}
 }
 /*
- * Replace all KCORE_RAM information with passed list.
+ * Replace all KCORE_RAM/KCORE_VMEMMAP information with passed list.
  */
 static void __kcore_update_ram(struct list_head *list)
 {
        write_lock(&kclist_lock);
        if (kcore_need_update) {
                list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, &kclist_head, list) {
-                       if (pos->type == KCORE_RAM)
+                       if (pos->type == KCORE_RAM
+                               || pos->type == KCORE_VMEMMAP)
                                list_move(&pos->list, &garbage);
                }
                list_splice_tail(list, &kclist_head);
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
+/* calculate vmemmap's address from given system ram pfn and register it */
+int get_sparsemem_vmemmap_info(struct kcore_list *ent, struct list_head *head)
+{
+       unsigned long pfn = __pa(ent->addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+       unsigned long nr_pages = ent->size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+       unsigned long start, end;
+       struct kcore_list *vmm, *tmp;
+
+
+       start = ((unsigned long)pfn_to_page(pfn)) & PAGE_MASK;
+       end = ((unsigned long)pfn_to_page(pfn + nr_pages)) - 1;
+       end = ALIGN(end, PAGE_SIZE);
+       /* overlap check (because we have to align page */
+       list_for_each_entry(tmp, head, list) {
+               if (tmp->type != KCORE_VMEMMAP)
+                       continue;
+               if (start < tmp->addr + tmp->size)
+                       if (end > tmp->addr)
+                               end = tmp->addr;
+       }
+       if (start < end) {
+               vmm = kmalloc(sizeof(*vmm), GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!vmm)
+                       return 0;
+               vmm->addr = start;
+               vmm->size = end - start;
+               vmm->type = KCORE_VMEMMAP;
+               list_add_tail(&vmm->list, head);
+       }
+       return 1;
+
+}
+#else
+int get_sparsemem_vmemmap_info(struct kcore_list *ent, struct list_head *head)
+{
+       return 1;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 static int
 kclist_add_private(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, void *arg)
 {
 
        ent->type = KCORE_RAM;
        list_add_tail(&ent->list, head);
+
+       if (!get_sparsemem_vmemmap_info(ent, head)) {
+               list_del(&ent->list);
+               goto free_out;
+       }
+
        return 0;
 free_out:
        kfree(ent);