diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index bfcb1a62a7b4..c87122dd790f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1965,6 +1965,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			         or
 			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
 
+	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
+			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
+			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
+			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
+
 	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
 			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
 			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1de6afa8ee51..4517613dc638 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8071,6 +8071,12 @@ 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/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index b7d31ca55187..9e3bcd6f4a48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1430,6 +1430,16 @@ config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
 
 source "mm/Kconfig"
 
+config X86_PMEM_LEGACY
+	bool "Support non-standard NVDIMMs and ADR protected memory"
+	help
+	  Treat memory marked using the non-standard e820 type of 12 as used
+	  by the Intel Sandy Bridge-EP reference BIOS as protected memory.
+	  The kernel will offer these regions to the 'pmem' driver so
+	  they can be used for persistent storage.
+
+	  Say Y if unsure.
+
 config HIGHPTE
 	bool "Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem"
 	depends on HIGHMEM
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
index d993e33f5236..960a8a9dc4ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
 #define E820_NVS	4
 #define E820_UNUSABLE	5
 
+/*
+ * This is a non-standardized way to represent ADR or NVDIMM regions that
+ * persist over a reboot.  The kernel will ignore their special capabilities
+ * unless the CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY=y option is set.
+ *
+ * ( Note that older platforms also used 6 for the same type of memory,
+ *   but newer versions switched to 12 as 6 was assigned differently.  Some
+ *   time they will learn... )
+ */
+#define E820_PRAM	12
 
 /*
  * reserved RAM used by kernel itself
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index cdb1b70ddad0..971f18cd9ca0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_GUEST)		+= kvm.o kvmclock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT)		+= paravirt.o paravirt_patch_$(BITS).o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)+= paravirt-spinlocks.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_CLOCK)	+= pvclock.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY)	+= pmem.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCSPKR_PLATFORM)	+= pcspeaker.o
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 46201deee923..11cc7d54ec3f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ static void __init e820_print_type(u32 type)
 	case E820_UNUSABLE:
 		printk(KERN_CONT "unusable");
 		break;
+	case E820_PRAM:
+		printk(KERN_CONT "persistent (type %u)", type);
+		break;
 	default:
 		printk(KERN_CONT "type %u", type);
 		break;
@@ -343,7 +346,7 @@ int __init sanitize_e820_map(struct e820entry *biosmap, int max_nr_map,
 		 * continue building up new bios map based on this
 		 * information
 		 */
-		if (current_type != last_type)	{
+		if (current_type != last_type || current_type == E820_PRAM) {
 			if (last_type != 0)	 {
 				new_bios[new_bios_entry].size =
 					change_point[chgidx]->addr - last_addr;
@@ -688,6 +691,7 @@ void __init e820_mark_nosave_regions(unsigned long limit_pfn)
 			register_nosave_region(pfn, PFN_UP(ei->addr));
 
 		pfn = PFN_DOWN(ei->addr + ei->size);
+
 		if (ei->type != E820_RAM && ei->type != E820_RESERVED_KERN)
 			register_nosave_region(PFN_UP(ei->addr), pfn);
 
@@ -748,7 +752,7 @@ u64 __init early_reserve_e820(u64 size, u64 align)
 /*
  * Find the highest page frame number we have available
  */
-static unsigned long __init e820_end_pfn(unsigned long limit_pfn, unsigned type)
+static unsigned long __init e820_end_pfn(unsigned long limit_pfn)
 {
 	int i;
 	unsigned long last_pfn = 0;
@@ -759,7 +763,11 @@ static unsigned long __init e820_end_pfn(unsigned long limit_pfn, unsigned type)
 		unsigned long start_pfn;
 		unsigned long end_pfn;
 
