diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 2bbbd4d1ba31..2d58f32ed6fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1955,6 +1955,26 @@ config EFI_MIXED
 
 	   If unsure, say N.
 
+config EFI_SPECIFIC_DAX
+	bool "DAX Support for EFI Specific Purpose Memory"
+	depends on EFI
+	---help---
+	  On systems that have mixed performance classes of memory EFI
+	  may indicate specific purpose memory with an attribute (See
+	  EFI_MEMORY_SP in UEFI 2.8). A memory range tagged with this
+	  attribute may have unique performance characteristics compared
+	  to the system's general purpose "System RAM" pool. On the
+	  expectation that such memory has application specific usage,
+	  and its base EFI memory type is "conventional" answer Y to
+	  arrange for the kernel to reserve it for direct-access
+	  (device-dax) by default. The memory range can later be
+	  optionally assigned to the page allocator by system
+	  administrator policy via the device-dax kmem facility. Say N
+	  to have the kernel treat this memory as general purpose by
+	  default.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config SECCOMP
 	def_bool y
 	prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index 544ac4fafd11..5afa6de508e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -560,7 +560,10 @@ setup_e820(struct boot_params *params, struct setup_data *e820ext, u32 e820ext_s
 		case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE:
 		case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA:
 		case EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY:
-			e820_type = E820_TYPE_RAM;
+			if (is_efi_dax(d))
+				e820_type = E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC;
+			else
+				e820_type = E820_TYPE_RAM;
 			break;
 
 		case EFI_ACPI_MEMORY_NVS:
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
index 2e53c056ba20..8af8b4d4ebc9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ process_efi_entries(unsigned long minimum, unsigned long image_size)
 		 *
 		 * Only EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY is guaranteed to be free.
 		 */
-		if (md->type != EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY)
+		if (md->type != EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY || is_efi_dax(md))
 			continue;
 
 		if (efi_mirror_found &&
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
index c3aa4b5e49e2..7209e611a89d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ enum e820_type {
 	 */
 	E820_TYPE_PRAM		= 12,
 
+	/*
+	 * Special-purpose / application-specific memory is indicated to
+	 * the system via the EFI_MEMORY_SP attribute. Define an e820
+	 * translation of this memory type for the purpose of
+	 * reserving this range and marking it with the
+	 * IORES_DESC_APPLICATION_RESERVED designation.
+	 */
+	E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC	= 0xefffffff,
+
 	/*
 	 * Reserved RAM used by the kernel itself if
 	 * CONFIG_INTEL_TXT=y is enabled, memory of this type
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 8f32e705a980..735f86594cab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ static void __init e820_print_type(enum e820_type type)
 	switch (type) {
 	case E820_TYPE_RAM:		/* Fall through: */
 	case E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN:	pr_cont("usable");			break;
+	case E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC:	pr_cont("application reserved");	break;
 	case E820_TYPE_RESERVED:	pr_cont("reserved");			break;
 	case E820_TYPE_ACPI:		pr_cont("ACPI data");			break;
 	case E820_TYPE_NVS:		pr_cont("ACPI NVS");			break;
@@ -1036,6 +1037,7 @@ static const char *__init e820_type_to_string(struct e820_entry *entry)
 	case E820_TYPE_UNUSABLE:	return "Unusable memory";
 	case E820_TYPE_PRAM:		return "Persistent Memory (legacy)";
 	case E820_TYPE_PMEM:		return "Persistent Memory";
+	case E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC:	return "Application Reserved";
 	case E820_TYPE_RESERVED:	return "Reserved";
 	default:			return "Unknown E820 type";
 	}
@@ -1051,6 +1053,7 @@ static unsigned long __init e820_type_to_iomem_type(struct e820_entry *entry)
 	case E820_TYPE_UNUSABLE:	/* Fall-through: */
 	case E820_TYPE_PRAM:		/* Fall-through: */
 	case E820_TYPE_PMEM:		/* Fall-through: */
+	case E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC:	/* Fall-through: */
 	case E820_TYPE_RESERVED:	/* Fall-through: */
 	default:			return IORESOURCE_MEM;
 	}
@@ -1063,6 +1066,7 @@ static unsigned long __init e820_type_to_iores_desc(struct e820_entry *entry)
 	case E820_TYPE_NVS:		return IORES_DESC_ACPI_NV_STORAGE;
 	case E820_TYPE_PMEM:		return IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY;
 	case E820_TYPE_PRAM:		return IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY_LEGACY;
+	case E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC:	return IORES_DESC_APPLICATION_RESERVED;
 	case E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN:	/* Fall-through: */
 	case E820_TYPE_RAM:		/* Fall-through: */
 	case E820_TYPE_UNUSABLE:	/* Fall-through: */
@@ -1078,13 +1082,14 @@ static bool __init do_mark_busy(enum e820_type type, struct resource *res)
 		return true;
 
