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/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/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 569a7d5242dd..c745f0ea2577 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 22d94c3e6fc4..e78a2b73aa5d 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 c6878fbbcf13..47dc0c011c6d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -378,17 +378,17 @@ 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[] = {
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ 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);
 
