diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d3b1571..d5bf0da 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -6711,6 +6711,12 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
 F:	drivers/block/brd.c
 
+PERSISTENT MEMORY DRIVER
+M:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
+L:	linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org
+S:	Supported
+F:	drivers/block/pmem.c
+
 RANDOM NUMBER DRIVER
 M:	Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
 S:	Maintained
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index b81ddfe..860e8d1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -387,6 +387,17 @@ config BLK_DEV_XIP
 	  will prevent RAM block device backing store memory from being
 	  allocated from highmem (only a problem for highmem systems).
 
+config BLK_DEV_PMEM
+	tristate "Persistent memory block device support"
+	help
+	  Saying Y here will allow you to use a contiguous range of reserved
+	  memory as one or more persistent block devices.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
+	  called 'pmem'.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config CDROM_PKTCDVD
 	tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media"
 	depends on !UML
diff --git a/drivers/block/Makefile b/drivers/block/Makefile
index ca07399..6256f6e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/block/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PS3_VRAM)		+= ps3vram.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATARI_FLOPPY)	+= ataflop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_AMIGA_Z2RAM)	+= z2ram.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM)	+= brd.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PMEM)	+= pmem.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP)	+= loop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA)	+= cpqarray.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA)  += cciss.o
diff --git a/drivers/block/pmem.c b/drivers/block/pmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f756e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/block/pmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+/*
+ * Persistent Memory Driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ */
+
+#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/hdreg.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#define PMEM_MINORS		16
+
+struct pmem_device {
+	struct list_head	pmem_list;
+	struct request_queue	*pmem_queue;
+	struct gendisk		*pmem_disk;
+
+	/* One contiguous memory region per device */
+	phys_addr_t		phys_addr;
+	void			*virt_addr;
+	size_t			size;
+};
+
+static int pmem_major;
+static atomic_t pmem_index;
+
+static void pmem_do_bvec(struct pmem_device *pmem, struct page *page,
+			unsigned int len, unsigned int off, int rw,
+			sector_t sector)
+{
+	void *mem = kmap_atomic(page);
+	size_t pmem_off = sector << 9;
+
+	if (rw == READ) {
+		memcpy(mem + off, pmem->virt_addr + pmem_off, len);
+		flush_dcache_page(page);
+	} else {
+		flush_dcache_page(page);
+		memcpy(pmem->virt_addr + pmem_off, mem + off, len);
+	}
+
+	kunmap_atomic(mem);
+}
+
+static void pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct block_device *bdev = bio->bi_bdev;
+	struct pmem_device *pmem = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
+	int rw;
+	struct bio_vec bvec;
+	sector_t sector;
+	struct bvec_iter iter;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (bio_end_sector(bio) > get_capacity(bdev->bd_disk)) {
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD);
+
+	rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
+	sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
+	bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, iter) {
+		pmem_do_bvec(pmem, bvec.bv_page, bvec.bv_len, bvec.bv_offset,
+			     rw, sector);
+		sector += bvec.bv_len >> 9;
+	}
+
+out:
+	bio_endio(bio, err);
+}
+
+static int pmem_rw_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+		       struct page *page, int rw)
+{
+	struct pmem_device *pmem = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
+
+	pmem_do_bvec(pmem, page, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, 0, rw, sector);
+	page_endio(page, rw & WRITE, 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long pmem_direct_access(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+			      void **kaddr, unsigned long *pfn, long size)
+{
+	struct pmem_device *pmem = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
+	size_t offset = sector << 9;
+
+	if (!pmem)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	*kaddr = pmem->virt_addr + offset;
+	*pfn = (pmem->phys_addr + offset) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	return pmem->size - offset;
+}
+
+static const struct block_device_operations pmem_fops = {
+	.owner =		THIS_MODULE,
+	.rw_page =		pmem_rw_page,
+	.direct_access =	pmem_direct_access,
+};
+
+/* pmem->phys_addr and pmem->size need to be set.
+ * Will then set virt_addr if successful.
+ */
+static int pmem_mapmem(struct pmem_device *pmem, struct device *dev)
+{
+	if (!request_mem_region(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size, "pmem")) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve region [0x%llx:0x%zx]\n",
+			   pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Map the memory as non-cachable, as we can't write back the contents
+	 * of the CPU caches in case of a crash.
