@@ -145,3 +145,48 @@ const struct kexec_file_ops kexec_image_ops = {
 	.verify_sig = image_verify_sig,
 #endif
 };
+
+static int filter_out_reserved_res(struct resource *res, void *arg)
+{
+	return walk_excluding_child_res(res, arg,
+					kexec_locate_mem_hole_callback);
+}
+
+/**
+ * arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole - Find free memory to place the segments.
+ * @kbuf:                       Parameters for the memory search.
+ *
+ * On success, kbuf->mem will have the start address of the memory region found.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ */
+int arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole(struct kexec_buf *kbuf)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Arch knows where to place */
+	if (kbuf->mem != KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Crash kernels land in a well known place that has been
+	 * reserved upfront.
+	 *
+	 * Normal kexec kernels can however land anywhere in memory.
+	 * We have to be extra careful not to step over critical
+	 * memory ranges that have been marked as reserved in the
+	 * iomem resource tree (LPI and ACPI tables, among others),
+	 * hence the use of the child-excluding iterator.  This
+	 * matches what the userspace version of kexec does.
+	 */
+	if (kbuf->image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH)
+		ret = walk_iomem_res_desc(crashk_res.desc,
+					  IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY,
+					  crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end,
+					  kbuf, kexec_locate_mem_hole_callback);
+	else
+		ret = walk_system_ram_res(0, ULONG_MAX, kbuf,
+					  filter_out_reserved_res);
+
+	return ret == 1 ? 0 : -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+}