
-#define EP_MAX_POLLWAKE_NESTS 4
+/* Maximum number of nesting allowed inside epoll sets */
+#define EP_MAX_NESTS 4
 
 /* Maximum msec timeout value storeable in a long int */
 #define EP_MAX_MSTIMEO min(1000ULL * MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ, (LONG_MAX - 999ULL) / HZ)
@@ -110,24 +110,21 @@ struct epoll_filefd {
 };
 
 /*
- * Node that is linked into the "wake_task_list" member of the "struct poll_safewake".
- * It is used to keep track on all tasks that are currently inside the wake_up() code
- * to 1) short-circuit the one coming from the same task and same wait queue head
- * (loop) 2) allow a maximum number of epoll descriptors inclusion nesting
- * 3) let go the ones coming from other tasks.
+ * Structure used to track possible nested calls, for too deep recursions
+ * and loop cycles.
  */
-struct wake_task_node {
+struct nested_call_node {
 	struct list_head llink;
 	struct task_struct *task;
-	wait_queue_head_t *wq;
+	void *cookie;
 };
 
 /*
- * This is used to implement the safe poll wake up avoiding to reenter
- * the poll callback from inside wake_up().
+ * This structure is used as collector for nested calls, to check for
+ * maximum recursion dept and loop cycles.
  */
-struct poll_safewake {
-	struct list_head wake_task_list;
+struct nested_calls {
+	struct list_head tasks_call_list;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
@@ -231,6 +228,12 @@ struct ep_pqueue {
 	struct epitem *epi;
 };
 
+/* Used by the ep_send_events() function as callback private data */
+struct ep_send_events_data {
+	int maxevents;
+	struct epoll_event __user *events;
+};
+
 /*
  * Configuration options available inside /proc/sys/fs/epoll/
  */
@@ -242,8 +245,11 @@ static int max_user_watches __read_mostly;
  */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(epmutex);
 
-/* Safe wake up implementation */
-static struct poll_safewake psw;
+/* Used for safe wake up implementation */
+static struct nested_calls poll_safewake_ncalls;
+
+/* Used to call file's f_op->poll() under the nested calls boundaries */
+static struct nested_calls poll_readywalk_ncalls;
 
 /* Slab cache used to allocate "struct epitem" */
 static struct kmem_cache *epi_cache __read_mostly;
@@ -312,11 +318,80 @@ static inline int ep_op_has_event(int op)
 }
 
