diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index cebfa36a27aeb432b9c647370a401a484a6921e0..8590099ac148aa767484236cbdd576b421c85303 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -445,3 +445,60 @@ int __init efi_get_fdt_params(struct efi_fdt_params *params, int verbose)
 	return ret;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_EFI_PARAMS_FROM_FDT */
+
+static __initdata char memory_type_name[][20] = {
+	"Reserved",
+	"Loader Code",
+	"Loader Data",
+	"Boot Code",
+	"Boot Data",
+	"Runtime Code",
+	"Runtime Data",
+	"Conventional Memory",
+	"Unusable Memory",
+	"ACPI Reclaim Memory",
+	"ACPI Memory NVS",
+	"Memory Mapped I/O",
+	"MMIO Port Space",
+	"PAL Code"
+};
+
+char * __init efi_md_typeattr_format(char *buf, size_t size,
+				     const efi_memory_desc_t *md)
+{
+	char *pos;
+	int type_len;
+	u64 attr;
+
+	pos = buf;
+	if (md->type >= ARRAY_SIZE(memory_type_name))
+		type_len = snprintf(pos, size, "[type=%u", md->type);
+	else
+		type_len = snprintf(pos, size, "[%-*s",
+				    (int)(sizeof(memory_type_name[0]) - 1),
+				    memory_type_name[md->type]);
+	if (type_len >= size)
+		return buf;
+
+	pos += type_len;
+	size -= type_len;
+
+	attr = md->attribute;
+	if (attr & ~(EFI_MEMORY_UC | EFI_MEMORY_WC | EFI_MEMORY_WT |
+		     EFI_MEMORY_WB | EFI_MEMORY_UCE | EFI_MEMORY_WP |
+		     EFI_MEMORY_RP | EFI_MEMORY_XP | EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME))
+		snprintf(pos, size, "|attr=0x%016llx]",
+			 (unsigned long long)attr);
+	else
+		snprintf(pos, size, "|%3s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%3s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%2s]",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME ? "RUN" : "",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_XP      ? "XP"  : "",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_RP      ? "RP"  : "",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_WP      ? "WP"  : "",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_UCE     ? "UCE" : "",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_WB      ? "WB"  : "",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_WT      ? "WT"  : "",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_WC      ? "WC"  : "",
+			 attr & EFI_MEMORY_UC      ? "UC"  : "");
+	return buf;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 7464032ae00a7ced992bd58c1e3a39571e09c28c..78b29b133e143dee9ed741fe0f0075a83e3b607b 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -887,6 +887,13 @@ extern bool efi_poweroff_required(void);
 	     (md) <= (efi_memory_desc_t *)((m)->map_end - (m)->desc_size); \
 	     (md) = (void *)(md) + (m)->desc_size)
 
+/*
+ * Format an EFI memory descriptor's type and attributes to a user-provided
+ * character buffer, as per snprintf(), and return the buffer.
+ */
+char * __init efi_md_typeattr_format(char *buf, size_t size,
+				     const efi_memory_desc_t *md);
+
 /**
  * efi_range_is_wc - check the WC bit on an address range
  * @start: starting kvirt address