diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h
index 24c19d63ff0a1744b9992716afdb930f5d027dd0..dfeed440254a8cb249880a31c4a32d07905ad06e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -77,16 +77,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	memcpy(args, &regs->ARM_r0 + 1, 5 * sizeof(args[0]));
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	regs->ARM_ORIG_r0 = args[0];
-	args++;
-
-	memcpy(&regs->ARM_r0 + 1, args, 5 * sizeof(args[0]));
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	/* ARM tasks don't change audit architectures on the fly. */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
index 03e20895453a7cc8c2f870e0c6312ae05559b714..4cfe9b49709ba9c4a9f08e22d6c4b5c2f0fd69ab 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -73,16 +73,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	memcpy(args, &regs->regs[1], 5 * sizeof(args[0]));
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	regs->orig_x0 = args[0];
-	args++;
-
-	memcpy(&regs->regs[1], args, 5 * sizeof(args[0]));
-}
-
 /*
  * We don't care about endianness (__AUDIT_ARCH_LE bit) here because
  * AArch64 has the same system calls both on little- and big- endian.
diff --git a/arch/csky/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/csky/include/asm/syscall.h
index f624fa3bbc22fef3e3d0fe4ecbebe8b4d8c5c6fb..0de5734950bf91f574fced167bba4629741351da 100644
--- a/arch/csky/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/csky/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@ syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	memcpy(args, &regs->a1, 5 * sizeof(args[0]));
 }
 
-static inline void
-syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		      const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	regs->orig_a0 = args[0];
-	args++;
-	memcpy(&regs->a1, args, 5 * sizeof(regs->a1));
-}
-
 static inline int
 syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/syscall.h
index 0d23c00493018951e6d8e691fcc7016a80d4c447..2b02a3fb862ade3c79bd546dc753aec12c43a47f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -55,21 +55,8 @@ static inline void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task,
 	}
 }
 
-extern void ia64_syscall_get_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-	struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *args, int rw);
-static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 unsigned long *args)
-{
-	ia64_syscall_get_set_arguments(task, regs, args, 0);
-}
-
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 unsigned long *args)
-{
-	ia64_syscall_get_set_arguments(task, regs, args, 1);
-}
+extern void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
+	struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *args);
 
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
index df28c7dd164f5a78c4de836fda45bf4041d61c32..6a1439eaa0506b7ab2b19ab1824bade0b5e51409 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -2001,17 +2001,16 @@ const struct user_regset_view *task_user_regset_view(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return &user_ia64_view;
 }
 
-struct syscall_get_set_args {
+struct syscall_get_args {
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int n;
 	unsigned long *args;
 	struct pt_regs *regs;
-	int rw;
 };
 
-static void syscall_get_set_args_cb(struct unw_frame_info *info, void *data)
+static void syscall_get_args_cb(struct unw_frame_info *info, void *data)
 {
-	struct syscall_get_set_args *args = data;
+	struct syscall_get_args *args = data;
 	struct pt_regs *pt = args->regs;
 	unsigned long *krbs, cfm, ndirty, nlocals, nouts;
 	int i, count;
@@ -2042,37 +2041,31 @@ static void syscall_get_set_args_cb(struct unw_frame_info *info, void *data)
 	/* Iterate over outs. */
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		int j = ndirty + nlocals + i + args->i;
-		if (args->rw)
-			*ia64_rse_skip_regs(krbs, j) = args->args[i];
-		else
-			args->args[i] = *ia64_rse_skip_regs(krbs, j);
+		args->args[i] = *ia64_rse_skip_regs(krbs, j);
 	}
 
-	if (!args->rw) {
-		while (i < args->n) {
-			args->args[i] = 0;
-			i++;
-		}
+	while (i < args->n) {
+		args->args[i] = 0;
+		i++;
 	}
 }
 
-void ia64_syscall_get_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-	struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *args, int rw)
+void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
+	struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long *args)
 {
-	struct syscall_get_set_args data = {
+	struct syscall_get_args data = {
 		.i = 0,
 		.n = 6,
 		.args = args,
 		.regs = regs,
-		.rw = rw,
 	};
 
 	if (task == current)
-		unw_init_running(syscall_get_set_args_cb, &data);
+		unw_init_running(syscall_get_args_cb, &data);
 	else {
 		struct unw_frame_info ufi;
 		memset(&ufi, 0, sizeof(ufi));
 		unw_init_from_blocked_task(&ufi, task);
-		syscall_get_set_args_cb(&ufi, &data);
+		syscall_get_args_cb(&ufi, &data);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h
index 3a6924f3cbdede92e3e3fcd6c861c5202c9f2d5c..5eb3f624cc590a8d293da9c29a7b237f95487a36 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -58,28 +58,6 @@ static inline microblaze_reg_t microblaze_get_syscall_arg(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	return ~0;
 }
 
