diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index fd7e179..1f524df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
@@ -581,6 +582,8 @@
 	unsigned long address;
 	int write, si_code;
 	int fault;
+	unsigned long *stackend;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	unsigned long flags;
 #endif
@@ -850,6 +853,10 @@
 
 	show_fault_oops(regs, error_code, address);
 
+ 	stackend = end_of_stack(tsk);
+	if (*stackend != STACK_END_MAGIC)
+		printk(KERN_ALERT "Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted\n");
+
 	tsk->thread.cr2 = address;
 	tsk->thread.trap_no = 14;
 	tsk->thread.error_code = error_code;
diff --git a/include/linux/magic.h b/include/linux/magic.h
index 1fa0c2c..74e68e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/magic.h
+++ b/include/linux/magic.h
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@
 #define FUTEXFS_SUPER_MAGIC	0xBAD1DEA
 #define INOTIFYFS_SUPER_MAGIC	0x2BAD1DEA
 
+#define STACK_END_MAGIC		0x57AC6E9D
 #endif /* __LINUX_MAGIC_H__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index d6a5151..c5181e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1969,6 +1969,19 @@
 
 extern void thread_info_cache_init(void);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+static inline unsigned long stack_not_used(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	unsigned long *n = end_of_stack(p);
+
+	do { 	/* Skip over canary */
+		n++;
+	} while (!*n);
+
+	return (unsigned long)n - (unsigned long)end_of_stack(p);
+}
+#endif
+
 /* set thread flags in other task's structures
  * - see asm/thread_info.h for TIF_xxxx flags available
  */
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 8f6185e..fb8de6c 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -899,12 +899,9 @@
 {
 	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(low_water_lock);
 	static int lowest_to_date = THREAD_SIZE;
-	unsigned long *n = end_of_stack(current);
 	unsigned long free;
 
-	while (*n == 0)
-		n++;
-	free = (unsigned long)n - (unsigned long)end_of_stack(current);
+	free = stack_not_used(current);
 
 	if (free >= lowest_to_date)
 		return;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 19908b2..d428336 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	struct thread_info *ti;
+	unsigned long *stackend;
+
 	int err;
 
 	prepare_to_copy(orig);
@@ -211,6 +214,8 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	setup_thread_stack(tsk, orig);
+	stackend = end_of_stack(tsk);
+	*stackend = STACK_END_MAGIC;	/* for overflow detection */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
 	tsk->stack_canary = get_random_int();
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index cfa222a..a964ed9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5748,12 +5748,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_CONT " %016lx ", thread_saved_pc(p));
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
-	{
-		unsigned long *n = end_of_stack(p);
-		while (!*n)
-			n++;
-		free = (unsigned long)n - (unsigned long)end_of_stack(p);
-	}
+	free = stack_not_used(p);
 #endif
 	printk(KERN_CONT "%5lu %5d %6d\n", free,
 		task_pid_nr(p), task_pid_nr(p->real_parent));