--- vrfc
+++ v1
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
+When __alloc_bootmem_nopanic() is used with explicit lower limit for the
+allocation it attempts to allocate memory at or above that limit and falls
+back to allocation with no limit set.
+
+The memblock_alloc_from_nopanic() does exactly the same thing and can be
+used as a replacement for __alloc_bootmem_nopanic() is such cases.
+
 Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
 ---
  arch/arc/kernel/unwind.c       | 4 ++--
  arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c | 4 ++--