 	/*
-	 * Treat persistent memory like device memory, i.e. reserve it
-	 * for exclusive use of a driver
+	 * Treat persistent memory and other special memory ranges like
+	 * device memory, i.e. reserve it for exclusive use of a driver
 	 */
 	switch (type) {
 	case E820_TYPE_RESERVED:
 	case E820_TYPE_PRAM:
 	case E820_TYPE_PMEM:
+	case E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC:
 		return false;
 	case E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN:
 	case E820_TYPE_RAM:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 08a5f4a131f5..ddde1c7b1f9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	if (efi_enabled(EFI_MEMMAP)) {
 		efi_fake_memmap();
+		efi_find_app_specific();
 		efi_find_mirror();
 		efi_esrt_init();
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index e1cb01a22fa8..899f1305c77a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -123,10 +123,15 @@ void __init efi_find_mirror(void)
  * more than the max 128 entries that can fit in the e820 legacy
  * (zeropage) memory map.
  */
+enum add_efi_mode {
+	ADD_EFI_ALL,
+	ADD_EFI_APP_SPECIFIC,
+};
 
-static void __init do_add_efi_memmap(void)
+static void __init do_add_efi_memmap(enum add_efi_mode mode)
 {
 	efi_memory_desc_t *md;
+	int add = 0;
 
 	for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) {
 		unsigned long long start = md->phys_addr;
@@ -139,7 +144,9 @@ static void __init do_add_efi_memmap(void)
 		case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE:
 		case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA:
 		case EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY:
-			if (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_WB)
+			if (is_efi_dax(md))
+				e820_type = E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC;
+			else if (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_WB)
 				e820_type = E820_TYPE_RAM;
 			else
 				e820_type = E820_TYPE_RESERVED;
@@ -165,9 +172,24 @@ static void __init do_add_efi_memmap(void)
 			e820_type = E820_TYPE_RESERVED;
 			break;
 		}
+
+		if (e820_type == E820_TYPE_SPECIFIC) {
+			memblock_remove(start, size);
+			memblock_add_range(&memblock.reserved, start, size,
+					MAX_NUMNODES, MEMBLOCK_APP_SPECIFIC);
+		} else if (mode != ADD_EFI_APP_SPECIFIC)
+			continue;
+
+		add++;
 		e820__range_add(start, size, e820_type);
 	}
-	e820__update_table(e820_table);
+	if (add)
+		e820__update_table(e820_table);
+}
+
+void __init efi_find_app_specific(void)
+{
+	do_add_efi_memmap(ADD_EFI_APP_SPECIFIC);
 }
 
 int __init efi_memblock_x86_reserve_range(void)
@@ -200,7 +222,7 @@ int __init efi_memblock_x86_reserve_range(void)
 		return rv;
 
 	if (add_efi_memmap)
-		do_add_efi_memmap();
+		do_add_efi_memmap(ADD_EFI_ALL);
 
 	WARN(efi.memmap.desc_version != 1,
 	     "Unexpected EFI_MEMORY_DESCRIPTOR version %ld",
@@ -753,6 +775,13 @@ static bool should_map_region(efi_memory_desc_t *md)
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32))
 		return false;
 
+	/*
+	 * Specific purpose memory assigned to device-dax is
+	 * not mapped by default.
+	 */
+	if (is_efi_dax(md))
+		return false;
+
 	/*
 	 * Map all of RAM so that we can access arguments in the 1:1
 	 * mapping when making EFI runtime calls.
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa.c b/drivers/acpi/numa.c
index 30995834ad70..9083bb8f611b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/numa.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/numa.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void __init acpi_numa_slit_init(struct acpi_table_slit *slit)
 int __init
 acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_mem_affinity *ma)
 {
-	u64 start, end;
+	u64 start, end, i, a_start, a_end;
 	u32 hotpluggable;
 	int node, pxm;
 
