1 files changed, 30 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index 22af912d66d2..889e7619a091 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -643,21 +643,40 @@ void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
  * 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.
+ * On x86, access has to be given to the first megabyte of RAM because that
+ * area traditionally contains BIOS code and data regions used by X, dosemu,
+ * and similar apps. Since they map the entire memory range, the whole range
+ * must be allowed (for mapping), but any areas that would otherwise be
+ * disallowed are flagged as being "zero filled" instead of rejected.
+ * 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 (iomem_is_exclusive(pagenr << PAGE_SHIFT))
+        if (page_is_ram(pagenr)) {
+                /*
+                 * For disallowed memory regions in the low 1MB range,
+                 * request that the page be shown as all zeros.
+                 */
+                if (pagenr < 256)
+                        return 2;
+
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * This must follow RAM test, since System RAM is considered a
+         * restricted resource under CONFIG_STRICT_IOMEM.
+         */
+        if (iomem_is_exclusive(pagenr << PAGE_SHIFT)) {
+                /* Low 1MB bypasses iomem restrictions. */
+                if (pagenr < 256)
+                        return 1;
+
                 return 0;
-        if (!page_is_ram(pagenr))
-                return 1;
-        return 0;
+        }
+
+        return 1;
 }
 
 void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)