diff --git a/include/linux/genalloc.h b/include/linux/genalloc.h
index 9869ef3..8ac7337 100644
--- a/include/linux/genalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/genalloc.h
@@ -8,29 +8,31 @@
  * Version 2.  See the file COPYING for more details.
  */
 
+struct gen_pool;
 
-/*
- *  General purpose special memory pool descriptor.
- */
-struct gen_pool {
-	rwlock_t lock;
-	struct list_head chunks;	/* list of chunks in this pool */
-	int min_alloc_order;		/* minimum allocation order */
-};
+struct gen_pool *__must_check gen_pool_create(unsigned order, int nid);
 
-/*
- *  General purpose special memory pool chunk descriptor.
+int __must_check gen_pool_add(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr,
+			      size_t size, int nid);
+
+void gen_pool_destroy(struct gen_pool *pool);
+
+unsigned long __must_check
+gen_pool_alloc_aligned(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size,
+		       unsigned alignment_order);
+
+/**
+ * gen_pool_alloc() - allocate special memory from the pool
+ * @pool:	Pool to allocate from.
+ * @size:	Number of bytes to allocate from the pool.
+ *
+ * Allocate the requested number of bytes from the specified pool.
+ * Uses a first-fit algorithm.
  */
-struct gen_pool_chunk {
-	spinlock_t lock;
-	struct list_head next_chunk;	/* next chunk in pool */
-	unsigned long start_addr;	/* starting address of memory chunk */
-	unsigned long end_addr;		/* ending address of memory chunk */
-	unsigned long bits[0];		/* bitmap for allocating memory chunk */
-};
+static inline unsigned long __must_check
+gen_pool_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size)
+{
+	return gen_pool_alloc_aligned(pool, size, 0);
+}
 
-extern struct gen_pool *gen_pool_create(int, int);
-extern int gen_pool_add(struct gen_pool *, unsigned long, size_t, int);
-extern void gen_pool_destroy(struct gen_pool *);
-extern unsigned long gen_pool_alloc(struct gen_pool *, size_t);
-extern void gen_pool_free(struct gen_pool *, unsigned long, size_t);
+void gen_pool_free(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr, size_t size);
diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
index 1923f14..dc6d833 100644
--- a/lib/genalloc.c
+++ b/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -15,54 +15,81 @@
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/genalloc.h>
 
+/* General purpose special memory pool descriptor. */
+struct gen_pool {
+	rwlock_t lock;			/* protects chunks list */
+	struct list_head chunks;	/* list of chunks in this pool */
+	unsigned order;			/* minimum allocation order */
+};
+
+/* General purpose special memory pool chunk descriptor. */
+struct gen_pool_chunk {
+	spinlock_t lock;		/* protects bits */
+	struct list_head next_chunk;	/* next chunk in pool */
+	unsigned long start;		/* start of memory chunk */
+	unsigned long size;		/* number of bits */
+	unsigned long bits[0];		/* bitmap for allocating memory chunk */
+};
 
 /**
- * gen_pool_create - create a new special memory pool
- * @min_alloc_order: log base 2 of number of bytes each bitmap bit represents
- * @nid: node id of the node the pool structure should be allocated on, or -1
+ * gen_pool_create() - create a new special memory pool
+ * @order:	Log base 2 of number of bytes each bitmap bit
+ *		represents.
+ * @nid:	Node id of the node the pool structure should be allocated
+ *		on, or -1.
  *
  * Create a new special memory pool that can be used to manage special purpose
  * memory not managed by the regular kmalloc/kfree interface.
  */
-struct gen_pool *gen_pool_create(int min_alloc_order, int nid)
+struct gen_pool *__must_check gen_pool_create(unsigned order, int nid)
 {
 	struct gen_pool *pool;
 
