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

* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (29 commits)
  xen: unitialised return value in xenbus_write_transaction
  x86: fix section mismatch warning
  x86: unmask CPUID levels on Intel CPUs, fix
  x86: work around PAGE_KERNEL_WC not getting WC in iomap_atomic_prot_pfn.
  x86: use standard PIT frequency
  xen: handle highmem pages correctly when shrinking a domain
  x86, mm: fix pte_free()
  xen: actually release memory when shrinking domain
  x86: unmask CPUID levels on Intel CPUs
  x86: add MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE bits to <asm/msr-index.h>
  x86: fix PTE corruption issue while mapping RAM using /dev/mem
  x86: mtrr fix debug boot parameter
  x86: fix page attribute corruption with cpa()
  Revert "x86: signal: change type of paramter for sys_rt_sigreturn()"
  x86: use early clobbers in usercopy*.c
  x86: remove kernel_physical_mapping_init() from init section
  fix: crash: IP: __bitmap_intersects+0x48/0x73
  cpufreq: use work_on_cpu in acpi-cpufreq.c for drv_read and drv_write
  work_on_cpu: Use our own workqueue.
  work_on_cpu: don't try to get_online_cpus() in work_on_cpu.
  ...

arch/x86/mm/pat.c

@@ -333,11 +333,23 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type,
 					      req_type & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK);
 	}
 
-	is_range_ram = pagerange_is_ram(start, end);
-	if (is_range_ram == 1)
-		return reserve_ram_pages_type(start, end, req_type, new_type);
-	else if (is_range_ram < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (new_type)
+		*new_type = actual_type;
+
+	/*
+	 * For legacy reasons, some parts of the physical address range in the
+	 * legacy 1MB region is treated as non-RAM (even when listed as RAM in
+	 * the e820 tables).  So we will track the memory attributes of this
+	 * legacy 1MB region using the linear memtype_list always.
+	 */
+	if (end >= ISA_END_ADDRESS) {
+		is_range_ram = pagerange_is_ram(start, end);
+		if (is_range_ram == 1)
+			return reserve_ram_pages_type(start, end, req_type,
+						      new_type);
+		else if (is_range_ram < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	new  = kmalloc(sizeof(struct memtype), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new)
@@ -347,9 +359,6 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type,
 	new->end	= end;
 	new->type	= actual_type;
 
-	if (new_type)
-		*new_type = actual_type;
-
 	spin_lock(&memtype_lock);
 
 	if (cached_entry && start >= cached_start)
@@ -437,11 +446,19 @@ int free_memtype(u64 start, u64 end)
 	if (is_ISA_range(start, end - 1))
 		return 0;
 
-	is_range_ram = pagerange_is_ram(start, end);
-	if (is_range_ram == 1)
-		return free_ram_pages_type(start, end);
-	else if (is_range_ram < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * For legacy reasons, some parts of the physical address range in the
+	 * legacy 1MB region is treated as non-RAM (even when listed as RAM in
+	 * the e820 tables).  So we will track the memory attributes of this
+	 * legacy 1MB region using the linear memtype_list always.
+	 */
+	if (end >= ISA_END_ADDRESS) {
+		is_range_ram = pagerange_is_ram(start, end);
+		if (is_range_ram == 1)
+			return free_ram_pages_type(start, end);
+		else if (is_range_ram < 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock(&memtype_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(entry, &memtype_list, nd) {