-static inline void microblaze_set_syscall_arg(struct pt_regs *regs,
-					      unsigned int n,
-					      unsigned long val)
-{
-	switch (n) {
-	case 5:
-		regs->r10 = val;
-	case 4:
-		regs->r9 = val;
-	case 3:
-		regs->r8 = val;
-	case 2:
-		regs->r7 = val;
-	case 1:
-		regs->r6 = val;
-	case 0:
-		regs->r5 = val;
-	default:
-		BUG();
-	}
-}
-
 static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 					 struct pt_regs *regs,
 					 unsigned long *args)
@@ -91,17 +69,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 		*args++ = microblaze_get_syscall_arg(regs, i++);
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	unsigned int i = 0;
-	unsigned int n = 6;
-
-	while (n--)
-		microblaze_set_syscall_arg(regs, i++, *args++);
-}
-
 asmlinkage unsigned long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
 asmlinkage void do_syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
diff --git a/arch/nds32/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/nds32/include/asm/syscall.h
index 7b5180d78e20039327da7931151d97ddb25979b7..90aa56c94af12e73be729c89da4148f8a11f417a 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/nds32/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -132,28 +132,6 @@ syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	memcpy(args, &regs->uregs[0] + 1, 5 * sizeof(args[0]));
 }
 
-/**
- * syscall_set_arguments - change system call parameter value
- * @task:	task of interest, must be in system call entry tracing
- * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
- * @args:	array of argument values to store
- *
- * Changes 6 arguments to the system call. The first argument gets value
- * @args[0], and so on.
- *
- * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
- * entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
- */
-static inline void
-syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		      const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	regs->orig_r0 = args[0];
-	args++;
-
-	memcpy(&regs->uregs[0] + 1, args, 5 * sizeof(args[0]));
-}
-
 static inline int
 syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/syscall.h
index 526449edd768c01b6f0a218807e768bd0e4686f8..fff52205fb6525d2cc64a211467a97a159dff175 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	*args   = regs->r9;
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-	struct pt_regs *regs, const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	regs->r4 = *args++;
-	regs->r5 = *args++;
-	regs->r6 = *args++;
-	regs->r7 = *args++;
-	regs->r8 = *args++;
-	regs->r9 = *args;
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	return AUDIT_ARCH_NIOS2;
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/syscall.h
index e6383be2a19522cf9f2d2830f2a73668a7dec113..903ed882bdecf7f2f281223ac0a449cec9b9b3e4 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	memcpy(args, &regs->gpr[3], 6 * sizeof(args[0]));
 }
 
