diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 942c725..3b1f94b 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
 	 rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o \
 	 idr.o int_sqrt.o extable.o prio_tree.o \
 	 sha1.o irq_regs.o reciprocal_div.o argv_split.o \
-	 proportions.o prio_heap.o ratelimit.o
+	 proportions.o prio_heap.o ratelimit.o show_mem.o
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_MMU) += ioremap.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpumask.o
diff --git a/lib/show_mem.c b/lib/show_mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..238e72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/show_mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Generic show_mem() implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>
+ * All code subject to the GPL version 2.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/quicklist.h>
+
+void show_mem(void)
+{
+	pg_data_t *pgdat;
+	unsigned long total = 0, reserved = 0, shared = 0,
+		nonshared = 0, highmem = 0;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Mem-Info:\n");
+	show_free_areas();
+
+	for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat) {
+		unsigned long i, flags;
+
+		pgdat_resize_lock(pgdat, &flags);
+		for (i = 0; i < pgdat->node_spanned_pages; i++) {
+			struct page *page;
+			unsigned long pfn = pgdat->node_start_pfn + i;
+
+			if (unlikely(!(i % MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES)))
+				touch_nmi_watchdog();
+
+			if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
+				continue;
+
+			page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+
+			if (PageHighMem(page))
+				highmem++;
+
+			if (PageReserved(page))
+				reserved++;
+			else if (page_count(page) == 1)
+				nonshared++;
+			else if (page_count(page) > 1)
+				shared += page_count(page) - 1;
+
+			total++;
+		}
+		pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages RAM\n", total);
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages HighMem\n", highmem);
+#endif
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages reserved\n", reserved);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages shared\n", shared);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages non-shared\n", nonshared);
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUICKLIST
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages in pagetable cache\n",
+		quicklist_total_size());
+#endif
+}