[PATCH] fbdev/hga: Request memory region before ioremap

From: Hardik Phalet

Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 02:42:00 EST


The driver calls ioremap() on the HGA video memory at 0xb0000 without
first reserving the physical address range via request_mem_region().
This leaves the kernel resource tree incomplete and can cause silent
conflicts with other drivers claiming the same range.

Add a request_mem_region() call before ioremap() in hga_card_detect()
and release the region in all error paths and in hgafb_remove().

Signed-off-by: Hardik Phalet <hardik.phalet@xxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
index 14418aa3791a..ceca6cc2c928 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
@@ -284,9 +284,16 @@ static int hga_card_detect(void)

hga_vram_len = 0x08000;

+ if (!request_mem_region(0xb0000, hga_vram_len, "hgafb")) {
+ pr_err("hgafb: cannot reserve video memory at 0xb0000\n");
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
hga_vram = ioremap(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);
- if (!hga_vram)
+ if (!hga_vram) {
+ release_mem_region(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }

if (request_region(0x3b0, 12, "hgafb"))
release_io_ports = 1;
@@ -348,6 +355,7 @@ static int hga_card_detect(void)
}
return 0;
error:
+ release_mem_region(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);
if (release_io_ports)
release_region(0x3b0, 12);
if (release_io_port)
@@ -619,6 +627,7 @@ static void hgafb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
}

iounmap(hga_vram);
+ release_mem_region(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);

if (release_io_ports)
release_region(0x3b0, 12);
--
2.53.0