diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/barrier.h
index 5d6b4b407ddab29b677a7aa5328715127dfdad56..2d6f0de7732529212bf4a9256bb3720386e39e71 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static inline void wr_fence(void)
 	volatile int *flushptr = (volatile int *) LINSYSEVENT_WR_FENCE;
 	barrier();
 	*flushptr = 0;
+	barrier();
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_METAG_META21 */
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ static inline void wr_fence(void)
 	*flushptr = 0;
 	*flushptr = 0;
 	*flushptr = 0;
+	barrier();
 }
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_METAG_META21 */
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ static inline void fence(void)
 	volatile int *flushptr = (volatile int *) LINSYSEVENT_WR_ATOMIC_UNLOCK;
 	barrier();
 	*flushptr = 0;
+	barrier();
 }
 #define smp_mb()        fence()
 #define smp_rmb()       fence()
diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
index f16477d1f571cb134a29e3afd13c480401f340ea..a8a37477c66e22a8e3c29ba2402ff6559a35bf27 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 /* Add an extra page of padding at the top of the stack for the guard page. */
 #define STACK_TOP	(TASK_SIZE - PAGE_SIZE)
 #define STACK_TOP_MAX	STACK_TOP
+/* Maximum virtual space for stack */
+#define STACK_SIZE_MAX	(CONFIG_MAX_STACK_SIZE_MB*1024*1024)
 
 /* This decides where the kernel will search for a free chunk of vm
  * space during mmap's.
diff --git a/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild b/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
index 84e09feb4d546fef7004746a8d5550bddb3f8d58..ab78be2b6eb0503f939cc85409d532a3b037b491 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ include include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm
 header-y += byteorder.h
 header-y += ech.h
 header-y += ptrace.h
-header-y += resource.h
 header-y += sigcontext.h
 header-y += siginfo.h
 header-y += swab.h
 header-y += unistd.h
 
 generic-y += mman.h
+generic-y += resource.h
 generic-y += setup.h
diff --git a/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/resource.h b/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/resource.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 526d23cc30544ae2e70b072f32bad71a4d54e02b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/metag/include/uapi/asm/resource.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _UAPI_METAG_RESOURCE_H
-#define _UAPI_METAG_RESOURCE_H
-
-#define _STK_LIM_MAX    (1 << 28)
-#include <asm-generic/resource.h>
-
-#endif /* _UAPI_METAG_RESOURCE_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
index 198a86feb5748fc595f7230941485af0bc84a76a..d951c9681ab316aa2be88cd65b4d18ae62f958cb 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 #define STACK_TOP	TASK_SIZE
 #define STACK_TOP_MAX	DEFAULT_TASK_SIZE
 
+/* Allow bigger stacks for 64-bit processes */
+#define STACK_SIZE_MAX	(USER_WIDE_MODE					\
+			 ? (1 << 30)	/* 1 GB */			\
+			 : (CONFIG_MAX_STACK_SIZE_MB*1024*1024))
+
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
index 31ffa9b5532216620d9a6106d2d4b76e7501ee0b..e1ffea2f9a0b05ccda844969dcb7c519ab17077a 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ static unsigned long mmap_upper_limit(void)
 {
 	unsigned long stack_base;
 
-	/* Limit stack size to 1GB - see setup_arg_pages() in fs/exec.c */
+	/* Limit stack size - see setup_arg_pages() in fs/exec.c */
 	stack_base = rlimit_max(RLIMIT_STACK);
-	if (stack_base > (1 << 30))
-		stack_base = 1 << 30;
+	if (stack_base > STACK_SIZE_MAX)
+		stack_base = STACK_SIZE_MAX;
 
 	return PAGE_ALIGN(STACK_TOP - stack_base);
 }
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 476f3ebf437ef40ddd7432200080825b7e9e992c..238b7aa26f68ab538df0cc219073a3d26541cc11 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -657,10 +657,10 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	unsigned long rlim_stack;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
-	/* Limit stack size to 1GB */
+	/* Limit stack size */
 	stack_base = rlimit_max(RLIMIT_STACK);
-	if (stack_base > (1 << 30))
-		stack_base = 1 << 30;
+	if (stack_base > STACK_SIZE_MAX)
+		stack_base = STACK_SIZE_MAX;
 
 	/* Make sure we didn't let the argument array grow too large. */
 	if (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start > stack_base)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/resource.h b/include/asm-generic/resource.h
index b4ea8f50fc65ed409335bf37b3088dfde626d4a2..5e752b9590548448b42080151169cc7e38a1245c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/resource.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/resource.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	[RLIMIT_CPU]		= {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_FSIZE]		= {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_DATA]		= {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
-	[RLIMIT_STACK]		= {       _STK_LIM,   _STK_LIM_MAX },	\
+	[RLIMIT_STACK]		= {       _STK_LIM,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_CORE]		= {              0,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_RSS]		= {  RLIM_INFINITY,  RLIM_INFINITY },	\
 	[RLIMIT_NPROC]		= {              0,              0 },	\
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/resource.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/resource.h
index f863428796d532a42df39e45527da2f8c6eb9c88..c6d10af50123e1c5810aff634400e8c273949221 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/resource.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/resource.h
@@ -57,12 +57,5 @@
 # define RLIM_INFINITY		(~0UL)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * RLIMIT_STACK default maximum - some architectures override it:
- */
-#ifndef _STK_LIM_MAX
-# define _STK_LIM_MAX		RLIM_INFINITY
-#endif
-
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_GENERIC_RESOURCE_H */
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index ebe5880c29d6cbe2306054f19bda87ffb3daa59a..1b5a95f0fa013ca428e877ae39d6f0148a49cd61 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -581,3 +581,18 @@ config PGTABLE_MAPPING
 
 config GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
 	bool
+
+config MAX_STACK_SIZE_MB
+	int "Maximum user stack size for 32-bit processes (MB)"
+	default 80
+	range 8 256 if METAG
+	range 8 2048
+	depends on STACK_GROWSUP && (!64BIT || COMPAT)
+	help
+	  This is the maximum stack size in Megabytes in the VM layout of 32-bit
+	  user processes when the stack grows upwards (currently only on parisc
+	  and metag arch). The stack will be located at the highest memory
+	  address minus the given value, unless the RLIMIT_STACK hard limit is
+	  changed to a smaller value in which case that is used.
+
+	  A sane initial value is 80 MB.