@@ -283,6 +283,19 @@ acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_mem_affinity *ma)
 	if (acpi_srat_revision <= 1)
 		pxm &= 0xff;
 
+	/* Clamp Application Specific Memory */
+	for_each_mem_range(i, &memblock.reserved, NULL, NUMA_NO_NODE,
+			MEMBLOCK_APP_SPECIFIC, &a_start, &a_end, NULL) {
+		pr_debug("%s: SP: %#llx %#llx SRAT: %#llx %#llx\n", __func__,
+				a_start, a_end, start, end);
+		if (a_start <= start && a_end >= end)
+			goto out_err;
+		if (a_start >= start && a_start < end)
+			start = a_start;
+		if (a_end <= end && end > start)
+			end = a_end;
+	}
+
 	node = acpi_map_pxm_to_node(pxm);
 	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE || node >= MAX_NUMNODES) {
 		pr_err("SRAT: Too many proximity domains.\n");
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 91368f5ce114..b57b123cbdf9 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ typedef struct {
 	u64 attribute;
 } efi_memory_desc_t;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_SPECIFIC_DAX
+static inline bool is_efi_dax(efi_memory_desc_t *md)
+{
+	return md->type == EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY
+		&& (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_SP);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool is_efi_dax(efi_memory_desc_t *md)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 typedef struct {
 	efi_guid_t guid;
 	u32 headersize;
@@ -1043,6 +1056,7 @@ extern efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes,
 					     unsigned long size,
 					     bool nonblocking);
 extern void efi_find_mirror(void);
+extern void efi_find_app_specific(void);
 #else
 
 static inline efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes,
diff --git a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
index da0ebaec25f0..2d79841ee9b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ enum {
 	IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY_LEGACY	= 5,
 	IORES_DESC_DEVICE_PRIVATE_MEMORY	= 6,
 	IORES_DESC_DEVICE_PUBLIC_MEMORY		= 7,
+	IORES_DESC_APPLICATION_RESERVED		= 8,
 };
 
 /* helpers to define resources */
diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 676d3900e1bd..58c29180f2cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ extern unsigned long long max_possible_pfn;
  * @MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG: hotpluggable region
  * @MEMBLOCK_MIRROR: mirrored region
  * @MEMBLOCK_NOMAP: don't add to kernel direct mapping
+ * @MEMBLOCK_APP_SPECIFIC: reserved / application specific range
  */
 enum memblock_flags {
 	MEMBLOCK_NONE		= 0x0,	/* No special request */
 	MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG	= 0x1,	/* hotpluggable region */
 	MEMBLOCK_MIRROR		= 0x2,	/* mirrored region */
 	MEMBLOCK_NOMAP		= 0x4,	/* don't add to kernel direct mapping */
+	MEMBLOCK_APP_SPECIFIC	= 0x8,  /* reserved / application specific range */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -215,6 +217,11 @@ static inline bool memblock_is_mirror(struct memblock_region *m)
 	return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_MIRROR;
 }
 
+static inline bool memblock_is_app_specific(struct memblock_region *m)
+{
+	return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_APP_SPECIFIC;
+}
+
 static inline bool memblock_is_nomap(struct memblock_region *m)
 {
 	return m->flags & MEMBLOCK_NOMAP;
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 6bbad46f4d2c..654fecb52ba5 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -982,6 +982,10 @@ static bool should_skip_region(struct memblock_region *m, int nid, int flags)
 	if ((flags & MEMBLOCK_MIRROR) && !memblock_is_mirror(m))
 		return true;
 
+	/* if we want specific memory skip non-specific memory regions */
+	if ((flags & MEMBLOCK_APP_SPECIFIC) && !memblock_is_app_specific(m))
+		return true;
+
 	/* skip nomap memory unless we were asked for it explicitly */
 	if (!(flags & MEMBLOCK_NOMAP) && memblock_is_nomap(m))
 		return true;