 /* Initialize the poll safe wake up structure */
-static void ep_poll_safewake_init(struct poll_safewake *psw)
+static void ep_nested_calls_init(struct nested_calls *ncalls)
 {
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ncalls->tasks_call_list);
+	spin_lock_init(&ncalls->lock);
+}
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&psw->wake_task_list);
-	spin_lock_init(&psw->lock);
+/**
+ * ep_call_nested - Perform a bound (possibly) nested call, by checking
+ *                  that the recursion limit is not exceeded, and that
+ *                  the same nested call (by the meaning of same cookie) is
+ *                  no re-entered.
+ *
+ * @ncalls: Pointer to the nested_calls structure to be used for this call.
+ * @max_nests: Maximum number of allowed nesting calls.
+ * @nproc: Nested call core function pointer.
+ * @priv: Opaque data to be passed to the @nproc callback.
+ * @cookie: Cookie to be used to identify this nested call.
+ *
+ * Returns: Returns the code returned by the @nproc callback, or -1 if
+ *          the maximum recursion limit has been exceeded.
+ */
+static int ep_call_nested(struct nested_calls *ncalls, int max_nests,
+			  int (*nproc)(void *, void *, int), void *priv,
+			  void *cookie)
+{
+	int error, call_nests = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct task_struct *this_task = current;
+	struct list_head *lsthead = &ncalls->tasks_call_list;
+	struct nested_call_node *tncur;
+	struct nested_call_node tnode;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ncalls->lock, flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * Try to see if the current task is already inside this wakeup call.
+	 * We use a list here, since the population inside this set is always
+	 * very much limited.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry(tncur, lsthead, llink) {
+		if (tncur->task == this_task &&
+		    (tncur->cookie == cookie || ++call_nests > max_nests)) {
+			/*
+			 * Ops ... loop detected or maximum nest level reached.
+			 * We abort this wake by breaking the cycle itself.
+			 */
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ncalls->lock, flags);
+
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Add the current task and cookie to the list */
+	tnode.task = this_task;
+	tnode.cookie = cookie;
+	list_add(&tnode.llink, lsthead);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ncalls->lock, flags);
+
+	/* Call the nested function */
+	error = (*nproc)(priv, cookie, call_nests);
+
+	/* Remove the current task from the list */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ncalls->lock, flags);
+	list_del(&tnode.llink);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ncalls->lock, flags);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+static int ep_poll_wakeup_proc(void *priv, void *cookie, int call_nests)
+{
+	wake_up_nested((wait_queue_head_t *) cookie, 1 + call_nests);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -324,52 +399,15 @@ static void ep_poll_safewake_init(struct poll_safewake *psw)
  * with the new callback'd wake up system, it is possible that the
  * poll callback is reentered from inside the call to wake_up() done
  * on the poll wait queue head. The rule is that we cannot reenter the
- * wake up code from the same task more than EP_MAX_POLLWAKE_NESTS times,
+ * wake up code from the same task more than EP_MAX_NESTS times,
  * and we cannot reenter the same wait queue head at all. This will
  * enable to have a hierarchy of epoll file descriptor of no more than
- * EP_MAX_POLLWAKE_NESTS deep. We need the irq version of the spin lock
- * because this one gets called by the poll callback, that in turn is called
- * from inside a wake_up(), that might be called from irq context.
+ * EP_MAX_NESTS deep.
  */
-static void ep_poll_safewake(struct poll_safewake *psw, wait_queue_head_t *wq)
+static void ep_poll_safewake(wait_queue_head_t *wq)
 {
-	int wake_nests = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct task_struct *this_task = current;
-	struct list_head *lsthead = &psw->wake_task_list;
-	struct wake_task_node *tncur;
-	struct wake_task_node tnode;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&psw->lock, flags);
-
-	/* Try to see if the current task is already inside this wakeup call */
-	list_for_each_entry(tncur, lsthead, llink) {
-
-		if (tncur->wq == wq ||
-		    (tncur->task == this_task && ++wake_nests > EP_MAX_POLLWAKE_NESTS)) {
-			/*
-			 * Ops ... loop detected or maximum nest level reached.
-			 * We abort this wake by breaking the cycle itself.
-			 */
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psw->lock, flags);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* Add the current task to the list */
-	tnode.task = this_task;
-	tnode.wq = wq;
-	list_add(&tnode.llink, lsthead);
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psw->lock, flags);
-
-	/* Do really wake up now */
-	wake_up_nested(wq, 1 + wake_nests);
-
-	/* Remove the current task from the list */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&psw->lock, flags);
-	list_del(&tnode.llink);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psw->lock, flags);
+	ep_call_nested(&poll_safewake_ncalls, EP_MAX_NESTS,
+		       ep_poll_wakeup_proc, NULL, wq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -397,6 +435,104 @@ static void ep_unregister_pollwait(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * ep_scan_ready_list - Scans the ready list in a way that makes possible for
+ *                      the scan code, to call f_op->poll(). Also allows for
+ *                      O(NumReady) performance.
+ *
+ * @ep: Pointer to the epoll private data structure.
+ * @sproc: Pointer to the scan callback.
+ * @priv: Private opaque data passed to the @sproc callback.
+ *
+ * Returns: The same integer error code returned by the @sproc callback.
+ */
+static int ep_scan_ready_list(struct eventpoll *ep,
+			      int (*sproc)(struct eventpoll *,
+					   struct list_head *, void *),
+			      void *priv)
+{
+	int error, pwake = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct epitem *epi, *nepi;
+	struct list_head txlist;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&txlist);
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to lock this because we could be hit by
+	 * eventpoll_release_file() and epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DEL).
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&ep->mtx);
+
+	/*
+	 * Steal the ready list, and re-init the original one to the
+	 * empty list. Also, set ep->ovflist to NULL so that events
+	 * happening while looping w/out locks, are not lost. We cannot
+	 * have the poll callback to queue directly on ep->rdllist,
+	 * because we want the "sproc" callback to be able to do it
+	 * in a lockless way.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+	list_splice(&ep->rdllist, &txlist);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ep->rdllist);
+	ep->ovflist = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * Now call the callback function.
+	 */
+	error = (*sproc)(ep, &txlist, priv);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+	/*
+	 * During the time we spent inside the "sproc" callback, some
+	 * other events might have been queued by the poll callback.
+	 * We re-insert them inside the main ready-list here.
+	 */
+	for (nepi = ep->ovflist; (epi = nepi) != NULL;
+	     nepi = epi->next, epi->next = EP_UNACTIVE_PTR) {
+		/*
+		 * We need to check if the item is already in the list.
+		 * During the "sproc" callback execution time, items are
+		 * queued into ->ovflist but the "txlist" might already
+		 * contain them, and the list_splice() below takes care of them.
+		 */
+		if (!ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink))
+			list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * We need to set back ep->ovflist to EP_UNACTIVE_PTR, so that after
+	 * releasing the lock, events will be queued in the normal way inside
+	 * ep->rdllist.
+	 */
+	ep->ovflist = EP_UNACTIVE_PTR;
+
+	/*
+	 * Quickly re-inject items left on "txlist".
+	 */
+	list_splice(&txlist, &ep->rdllist);
+
+	if (!list_empty(&ep->rdllist)) {
+		/*
+		 * Wake up (if active) both the eventpoll wait list and the ->poll()
+		 * wait list (delayed after we release the lock).
+		 */
+		if (waitqueue_active(&ep->wq))
+			wake_up_locked(&ep->wq);
+		if (waitqueue_active(&ep->poll_wait))
+			pwake++;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
+
+	/* We have to call this outside the lock */
+	if (pwake)
+		ep_poll_safewake(&ep->poll_wait);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
 /*
  * Removes a "struct epitem" from the eventpoll RB tree and deallocates
  * all the associated resources. Must be called with "mtx" held.
@@ -447,7 +583,7 @@ static void ep_free(struct eventpoll *ep)
 