-	pool = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct gen_pool), GFP_KERNEL, nid);
-	if (pool != NULL) {
+	if (WARN_ON(order >= BITS_PER_LONG))
+		return NULL;
+
+	pool = kmalloc_node(sizeof *pool, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
+	if (pool) {
 		rwlock_init(&pool->lock);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->chunks);
-		pool->min_alloc_order = min_alloc_order;
+		pool->order = order;
 	}
 	return pool;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_create);
 
 /**
- * gen_pool_add - add a new chunk of special memory to the pool
- * @pool: pool to add new memory chunk to
- * @addr: starting address of memory chunk to add to pool
- * @size: size in bytes of the memory chunk to add to pool
- * @nid: node id of the node the chunk structure and bitmap should be
- *       allocated on, or -1
+ * gen_pool_add() - add a new chunk of special memory to the pool
+ * @pool:	Pool to add new memory chunk to.
+ * @addr:	Starting address of memory chunk to add to pool.
+ * @size:	Size in bytes of the memory chunk to add to pool.
+ * @nid:	Node id of the node the pool structure should be allocated
+ *		on, or -1.
  *
  * Add a new chunk of special memory to the specified pool.
  */
-int gen_pool_add(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr, size_t size,
-		 int nid)
+int __must_check
+gen_pool_add(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr, size_t size, int nid)
 {
 	struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
-	int nbits = size >> pool->min_alloc_order;
-	int nbytes = sizeof(struct gen_pool_chunk) +
-				(nbits + BITS_PER_BYTE - 1) / BITS_PER_BYTE;
+	size_t nbytes;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!addr || addr + size < addr ||
+		    (addr & ((1 << pool->order) - 1))))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	chunk = kmalloc_node(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, nid);
-	if (unlikely(chunk == NULL))
-		return -1;
+	size = size >> pool->order;
+	if (WARN_ON(!size))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	nbytes = sizeof *chunk + BITS_TO_LONGS(size) * sizeof *chunk->bits;
+	chunk = kzalloc_node(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL, nid);
+	if (!chunk)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&chunk->lock);
-	chunk->start_addr = addr;
-	chunk->end_addr = addr + size;
+	chunk->start = addr >> pool->order;
+	chunk->size  = size;
 
 	write_lock(&pool->lock);
 	list_add(&chunk->next_chunk, &pool->chunks);
@@ -73,115 +100,116 @@ int gen_pool_add(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr, size_t size,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_add);
 
 /**
- * gen_pool_destroy - destroy a special memory pool
- * @pool: pool to destroy
+ * gen_pool_destroy() - destroy a special memory pool
+ * @pool:	Pool to destroy.
  *
  * Destroy the specified special memory pool. Verifies that there are no
  * outstanding allocations.
  */
 void gen_pool_destroy(struct gen_pool *pool)
 {
-	struct list_head *_chunk, *_next_chunk;
 	struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
-	int order = pool->min_alloc_order;
-	int bit, end_bit;
-
+	int bit;
 
-	list_for_each_safe(_chunk, _next_chunk, &pool->chunks) {
-		chunk = list_entry(_chunk, struct gen_pool_chunk, next_chunk);
+	while (!list_empty(&pool->chunks)) {
+		chunk = list_entry(pool->chunks.next, struct gen_pool_chunk,
+				   next_chunk);
 		list_del(&chunk->next_chunk);
 
-		end_bit = (chunk->end_addr - chunk->start_addr) >> order;
-		bit = find_next_bit(chunk->bits, end_bit, 0);
-		BUG_ON(bit < end_bit);
+		bit = find_next_bit(chunk->bits, chunk->size, 0);
+		BUG_ON(bit < chunk->size);
 
 		kfree(chunk);
 	}
 	kfree(pool);
-	return;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_destroy);
 
