Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/sram.txt |    8 ++
 drivers/misc/sram.c                             |  101 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/sram.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/sram.txt
index 4d0a00e..3b7a5c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/sram.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/sram.txt

@@ -8,9 +8,17 @@ Required properties:
 
 - reg : SRAM iomem address range
 
+Optional properties:
+
+- mmio-sram-reserved: ordered list of reserved chunks inside the sram that
+  should not be used by the OS.
+  Format is <base size>, <base size>, ...; with base being relative to the
+  reg property base.
+
 Example:
 
 sram: sram at 5c000000 {
 	compatible = "mmio-sram";
 	reg = <0x5c000000 0x40000>; /* 256 KiB SRAM at address 0x5c000000 */
+	mmio-sram-reserved = <0x0 0x100>; /* reserve 0x5c000000-0x5c000100 */
 };

diff --git a/drivers/misc/sram.c b/drivers/misc/sram.c
index afe66571..b3ceefb 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sram.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sram.c

@@ -36,13 +36,23 @@ struct sram_dev {
 	struct clk *clk;
 };
 
+struct sram_reserve {
+	unsigned long start;
+	unsigned long size;
+};
+
 static int sram_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	void __iomem *virt_base;
 	struct sram_dev *sram;
 	struct resource *res;
-	unsigned long size;
-	int ret;
+	unsigned long size, cur_start, cur_size;
+	const __be32 *reserved_list = NULL;
+	int reserved_size = 0;
+	struct sram_reserve *rblocks;
+	unsigned int nblocks;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int i;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	virt_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);

@@ -65,19 +75,94 @@ static int sram_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!sram->pool)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = gen_pool_add_virt(sram->pool, (unsigned long)virt_base,
-				res->start, size, -1);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (sram->clk)
-			clk_disable_unprepare(sram->clk);
-		return ret;
+	if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
+		reserved_list = of_get_property(pdev->dev.of_node,
+						"mmio-sram-reserved",
+						&reserved_size);
+		if (reserved_list) {
+			reserved_size /= sizeof(*reserved_list);
+			if (!reserved_size || reserved_size % 2) {
+				dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "wrong number of arguments in mmio-sram-reserved\n");
+				reserved_list = NULL;
+				reserved_size = 0;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We need an additional block to mark the end of the memory region
+	 * after the reserved blocks from the dt are processed.
+	 */
+	nblocks = reserved_size / 2 + 1;
+	rblocks = kmalloc((nblocks) * sizeof(*rblocks), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rblocks) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_alloc;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nblocks - 1; i++) {
+		rblocks[i].start = be32_to_cpu(*reserved_list++);
+		rblocks[i].size = be32_to_cpu(*reserved_list++);
+
+		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "found reserved block 0x%lx-0x%lx\n",
+			rblocks[i].start,
+			rblocks[i].start + rblocks[i].size);
+	}
+
+	/* the last chunk marks the end of the region */
+	rblocks[nblocks - 1].start = size;
+	rblocks[nblocks - 1].size = 0;
+
+	cur_start = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < nblocks; i++) {
+		/* catch unsorted list entries */
+		if (rblocks[i].start < cur_start) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+				"unsorted reserved list (0x%lx before current 0x%lx)\n",
+				rblocks[i].start, cur_start);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_chunks;
+		}
+
+		/* current start is in a reserved block, so continue after it */
+		if (rblocks[i].start == cur_start) {
+			cur_start = rblocks[i].start + rblocks[i].size;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * allocate the space between the current starting
+		 * address and the following reserved block, or the
+		 * end of the region.
+		 */
+		cur_size = rblocks[i].start - cur_start;
+
+		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "adding chunk 0x%lx-0x%lx\n",
+			cur_start, cur_start + cur_size);
+		ret = gen_pool_add_virt(sram->pool,
+				(unsigned long)virt_base + cur_start,
+				res->start + cur_start, cur_size, -1);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto err_chunks;
+
+		/* next allocation after this reserved block */
+		cur_start = rblocks[i].start + rblocks[i].size;
+	}
+
+	kfree(rblocks);
+
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, sram);
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "SRAM pool: %ld KiB @ 0x%p\n", size / 1024, virt_base);
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_chunks:
+	kfree(rblocks);
+err_alloc:
+	if (sram->clk)
+		clk_disable_unprepare(sram->clk);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int sram_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)