diff -puN drivers/base/memory.c~dax-kmem-try-4 drivers/base/memory.c
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c~dax-kmem-try-4	2019-02-25 10:56:51.791908023 -0800
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c	2019-02-25 10:56:51.800908023 -0800
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ unsigned long __weak memory_block_size_b
 {
 	return MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memory_block_size_bytes);
 
 static unsigned long get_memory_block_size(void)
 {
diff -puN drivers/dax/Kconfig~dax-kmem-try-4 drivers/dax/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/dax/Kconfig~dax-kmem-try-4	2019-02-25 10:56:51.793908023 -0800
+++ b/drivers/dax/Kconfig	2019-02-25 10:56:51.800908023 -0800
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@ config DEV_DAX_PMEM
 
 	  Say M if unsure
 
+config DEV_DAX_KMEM
+	tristate "KMEM DAX: volatile-use of persistent memory"
+	default DEV_DAX
+	depends on DEV_DAX
+	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG # for add_memory() and friends
+	help
+	  Support access to persistent memory as if it were RAM.  This
+	  allows easier use of persistent memory by unmodified
+	  applications.
+
+	  To use this feature, a DAX device must be unbound from the
+	  device_dax driver (PMEM DAX) and bound to this kmem driver
+	  on each boot.
+
+	  Say N if unsure.
+
 config DEV_DAX_PMEM_COMPAT
 	tristate "PMEM DAX: support the deprecated /sys/class/dax interface"
 	depends on DEV_DAX_PMEM
diff -puN /dev/null drivers/dax/kmem.c
--- /dev/null	2019-02-15 15:42:29.903470860 -0800
+++ b/drivers/dax/kmem.c	2019-02-25 10:56:51.800908023 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright(c) 2016-2019 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. */
+#include <linux/memremap.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/memory.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/pfn_t.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/dax.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/mman.h>
+#include "dax-private.h"
+#include "bus.h"
+
+int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = to_dev_dax(dev);
+	struct resource *res = &dev_dax->region->res;
+	resource_size_t kmem_start;
+	resource_size_t kmem_size;
+	resource_size_t kmem_end;
+	struct resource *new_res;
+	int numa_node;
+	int rc;
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure good NUMA information for the persistent memory.
+	 * Without this check, there is a risk that slow memory
+	 * could be mixed in a node with faster memory, causing
+	 * unavoidable performance issues.
+	 */
+	numa_node = dev_dax->target_node;
+	if (numa_node < 0) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "rejecting DAX region %pR with invalid node: %d\n",
+			 res, numa_node);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Hotplug starting at the beginning of the next block: */
+	kmem_start = ALIGN(res->start, memory_block_size_bytes());
+
+	kmem_size = resource_size(res);
+	/* Adjust the size down to compensate for moving up kmem_start: */
+	kmem_size -= kmem_start - res->start;
+	/* Align the size down to cover only complete blocks: */
+	kmem_size &= ~(memory_block_size_bytes() - 1);
+	kmem_end = kmem_start + kmem_size;
+
+	/* Region is permanently reserved.  Hot-remove not yet implemented. */
+	new_res = request_mem_region(kmem_start, kmem_size, dev_name(dev));
+	if (!new_res) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve region [%pa-%pa]\n",
+			 &kmem_start, &kmem_end);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Set flags appropriate for System RAM.  Leave ..._BUSY clear
+	 * so that add_memory() can add a child resource.  Do not
+	 * inherit flags from the parent since it may set new flags
+	 * unknown to us that will break add_memory() below.
+	 */
+	new_res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM;
+	new_res->name = dev_name(dev);
+
+	rc = add_memory(numa_node, new_res->start, resource_size(new_res));
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int dev_dax_kmem_remove(struct device *dev)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Purposely leak the request_mem_region() for the device-dax
+	 * range and return '0' to ->remove() attempts. The removal of
+	 * the device from the driver always succeeds, but the region
+	 * is permanently pinned as reserved by the unreleased
+	 * request_mem_region().
+	 */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct dax_device_driver device_dax_kmem_driver = {
+	.drv = {
+		.probe = dev_dax_kmem_probe,
+		.remove = dev_dax_kmem_remove,
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init dax_kmem_init(void)
+{
+	return dax_driver_register(&device_dax_kmem_driver);
+}
+
+static void __exit dax_kmem_exit(void)
+{
+	dax_driver_unregister(&device_dax_kmem_driver);
+}
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+module_init(dax_kmem_init);
+module_exit(dax_kmem_exit);
+MODULE_ALIAS_DAX_DEVICE(0);
diff -puN drivers/dax/Makefile~dax-kmem-try-4 drivers/dax/Makefile
--- a/drivers/dax/Makefile~dax-kmem-try-4	2019-02-25 10:56:51.796908023 -0800
+++ b/drivers/dax/Makefile	2019-02-25 10:56:51.800908023 -0800
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAX) += dax.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEV_DAX) += device_dax.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEV_DAX_KMEM) += kmem.o
 
 dax-y := super.o
 dax-y += bus.o
