diff -urN 2.4.4/include/linux/fs.h pagecache-atomic/include/linux/fs.h
--- 2.4.4/include/linux/fs.h	Sat Apr 28 05:24:47 2001
+++ pagecache-atomic/include/linux/fs.h	Sun Apr 29 05:25:18 2001
@@ -1276,7 +1276,9 @@
 extern int file_read_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
 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 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 ssize_t generic_read_dir(struct file *, char *, size_t, loff_t *);
 
diff -urN 2.4.4/kernel/ksyms.c pagecache-atomic/kernel/ksyms.c
--- 2.4.4/kernel/ksyms.c	Sat Apr 28 05:24:48 2001
+++ pagecache-atomic/kernel/ksyms.c	Sun Apr 29 05:25:18 2001
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 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_mmap);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_ro_fops);
diff -urN 2.4.4/mm/filemap.c pagecache-atomic/mm/filemap.c
--- 2.4.4/mm/filemap.c	Sat Apr 28 05:24:48 2001
+++ pagecache-atomic/mm/filemap.c	Sun Apr 29 05:25:28 2001
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@
  * 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 inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
@@ -1116,9 +1116,16 @@
 		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
@@ -1194,6 +1201,11 @@
 		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..