-static inline void
-syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-		      const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	memcpy(&regs->gpr[3], args, 6 * sizeof(args[0]));
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	return AUDIT_ARCH_OPENRISC;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
index c60ebd04b2ed9bc829165c96033984c2c35f1243..52d05b465e3ec96cd4de0128c4cf96d04d3c6bb6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -103,16 +103,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	memcpy(&regs->gpr[3], args, 6 * sizeof(args[0]));
-
-	/* Also copy the first argument into orig_gpr3 */
-	regs->orig_gpr3 = args[0];
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	if (is_32bit_task())
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h
index 34fbb3ea21d5bb259b0c6c93aa2d36ebaabb67e4..7ac6a0e275f2e6e7333785220e750e32600b954c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -64,15 +64,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	memcpy(args, &regs->a1, 5 * sizeof(args[0]));
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	regs->orig_a0 = args[0];
-	args++;
-	memcpy(&regs->a1, args, 5 * sizeof(regs->a1));
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
index b3dd883699e71f1ee221a56852f2dceb02af2560..27e3d804b311786a7c4cff02794527f4fb4778e8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -78,18 +78,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	args[0] = regs->orig_gpr2 & mask;
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	unsigned int n = 6;
-
-	while (n-- > 0)
-		if (n > 0)
-			regs->gprs[2 + n] = args[n];
-	regs->orig_gpr2 = args[0];
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/syscall_32.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/syscall_32.h
index cb51a752838425e85b8735143e3b73fdd32700de..d87738eebe30cb39ad53686c5c58efcf3ec9643f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/syscall_32.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/syscall_32.h
@@ -57,18 +57,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	args[0] = regs->regs[4];
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	regs->regs[1] = args[5];
-	regs->regs[0] = args[4];
-	regs->regs[7] = args[3];
-	regs->regs[6] = args[2];
-	regs->regs[5] = args[1];
-	regs->regs[4] = args[0];
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	int arch = AUDIT_ARCH_SH;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h
index 62a5a78804c46d76f5155d337117f8c7fee0baf1..20c109ac8cc99524cff7a2f60fca9995d880c71c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -117,16 +117,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
-		regs->u_regs[UREG_I0 + i] = args[i];
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPARC64) && defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/syscall-generic.h b/arch/um/include/asm/syscall-generic.h
index 2984feb9d5762f224d2d9de987e26b4fcf77a556..172b74143c4bf1da35519e53965a1ce54e287b9d 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/syscall-generic.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/syscall-generic.h
@@ -62,20 +62,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	*args   = UPT_SYSCALL_ARG6(r);
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	struct uml_pt_regs *r = &regs->regs;
-
-	UPT_SYSCALL_ARG1(r) = *args++;
-	UPT_SYSCALL_ARG2(r) = *args++;
-	UPT_SYSCALL_ARG3(r) = *args++;
-	UPT_SYSCALL_ARG4(r) = *args++;
-	UPT_SYSCALL_ARG5(r) = *args++;
-	UPT_SYSCALL_ARG6(r) = *args;
-}
-
 /* See arch/x86/um/asm/syscall.h for syscall_get_arch() definition. */
 
 #endif	/* __UM_SYSCALL_GENERIC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
index f7e2d82d24fb1e877acb0e3e205802b1af34cbdf..5b85987a5e97c3d350636b2a3d72ed86f6e589e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -87,15 +87,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	memcpy(args, &regs->bx, 6 * sizeof(args[0]));
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 unsigned int i, unsigned int n,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	BUG_ON(i + n > 6);
-	memcpy(&regs->bx + i, args, n * sizeof(args[0]));
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	return AUDIT_ARCH_I386;
@@ -127,30 +118,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-# ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
-	if (task->thread_info.status & TS_COMPAT) {
-		regs->bx = *args++;
-		regs->cx = *args++;
-		regs->dx = *args++;
-		regs->si = *args++;
-		regs->di = *args++;
-		regs->bp = *args;
-	} else
-# endif
-	{
-		regs->di = *args++;
-		regs->si = *args++;
-		regs->dx = *args++;
-		regs->r10 = *args++;
-		regs->r8 = *args++;
-		regs->r9 = *args;
-	}
-}
-
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	/* x32 tasks should be considered AUDIT_ARCH_X86_64. */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
index f9a671cbf9338003704de9c2daf006219b1b8eb9..5ee974bf83305afc3a1bbc851aaa32dfc1ce5975 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -68,17 +68,6 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 		args[i] = regs->areg[reg[i]];
 }
 
-static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
-					 struct pt_regs *regs,
-					 const unsigned long *args)
-{
-	static const unsigned int reg[] = XTENSA_SYSCALL_ARGUMENT_REGS;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 6; ++i)
-		regs->areg[reg[i]] = args[i];
-}
-
 asmlinkage long xtensa_rt_sigreturn(void);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_shmat(int, char __user *, int);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_fadvise64_64(int, int,
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/syscall.h b/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
index 524218ae3825640497d76acec1dcec55dd6db296..81695eb02a129c186ceeffd458925baf810235ba 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
@@ -117,22 +117,6 @@ void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			   unsigned long *args);
 
-/**
- * syscall_set_arguments - change system call parameter value
- * @task:	task of interest, must be in system call entry tracing
- * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
- * @args:	array of argument values to store
- *
- * Changes 6 arguments to the system call.
- * The first argument gets value @args[0], and so on.
- *
- * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
- * entry to a system call, due to %SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE or
- * %SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
- */
-void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
-			   const unsigned long *args);
-
 /**
  * syscall_get_arch - return the AUDIT_ARCH for the current system call
  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked