Merge branch 'for-4.6/pfn' into libnvdimm-for-next

41 files changed, 536 insertions, 253 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 7d0cba6f1cc5..139791ed473d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ static struct resource mem_res[] = {
 		.name = "Kernel code",
 		.start = 0,
 		.end = 0,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "Kernel data",
 		.start = 0,
 		.end = 0,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 	}
 };
 
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static void __init request_standard_resources(const struct machine_desc *mdesc)
 		res->name  = "System RAM";
 		res->start = __pfn_to_phys(memblock_region_memory_base_pfn(region));
 		res->end = __pfn_to_phys(memblock_region_memory_end_pfn(region)) - 1;
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+		res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
 		request_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/pm-check.c b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/pm-check.c
index 04aff2c31b46..70f2f699bed3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/pm-check.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/pm-check.c
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ static void s3c_pm_run_res(struct resource *ptr, run_fn_t fn, u32 *arg)
 		if (ptr->child != NULL)
 			s3c_pm_run_res(ptr->child, fn, arg);
 
-		if ((ptr->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM) &&
-		    strcmp(ptr->name, "System RAM") == 0) {
+		if ((ptr->flags & IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM)
+				== IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM) {
 			S3C_PMDBG("Found system RAM at %08lx..%08lx\n",
 				  (unsigned long)ptr->start,
 				  (unsigned long)ptr->end);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 8119479147db..450987d99b9b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ static struct resource mem_res[] = {
 		.name = "Kernel code",
 		.start = 0,
 		.end = 0,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "Kernel data",
 		.start = 0,
 		.end = 0,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 	}
 };
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void __init request_standard_resources(void)
 		res->name  = "System RAM";
 		res->start = __pfn_to_phys(memblock_region_memory_base_pfn(region));
 		res->end = __pfn_to_phys(memblock_region_memory_end_pfn(region)) - 1;
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+		res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
 		request_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
 
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/setup.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/setup.c
index 209ae5ad3495..e6928896da2a 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/setup.c
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ static struct resource __initdata kernel_data = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
 	.start	= 0,
 	.end	= 0,
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 static struct resource __initdata kernel_code = {
 	.name	= "Kernel code",
 	.start	= 0,
 	.end	= 0,
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 	.sibling = &kernel_data,
 };
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ add_physical_memory(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end)
 	new->start = start;
 	new->end = end;
 	new->name = "System RAM";
-	new->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM;
+	new->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM;
 
 	*pprev = new;
 }
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
index caae3f4e4341..300dac3702f1 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 	efi_memory_desc_t *md;
 	u64 efi_desc_size;
 	char *name;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags, desc;
 
 	efi_map_start = __va(ia64_boot_param->efi_memmap);
 	efi_map_end   = efi_map_start + ia64_boot_param->efi_memmap_size;
@@ -1193,6 +1193,8 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 			continue;
 
 		flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+		desc = IORES_DESC_NONE;
+
 		switch (md->type) {
 
 			case EFI_MEMORY_MAPPED_IO:
@@ -1207,14 +1209,17 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 				if (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_WP) {
 					name = "System ROM";
 					flags |= IORESOURCE_READONLY;
-				} else if (md->attribute == EFI_MEMORY_UC)
+				} else if (md->attribute == EFI_MEMORY_UC) {
 					name = "Uncached RAM";
-				else
+				} else {
 					name = "System RAM";
+					flags |= IORESOURCE_SYSRAM;
+				}
 				break;
 
 			case EFI_ACPI_MEMORY_NVS:
 				name = "ACPI Non-volatile Storage";
+				desc = IORES_DESC_ACPI_NV_STORAGE;
 				break;
 
 			case EFI_UNUSABLE_MEMORY:
@@ -1224,6 +1229,7 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 
 			case EFI_PERSISTENT_MEMORY:
 				name = "Persistent Memory";
+				desc = IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY;
 				break;
 
 			case EFI_RESERVED_TYPE:
@@ -1246,6 +1252,7 @@ efi_initialize_iomem_resources(struct resource *code_resource,
 		res->start = md->phys_addr;
 		res->end = md->phys_addr + efi_md_size(md) - 1;
 		res->flags = flags;
+		res->desc = desc;
 
 		if (insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res) < 0)
 			kfree(res);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index 4f118b0d3091..2029a38a72ae 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@ unsigned long vga_console_membase;
 
 static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel code",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource bss_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel bss",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 unsigned long ia64_max_cacheline_size;
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
index a5ecef7188ba..136c69f1fb8a 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/setup.c
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name   = "Kernel data",
 	.start  = 0,
 	.end    = 0,
-	.flags  = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags  = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name   = "Kernel code",
 	.start  = 0,
 	.end    = 0,
-	.flags  = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags  = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 unsigned long memory_start;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 5fdaf8bdcd2e..4f607341a793 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -732,21 +732,23 @@ static void __init resource_init(void)
 			end = HIGHMEM_START - 1;
 
 		res = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct resource));
+
+		res->start = start;
+		res->end = end;
+		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+
 		switch (boot_mem_map.map[i].type) {
 		case BOOT_MEM_RAM:
 		case BOOT_MEM_INIT_RAM:
 		case BOOT_MEM_ROM_DATA:
 			res->name = "System RAM";
+			res->flags |= IORESOURCE_SYSRAM;
 			break;
 		case BOOT_MEM_RESERVED:
 		default:
 			res->name = "reserved";
 		}
 
-		res->start = start;
-		res->end = end;
-
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 		request_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
 
 		/*
diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index 1b366c477687..3c07d6b96877 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ signed char pfnnid_map[PFNNID_MAP_MAX] __read_mostly;
 
 static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel code",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 
 static struct resource pdcdata_resource = {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static void __init setup_bootmem(void)
 		res->name = "System RAM";
 		res->start = pmem_ranges[i].start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 		res->end = res->start + (pmem_ranges[i].pages << PAGE_SHIFT)-1;
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+		res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 		request_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index d0f0a514b04e..f078a1f94fc2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static int __init add_system_ram_resources(void)
 			res->name = "System RAM";
 			res->start = base;
 			res->end = base + size - 1;
-			res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+			res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 			WARN_ON(request_resource(&iomem_resource, res) < 0);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 9220db5c996a..cedb0198675f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -374,17 +374,17 @@ static void __init setup_lowcore(void)
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name  = "Kernel code",
-	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 
 static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name = "Kernel data",
-	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 
 static struct resource bss_resource = {
 	.name = "Kernel bss",
-	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 
 static struct resource __initdata *standard_resources[] = {
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static void __init setup_resources(void)
 
 	for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
 		res = alloc_bootmem_low(sizeof(*res));
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM;
+		res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM;
 
 		res->name = "System RAM";
 		res->start = reg->base;
diff --git a/arch/score/kernel/setup.c b/arch/score/kernel/setup.c
index b48459afefdd..f3a0649ab521 100644
--- a/arch/score/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/score/kernel/setup.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void __init resource_init(void)
 	res->name = "System RAM";
 	res->start = MEMORY_START;
 	res->end = MEMORY_START + MEMORY_SIZE - 1;
-	res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 	request_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
 
 	request_resource(res, &code_resource);
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
index de19cfa768f2..3f1c18b28e8a 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ static char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] = { 0, };
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name = "Kernel code",
-	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 
 static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name = "Kernel data",
-	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 
 static struct resource bss_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel bss",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
 };
 
 unsigned long memory_start;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void __init __add_active_range(unsigned int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
 	res->name = "System RAM";
 	res->start = start;
 	res->end = end - 1;
-	res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
 	if (request_resource(&iomem_resource, res)) {
 		pr_err("unable to request memory_resource 0x%lx 0x%lx\n",
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 6f216853f272..1cfe6aab7a11 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2863,17 +2863,17 @@ void hugetlb_setup(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel code",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource bss_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel bss",
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static inline resource_size_t compute_kern_paddr(void *addr)
@@ -2909,7 +2909,7 @@ static int __init report_memory(void)
 		res->name = "System RAM";
 		res->start = pavail[i].phys_addr;
 		res->end = pavail[i].phys_addr + pavail[i].reg_size - 1;
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM;
+		res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM;
 
 		if (insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res) < 0) {
 			pr_warn("Resource insertion failed.\n");
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c b/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
index bbb855de6569..a992238e9b58 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1632,14 +1632,14 @@ static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
 	.start	= 0,
 	.end	= 0,
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel code",
 	.start	= 0,
 	.end	= 0,
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1673,10 +1673,15 @@ insert_ram_resource(u64 start_pfn, u64 end_pfn, bool reserved)
 		kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!res)
 		return NULL;
-	res->name = reserved ? "Reserved" : "System RAM";
 	res->start = start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	res->end = (end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1;
 	res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM;
+	if (reserved) {
+		res->name = "Reserved";
+	} else {
+		res->name = "System RAM";
+		res->flags |= IORESOURCE_SYSRAM;
+	}
 	if (insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res)) {
 		kfree(res);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/setup.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/setup.c
index 3fa317f96122..c2bffa5614a4 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/setup.c
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ static struct resource mem_res[] = {
 		.name = "Kernel code",
 		.start = 0,
 		.end = 0,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "Kernel data",
 		.start = 0,
 		.end = 0,
-		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 	}
 };
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ request_standard_resources(struct meminfo *mi)
 		res->name  = "System RAM";
 		res->start = mi->bank[i].start;
 		res->end   = mi->bank[i].start + mi->bank[i].size - 1;
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+		res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
 		request_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 58f34319b29a..9ef978d69c22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ struct crash_elf_data {
 	struct kimage *image;
 	/*
 	 * Total number of ram ranges we have after various adjustments for
-	 * GART, crash reserved region etc.
+	 * crash reserved region, etc.
 	 */
 	unsigned int max_nr_ranges;
-	unsigned long gart_start, gart_end;
 
 	/* Pointer to elf header */
 	void *ehdr;
@@ -201,17 +200,6 @@ static int get_nr_ram_ranges_callback(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_gart_ranges_callback(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg)
-{
-	struct crash_elf_data *ced = arg;
-
-	ced->gart_start = start;
-	ced->gart_end = end;
-
-	/* Not expecting more than 1 gart aperture */
-	return 1;
-}
-
 
 /* Gather all the required information to prepare elf headers for ram regions */
 static void fill_up_crash_elf_data(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
@@ -226,22 +214,6 @@ static void fill_up_crash_elf_data(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
 
 	ced->max_nr_ranges = nr_ranges;
 
-	/*
-	 * We don't create ELF headers for GART aperture as an attempt
-	 * to dump this memory in second kernel leads to hang/crash.
-	 * If gart aperture is present, one needs to exclude that region
-	 * and that could lead to need of extra phdr.
-	 */
-	walk_iomem_res("GART", IORESOURCE_MEM, 0, -1,
-				ced, get_gart_ranges_callback);
-
-	/*
-	 * If we have gart region, excluding that could potentially split
-	 * a memory range, resulting in extra header. Account for  that.
-	 */
-	if (ced->gart_end)
-		ced->max_nr_ranges++;
-
 	/* Exclusion of crash region could split memory ranges */
 	ced->max_nr_ranges++;
 
@@ -350,13 +322,6 @@ static int elf_header_exclude_ranges(struct crash_elf_data *ced,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* Exclude GART region */
-	if (ced->gart_end) {
-		ret = exclude_mem_range(cmem, ced->gart_start, ced->gart_end);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -599,12 +564,12 @@ int crash_setup_memmap_entries(struct kimage *image, struct boot_params *params)
 	/* Add ACPI tables */
 	cmd.type = E820_ACPI;
 	flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
-	walk_iomem_res("ACPI Tables", flags, 0, -1, &cmd,
+	walk_iomem_res_desc(IORES_DESC_ACPI_TABLES, flags, 0, -1, &cmd,
 		       memmap_entry_callback);
 
 	/* Add ACPI Non-volatile Storage */
 	cmd.type = E820_NVS;
-	walk_iomem_res("ACPI Non-volatile Storage", flags, 0, -1, &cmd,
+	walk_iomem_res_desc(IORES_DESC_ACPI_NV_STORAGE, flags, 0, -1, &cmd,
 			memmap_entry_callback);
 
 	/* Add crashk_low_res region */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 569c1e4f96fe..837365f10912 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -925,6 +925,41 @@ static const char *e820_type_to_string(int e820_type)
 	}
 }
 
+static unsigned long e820_type_to_iomem_type(int e820_type)
+{
+	switch (e820_type) {
+	case E820_RESERVED_KERN:
+	case E820_RAM:
+		return IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM;
+	case E820_ACPI:
+	case E820_NVS:
+	case E820_UNUSABLE:
+	case E820_PRAM:
+	case E820_PMEM:
+	default:
+		return IORESOURCE_MEM;
+	}
+}
+
+static unsigned long e820_type_to_iores_desc(int e820_type)
+{
+	switch (e820_type) {
+	case E820_ACPI:
+		return IORES_DESC_ACPI_TABLES;
+	case E820_NVS:
+		return IORES_DESC_ACPI_NV_STORAGE;
+	case E820_PMEM:
+		return IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY;
+	case E820_PRAM:
+		return IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY_LEGACY;
+	case E820_RESERVED_KERN:
+	case E820_RAM:
+	case E820_UNUSABLE:
+	default:
+		return IORES_DESC_NONE;
+	}
+}
+
 static bool do_mark_busy(u32 type, struct resource *res)
 {
 	/* this is the legacy bios/dos rom-shadow + mmio region */
@@ -967,7 +1002,8 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources(void)
 		res->start = e820.map[i].addr;
 		res->end = end;
 
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM;
+		res->flags = e820_type_to_iomem_type(e820.map[i].type);
+		res->desc = e820_type_to_iores_desc(e820.map[i].type);
 
 		/*
 		 * don't register the region that could be conflicted with
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c
index 14415aff1813..92f70147a9a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ static int found(u64 start, u64 end, void *data)
 
 static __init int register_e820_pmem(void)
 {
-	char *pmem = "Persistent Memory (legacy)";
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = walk_iomem_res(pmem, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0, -1, NULL, found);
+	rc = walk_iomem_res_desc(IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY_LEGACY,
+				 IORESOURCE_MEM, 0, -1, NULL, found);
 	if (rc <= 0)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index d3d80e6d42a2..aa52c1009475 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -152,21 +152,21 @@ static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
 	.start	= 0,
 	.end	= 0,
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource code_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel code",
 	.start	= 0,
 	.end	= 0,
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 static struct resource bss_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel bss",
 	.start	= 0,
 	.end	= 0,
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM
 };
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c
index 296b7a14893a..b6f7fa3a1d40 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct platform_device *acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *adev)
 	if (count < 0) {
 		return NULL;
 	} else if (count > 0) {
-		resources = kmalloc(count * sizeof(struct resource),
+		resources = kzalloc(count * sizeof(struct resource),
 				    GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!resources) {
 			dev_err(&adev->dev, "No memory for resources\n");
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
index 0431883653be..559c1173de1c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static int einj_error_inject(u32 type, u32 flags, u64 param1, u64 param2,
 			     u64 param3, u64 param4)
 {
 	int rc;
-	unsigned long pfn;
+	u64 base_addr, size;
 
 	/* If user manually set "flags", make sure it is legal */
 	if (flags && (flags &
@@ -545,10 +545,17 @@ static int einj_error_inject(u32 type, u32 flags, u64 param1, u64 param2,
 	/*
 	 * Disallow crazy address masks that give BIOS leeway to pick
 	 * injection address almost anywhere. Insist on page or
-	 * better granularity and that target address is normal RAM.
+	 * better granularity and that target address is normal RAM or
+	 * NVDIMM.
 	 */
-	pfn = PFN_DOWN(param1 & param2);
-	if (!page_is_ram(pfn) || ((param2 & PAGE_MASK) != PAGE_MASK))
+	base_addr = param1 & param2;
+	size = ~param2 + 1;
+
+	if (((param2 & PAGE_MASK) != PAGE_MASK) ||
+	    ((region_intersects(base_addr, size, IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM, IORES_DESC_NONE)
+				!= REGION_INTERSECTS) &&
+	     (region_intersects(base_addr, size, IORESOURCE_MEM, IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY)
+				!= REGION_INTERSECTS)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 inject:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
index c067d7414007..d0f35e63640b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
@@ -1658,6 +1658,48 @@ static int ars_status_process_records(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void acpi_nfit_remove_resource(void *data)
+{
+	struct resource *res = data;
+
+	remove_resource(res);
+}
+
+static int acpi_nfit_insert_resource(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
+		struct nd_region_desc *ndr_desc)
+{
+	struct resource *res, *nd_res = ndr_desc->res;
+	int is_pmem, ret;
+
+	/* No operation if the region is already registered as PMEM */
+	is_pmem = region_intersects(nd_res->start, resource_size(nd_res),
+				IORESOURCE_MEM, IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY);
+	if (is_pmem == REGION_INTERSECTS)
+		return 0;
+
+	res = devm_kzalloc(acpi_desc->dev, sizeof(*res), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!res)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	res->name = "Persistent Memory";
+	res->start = nd_res->start;
+	res->end = nd_res->end;
+	res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM;
+	res->desc = IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY;
+
+	ret = insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = devm_add_action(acpi_desc->dev, acpi_nfit_remove_resource, res);
+	if (ret) {
+		remove_resource(res);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int acpi_nfit_init_mapping(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
 		struct nd_mapping *nd_mapping, struct nd_region_desc *ndr_desc,
 		struct acpi_nfit_memory_map *memdev,
@@ -1773,6 +1815,14 @@ static int acpi_nfit_register_region(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
 
 	nvdimm_bus = acpi_desc->nvdimm_bus;
 	if (nfit_spa_type(spa) == NFIT_SPA_PM) {
+		rc = acpi_nfit_insert_resource(acpi_desc, ndr_desc);
+		if (rc) {
+			dev_warn(acpi_desc->dev,
+				"failed to insert pmem resource to iomem: %d\n",
+				rc);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		nfit_spa->nd_region = nvdimm_pmem_region_create(nvdimm_bus,
 				ndr_desc);
 		if (!nfit_spa->nd_region)
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/blk.c b/drivers/nvdimm/blk.c
index 91a336ea8c4f..e9ff9229d942 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/blk.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/blk.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ struct nd_blk_device {
 	u32 internal_lbasize;
 };
 
-static int nd_blk_major;
-
 static u32 nd_blk_meta_size(struct nd_blk_device *blk_dev)
 {
 	return blk_dev->nsblk->lbasize - blk_dev->sector_size;
@@ -264,7 +262,6 @@ static int nd_blk_attach_disk(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
 	}
 
 	disk->driverfs_dev	= &ndns->dev;
-	disk->major		= nd_blk_major;
 	disk->first_minor	= 0;
 	disk->fops		= &nd_blk_fops;
 	disk->private_data	= blk_dev;
@@ -358,25 +355,12 @@ static struct nd_device_driver nd_blk_driver = {
 
 static int __init nd_blk_init(void)
 {
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = register_blkdev(0, "nd_blk");
-	if (rc < 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	nd_blk_major = rc;
-	rc = nd_driver_register(&nd_blk_driver);
-
-	if (rc < 0)
-		unregister_blkdev(nd_blk_major, "nd_blk");
-
-	return rc;
+	return nd_driver_register(&nd_blk_driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit nd_blk_exit(void)
 {
 	driver_unregister(&nd_blk_driver.drv);
-	unregister_blkdev(nd_blk_major, "nd_blk");
 }
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>");
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
index efb2c1ceef98..c32cbb593600 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ enum log_ent_request {
 	LOG_OLD_ENT
 };
 
-static int btt_major;
-
 static int arena_read_bytes(struct arena_info *arena, resource_size_t offset,
 		void *buf, size_t n)
 {
@@ -1246,7 +1244,6 @@ static int btt_blk_init(struct btt *btt)
 
 	nvdimm_namespace_disk_name(ndns, btt->btt_disk->disk_name);
 	btt->btt_disk->driverfs_dev = &btt->nd_btt->dev;
-	btt->btt_disk->major = btt_major;
 	btt->btt_disk->first_minor = 0;
 	btt->btt_disk->fops = &btt_fops;
 	btt->btt_disk->private_data = btt;
@@ -1423,22 +1420,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvdimm_namespace_detach_btt);
 
 static int __init nd_btt_init(void)
 {
-	int rc;
-
-	btt_major = register_blkdev(0, "btt");
-	if (btt_major < 0)
-		return btt_major;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("btt", NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(debugfs_root)) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(debugfs_root))
 		rc = -ENXIO;
-		goto err_debugfs;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-
- err_debugfs:
-	unregister_blkdev(btt_major, "btt");
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -1446,7 +1432,6 @@ static int __init nd_btt_init(void)
 static void __exit nd_btt_exit(void)
 {
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_root);
-	unregister_blkdev(btt_major, "btt");
 }
 
 MODULE_ALIAS_ND_DEVICE(ND_DEVICE_BTT);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/e820.c b/drivers/nvdimm/e820.c
index b0045a505dc8..95825b38559a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/e820.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/e820.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int e820_pmem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	for (p = iomem_resource.child; p ; p = p->sibling) {
 		struct nd_region_desc ndr_desc;
 
-		if (strncmp(p->name, "Persistent Memory (legacy)", 26) != 0)
+		if (p->desc != IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY_LEGACY)
 			continue;
 
 		memset(&ndr_desc, 0, sizeof(ndr_desc));
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
index 9edf7eb7d17c..f5cb88601359 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ bool nd_is_uuid_unique(struct device *dev, u8 *uuid)
 bool pmem_should_map_pages(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct nd_region *nd_region = to_nd_region(dev->parent);
+	struct nd_namespace_io *nsio;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE))
 		return false;
@@ -143,6 +144,12 @@ bool pmem_should_map_pages(struct device *dev)
 	if (is_nd_pfn(dev) || is_nd_btt(dev))
 		return false;
 
+	nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(dev);
+	if (region_intersects(nsio->res.start, resource_size(&nsio->res),
+				IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
+				IORES_DESC_NONE) == REGION_MIXED)
+		return false;
+
 #ifdef ARCH_MEMREMAP_PMEM
 	return ARCH_MEMREMAP_PMEM == MEMREMAP_WB;
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn.h b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn.h
index cc243754acef..8e343a3ca873 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define __NVDIMM_PFN_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/mmzone.h>
 
 #define PFN_SIG_LEN 16
 #define PFN_SIG "NVDIMM_PFN_INFO\0"
@@ -26,10 +27,28 @@ struct nd_pfn_sb {
 	__le32 flags;
 	__le16 version_major;
 	__le16 version_minor;
-	__le64 dataoff;
+	__le64 dataoff; /* relative to namespace_base + start_pad */
 	__le64 npfns;
 	__le32 mode;
-	u8 padding[4012];
+	/* minor-version-1 additions for section alignment */
+	__le32 start_pad;
+	__le32 end_trunc;
+	u8 padding[4004];
 	__le64 checksum;
 };
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
+#define PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(x) SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(x)
+#define PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_UP(x) SECTION_ALIGN_UP(x)
+#else
+/*
+ * In this case ZONE_DEVICE=n and we will disable 'pfn' device support,
+ * but we still want pmem to compile.
+ */
+#define PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(x) (x)
+#define PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_UP(x) (x)
+#endif
+
+#define PHYS_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(x) PFN_PHYS(PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(PHYS_PFN(x)))
+#define PHYS_SECTION_ALIGN_UP(x) PFN_PHYS(PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_UP(PHYS_PFN(x)))
 #endif /* __NVDIMM_PFN_H */
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
index ae81a2f1da50..254d3bc13f70 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c
@@ -205,11 +205,67 @@ static ssize_t namespace_store(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(namespace);
 
+static ssize_t resource_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn = to_nd_pfn(dev);
+	ssize_t rc;
+
+	device_lock(dev);
+	if (dev->driver) {
+		struct nd_pfn_sb *pfn_sb = nd_pfn->pfn_sb;
+		u64 offset = __le64_to_cpu(pfn_sb->dataoff);
+		struct nd_namespace_common *ndns = nd_pfn->ndns;
+		u32 start_pad = __le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->start_pad);
+		struct nd_namespace_io *nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(&ndns->dev);
+
+		rc = sprintf(buf, "%#llx\n", (unsigned long long) nsio->res.start
+				+ start_pad + offset);
+	} else {
+		/* no address to convey if the pfn instance is disabled */
+		rc = -ENXIO;
+	}
+	device_unlock(dev);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(resource);
+
+static ssize_t size_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn = to_nd_pfn(dev);
+	ssize_t rc;
+
+	device_lock(dev);
+	if (dev->driver) {
+		struct nd_pfn_sb *pfn_sb = nd_pfn->pfn_sb;
+		u64 offset = __le64_to_cpu(pfn_sb->dataoff);
+		struct nd_namespace_common *ndns = nd_pfn->ndns;
+		u32 start_pad = __le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->start_pad);
+		u32 end_trunc = __le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->end_trunc);
+		struct nd_namespace_io *nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(&ndns->dev);
+
+		rc = sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)
+				resource_size(&nsio->res) - start_pad
+				- end_trunc - offset);
+	} else {
+		/* no size to convey if the pfn instance is disabled */
+		rc = -ENXIO;
+	}
+	device_unlock(dev);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(size);
+
 static struct attribute *nd_pfn_attributes[] = {
 	&dev_attr_mode.attr,
 	&dev_attr_namespace.attr,
 	&dev_attr_uuid.attr,
 	&dev_attr_align.attr,
+	&dev_attr_resource.attr,
+	&dev_attr_size.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -299,6 +355,11 @@ int nd_pfn_validate(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
 	if (memcmp(pfn_sb->parent_uuid, parent_uuid, 16) != 0)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (__le16_to_cpu(pfn_sb->version_minor) < 1) {
+		pfn_sb->start_pad = 0;
+		pfn_sb->end_trunc = 0;
+	}
+
 	switch (le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->mode)) {
 	case PFN_MODE_RAM:
 	case PFN_MODE_PMEM:
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index adc387236fe7..ca5721c306bb 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ struct pmem_device {
 	phys_addr_t		data_offset;
 	u64			pfn_flags;
 	void __pmem		*virt_addr;
+	/* immutable base size of the namespace */
 	size_t			size;
+	/* trim size when namespace capacity has been section aligned */
+	u32			pfn_pad;
 	struct badblocks	bb;
 };
 
-static int pmem_major;
-
 static bool is_bad_pmem(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t sector, unsigned int len)
 {
 	if (bb->count) {
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ static long pmem_direct_access(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	*kaddr = pmem->virt_addr + offset;
 	*pfn = phys_to_pfn_t(pmem->phys_addr + offset, pmem->pfn_flags);
 
-	return pmem->size - offset;
+	return pmem->size - pmem->pfn_pad - offset;
 }
 
 static const struct block_device_operations pmem_fops = {
@@ -258,15 +259,14 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	disk->major		= pmem_major;
-	disk->first_minor	= 0;
 	disk->fops		= &pmem_fops;
 	disk->private_data	= pmem;
 	disk->queue		= pmem->pmem_queue;
 	disk->flags		= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
 	nvdimm_namespace_disk_name(ndns, disk->disk_name);
 	disk->driverfs_dev = dev;
-	set_capacity(disk, (pmem->size - pmem->data_offset) / 512);
+	set_capacity(disk, (pmem->size - pmem->pfn_pad - pmem->data_offset)
+			/ 512);
 	pmem->pmem_disk = disk;
 	devm_exit_badblocks(dev, &pmem->bb);
 	if (devm_init_badblocks(dev, &pmem->bb))
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ static int nd_pfn_init(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
 	struct nd_pfn_sb *pfn_sb = kzalloc(sizeof(*pfn_sb), GFP_KERNEL);
 	struct pmem_device *pmem = dev_get_drvdata(&nd_pfn->dev);
 	struct nd_namespace_common *ndns = nd_pfn->ndns;
+	u32 start_pad = 0, end_trunc = 0;
+	resource_size_t start, size;
+	struct nd_namespace_io *nsio;
 	struct nd_region *nd_region;
 	unsigned long npfns;
 	phys_addr_t offset;
@@ -334,21 +337,56 @@ static int nd_pfn_init(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
 	}
 
 	memset(pfn_sb, 0, sizeof(*pfn_sb));
-	npfns = (pmem->size - SZ_8K) / SZ_4K;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if pmem collides with 'System RAM' when section aligned and
+	 * trim it accordingly
+	 */
+	nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(&ndns->dev);
+	start = PHYS_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(nsio->res.start);
+	size = resource_size(&nsio->res);
+	if (region_intersects(start, size, IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
+				IORES_DESC_NONE) == REGION_MIXED) {
+
+		start = nsio->res.start;
+		start_pad = PHYS_SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start) - start;
+	}
+
+	start = nsio->res.start;
+	size = PHYS_SECTION_ALIGN_UP(start + size) - start;
+	if (region_intersects(start, size, IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
+				IORES_DESC_NONE) == REGION_MIXED) {
+		size = resource_size(&nsio->res);
+		end_trunc = start + size - PHYS_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(start + size);
+	}
+
+	if (start_pad + end_trunc)
+		dev_info(&nd_pfn->dev, "%s section collision, truncate %d bytes\n",
+				dev_name(&ndns->dev), start_pad + end_trunc);
+
 	/*
 	 * Note, we use 64 here for the standard size of struct page,
 	 * debugging options may cause it to be larger in which case the
 	 * implementation will limit the pfns advertised through
 	 * ->direct_access() to those that are included in the memmap.
 	 */
+	start += start_pad;
+	npfns = (pmem->size - start_pad - end_trunc - SZ_8K) / SZ_4K;
 	if (nd_pfn->mode == PFN_MODE_PMEM)
-		offset = ALIGN(SZ_8K + 64 * npfns, nd_pfn->align);
+		offset = ALIGN(start + SZ_8K + 64 * npfns, nd_pfn->align)
+			- start;
 	else if (nd_pfn->mode == PFN_MODE_RAM)
-		offset = ALIGN(SZ_8K, nd_pfn->align);
+		offset = ALIGN(start + SZ_8K, nd_pfn->align) - start;
 	else
 		goto err;
 
-	npfns = (pmem->size - offset) / SZ_4K;
+	if (offset + start_pad + end_trunc >= pmem->size) {
+		dev_err(&nd_pfn->dev, "%s unable to satisfy requested alignment\n",
+				dev_name(&ndns->dev));
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	npfns = (pmem->size - offset - start_pad - end_trunc) / SZ_4K;
 	pfn_sb->mode = cpu_to_le32(nd_pfn->mode);
 	pfn_sb->dataoff = cpu_to_le64(offset);
 	pfn_sb->npfns = cpu_to_le64(npfns);
@@ -356,6 +394,9 @@ static int nd_pfn_init(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
 	memcpy(pfn_sb->uuid, nd_pfn->uuid, 16);
 	memcpy(pfn_sb->parent_uuid, nd_dev_to_uuid(&ndns->dev), 16);
 	pfn_sb->version_major = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	pfn_sb->version_minor = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	pfn_sb->start_pad = cpu_to_le32(start_pad);
+	pfn_sb->end_trunc = cpu_to_le32(end_trunc);
 	checksum = nd_sb_checksum((struct nd_gen_sb *) pfn_sb);
 	pfn_sb->checksum = cpu_to_le64(checksum);
 
@@ -386,41 +427,56 @@ static int nvdimm_namespace_detach_pfn(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nvdimm_namespace_attach_pfn(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
+/*
+ * We hotplug memory at section granularity, pad the reserved area from
+ * the previous section base to the namespace base address.
+ */
+static unsigned long init_altmap_base(resource_size_t base)
+{
+	unsigned long base_pfn = PHYS_PFN(base);
+
+	return PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(base_pfn);
+}
+
+static unsigned long init_altmap_reserve(resource_size_t base)
+{
+	unsigned long reserve = PHYS_PFN(SZ_8K);
+	unsigned long base_pfn = PHYS_PFN(base);
+
+	reserve += base_pfn - PFN_SECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(base_pfn);
+	return reserve;
+}
+
+static int __nvdimm_namespace_attach_pfn(struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn)
 {
-	struct nd_namespace_io *nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(&ndns->dev);
-	struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn = to_nd_pfn(ndns->claim);
-	struct device *dev = &nd_pfn->dev;
-	struct nd_region *nd_region;
-	struct vmem_altmap *altmap;
-	struct nd_pfn_sb *pfn_sb;
-	struct pmem_device *pmem;
-	struct request_queue *q;
-	phys_addr_t offset;
 	int rc;
+	struct resource res;
+	struct request_queue *q;
+	struct pmem_device *pmem;
+	struct vmem_altmap *altmap;
+	struct device *dev = &nd_pfn->dev;
+	struct nd_pfn_sb *pfn_sb = nd_pfn->pfn_sb;
+	struct nd_namespace_common *ndns = nd_pfn->ndns;
+	u32 start_pad = __le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->start_pad);
+	u32 end_trunc = __le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->end_trunc);
+	struct nd_namespace_io *nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(&ndns->dev);
+	resource_size_t base = nsio->res.start + start_pad;
 	struct vmem_altmap __altmap = {
-		.base_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(nsio->res.start),
-		.reserve = __phys_to_pfn(SZ_8K),
+		.base_pfn = init_altmap_base(base),
+		.reserve = init_altmap_reserve(base),
 	};
 
-	if (!nd_pfn->uuid || !nd_pfn->ndns)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	nd_region = to_nd_region(dev->parent);
-	rc = nd_pfn_init(nd_pfn);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
-	pfn_sb = nd_pfn->pfn_sb;
-	offset = le64_to_cpu(pfn_sb->dataoff);
+	pmem = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	pmem->data_offset = le64_to_cpu(pfn_sb->dataoff);
+	pmem->pfn_pad = start_pad + end_trunc;
 	nd_pfn->mode = le32_to_cpu(nd_pfn->pfn_sb->mode);
 	if (nd_pfn->mode == PFN_MODE_RAM) {
-		if (offset < SZ_8K)
+		if (pmem->data_offset < SZ_8K)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		nd_pfn->npfns = le64_to_cpu(pfn_sb->npfns);
 		altmap = NULL;
 	} else if (nd_pfn->mode == PFN_MODE_PMEM) {
-		nd_pfn->npfns = (resource_size(&nsio->res) - offset)
+		nd_pfn->npfns = (pmem->size - pmem->pfn_pad - pmem->data_offset)
 			/ PAGE_SIZE;
 		if (le64_to_cpu(nd_pfn->pfn_sb->npfns) > nd_pfn->npfns)
 			dev_info(&nd_pfn->dev,
@@ -428,7 +484,7 @@ static int nvdimm_namespace_attach_pfn(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
 					le64_to_cpu(nd_pfn->pfn_sb->npfns),
 					nd_pfn->npfns);
 		altmap = & __altmap;
-		altmap->free = __phys_to_pfn(offset - SZ_8K);
+		altmap->free = PHYS_PFN(pmem->data_offset - SZ_8K);
 		altmap->alloc = 0;
 	} else {
 		rc = -ENXIO;
@@ -436,10 +492,12 @@ static int nvdimm_namespace_attach_pfn(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
 	}
 
 	/* establish pfn range for lookup, and switch to direct map */
-	pmem = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	q = pmem->pmem_queue;
+	memcpy(&res, &nsio->res, sizeof(res));
+	res.start += start_pad;
+	res.end -= end_trunc;
 	devm_memunmap(dev, (void __force *) pmem->virt_addr);
-	pmem->virt_addr = (void __pmem *) devm_memremap_pages(dev, &nsio->res,
+	pmem->virt_addr = (void __pmem *) devm_memremap_pages(dev, &res,
 			&q->q_usage_counter, altmap);
 	pmem->pfn_flags |= PFN_MAP;
 	if (IS_ERR(pmem->virt_addr)) {
@@ -448,7 +506,6 @@ static int nvdimm_namespace_attach_pfn(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
 	}
 
 	/* attach pmem disk in "pfn-mode" */
-	pmem->data_offset = offset;
 	rc = pmem_attach_disk(dev, ndns, pmem);
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;
@@ -457,6 +514,22 @@ static int nvdimm_namespace_attach_pfn(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
  err:
 	nvdimm_namespace_detach_pfn(ndns);
 	return rc;
+
+}
+
+static int nvdimm_namespace_attach_pfn(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
+{
+	struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn = to_nd_pfn(ndns->claim);
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!nd_pfn->uuid || !nd_pfn->ndns)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rc = nd_pfn_init(nd_pfn);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	/* we need a valid pfn_sb before we can init a vmem_altmap */
+	return __nvdimm_namespace_attach_pfn(nd_pfn);
 }
 
 static int nd_pmem_probe(struct device *dev)
@@ -547,26 +620,13 @@ static struct nd_device_driver nd_pmem_driver = {
 
 static int __init pmem_init(void)
 {
-	int error;
-
-	pmem_major = register_blkdev(0, "pmem");
-	if (pmem_major < 0)
-		return pmem_major;
-
-	error = nd_driver_register(&nd_pmem_driver);
-	if (error) {
-		unregister_blkdev(pmem_major, "pmem");
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return nd_driver_register(&nd_pmem_driver);
 }
 module_init(pmem_init);
 
 static void pmem_exit(void)
 {
 	driver_unregister(&nd_pmem_driver.drv);
-	unregister_blkdev(pmem_major, "pmem");
 }
 module_exit(pmem_exit);
 
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/eisa_enumerator.c b/drivers/parisc/eisa_enumerator.c
index a656d9e83343..21905fef2cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/eisa_enumerator.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/eisa_enumerator.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int configure_memory(const unsigned char *buf,
 	for (i=0;i<HPEE_MEMORY_MAX_ENT;i++) {
 		c = get_8(buf+len);
 		
-		if (NULL != (res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+		if (NULL != (res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL))) {
 			int result;
 			
 			res->name = name;
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int configure_port(const unsigned char *buf, struct resource *io_parent,
 	for (i=0;i<HPEE_PORT_MAX_ENT;i++) {
 		c = get_8(buf+len);
 		
-		if (NULL != (res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL))) {
+		if (NULL != (res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL))) {
 			res->name = board;
 			res->start = get_16(buf+len+1);
 			res->end = get_16(buf+len+1)+(c&HPEE_PORT_SIZE_MASK)+1;
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
index d7b87c64b7cd..e220edc85c68 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int rio_request_inb_mbox(struct rio_mport *mport,
 	if (mport->ops->open_inb_mbox == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
-	res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (res) {
 		rio_init_mbox_res(res, mbox, mbox);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ int rio_request_outb_mbox(struct rio_mport *mport,
 	if (mport->ops->open_outb_mbox == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
-	res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (res) {
 		rio_init_mbox_res(res, mbox, mbox);
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ int rio_request_inb_dbell(struct rio_mport *mport,
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	struct resource *res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct resource *res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (res) {
 		rio_init_dbell_res(res, start, end);
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ int rio_release_inb_dbell(struct rio_mport *mport, u16 start, u16 end)
 struct resource *rio_request_outb_dbell(struct rio_dev *rdev, u16 start,
 					u16 end)
 {
-	struct resource *res = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct resource *res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (res) {
 		rio_init_dbell_res(res, start, end);
diff --git a/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c b/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c
index 2d9e7f3d5611..bb1fb7712134 100644
--- a/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c
+++ b/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int superhyway_add_device(unsigned long base, struct superhyway_device *sdev,
 	superhyway_read_vcr(dev, base, &dev->vcr);
 
 	if (!dev->resource) {
-		dev->resource = kmalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
+		dev->resource = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!dev->resource) {
 			kfree(dev);
 			return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
index 12eab503efd1..dc4305b407bf 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static struct resource *additional_memory_resource(phys_addr_t size)
 		return NULL;
 
 	res->name = "System RAM";
-	res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
 	ret = allocate_resource(&iomem_resource, res,
 				size, 0, -1,
diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index 24bea087e7af..8017b8bf45fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct resource {
 	resource_size_t end;
 	const char *name;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long desc;
 	struct resource *parent, *sibling, *child;
 };
 
@@ -49,12 +50,19 @@ struct resource {
 #define IORESOURCE_WINDOW	0x00200000	/* forwarded by bridge */
 #define IORESOURCE_MUXED	0x00400000	/* Resource is software muxed */
 
+#define IORESOURCE_EXT_TYPE_BITS 0x01000000	/* Resource extended types */
+#define IORESOURCE_SYSRAM	0x01000000	/* System RAM (modifier) */
+
 #define IORESOURCE_EXCLUSIVE	0x08000000	/* Userland may not map this resource */
+
 #define IORESOURCE_DISABLED	0x10000000
 #define IORESOURCE_UNSET	0x20000000	/* No address assigned yet */
 #define IORESOURCE_AUTO		0x40000000
 #define IORESOURCE_BUSY		0x80000000	/* Driver has marked this resource busy */
 
+/* I/O resource extended types */
+#define IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM		(IORESOURCE_MEM|IORESOURCE_SYSRAM)
+
 /* PnP IRQ specific bits (IORESOURCE_BITS) */
 #define IORESOURCE_IRQ_HIGHEDGE		(1<<0)
 #define IORESOURCE_IRQ_LOWEDGE		(1<<1)
@@ -105,6 +113,22 @@ struct resource {
 /* PCI control bits.  Shares IORESOURCE_BITS with above PCI ROM.  */
 #define IORESOURCE_PCI_FIXED		(1<<4)	/* Do not move resource */
 
+/*
+ * I/O Resource Descriptors
+ *
+ * Descriptors are used by walk_iomem_res_desc() and region_intersects()
+ * for searching a specific resource range in the iomem table.  Assign
+ * a new descriptor when a resource range supports the search interfaces.
+ * Otherwise, resource.desc must be set to IORES_DESC_NONE (0).
+ */
+enum {
+	IORES_DESC_NONE				= 0,
+	IORES_DESC_CRASH_KERNEL			= 1,
+	IORES_DESC_ACPI_TABLES			= 2,
+	IORES_DESC_ACPI_NV_STORAGE		= 3,
+	IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY		= 4,
+	IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY_LEGACY	= 5,
+};
 
 /* helpers to define resources */
 #define DEFINE_RES_NAMED(_start, _size, _name, _flags)			\
@@ -113,6 +137,7 @@ struct resource {
 		.end = (_start) + (_size) - 1,				\
 		.name = (_name),					\
 		.flags = (_flags),					\
+		.desc = IORES_DESC_NONE,				\
 	}
 
 #define DEFINE_RES_IO_NAMED(_start, _size, _name)			\
@@ -149,6 +174,7 @@ extern void reserve_region_with_split(struct resource *root,
 extern struct resource *insert_resource_conflict(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new);
 extern int insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new);
 extern void insert_resource_expand_to_fit(struct resource *root, struct resource *new);
+extern int remove_resource(struct resource *old);
 extern void arch_remove_reservations(struct resource *avail);
 extern int allocate_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *new,
 			     resource_size_t size, resource_size_t min,
@@ -170,6 +196,10 @@ static inline unsigned long resource_type(const struct resource *res)
 {
 	return res->flags & IORESOURCE_TYPE_BITS;
 }
+static inline unsigned long resource_ext_type(const struct resource *res)
+{
+	return res->flags & IORESOURCE_EXT_TYPE_BITS;
+}
 /* True iff r1 completely contains r2 */
 static inline bool resource_contains(struct resource *r1, struct resource *r2)
 {
@@ -239,8 +269,8 @@ extern int
 walk_system_ram_res(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
 		    int (*func)(u64, u64, void *));
 extern int
-walk_iomem_res(char *name, unsigned long flags, u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
-	       int (*func)(u64, u64, void *));
+walk_iomem_res_desc(unsigned long desc, unsigned long flags, u64 start, u64 end,
+		    void *arg, int (*func)(u64, u64, void *));
 
 /* True if any part of r1 overlaps r2 */
 static inline bool resource_overlaps(struct resource *r1, struct resource *r2)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 516e14944339..2b6e22782699 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ enum {
 	REGION_MIXED,
 };
 
-int region_intersects(resource_size_t offset, size_t size, const char *type);
+int region_intersects(resource_size_t offset, size_t size, unsigned long flags,
+		      unsigned long desc);
 
 /* Support for virtually mapped pages */
 struct page *vmalloc_to_page(const void *addr);
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index 8dc659144869..8d34308ea449 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -66,13 +66,15 @@ struct resource crashk_res = {
 	.name  = "Crash kernel",
 	.start = 0,
 	.end   = 0,
-	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
+	.desc  = IORES_DESC_CRASH_KERNEL
 };
 struct resource crashk_low_res = {
 	.name  = "Crash kernel",
 	.start = 0,
 	.end   = 0,
-	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+	.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM,
+	.desc  = IORES_DESC_CRASH_KERNEL
 };
 
 int kexec_should_crash(struct task_struct *p)
@@ -959,7 +961,7 @@ int crash_shrink_memory(unsigned long new_size)
 
 	ram_res->start = end;
 	ram_res->end = crashk_res.end;
-	ram_res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM;
+	ram_res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM;
 	ram_res->name = "System RAM";
 
 	crashk_res.end = end - 1;
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 007b791f676d..56b18eb1f001 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -524,10 +524,10 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kimage *image, char *buffer, unsigned long bufsz,
 
