Merge tag 'memblock-v6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rppt/memblock

Pull memblock updates from Mike Rapoport:

 - 'reserve_mem' command line parameter to allow creation of named
   memory reservation at boot time.

   The driving use-case is to improve the ability of pstore to retain
   ramoops data across reboots.

 - cleanups and small improvements in memblock and mm_init

 - new tests cases in memblock test suite

* tag 'memblock-v6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rppt/memblock:
  memblock tests: fix implicit declaration of function 'numa_valid_node'
  memblock: Move late alloc warning down to phys alloc
  pstore/ramoops: Add ramoops.mem_name= command line option
  mm/memblock: Add "reserve_mem" to reserved named memory at boot up
  mm/mm_init.c: don't initialize page->lru again
  mm/mm_init.c: not always search next deferred_init_pfn from very beginning
  mm/mm_init.c: use deferred_init_mem_pfn_range_in_zone() to decide loop condition
  mm/mm_init.c: get the highest zone directly
  mm/mm_init.c: move nr_initialised reset down a bit
  mm/memblock: fix a typo in description of for_each_mem_region()
  mm/mm_init.c: use memblock_region_memory_base_pfn() to get startpfn
  mm/memblock: use PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN to get pgend in free_memmap
  mm/memblock: return true directly on finding overlap region
  memblock tests: add memblock_overlaps_region_checks
  mm/memblock: fix comment for memblock_isolate_range()
  memblock tests: add memblock_reserve_many_may_conflict_check()
  memblock tests: add memblock_reserve_all_locations_check()
  mm/memblock: remove empty dummy entry

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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 740ca2bc2822..0ca8452ea1ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5674,6 +5674,28 @@
 			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
 			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
 
+	reserve_mem=	[RAM]
+			Format: nn[KNG]:<align>:<label>
+			Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
+			other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
+			used for systems that do not wipe the RAM, and this command
+			line will try to reserve the same physical memory on
+			soft reboots. Note, it is not guaranteed to be the same
+			location. For example, if anything about the system changes
+			or if booting a different kernel. It can also fail if KASLR
+			places the kernel at the location of where the RAM reservation
+			was from a previous boot, the new reservation will be at a
+			different location.
+			Any subsystem using this feature must add a way to verify
+			that the contents of the physical memory is from a previous
+			boot, as there may be cases where the memory will not be
+			located at the same location.
+
+			The format is size:align:label for example, to request
+			12 megabytes of 4096 alignment for ramoops:
+
+			reserve_mem=12M:4096:oops ramoops.mem_name=oops
+
 	reservetop=	[X86-32,EARLY]
 			Format: nn[KMG]
 			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
index e9f85142182d..6f534a707b2a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ramoops.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ and type of the memory area are set using three variables:
   * ``mem_size`` for the size. The memory size will be rounded down to a
     power of two.
   * ``mem_type`` to specify if the memory type (default is pgprot_writecombine).
+  * ``mem_name`` to specify a memory region defined by ``reserve_mem`` command
+    line parameter.
 
 Typically the default value of ``mem_type=0`` should be used as that sets the pstore
 mapping to pgprot_writecombine. Setting ``mem_type=1`` attempts to use
@@ -118,6 +120,17 @@ Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in several different manners:
 	return ret;
   }
 
+ D. Using a region of memory reserved via ``reserve_mem`` command line
+    parameter. The address and size will be defined by the ``reserve_mem``
+    parameter. Note, that ``reserve_mem`` may not always allocate memory
+    in the same location, and cannot be relied upon. Testing will need
+    to be done, and it may not work on every machine, nor every kernel.
+    Consider this a "best effort" approach. The ``reserve_mem`` option
+    takes a size, alignment and name as arguments. The name is used
+    to map the memory to a label that can be retrieved by ramoops.
+
+	reserver_mem=2M:4096:oops  ramoops.mem_name=oops
+
 You can specify either RAM memory or peripheral devices' memory. However, when
 specifying RAM, be sure to reserve the memory by issuing memblock_reserve()
 very early in the architecture code, e.g.::