1 files changed, 0 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 724e537432e7..074435e79824 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -876,28 +876,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memory_add_physaddr_to_nid);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 
-/*
- * 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 (iomem_is_exclusive(pagenr << PAGE_SHIFT))
-                return 0;
-        if (!page_is_ram(pagenr))
-                return 1;
-        return 0;
-}
-
-
 static struct kcore_list kcore_mem, kcore_vmalloc, kcore_kernel,
                          kcore_modules, kcore_vsyscall;