 	/* Walk the RAM ranges and allocate a suitable range for the buffer */
 	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH)
-		ret = walk_iomem_res("Crash kernel",
-				     IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY,
-				     crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end, kbuf,
-				     locate_mem_hole_callback);
+		ret = walk_iomem_res_desc(crashk_res.desc,
+				IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY,
+				crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end, kbuf,
+				locate_mem_hole_callback);
 	else
 		ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, -1, kbuf,
 					  locate_mem_hole_callback);
diff --git a/kernel/memremap.c b/kernel/memremap.c
index b981a7b023f0..97b31c774274 100644
--- a/kernel/memremap.c
+++ b/kernel/memremap.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void *try_ram_remap(resource_size_t offset, size_t size)
  * being mapped does not have i/o side effects and the __iomem
  * annotation is not applicable.
  *
- * MEMREMAP_WB - matches the default mapping for "System RAM" on
+ * MEMREMAP_WB - matches the default mapping for System RAM on
  * the architecture.  This is usually a read-allocate write-back cache.
  * Morever, if MEMREMAP_WB is specified and the requested remap region is RAM
  * memremap() will bypass establishing a new mapping and instead return
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ static void *try_ram_remap(resource_size_t offset, size_t size)
  * MEMREMAP_WT - establish a mapping whereby writes either bypass the
  * cache or are written through to memory and never exist in a
  * cache-dirty state with respect to program visibility.  Attempts to
- * map "System RAM" with this mapping type will fail.
+ * map System RAM with this mapping type will fail.
  */
 void *memremap(resource_size_t offset, size_t size, unsigned long flags)
 {
-	int is_ram = region_intersects(offset, size, "System RAM");
+	int is_ram = region_intersects(offset, size,
+				       IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM, IORES_DESC_NONE);
 	void *addr = NULL;
 
 	if (is_ram == REGION_MIXED) {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ void *memremap(resource_size_t offset, size_t size, unsigned long flags)
 		 * MEMREMAP_WB is special in that it can be satisifed
 		 * from the direct map.  Some archs depend on the
 		 * capability of memremap() to autodetect cases where
-		 * the requested range is potentially in "System RAM"
+		 * the requested range is potentially in System RAM.
 		 */
 		if (is_ram == REGION_INTERSECTS)
 			addr = try_ram_remap(offset, size);
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ void *memremap(resource_size_t offset, size_t size, unsigned long flags)
 	 * If we don't have a mapping yet and more request flags are
 	 * pending then we will be attempting to establish a new virtual
 	 * address mapping.  Enforce that this mapping is not aliasing
-	 * "System RAM"
+	 * System RAM.
 	 */
 	if (!addr && is_ram == REGION_INTERSECTS && flags) {
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "memremap attempted on ram %pa size: %#lx\n",
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ void *devm_memremap_pages(struct device *dev, struct resource *res,
 		struct percpu_ref *ref, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
 	int is_ram = region_intersects(res->start, resource_size(res),
-			"System RAM");
+				       IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM, IORES_DESC_NONE);
 	resource_size_t key, align_start, align_size, align_end;
 	struct dev_pagemap *pgmap;
 	struct page_map *page_map;
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 3669d1bfc425..2e78ead30934 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ static struct resource * __request_resource(struct resource *root, struct resour
 	}
 }
 
-static int __release_resource(struct resource *old)
+static int __release_resource(struct resource *old, bool release_child)
 {
-	struct resource *tmp, **p;
+	struct resource *tmp, **p, *chd;
 
 	p = &old->parent->child;
 	for (;;) {
@@ -243,7 +243,17 @@ static int __release_resource(struct resource *old)
 		if (!tmp)
 			break;
 		if (tmp == old) {
-			*p = tmp->sibling;
+			if (release_child || !(tmp->child)) {
+				*p = tmp->sibling;
+			} else {
+				for (chd = tmp->child;; chd = chd->sibling) {
+					chd->parent = tmp->parent;
+					if (!(chd->sibling))
+						break;
+				}
+				*p = tmp->child;
+				chd->sibling = tmp->sibling;
+			}
 			old->parent = NULL;
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -325,7 +335,7 @@ int release_resource(struct resource *old)
 	int retval;
 
 	write_lock(&resource_lock);
-	retval = __release_resource(old);
+	retval = __release_resource(old, true);
 	write_unlock(&resource_lock);
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -333,13 +343,13 @@ int release_resource(struct resource *old)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_resource);
 
 /*
- * Finds the lowest iomem reosurce exists with-in [res->start.res->end)
- * the caller must specify res->start, res->end, res->flags and "name".
- * If found, returns 0, res is overwritten, if not found, returns -1.
- * This walks through whole tree and not just first level children
- * until and unless first_level_children_only is true.
+ * Finds the lowest iomem resource existing within [res->start.res->end).
+ * The caller must specify res->start, res->end, res->flags, and optionally
+ * desc.  If found, returns 0, res is overwritten, if not found, returns -1.
+ * This function walks the whole tree and not just first level children until
+ * and unless first_level_children_only is true.
  */
-static int find_next_iomem_res(struct resource *res, char *name,
+static int find_next_iomem_res(struct resource *res, unsigned long desc,
 			       bool first_level_children_only)
 {
 	resource_size_t start, end;
@@ -358,9 +368,9 @@ static int find_next_iomem_res(struct resource *res, char *name,
 	read_lock(&resource_lock);
 
 	for (p = iomem_resource.child; p; p = next_resource(p, sibling_only)) {
-		if (p->flags != res->flags)
+		if ((p->flags & res->flags) != res->flags)
 			continue;
-		if (name && strcmp(p->name, name))
+		if ((desc != IORES_DESC_NONE) && (desc != p->desc))
 			continue;
 		if (p->start > end) {
 			p = NULL;
@@ -385,15 +395,18 @@ static int find_next_iomem_res(struct resource *res, char *name,
  * Walks through iomem resources and calls func() with matching resource
  * ranges. This walks through whole tree and not just first level children.
  * All the memory ranges which overlap start,end and also match flags and
- * name are valid candidates.
+ * desc are valid candidates.
  *
- * @name: name of resource
- * @flags: resource flags
+ * @desc: I/O resource descriptor. Use IORES_DESC_NONE to skip @desc check.
+ * @flags: I/O resource flags
  * @start: start addr
  * @end: end addr
+ *
+ * NOTE: For a new descriptor search, define a new IORES_DESC in
+ * <linux/ioport.h> and set it in 'desc' of a target resource entry.
  */
-int walk_iomem_res(char *name, unsigned long flags, u64 start, u64 end,
-		void *arg, int (*func)(u64, u64, void *))
+int walk_iomem_res_desc(unsigned long desc, unsigned long flags, u64 start,
+		u64 end, void *arg, int (*func)(u64, u64, void *))
 {
 	struct resource res;
 	u64 orig_end;
@@ -403,23 +416,27 @@ int walk_iomem_res(char *name, unsigned long flags, u64 start, u64 end,
 	res.end = end;
 	res.flags = flags;
 	orig_end = res.end;
+
 	while ((res.start < res.end) &&
-		(!find_next_iomem_res(&res, name, false))) {
+		(!find_next_iomem_res(&res, desc, false))) {
+
 		ret = (*func)(res.start, res.end, arg);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
+
 		res.start = res.end + 1;
 		res.end = orig_end;
 	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
- * This function calls callback against all memory range of "System RAM"
- * which are marked as IORESOURCE_MEM and IORESOUCE_BUSY.
- * Now, this function is only for "System RAM". This function deals with
- * full ranges and not pfn. If resources are not pfn aligned, dealing
- * with pfn can truncate ranges.
+ * This function calls the @func callback against all memory ranges of type
+ * System RAM which are marked as IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM and IORESOUCE_BUSY.
+ * Now, this function is only for System RAM, it deals with full ranges and
+ * not PFNs. If resources are not PFN-aligned, dealing with PFNs can truncate
+ * ranges.
  */
 int walk_system_ram_res(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
 				int (*func)(u64, u64, void *))
@@ -430,10 +447,10 @@ int walk_system_ram_res(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
 
 	res.start = start;
 	res.end = end;
-	res.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	res.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 	orig_end = res.end;
 	while ((res.start < res.end) &&
-		(!find_next_iomem_res(&res, "System RAM", true))) {
+		(!find_next_iomem_res(&res, IORES_DESC_NONE, true))) {
 		ret = (*func)(res.start, res.end, arg);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
@@ -446,9 +463,9 @@ int walk_system_ram_res(u64 start, u64 end, void *arg,
 #if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_WALK_MEMORY)
 