 /**
- * gen_pool_alloc - allocate special memory from the pool
- * @pool: pool to allocate from
- * @size: number of bytes to allocate from the pool
+ * gen_pool_alloc_aligned() - allocate special memory from the pool
+ * @pool:		Pool to allocate from.
+ * @size:		Number of bytes to allocate from the pool.
+ * @alignment_order:	Order the allocated space should be
+ *			aligned to (eg. 20 means allocated space
+ *			must be aligned to 1MiB).
  *
  * Allocate the requested number of bytes from the specified pool.
  * Uses a first-fit algorithm.
  */
-unsigned long gen_pool_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size)
+unsigned long __must_check
+gen_pool_alloc_aligned(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size,
+		       unsigned alignment_order)
 {
-	struct list_head *_chunk;
+	unsigned long addr, align_mask = 0, flags, start;
 	struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
-	unsigned long addr, flags;
-	int order = pool->min_alloc_order;
-	int nbits, start_bit, end_bit;
 
 	if (size == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	nbits = (size + (1UL << order) - 1) >> order;
+	if (alignment_order > pool->order)
+		align_mask = (1 << (alignment_order - pool->order)) - 1;
 
-	read_lock(&pool->lock);
-	list_for_each(_chunk, &pool->chunks) {
-		chunk = list_entry(_chunk, struct gen_pool_chunk, next_chunk);
+	size = (size + (1UL << pool->order) - 1) >> pool->order;
 
-		end_bit = (chunk->end_addr - chunk->start_addr) >> order;
+	read_lock(&pool->lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(chunk, &pool->chunks, next_chunk) {
+		if (chunk->size < size)
+			continue;
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&chunk->lock, flags);
-		start_bit = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(chunk->bits, end_bit, 0,
-						nbits, 0);
-		if (start_bit >= end_bit) {
+		start = bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off(chunk->bits, chunk->size,
+						       0, size, align_mask,
+						       chunk->start);
+		if (start >= chunk->size) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chunk->lock, flags);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		addr = chunk->start_addr + ((unsigned long)start_bit << order);
-
-		bitmap_set(chunk->bits, start_bit, nbits);
+		bitmap_set(chunk->bits, start, size);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chunk->lock, flags);
-		read_unlock(&pool->lock);
-		return addr;
+		addr = (chunk->start + start) << pool->order;
+		goto done;
 	}
+
+	addr = 0;
+done:
 	read_unlock(&pool->lock);
-	return 0;
+	return addr;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_alloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_alloc_aligned);
 
 /**
- * gen_pool_free - free allocated special memory back to the pool
- * @pool: pool to free to
- * @addr: starting address of memory to free back to pool
- * @size: size in bytes of memory to free
+ * gen_pool_free() - free allocated special memory back to the pool
+ * @pool:	Pool to free to.
+ * @addr:	Starting address of memory to free back to pool.
+ * @size:	Size in bytes of memory to free.
  *
  * Free previously allocated special memory back to the specified pool.
  */
 void gen_pool_free(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr, size_t size)
 {
-	struct list_head *_chunk;
 	struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int order = pool->min_alloc_order;
-	int bit, nbits;
 
-	nbits = (size + (1UL << order) - 1) >> order;
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
-	read_lock(&pool->lock);
-	list_for_each(_chunk, &pool->chunks) {
-		chunk = list_entry(_chunk, struct gen_pool_chunk, next_chunk);
+	addr = addr >> pool->order;
+	size = (size + (1UL << pool->order) - 1) >> pool->order;
 
-		if (addr >= chunk->start_addr && addr < chunk->end_addr) {
-			BUG_ON(addr + size > chunk->end_addr);
+	BUG_ON(addr + size < addr);
+
+	read_lock(&pool->lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(chunk, &pool->chunks, next_chunk)
+		if (addr >= chunk->start &&
+		    addr + size <= chunk->start + chunk->size) {
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&chunk->lock, flags);
-			bit = (addr - chunk->start_addr) >> order;
-			while (nbits--)
-				__clear_bit(bit++, chunk->bits);
+			bitmap_clear(chunk->bits, addr - chunk->start, size);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chunk->lock, flags);
-			break;
+			goto done;
 		}
-	}
-	BUG_ON(nbits > 0);
+	BUG_ON(1);
+done:
 	read_unlock(&pool->lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_free);