+	 */
+	pmem->virt_addr = ioremap_nocache(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+	if (!pmem->virt_addr) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "could not ioremap_nocache [0x%llx:0x%zx]\n",
+			 pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+		release_mem_region(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+		return -ENXIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void pmem_unmapmem(struct pmem_device *pmem)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!pmem->virt_addr))
+		return;
+
+	iounmap(pmem->virt_addr);
+	release_mem_region(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+	pmem->virt_addr = NULL;
+}
+
+static struct pmem_device *pmem_alloc(struct device *dev, struct resource *res)
+{
+	struct pmem_device *pmem;
+	struct gendisk *disk;
+	int idx, err;
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	pmem = kzalloc(sizeof(*pmem), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pmem)
+		goto out;
+
+	pmem->phys_addr = res->start;
+	pmem->size = resource_size(res);
+
+	err = pmem_mapmem(pmem, dev);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_free_dev;
+
+	pmem->pmem_queue = blk_alloc_queue(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pmem->pmem_queue)
+		goto out_unmap;
+
+	blk_queue_make_request(pmem->pmem_queue, pmem_make_request);
+	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(pmem->pmem_queue, 1024);
+	blk_queue_bounce_limit(pmem->pmem_queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
+
+	disk = alloc_disk(PMEM_MINORS);
+	if (!disk)
+		goto out_free_queue;
+
+	idx = atomic_inc_return(&pmem_index) - 1;
+
+	disk->major		= pmem_major;
+	disk->first_minor	= PMEM_MINORS * idx;
+	disk->fops		= &pmem_fops;
+	disk->private_data	= pmem;
+	disk->queue		= pmem->pmem_queue;
+	disk->flags		= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
+	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "pmem%d", idx);
+	disk->driverfs_dev = dev;
+	set_capacity(disk, pmem->size >> 9);
+	pmem->pmem_disk = disk;
+
+	add_disk(disk);
+
+	return pmem;
+
+out_free_queue:
+	blk_cleanup_queue(pmem->pmem_queue);
+out_unmap:
+	pmem_unmapmem(pmem);
+out_free_dev:
+	kfree(pmem);
+out:
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+static void pmem_free(struct pmem_device *pmem)
+{
+	del_gendisk(pmem->pmem_disk);
+	put_disk(pmem->pmem_disk);
+	blk_cleanup_queue(pmem->pmem_queue);
+	pmem_unmapmem(pmem);
+	kfree(pmem);
+}
+
+static int pmem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct pmem_device *pmem;
+	struct resource *res;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(pdev->num_resources > 1))
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+	if (!res)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	pmem = pmem_alloc(&pdev->dev, res);
+	if (IS_ERR(pmem))
+		return PTR_ERR(pmem);
+
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pmem);
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "probe [%pa:0x%zx]\n",
+		 &pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int pmem_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct pmem_device *pmem = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "remove\n");
+	pmem_free(pmem);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct platform_driver pmem_driver = {
+	.probe		= pmem_probe,
+	.remove		= pmem_remove,
+	.driver		= {
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+		.name	= "pmem",
+	},
+};
+
+static char *map;
+module_param(map, charp, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(map,
+	"pmem device mapping: map=mapS[,mapS...] where:\n"
+	"mapS=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] or mapS=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG], nn=size, ss=offset.");
+
+static LIST_HEAD(pmem_devices);
+
+static int __init
+pmem_parse_map_one(char *map, phys_addr_t *start, size_t *size)
+{
+	char *p = map;
+
+	*size = (size_t)memparse(p, &p);
+	if ((p == map) || ((*p != '$') && (*p != '@')))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!*(++p))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*start = (phys_addr_t)memparse(p, &p);
+
+	return *p == '\0' ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int __init _load_from_map(void)
+{
+	struct pmem_device *pmem;
+	char *p, *pmem_map, *map_dup;
+	int err = -ENODEV;
+
+	map_dup = pmem_map = kstrdup(map, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(!pmem_map)) {
+		pr_debug("pmem_init strdup(%s) failed\n", map);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	while ((p = strsep(&pmem_map, ",")) != NULL) {
+		struct resource res = {.start = 0};
+		size_t disk_size;
+
+		if (!*p)
+			continue;
+		err = pmem_parse_map_one(p, &res.start, &disk_size);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+		/*TODO: check alignments */
+
+		res.end = res.start + disk_size - 1;
+		pmem = pmem_alloc(NULL, &res);
+		if (IS_ERR(pmem)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(pmem);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		list_add_tail(&pmem->pmem_list, &pmem_devices);
+	}
+
+out:
+	/* If we have at least one device we stay loaded and rmmod can
+	 * clean those that were loaded.
+	 */
+	if (!list_empty(&pmem_devices))
+		err = 0;
+
+	pr_info("pmem: init map=%s successful(%d) => %d\n",
+		map, atomic_read(&pmem_index), err);
+	kfree(map_dup);
+	return err;
+}
+
+void _unload_from_map(void)
+{
+	struct pmem_device *pmem, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(pmem, next, &pmem_devices, pmem_list) {
+		list_del(&pmem->pmem_list);
+		pmem_free(pmem);
+	}
+
+	pr_info("pmem: exit\n");
+}
+
+static int __init pmem_init(void)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	pmem_major = register_blkdev(0, "pmem");
+	if (pmem_major < 0)
+		return pmem_major;
+
+	if (map && *map)
+		return _load_from_map();
+
+	error = platform_driver_register(&pmem_driver);
+	if (error)
+		unregister_blkdev(pmem_major, "pmem");
+	return error;
+}
+module_init(pmem_init);
+
+static void pmem_exit(void)
+{
+	if (list_empty(&pmem_devices))
+		platform_driver_unregister(&pmem_driver);
+	else
+		_unload_from_map();
+
+	unregister_blkdev(pmem_major, "pmem");
+}
+module_exit(pmem_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