 /*
- * This function calls callback against all memory range of "System RAM"
- * which are marked as IORESOURCE_MEM and IORESOUCE_BUSY.
- * Now, this function is only for "System RAM".
+ * This function calls the @func callback against all memory ranges of type
+ * System RAM which are marked as IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM and IORESOUCE_BUSY.
+ * It is to be used only for System RAM.
  */
 int walk_system_ram_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		void *arg, int (*func)(unsigned long, unsigned long, void *))
@@ -460,10 +477,10 @@ int walk_system_ram_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 
 	res.start = (u64) start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	res.end = ((u64)(start_pfn + nr_pages) << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1;
-	res.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	res.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 	orig_end = res.end;
 	while ((res.start < res.end) &&
-		(find_next_iomem_res(&res, "System RAM", true) >= 0)) {
+		(find_next_iomem_res(&res, IORES_DESC_NONE, true) >= 0)) {
 		pfn = (res.start + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		end_pfn = (res.end + 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		if (end_pfn > pfn)
@@ -484,7 +501,7 @@ static int __is_ram(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, void *arg)
 }
 /*
  * This generic page_is_ram() returns true if specified address is
- * registered as "System RAM" in iomem_resource list.
+ * registered as System RAM in iomem_resource list.
  */
 int __weak page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
 {
@@ -496,30 +513,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_is_ram);
  * region_intersects() - determine intersection of region with known resources
  * @start: region start address
  * @size: size of region
- * @name: name of resource (in iomem_resource)
+ * @flags: flags of resource (in iomem_resource)
+ * @desc: descriptor of resource (in iomem_resource) or IORES_DESC_NONE
  *
  * 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.
+ * resource identified by @flags and @desc (optional with IORES_DESC_NONE).
+ * Return REGION_DISJOINT if the region does not overlap @flags/@desc,
+ * return REGION_MIXED if the region overlaps @flags/@desc and another
+ * resource, and return REGION_INTERSECTS if the region overlaps @flags/@desc
+ * 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_intersects(resource_size_t start, size_t size, const char *name)
+int region_intersects(resource_size_t start, size_t size, unsigned long flags,
+		      unsigned long desc)
 {
-	unsigned long flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 	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) {
-		bool is_type = strcmp(p->name, name) == 0 && p->flags == flags;
+		bool is_type = (((p->flags & flags) == flags) &&
+				((desc == IORES_DESC_NONE) ||
+				 (desc == p->desc)));
 
 		if (start >= p->start && start <= p->end)
 			is_type ? type++ : other++;
@@ -538,6 +559,7 @@ int region_intersects(resource_size_t start, size_t size, const char *name)
 
 	return REGION_DISJOINT;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(region_intersects);
 
 void __weak arch_remove_reservations(struct resource *avail)
 {
@@ -667,7 +689,7 @@ static int reallocate_resource(struct resource *root, struct resource *old,
 		old->start = new.start;
 		old->end = new.end;
 	} else {
-		__release_resource(old);
+		__release_resource(old, true);
 		*old = new;
 		conflict = __request_resource(root, old);
 		BUG_ON(conflict);
@@ -813,6 +835,9 @@ static struct resource * __insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resou
  * entirely fit within the range of the new resource, then the new
  * resource is inserted and the conflicting resources become children of
  * the new resource.
+ *
+ * This function is intended for producers of resources, such as FW modules
+ * and bus drivers.
  */
 struct resource *insert_resource_conflict(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new)
 {
@@ -830,6 +855,9 @@ struct resource *insert_resource_conflict(struct resource *parent, struct resour
  * @new: new resource to insert
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, -EBUSY if the resource can't be inserted.
+ *
+ * This function is intended for producers of resources, such as FW modules
+ * and bus drivers.
  */
 int insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new)
 {
@@ -838,6 +866,7 @@ int insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new)
 	conflict = insert_resource_conflict(parent, new);
 	return conflict ? -EBUSY : 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(insert_resource);
 
 /**
  * insert_resource_expand_to_fit - Insert a resource into the resource tree
@@ -873,6 +902,32 @@ void insert_resource_expand_to_fit(struct resource *root, struct resource *new)
 	write_unlock(&resource_lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * remove_resource - Remove a resource in the resource tree
+ * @old: resource to remove
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -EINVAL if the resource is not valid.
+ *
+ * This function removes a resource previously inserted by insert_resource()
+ * or insert_resource_conflict(), and moves the children (if any) up to
+ * where they were before.  insert_resource() and insert_resource_conflict()
+ * insert a new resource, and move any conflicting resources down to the
+ * children of the new resource.
+ *
+ * insert_resource(), insert_resource_conflict() and remove_resource() are
+ * intended for producers of resources, such as FW modules and bus drivers.
+ */
+int remove_resource(struct resource *old)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	write_lock(&resource_lock);
+	retval = __release_resource(old, false);
+	write_unlock(&resource_lock);
+	return retval;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_resource);
+
 static int __adjust_resource(struct resource *res, resource_size_t start,
 				resource_size_t size)
 {
@@ -948,6 +1003,7 @@ static void __init __reserve_region_with_split(struct resource *root,
 	res->start = start;
 	res->end = end;
 	res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	res->desc = IORES_DESC_NONE;
 
 	while (1) {
 
@@ -982,6 +1038,7 @@ static void __init __reserve_region_with_split(struct resource *root,
 				next_res->start = conflict->end + 1;
 				next_res->end = end;
 				next_res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+				next_res->desc = IORES_DESC_NONE;
 			}
 		} else {
 			res->start = conflict->end + 1;
@@ -1071,14 +1128,16 @@ struct resource * __request_region(struct resource *parent,
 	res->name = name;
 	res->start = start;
 	res->end = start + n - 1;
-	res->flags = resource_type(parent);
-	res->flags |= IORESOURCE_BUSY | flags;
 
 	write_lock(&resource_lock);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		struct resource *conflict;
 
+		res->flags = resource_type(parent) | resource_ext_type(parent);
+		res->flags |= IORESOURCE_BUSY | flags;
+		res->desc = parent->desc;
+
 		conflict = __request_resource(parent, res);
 		if (!conflict)
 			break;
@@ -1238,6 +1297,7 @@ int release_mem_region_adjustable(struct resource *parent,
 			new_res->start = end + 1;
 			new_res->end = res->end;
 			new_res->flags = res->flags;
+			new_res->desc = res->desc;
 			new_res->parent = res->parent;
 			new_res->sibling = res->sibling;
 			new_res->child = NULL;
@@ -1413,6 +1473,7 @@ static int __init reserve_setup(char *str)
 			res->start = io_start;
 			res->end = io_start + io_num - 1;
 			res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+			res->desc = IORES_DESC_NONE;
 			res->child = NULL;
 			if (request_resource(res->start >= 0x10000 ? &iomem_resource : &ioport_resource, res) == 0)
 				reserved = x+1;
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 4af58a3a8ffa..979b18cbd343 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static struct resource *register_memory_resource(u64 start, u64 size)
 	res->name = "System RAM";
 	res->start = start;
 	res->end = start + size - 1;
-	res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+	res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 	if (request_resource(&iomem_resource, res) < 0) {
 		pr_debug("System RAM resource %pR cannot be added\n", res);
 		kfree(res);