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diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 724e537432e..074435e7982 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;