1 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
index 70e7444c6835..a493bb83aa89 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ void __iomem *ioremap_nocache(resource_size_t phys_addr, unsigned long size)
 	 *	pat_enabled ? _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS;
 	 *
 	 * Till we fix all X drivers to use ioremap_wc(), we will use
-	 * UC MINUS.
+	 * UC MINUS. Drivers that are certain they need or can already
+	 * be converted over to strong UC can use ioremap_uc().
 	 */
 	enum page_cache_mode pcm = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS;
 
@@ -247,6 +248,39 @@ void __iomem *ioremap_nocache(resource_size_t phys_addr, unsigned long size)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioremap_nocache);
 
 /**
+ * ioremap_uc     -   map bus memory into CPU space as strongly uncachable
+ * @phys_addr:    bus address of the memory
+ * @size:      size of the resource to map
+ *
+ * ioremap_uc performs a platform specific sequence of operations to
+ * make bus memory CPU accessible via the readb/readw/readl/writeb/
+ * writew/writel functions and the other mmio helpers. The returned
+ * address is not guaranteed to be usable directly as a virtual
+ * address.
+ *
+ * This version of ioremap ensures that the memory is marked with a strong
+ * preference as completely uncachable on the CPU when possible. For non-PAT
+ * systems this ends up setting page-attribute flags PCD=1, PWT=1. For PAT
+ * systems this will set the PAT entry for the pages as strong UC.  This call
+ * will honor existing caching rules from things like the PCI bus. Note that
+ * there are other caches and buffers on many busses. In particular driver
+ * authors should read up on PCI writes.
+ *
+ * It's useful if some control registers are in such an area and
+ * write combining or read caching is not desirable:
+ *
+ * Must be freed with iounmap.
+ */
+void __iomem *ioremap_uc(resource_size_t phys_addr, unsigned long size)
+{
+	enum page_cache_mode pcm = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC;
+
+	return __ioremap_caller(phys_addr, size, pcm,
+				__builtin_return_address(0));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ioremap_uc);
+
+/**
  * ioremap_wc	-	map memory into CPU space write combined
  * @phys_addr:	bus address of the memory
  * @size:	size of the resource to map