-		if (ei->type != type)
+		/*
+		 * Persistent memory is accounted as ram for purposes of
+		 * establishing max_pfn and mem_map.
+		 */
+		if (ei->type != E820_RAM && ei->type != E820_PRAM)
 			continue;
 
 		start_pfn = ei->addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -784,12 +792,12 @@ static unsigned long __init e820_end_pfn(unsigned long limit_pfn, unsigned type)
 }
 unsigned long __init e820_end_of_ram_pfn(void)
 {
-	return e820_end_pfn(MAX_ARCH_PFN, E820_RAM);
+	return e820_end_pfn(MAX_ARCH_PFN);
 }
 
 unsigned long __init e820_end_of_low_ram_pfn(void)
 {
-	return e820_end_pfn(1UL<<(32 - PAGE_SHIFT), E820_RAM);
+	return e820_end_pfn(1UL << (32-PAGE_SHIFT));
 }
 
 static void early_panic(char *msg)
@@ -866,6 +874,9 @@ static int __init parse_memmap_one(char *p)
 	} else if (*p == '$') {
 		start_at = memparse(p+1, &p);
 		e820_add_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RESERVED);
+	} else if (*p == '!') {
+		start_at = memparse(p+1, &p);
+		e820_add_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_PRAM);
 	} else
 		e820_remove_range(mem_size, ULLONG_MAX - mem_size, E820_RAM, 1);
 
@@ -907,6 +918,7 @@ static inline const char *e820_type_to_string(int e820_type)
 	case E820_ACPI:	return "ACPI Tables";
 	case E820_NVS:	return "ACPI Non-volatile Storage";
 	case E820_UNUSABLE:	return "Unusable memory";
+	case E820_PRAM: return "Persistent RAM";
 	default:	return "reserved";
 	}
 }
@@ -940,7 +952,9 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources(void)
 		 * pci device BAR resource and insert them later in
 		 * pcibios_resource_survey()
 		 */
-		if (e820.map[i].type != E820_RESERVED || res->start < (1ULL<<20)) {
+		if (((e820.map[i].type != E820_RESERVED) &&
+		     (e820.map[i].type != E820_PRAM)) ||
+		     res->start < (1ULL<<20)) {
 			res->flags |= IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 			insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
 		}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3420c874ddc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Christoph Hellwig.
+ */
+#include <linux/memblock.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <asm/e820.h>
+#include <asm/page_types.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+
+static __init void register_pmem_device(struct resource *res)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+	int error;
+
+	pdev = platform_device_alloc("pmem", PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO);
+	if (!pdev)
+		return;
+
+	error = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, 1);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_put_pdev;
+
+	error = platform_device_add(pdev);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_put_pdev;
+	return;
+
+out_put_pdev:
+	dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to add 'pmem' (persistent memory) device!\n");
+	platform_device_put(pdev);
+}
+
+static __init int register_pmem_devices(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) {
+		struct e820entry *ei = &e820.map[i];
+
+		if (ei->type == E820_PRAM) {
+			struct resource res = {
+				.flags	= IORESOURCE_MEM,
+				.start	= ei->addr,
+				.end	= ei->addr + ei->size - 1,
+			};
+			register_pmem_device(&res);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(register_pmem_devices);
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 1b8094d4d7af..eb1fed5bd516 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -404,6 +404,17 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
 	  and 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 02b688d1438d..9cc6c18a1c7e 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 000000000000..eabf4a8d0085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/block/pmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+/*
+ * 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 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,
+};
+
+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 = -EINVAL;
+	if (!request_mem_region(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size, "pmem")) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve region [0x%pa:0x%zx]\n", &pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+		goto out_free_dev;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Map the memory as non-cachable, as we can't write back the contents
+	 * of the CPU caches in case of a crash.
+	 */
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	pmem->virt_addr = ioremap_nocache(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+	if (!pmem->virt_addr)
+		goto out_release_region;
+
+	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:
+	iounmap(pmem->virt_addr);
+out_release_region:
+	release_mem_region(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+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);
+	iounmap(pmem->virt_addr);
+	release_mem_region(pmem->phys_addr, pmem->size);
+	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);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int pmem_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct pmem_device *pmem = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	pmem_free(pmem);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct platform_driver pmem_driver = {
+	.probe		= pmem_probe,
+	.remove		= pmem_remove,
+	.driver		= {
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+		.name	= "pmem",
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init pmem_init(void)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	pmem_major = register_blkdev(0, "pmem");
+	if (pmem_major < 0)
+		return pmem_major;
+
+	error = platform_driver_register(&pmem_driver);
+	if (error)
+		unregister_blkdev(pmem_major, "pmem");
+	return error;
+}
+module_init(pmem_init);
+
+static void pmem_exit(void)
+{
+	platform_driver_unregister(&pmem_driver);
+	unregister_blkdev(pmem_major, "pmem");
+}
+module_exit(pmem_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
