diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index 286b460..56eb14c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
+	bool
+	default y
+
 config ZONE_DMA32
 	bool
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
index c237388..65a0edd 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@
 	return (cycle_t)readl(hpet_ptr);
 }
 
+static cycle_t __vsyscall_fn vread_hpet(void)
+{
+	return readl((void __iomem *)fix_to_virt(VSYSCALL_HPET) + 0xf0);
+}
+
 struct clocksource clocksource_hpet = {
 	.name		= "hpet",
 	.rating		= 250,
@@ -466,6 +471,7 @@
 	.mult		= 0, /* set below */
 	.shift		= HPET_SHIFT,
 	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
+	.vread		= vread_hpet,
 };
 
 static int __init init_hpet_clocksource(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index d84208e..a87c517 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -53,13 +53,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtc_lock);
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock);
 
-unsigned long vxtime_hz = PIT_TICK_RATE;
-
-struct vxtime_data __vxtime __section_vxtime;	/* for vsyscalls */
-
 volatile unsigned long __jiffies __section_jiffies = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
-struct timespec __xtime __section_xtime;
-struct timezone __sys_tz __section_sys_tz;
 
 unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
index 8c92f2f..8958318 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static cycle_t __vsyscall_fn vread_tsc(void)
+{
+	cycle_t ret = (cycle_t)get_cycles_sync();
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc = {
 	.name			= "tsc",
 	.rating			= 300,
@@ -188,6 +194,7 @@
 	.shift			= 22,
 	.flags			= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS |
 				  CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY,
+	.vread			= vread_tsc,
 };
 
 void mark_tsc_unstable(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c360c42..b73212c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -88,31 +88,25 @@
   __vsyscall_0 = VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR;
 
   . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
-  .xtime_lock : AT(VLOAD(.xtime_lock)) { *(.xtime_lock) }
-  xtime_lock = VVIRT(.xtime_lock);
-
-  .vxtime : AT(VLOAD(.vxtime)) { *(.vxtime) }
-  vxtime = VVIRT(.vxtime);
+  .vsyscall_fn : AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_fn)) { *(.vsyscall_fn) }
+  . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
+  .vsyscall_gtod_data : AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_gtod_data))
+		{ *(.vsyscall_gtod_data) }
+  vsyscall_gtod_data = VVIRT(.vsyscall_gtod_data);
 
   .vgetcpu_mode : AT(VLOAD(.vgetcpu_mode)) { *(.vgetcpu_mode) }
   vgetcpu_mode = VVIRT(.vgetcpu_mode);
 
-  .sys_tz : AT(VLOAD(.sys_tz)) { *(.sys_tz) }
-  sys_tz = VVIRT(.sys_tz);
-
-  .sysctl_vsyscall : AT(VLOAD(.sysctl_vsyscall)) { *(.sysctl_vsyscall) }
-  sysctl_vsyscall = VVIRT(.sysctl_vsyscall);
-
-  .xtime : AT(VLOAD(.xtime)) { *(.xtime) }
-  xtime = VVIRT(.xtime);
-
   . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
   .jiffies : AT(VLOAD(.jiffies)) { *(.jiffies) }
   jiffies = VVIRT(.jiffies);
 
-  .vsyscall_1 ADDR(.vsyscall_0) + 1024: AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_1)) { *(.vsyscall_1) }
-  .vsyscall_2 ADDR(.vsyscall_0) + 2048: AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_2)) { *(.vsyscall_2) }
-  .vsyscall_3 ADDR(.vsyscall_0) + 3072: AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_3)) { *(.vsyscall_3) }
+  .vsyscall_1 ADDR(.vsyscall_0) + 1024: AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_1))
+		{ *(.vsyscall_1) }
+  .vsyscall_2 ADDR(.vsyscall_0) + 2048: AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_2))
+		{ *(.vsyscall_2) }
+  .vsyscall_3 ADDR(.vsyscall_0) + 3072: AT(VLOAD(.vsyscall_3))
+		{ *(.vsyscall_3) }
 
   . = VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR + 4096;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
index 313dc6a..180ff91 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/seqlock.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
 #include <linux/getcpu.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <asm/vsyscall.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/errno.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -44,56 +46,41 @@
 #define __vsyscall(nr) __attribute__ ((unused,__section__(".vsyscall_" #nr)))
 #define __syscall_clobber "r11","rcx","memory"
 
