3 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/pmalloc.c b/src/vppinfra/pmalloc.c
index 41309dd1d99..9c5f475e8dd 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/pmalloc.c
+++ b/src/vppinfra/pmalloc.c
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ pmalloc_validate_numa_node (u32 * numa_node)
 }
 
 int
-clib_pmalloc_init (clib_pmalloc_main_t * pm, uword size)
+clib_pmalloc_init (clib_pmalloc_main_t * pm, uword base_addr, uword size)
 {
   uword off, pagesize;
   u64 *pt = 0;
+  int mmap_flags;
 
   ASSERT (pm->error == 0);
 
@@ -82,8 +83,13 @@ clib_pmalloc_init (clib_pmalloc_main_t * pm, uword size)
   pm->max_pages = size >> pm->def_log2_page_sz;
 
   /* reserve VA space for future growth */
-  pm->base = mmap (0, size + pagesize, PROT_NONE,
-		   MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+  mmap_flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+
+  if (base_addr)
+    mmap_flags |= MAP_FIXED;
+
+  pm->base = mmap (uword_to_pointer (base_addr, void *), size + pagesize,
+		   PROT_NONE, mmap_flags, -1, 0);
 
   if (pm->base == MAP_FAILED)
     {
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/pmalloc.h b/src/vppinfra/pmalloc.h
index 25c46783f8c..2a3bde2acc4 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/pmalloc.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/pmalloc.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ typedef struct
 } clib_pmalloc_main_t;
 
 
-int clib_pmalloc_init (clib_pmalloc_main_t * pm, uword size);
+int clib_pmalloc_init (clib_pmalloc_main_t * pm, uword base_addr, uword size);
 void *clib_pmalloc_alloc_aligned_on_numa (clib_pmalloc_main_t * pm,
 					  uword size, uword align,
 					  u32 numa_node);
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/test_pmalloc.c b/src/vppinfra/test_pmalloc.c
index 90b1775bb4f..a59ff32db05 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/test_pmalloc.c
+++ b/src/vppinfra/test_pmalloc.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test_palloc (test_main_t * tm)
   int i;
   uword *va;
 
-  if (clib_pmalloc_init (pm, 0) != 0)
+  if (clib_pmalloc_init (pm, 0, 0) != 0)
     return clib_error_return (0, "pmalloc init failure");
 
   fformat (stdout, "Allocate %d items...\n", tm->nitems);