Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-pat

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86-pat:
  generic: add ioremap_wc() interface wrapper
  /dev/mem: make promisc the default
  pat: cleanups
  x86: PAT use reserve free memtype in mmap of /dev/mem
  x86: PAT phys_mem_access_prot_allowed for dev/mem mmap
  x86: PAT avoid aliasing in /dev/mem read/write
  devmem: add range_is_allowed() check to mmap of /dev/mem
  x86: introduce /dev/mem restrictions with a config option

arch/x86/mm/init_32.c

@@ -227,6 +227,25 @@ static inline int page_kills_ppro(unsigned long pagenr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * devmem_is_allowed() checks to see if /dev/mem access to a certain address
+ * is valid. The argument is a physical page number.
+ *
+ *
+ * On x86, access has to be given to the first megabyte of ram because that area
+ * contains bios code and data regions used by X and dosemu and similar apps.
+ * Access has to be given to non-kernel-ram areas as well, these contain the PCI
+ * mmio resources as well as potential bios/acpi data regions.
+ */
+int devmem_is_allowed(unsigned long pagenr)
+{
+	if (pagenr <= 256)
+		return 1;
+	if (!page_is_ram(pagenr))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 pte_t *kmap_pte;
 pgprot_t kmap_prot;