-int __sysctl_vsyscall __section_sysctl_vsyscall = 1;
-seqlock_t __xtime_lock __section_xtime_lock = SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED;
+struct vsyscall_gtod_data_t {
+	seqlock_t lock;
+	int sysctl_enabled;
+	struct timeval wall_time_tv;
+	struct timezone sys_tz;
+	cycle_t offset_base;
+	struct clocksource clock;
+};
 int __vgetcpu_mode __section_vgetcpu_mode;
 
-#include <asm/unistd.h>
-
-static __always_inline void timeval_normalize(struct timeval * tv)
+struct vsyscall_gtod_data_t __vsyscall_gtod_data __section_vsyscall_gtod_data =
 {
-	time_t __sec;
+	.lock = SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED,
+	.sysctl_enabled = 1,
+};
 
-	__sec = tv->tv_usec / 1000000;
-	if (__sec) {
-		tv->tv_usec %= 1000000;
-		tv->tv_sec += __sec;
-	}
+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	write_seqlock_irqsave(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
+	/* copy vsyscall data */
+	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock = *clock;
+	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_tv.tv_sec = wall_time->tv_sec;
+	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_tv.tv_usec = wall_time->tv_nsec/1000;
+	vsyscall_gtod_data.sys_tz = sys_tz;
+	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
 }
 
-static __always_inline void do_vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv)
-{
-	long sequence, t;
-	unsigned long sec, usec;
-
-	do {
-		sequence = read_seqbegin(&__xtime_lock);
-		
-		sec = __xtime.tv_sec;
-		usec = __xtime.tv_nsec / 1000;
-
-		if (__vxtime.mode != VXTIME_HPET) {
-			t = get_cycles_sync();
-			if (t < __vxtime.last_tsc)
-				t = __vxtime.last_tsc;
-			usec += ((t - __vxtime.last_tsc) *
-				 __vxtime.tsc_quot) >> 32;
-			/* See comment in x86_64 do_gettimeofday. */
-		} else {
-			usec += ((readl((void __iomem *)
-				   fix_to_virt(VSYSCALL_HPET) + 0xf0) -
-				  __vxtime.last) * __vxtime.quot) >> 32;
-		}
-	} while (read_seqretry(&__xtime_lock, sequence));
-
-	tv->tv_sec = sec + usec / 1000000;
-	tv->tv_usec = usec % 1000000;
-}
-
-/* RED-PEN may want to readd seq locking, but then the variable should be write-once. */
+/* RED-PEN may want to readd seq locking, but then the variable should be
+ * write-once.
+ */
 static __always_inline void do_get_tz(struct timezone * tz)
 {
-	*tz = __sys_tz;
+	*tz = __vsyscall_gtod_data.sys_tz;
 }
 
 static __always_inline int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
@@ -101,7 +88,8 @@
 	int ret;
 	asm volatile("vsysc2: syscall"
 		: "=a" (ret)
-		: "0" (__NR_gettimeofday),"D" (tv),"S" (tz) : __syscall_clobber );
+		: "0" (__NR_gettimeofday),"D" (tv),"S" (tz)
+		: __syscall_clobber );
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -114,10 +102,44 @@
 	return secs;
 }
 
+static __always_inline void do_vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv)
+{
+	cycle_t now, base, mask, cycle_delta;
+	unsigned long seq, mult, shift, nsec_delta;
+	cycle_t (*vread)(void);
+	do {
+		seq = read_seqbegin(&__vsyscall_gtod_data.lock);
+
+		vread = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.vread;
+		if (unlikely(!__vsyscall_gtod_data.sysctl_enabled || !vread)) {
+			gettimeofday(tv,0);
+			return;
+		}
+		now = vread();
+		base = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.cycle_last;
+		mask = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mask;
+		mult = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mult;
+		shift = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.shift;
+
+		*tv = __vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_tv;
+
+	} while (read_seqretry(&__vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, seq));
+
+	/* calculate interval: */
+	cycle_delta = (now - base) & mask;
+	/* convert to nsecs: */
+	nsec_delta = (cycle_delta * mult) >> shift;
+
+	/* convert to usecs and add to timespec: */
+	tv->tv_usec += nsec_delta / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+	while (tv->tv_usec > USEC_PER_SEC) {
+		tv->tv_sec += 1;
+		tv->tv_usec -= USEC_PER_SEC;
+	}
+}
+
 int __vsyscall(0) vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv, struct timezone * tz)
 {
-	if (!__sysctl_vsyscall)
-		return gettimeofday(tv,tz);
 	if (tv)
 		do_vgettimeofday(tv);
 	if (tz)
@@ -129,11 +151,11 @@
  * unlikely */
 time_t __vsyscall(1) vtime(time_t *t)
 {
-	if (!__sysctl_vsyscall)
+	if (unlikely(!__vsyscall_gtod_data.sysctl_enabled))
 		return time_syscall(t);
 	else if (t)
-		*t = __xtime.tv_sec;		
-	return __xtime.tv_sec;
+		*t = __vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_tv.tv_sec;
+	return __vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_tv.tv_sec;
 }
 