 	/* We need to release all tasks waiting for these file */
 	if (waitqueue_active(&ep->poll_wait))
-		ep_poll_safewake(&psw, &ep->poll_wait);
+		ep_poll_safewake(&ep->poll_wait);
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to lock this because we could be hit by
@@ -496,22 +632,49 @@ static int ep_eventpoll_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ep_read_events_proc(struct eventpoll *ep, struct list_head *head, void *priv)
+{
+	struct epitem *epi, *tmp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(epi, tmp, head, rdllink) {
+		if (epi->ffd.file->f_op->poll(epi->ffd.file, NULL) &
+		    epi->event.events)
+			return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+		else
+			/*
+			 * Item has been dropped into the ready list by the poll
+			 * callback, but it's not actually ready, as far as
+			 * caller requested events goes. We can remove it here.
+			 */
+			list_del_init(&epi->rdllink);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ep_poll_readyevents_proc(void *priv, void *cookie, int call_nests)
+{
+	return ep_scan_ready_list(priv, ep_read_events_proc, NULL);
+}
+
 static unsigned int ep_eventpoll_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	unsigned int pollflags = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	int pollflags;
 	struct eventpoll *ep = file->private_data;
 
 	/* Insert inside our poll wait queue */
 	poll_wait(file, &ep->poll_wait, wait);
 
-	/* Check our condition */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
-	if (!list_empty(&ep->rdllist))
-		pollflags = POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+	/*
+	 * Proceed to find out if wanted events are really available inside
+	 * the ready list. This need to be done under ep_call_nested()
+	 * supervision, since the call to f_op->poll() done on listed files
+	 * could re-enter here.
+	 */
+	pollflags = ep_call_nested(&poll_readywalk_ncalls, EP_MAX_NESTS,
+				   ep_poll_readyevents_proc, ep, ep);
 
-	return pollflags;
+	return pollflags != -1 ? pollflags: 0;
 }
 
 /* File callbacks that implement the eventpoll file behaviour */
@@ -541,7 +704,7 @@ void eventpoll_release_file(struct file *file)
 	 * We don't want to get "file->f_lock" because it is not
 	 * necessary. It is not necessary because we're in the "struct file"
 	 * cleanup path, and this means that noone is using this file anymore.
-	 * So, for example, epoll_ctl() cannot hit here sicne if we reach this
+	 * So, for example, epoll_ctl() cannot hit here since if we reach this
 	 * point, the file counter already went to zero and fget() would fail.
 	 * The only hit might come from ep_free() but by holding the mutex
 	 * will correctly serialize the operation. We do need to acquire
@@ -670,12 +833,9 @@ static int ep_poll_callback(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *k
 	}
 
 	/* If this file is already in the ready list we exit soon */
-	if (ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink))
-		goto is_linked;
+	if (!ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink))
+		list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
 
-	list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
-
-is_linked:
 	/*
 	 * Wake up ( if active ) both the eventpoll wait list and the ->poll()
 	 * wait list.
@@ -690,7 +850,7 @@ out_unlock:
 
 	/* We have to call this outside the lock */
 	if (pwake)
-		ep_poll_safewake(&psw, &ep->poll_wait);
+		ep_poll_safewake(&ep->poll_wait);
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -712,10 +872,9 @@ static void ep_ptable_queue_proc(struct file *file, wait_queue_head_t *whead,
 		add_wait_queue(whead, &pwq->wait);
 		list_add_tail(&pwq->llink, &epi->pwqlist);
 		epi->nwait++;
-	} else {
+	} else
 		/* We have to signal that an error occurred */
 		epi->nwait = -1;
-	}
 }
 
 static void ep_rbtree_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
@@ -817,7 +976,7 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event *event,
 
 	/* We have to call this outside the lock */
 	if (pwake)
-		ep_poll_safewake(&psw, &ep->poll_wait);
+		ep_poll_safewake(&ep->poll_wait);
 
 	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: ep_insert(%p, %p, %d)\n",
 		     current, ep, tfile, fd));
@@ -891,137 +1050,74 @@ static int ep_modify(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi, struct epoll_even
 
 	/* We have to call this outside the lock */
 	if (pwake)
-		ep_poll_safewake(&psw, &ep->poll_wait);
+		ep_poll_safewake(&ep->poll_wait);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ep_send_events_proc(struct eventpoll *ep, struct list_head *head, void *priv)
+{
+	struct ep_send_events_data *esed = priv;
+	int eventcnt;
+  	unsigned int revents;
+	struct epitem *epi;
+	struct epoll_event __user *uevent;
+
+  	/*
+	 * We can loop without lock because we are passed a task private list.
+	 * Items cannot vanish during the loop because ep_scan_ready_list() is
+	 * holding "mtx" during this call.
+  	 */
+	for (eventcnt = 0, uevent = esed->events;
+	     !list_empty(head) && eventcnt < esed->maxevents;) {
+		epi = list_first_entry(head, struct epitem, rdllink);
+
+		list_del_init(&epi->rdllink);
+
+  		revents = epi->ffd.file->f_op->poll(epi->ffd.file, NULL) &
+  			epi->event.events;
+
+  		/*
+		 * If the event mask intersect the caller-requested one,
+		 * deliver the event to userspace. Again, ep_scan_ready_list()
+		 * is holding "mtx", so no operations coming from userspace
+		 * can change the item.
+  		 */
+  		if (revents) {
+			if (__put_user(revents, &uevent->events) ||
+			    __put_user(epi->event.data, &uevent->data))
+				return eventcnt ? eventcnt: -EFAULT;
+  			eventcnt++;
+			uevent++;
+  			if (epi->event.events & EPOLLONESHOT)
+  				epi->event.events &= EP_PRIVATE_BITS;
+  			else if (!(epi->event.events & EPOLLET))
+  				/*
+				 * If this file has been added with Level Trigger
+				 * mode, we need to insert back inside the ready
+				 * list, so that the next call to epoll_wait()
+				 * will check again the events availability.
+  				 * At this point, noone can insert into ep->rdllist
+  				 * besides us. The epoll_ctl() callers are locked
+				 * out by ep_scan_ready_list() holding "mtx" and
+				 * the poll callback will queue them in ep->ovflist.
+  				 */
+  				list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
+  		}
+  	}
+
+	return eventcnt;
+}
+
 static int ep_send_events(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
 			  int maxevents)
 {
-	int eventcnt, error = -EFAULT, pwake = 0;
-	unsigned int revents;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct epitem *epi, *nepi;
-	struct list_head txlist;
+	struct ep_send_events_data esed;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&txlist);
+	esed.maxevents = maxevents;
+	esed.events = events;
 
-	/*
-	 * We need to lock this because we could be hit by
-	 * eventpoll_release_file() and epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DEL).
-	 */
-	mutex_lock(&ep->mtx);
-
-	/*
-	 * Steal the ready list, and re-init the original one to the
-	 * empty list. Also, set ep->ovflist to NULL so that events
-	 * happening while looping w/out locks, are not lost. We cannot
-	 * have the poll callback to queue directly on ep->rdllist,
-	 * because we are doing it in the loop below, in a lockless way.
-	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
-	list_splice(&ep->rdllist, &txlist);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ep->rdllist);
-	ep->ovflist = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
-
-	/*
-	 * We can loop without lock because this is a task private list.
-	 * We just splice'd out the ep->rdllist in ep_collect_ready_items().
-	 * Items cannot vanish during the loop because we are holding "mtx".
-	 */
-	for (eventcnt = 0; !list_empty(&txlist) && eventcnt < maxevents;) {
-		epi = list_first_entry(&txlist, struct epitem, rdllink);
-
-		list_del_init(&epi->rdllink);
-
-		/*
-		 * Get the ready file event set. We can safely use the file
-		 * because we are holding the "mtx" and this will guarantee
-		 * that both the file and the item will not vanish.
-		 */
-		revents = epi->ffd.file->f_op->poll(epi->ffd.file, NULL);
-		revents &= epi->event.events;
-
-		/*
-		 * Is the event mask intersect the caller-requested one,
-		 * deliver the event to userspace. Again, we are holding
-		 * "mtx", so no operations coming from userspace can change
-		 * the item.
-		 */
-		if (revents) {
-			if (__put_user(revents,
-				       &events[eventcnt].events) ||
-			    __put_user(epi->event.data,
-				       &events[eventcnt].data))
-				goto errxit;
-			if (epi->event.events & EPOLLONESHOT)
-				epi->event.events &= EP_PRIVATE_BITS;
-			eventcnt++;
-		}
-		/*
-		 * At this point, noone can insert into ep->rdllist besides
-		 * us. The epoll_ctl() callers are locked out by us holding
-		 * "mtx" and the poll callback will queue them in ep->ovflist.
-		 */
-		if (!(epi->event.events & EPOLLET) &&
-		    (revents & epi->event.events))
-			list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
-	}
-	error = 0;
-
-errxit:
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
-	/*
-	 * During the time we spent in the loop above, some other events
-	 * might have been queued by the poll callback. We re-insert them
-	 * inside the main ready-list here.
-	 */
-	for (nepi = ep->ovflist; (epi = nepi) != NULL;
-	     nepi = epi->next, epi->next = EP_UNACTIVE_PTR) {
-		/*
-		 * If the above loop quit with errors, the epoll item might still
-		 * be linked to "txlist", and the list_splice() done below will
-		 * take care of those cases.
-		 */
-		if (!ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink))
-			list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
-	}
-	/*
-	 * We need to set back ep->ovflist to EP_UNACTIVE_PTR, so that after
-	 * releasing the lock, events will be queued in the normal way inside
-	 * ep->rdllist.
-	 */
-	ep->ovflist = EP_UNACTIVE_PTR;
-
-	/*
-	 * In case of error in the event-send loop, or in case the number of
-	 * ready events exceeds the userspace limit, we need to splice the
-	 * "txlist" back inside ep->rdllist.
-	 */
-	list_splice(&txlist, &ep->rdllist);
-
-	if (!list_empty(&ep->rdllist)) {
-		/*
-		 * Wake up (if active) both the eventpoll wait list and the ->poll()
-		 * wait list (delayed after we release the lock).
-		 */
-		if (waitqueue_active(&ep->wq))
-			wake_up_locked(&ep->wq);
-		if (waitqueue_active(&ep->poll_wait))
-			pwake++;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
-
-	/* We have to call this outside the lock */
-	if (pwake)
-		ep_poll_safewake(&psw, &ep->poll_wait);
-
-	return eventcnt == 0 ? error: eventcnt;
+	return ep_scan_ready_list(ep, ep_send_events_proc, &esed);
 }
 
 static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
@@ -1033,7 +1129,7 @@ static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
 	wait_queue_t wait;
 
 	/*
-	 * Calculate the timeout by checking for the "infinite" value ( -1 )
+	 * Calculate the timeout by checking for the "infinite" value (-1)
 	 * and the overflow condition. The passed timeout is in milliseconds,
 	 * that why (t * HZ) / 1000.
 	 */
@@ -1076,9 +1172,8 @@ retry:
 
 		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	}
-
 	/* Is it worth to try to dig for events ? */
-	eavail = !list_empty(&ep->rdllist);
+	eavail = !list_empty(&ep->rdllist) || ep->ovflist != EP_UNACTIVE_PTR;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
 
@@ -1099,41 +1194,40 @@ retry:
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create1, int, flags)
 {
-	int error, fd = -1;
-	struct eventpoll *ep;
+	int error;
+	struct eventpoll *ep = NULL;
 
 	/* Check the EPOLL_* constant for consistency.  */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(EPOLL_CLOEXEC != O_CLOEXEC);
 
-	if (flags & ~EPOLL_CLOEXEC)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: sys_epoll_create(%d)\n",
 		     current, flags));
 
+	error = -EINVAL;
+	if (flags & ~EPOLL_CLOEXEC)
+		goto error_return;
+
 	/*
-	 * Create the internal data structure ( "struct eventpoll" ).
+	 * Create the internal data structure ("struct eventpoll").
 	 */
 	error = ep_alloc(&ep);
-	if (error < 0) {
-		fd = error;
+	if (error < 0)
 		goto error_return;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Creates all the items needed to setup an eventpoll file. That is,
 	 * a file structure and a free file descriptor.
 	 */
-	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventpoll]", &eventpoll_fops, ep,
-			      flags & O_CLOEXEC);
-	if (fd < 0)
+	error = anon_inode_getfd("[eventpoll]", &eventpoll_fops, ep,
+				 flags & O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (error < 0)
 		ep_free(ep);
 
 error_return:
 	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: sys_epoll_create(%d) = %d\n",
-		     current, flags, fd));
+		     current, flags, error));
 
-	return fd;
+	return error;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create, int, size)
@@ -1359,7 +1453,10 @@ static int __init eventpoll_init(void)
 		EP_ITEM_COST;
 
 	/* Initialize the structure used to perform safe poll wait head wake ups */
-	ep_poll_safewake_init(&psw);
+	ep_nested_calls_init(&poll_safewake_ncalls);
+
+	/* Initialize the structure used to perform file's f_op->poll() calls */
+	ep_nested_calls_init(&poll_readywalk_ncalls);
 
 	/* Allocates slab cache used to allocate "struct epitem" items */
 	epi_cache = kmem_cache_create("eventpoll_epi", sizeof(struct epitem),