diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
index 1923f14..577ddf8 100644
--- a/lib/genalloc.c
+++ b/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -39,17 +39,20 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_create);
 
 /**
- * gen_pool_add - add a new chunk of special memory to the pool
+ * gen_pool_add_virt - add a new chunk of special memory to the pool
  * @pool: pool to add new memory chunk to
- * @addr: starting address of memory chunk to add to pool
+ * @virt: virtual starting address of memory chunk to add to pool
+ * @phys: physical starting address of memory chunk to add to pool
  * @size: size in bytes of the memory chunk to add to pool
  * @nid: node id of the node the chunk structure and bitmap should be
  *       allocated on, or -1
  *
  * Add a new chunk of special memory to the specified pool.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or a -ve errno on failure.
  */
-int gen_pool_add(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr, size_t size,
-		 int nid)
+int gen_pool_add_virt(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long virt, phys_addr_t phys,
+		 size_t size, int nid)
 {
 	struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
 	int nbits = size >> pool->min_alloc_order;
@@ -58,11 +61,12 @@
 
 	chunk = kmalloc_node(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, nid);
 	if (unlikely(chunk == NULL))
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&chunk->lock);
-	chunk->start_addr = addr;
-	chunk->end_addr = addr + size;
+	chunk->phys_addr = phys;
+	chunk->start_addr = virt;
+	chunk->end_addr = virt + size;
 
 	write_lock(&pool->lock);
 	list_add(&chunk->next_chunk, &pool->chunks);
@@ -70,7 +74,32 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_add);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_add_virt);
+
+/**
+ * gen_pool_virt_to_phys - return the physical address of memory
+ * @pool: pool to allocate from
+ * @addr: starting address of memory
+ *
+ * Returns the physical address on success, or -1 on error.
+ */
+phys_addr_t gen_pool_virt_to_phys(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct list_head *_chunk;
+	struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
+
+	read_lock(&pool->lock);
+	list_for_each(_chunk, &pool->chunks) {
+		chunk = list_entry(_chunk, struct gen_pool_chunk, next_chunk);
+
+		if (addr >= chunk->start_addr && addr < chunk->end_addr)
+			return chunk->phys_addr + addr - chunk->start_addr;
+	}
+	read_unlock(&pool->lock);
+
+	return -1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_virt_to_phys);
 
 /**
  * gen_pool_destroy - destroy a special memory pool