 /* Fast way to get current CPU and node.
@@ -210,7 +232,7 @@
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (!sysctl_vsyscall) {
+	if (!vsyscall_gtod_data.sysctl_enabled) {
 		writew(SYSCALL, map1);
 		writew(SYSCALL, map2);
 	} else {
@@ -232,7 +254,8 @@
 
 static ctl_table kernel_table2[] = {
 	{ .ctl_name = 99, .procname = "vsyscall64",
-	  .data = &sysctl_vsyscall, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644,
+	  .data = &vsyscall_gtod_data.sysctl_enabled, .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+	  .mode = 0644,
 	  .strategy = vsyscall_sysctl_nostrat,
 	  .proc_handler = vsyscall_sysctl_change },
 	{}
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/proto.h b/include/asm-x86_64/proto.h
index f590ae0..f54f3ab 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/proto.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/proto.h
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@
 #else
 #define pmtmr_ioport 0
 #endif
-extern int sysctl_vsyscall;
 extern int nohpet;
-extern unsigned long vxtime_hz;
 
 extern void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf,1,2)));
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/timex.h b/include/asm-x86_64/timex.h
index beb6d90..8c6808a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/timex.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/timex.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define NS_SCALE        10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */
 #define US_SCALE        32 /* 2^32, arbitralrily chosen */
 
-extern struct vxtime_data vxtime;
 extern void mark_tsc_unstable(void);
 extern void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long khz);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h b/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
index 0c78471..82b4afe 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/vsyscall.h
@@ -16,46 +16,27 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/seqlock.h>
 
-#define __section_vxtime __attribute__ ((unused, __section__ (".vxtime"), aligned(16)))
 #define __section_vgetcpu_mode __attribute__ ((unused, __section__ (".vgetcpu_mode"), aligned(16)))
 #define __section_jiffies __attribute__ ((unused, __section__ (".jiffies"), aligned(16)))
-#define __section_sys_tz __attribute__ ((unused, __section__ (".sys_tz"), aligned(16)))
-#define __section_sysctl_vsyscall __attribute__ ((unused, __section__ (".sysctl_vsyscall"), aligned(16)))
-#define __section_xtime __attribute__ ((unused, __section__ (".xtime"), aligned(16)))
-#define __section_xtime_lock __attribute__ ((unused, __section__ (".xtime_lock"), aligned(16)))
 
-#define VXTIME_TSC	1
-#define VXTIME_HPET	2
-#define VXTIME_PMTMR	3
+/* Definitions for CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME definitions */
+#define __section_vsyscall_gtod_data __attribute__ \
+	((unused, __section__ (".vsyscall_gtod_data"),aligned(16)))
+#define __vsyscall_fn __attribute__ ((unused,__section__(".vsyscall_fn")))
 
 #define VGETCPU_RDTSCP	1
 #define VGETCPU_LSL	2
 
-struct vxtime_data {
-	long hpet_address;	/* HPET base address */
-	int last;
-	unsigned long last_tsc;
-	long quot;
-	long tsc_quot;
-	int mode;
-};
-
 #define hpet_readl(a)           readl((const void __iomem *)fix_to_virt(FIX_HPET_BASE) + a)
 #define hpet_writel(d,a)        writel(d, (void __iomem *)fix_to_virt(FIX_HPET_BASE) + a)
 
-/* vsyscall space (readonly) */
-extern struct vxtime_data __vxtime;
 extern int __vgetcpu_mode;
-extern struct timespec __xtime;
 extern volatile unsigned long __jiffies;
-extern struct timezone __sys_tz;
-extern seqlock_t __xtime_lock;
 
 /* kernel space (writeable) */
-extern struct vxtime_data vxtime;
 extern int vgetcpu_mode;
 extern struct timezone sys_tz;
-extern int sysctl_vsyscall;
+extern struct vsyscall_gtod_data_t vsyscall_gtod_data;
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */