diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 2e872f92dbac0cecc2c5b3a65fbe7ff8678e48d5..84b05ebedb2da63565277d3cdfea40c499e26717 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -369,7 +369,14 @@ static inline int put_page_unless_one(struct page *page)
 }
 
 extern int page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn);
-extern int region_is_ram(resource_size_t phys_addr, unsigned long size);
+
+enum {
+	REGION_INTERSECTS,
+	REGION_DISJOINT,
+	REGION_MIXED,
+};
+
+int region_intersects(resource_size_t offset, size_t size, const char *type);
 
 /* Support for virtually mapped pages */
 struct page *vmalloc_to_page(const void *addr);
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index fed052a1bc9f5792c7cb856336f2093e75aa2432..f150dbbe6f62d31aa07b3fbf3f07a8807fa40991 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -492,40 +492,51 @@ int __weak page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_is_ram);
 
-/*
- * Search for a resouce entry that fully contains the specified region.
- * If found, return 1 if it is RAM, 0 if not.
- * If not found, or region is not fully contained, return -1
+/**
+ * region_intersects() - determine intersection of region with known resources
+ * @start: region start address
+ * @size: size of region
+ * @name: name of resource (in iomem_resource)
  *
- * Used by the ioremap functions to ensure the user is not remapping RAM and is
- * a vast speed up over walking through the resource table page by page.
+ * Check if the specified region partially overlaps or fully eclipses a
+ * resource identified by @name.  Return REGION_DISJOINT if the region
+ * does not overlap @name, return REGION_MIXED if the region overlaps
+ * @type and another resource, and return REGION_INTERSECTS if the
+ * region overlaps @type and no other defined resource. Note, that
+ * REGION_INTERSECTS is also returned in the case when the specified
+ * region overlaps RAM and undefined memory holes.
+ *
+ * region_intersect() is used by memory remapping functions to ensure
+ * the user is not remapping RAM and is a vast speed up over walking
+ * through the resource table page by page.
  */
-int region_is_ram(resource_size_t start, unsigned long size)
+int region_intersects(resource_size_t start, size_t size, const char *name)
 {
-	struct resource *p;
-	resource_size_t end = start + size - 1;
 	unsigned long flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
-	const char *name = "System RAM";
-	int ret = -1;
+	resource_size_t end = start + size - 1;
+	int type = 0; int other = 0;
+	struct resource *p;
 
 	read_lock(&resource_lock);
 	for (p = iomem_resource.child; p ; p = p->sibling) {
-		if (p->end < start)
-			continue;
-
-		if (p->start <= start && end <= p->end) {
-			/* resource fully contains region */
-			if ((p->flags != flags) || strcmp(p->name, name))
-				ret = 0;
-			else
-				ret = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-		if (end < p->start)
-			break;	/* not found */
+		bool is_type = strcmp(p->name, name) == 0 && p->flags == flags;
+
+		if (start >= p->start && start <= p->end)
+			is_type ? type++ : other++;
+		if (end >= p->start && end <= p->end)
+			is_type ? type++ : other++;
+		if (p->start >= start && p->end <= end)
+			is_type ? type++ : other++;
 	}
 	read_unlock(&resource_lock);
-	return ret;
+
+	if (other == 0)
+		return type ? REGION_INTERSECTS : REGION_DISJOINT;
+
+	if (type)
+		return REGION_MIXED;
+
+	return REGION_DISJOINT;
 }
 
 void __weak arch_remove_reservations(struct resource *avail)