diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 0339181..433e75a 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config PARISC
 	def_bool y
+	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER if 64BIT
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
index 7305ac8..bc989e5 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -12,18 +12,4 @@
          portion of the kernel code won't be covered by a TLB anymore.
          If in doubt, say "N".
 
-config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
-	bool "Strict copy size checks"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
-	---help---
-	  Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
-	  copy operations into compile time failures.
-
-	  The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
-	  are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
-	  the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
-	  within bounds.
-
-	  If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.
-
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index bda6ba6..ce640af 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 	select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_BH
 	select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQ
 	select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQRESTORE
+	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
 	select ARCH_SAVE_PAGE_KEYS if HIBERNATION
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug b/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
index fc32a2d..c56878e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig.debug
@@ -17,20 +17,6 @@
 
 	  If you are unsure, say Y.
 
-config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
-	def_bool n
-	prompt "Strict user copy size checks"
-	---help---
-	  Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
-	  copy operations into compile time warnings.
-
-	  The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
-	  are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
-	  the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
-	  within bounds.
-
-	  If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.
-
 config S390_PTDUMP
 	bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/s390/lib/Makefile b/arch/s390/lib/Makefile
index 6ab0d0b..20b0e97 100644
--- a/arch/s390/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/lib/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 
 lib-y += delay.o string.o uaccess_std.o uaccess_pt.o
-obj-y += usercopy.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_32BIT) += div64.o qrnnd.o ucmpdi2.o mem32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_64BIT) += mem64.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_64BIT) += uaccess_mvcos.o
diff --git a/arch/s390/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/s390/lib/usercopy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 14b363f..0000000
--- a/arch/s390/lib/usercopy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/bug.h>
-
-void copy_from_user_overflow(void)
-{
-	WARN(1, "Buffer overflow detected!\n");
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_from_user_overflow);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/lib/Makefile b/arch/sparc/lib/Makefile
index 8410065f2..dbe119b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/lib/Makefile
@@ -45,4 +45,3 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPARC32) += atomic32.o ucmpdi2.o
 obj-y                 += ksyms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPARC64) += PeeCeeI.o
-obj-y                 += usercopy.o
diff --git a/arch/sparc/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/sparc/lib/usercopy.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c4284c..0000000
--- a/arch/sparc/lib/usercopy.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/bug.h>
-
-void copy_from_user_overflow(void)
-{
-	WARN(1, "Buffer overflow detected!\n");
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_from_user_overflow);
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index 25877ae..0f712f4e 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS if TILEGX
 	select VIRT_TO_BUS
 	select SYS_HYPERVISOR
+	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
@@ -114,13 +115,6 @@
 config SMP
 	def_bool y
 
-# Allow checking for compile-time determined overflow errors in
-# copy_from_user().  There are still unprovable places in the
-# generic code as of 2.6.34, so this option is not really compatible
-# with -Werror, which is more useful in general.
-config DEBUG_COPY_FROM_USER
-	def_bool n
-
 config HVC_TILE
 	depends on TTY
 	select HVC_DRIVER
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 9ab078a..8a082bc 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -395,7 +395,12 @@
 	return n;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_COPY_FROM_USER
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
+/*
+ * There are still unprovable places in the generic code as of 2.6.34, so this
+ * option is not really compatible with -Werror, which is more useful in
+ * general.
+ */
 extern void copy_from_user_overflow(void)
 	__compiletime_warning("copy_from_user() size is not provably correct");
 
diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/uaccess.c b/arch/tile/lib/uaccess.c
index f8d398c..030abe3 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/uaccess.c
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/uaccess.c
@@ -22,11 +22,3 @@
 		 is_arch_mappable_range(addr, size));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__range_ok);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_COPY_FROM_USER
-void copy_from_user_overflow(void)
-{
-       WARN(1, "Buffer overflow detected!\n");
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_from_user_overflow);
-#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 05b057d..5db2117 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ### Arch settings
 config X86
 	def_bool y
+	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
 	select HAVE_AOUT if X86_32
 	select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 16f7383..c198b7e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -292,20 +292,6 @@
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
-	bool "Strict copy size checks"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
-	---help---
-	  Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
-	  copy operations into compile time failures.
-
-	  The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
-	  are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
-	  the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
-	  within bounds.
-
-	  If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.
-
 config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
 	bool "NMI Selftest"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
index f0312d7..3eb18ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
@@ -689,9 +689,3 @@
 	return n;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(_copy_from_user);
-
-void copy_from_user_overflow(void)
-{
-	WARN(1, "Buffer overflow detected!\n");
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_from_user_overflow);