1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
index 676debfc1702..128111d8ffe0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <asm/e820.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/iommu.h>
@@ -94,6 +95,11 @@ static u32 __init allocate_aperture(void)
          * code for safe
          */
         p = __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(aper_size, aper_size, 512ULL<<20);
+        /*
+         * Kmemleak should not scan this block as it may not be mapped via the
+         * kernel direct mapping.
+         */
+        kmemleak_ignore(p);
         if (!p || __pa(p)+aper_size > 0xffffffff) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR
                         "Cannot allocate aperture memory hole (%p,%uK)\n",