+static void *sparsemap_buf __meminitdata;
+static void *sparsemap_buf_end __meminitdata;
+
+void __init sparse_buffer_init(unsigned long size, int nid)
+{
+ WARN_ON(sparsemap_buf); /* forgot to call sparse_buffer_fini()? */
+ sparsemap_buf =
+ memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid_raw(size, PAGE_SIZE,
+ __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS),
+ BOOTMEM_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE, nid);
+ sparsemap_buf_end = sparsemap_buf + size;
+}
+
+void __init sparse_buffer_fini(void)
+{
+ unsigned long size = sparsemap_buf_end - sparsemap_buf;
+
+ if (sparsemap_buf && size > 0)
+ memblock_free_early(__pa(sparsemap_buf), size);
+ sparsemap_buf = NULL;
+}
+
+void * __meminit sparse_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size)
+{
+ void *ptr = NULL;
+
+ if (sparsemap_buf) {
+ ptr = PTR_ALIGN(sparsemap_buf, size);
+ if (ptr + size > sparsemap_buf_end)
+ ptr = NULL;
+ else
+ sparsemap_buf = ptr + size;
+ }
+ return ptr;
+}
+