diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
index 166f17b..cce4dd6 100644
--- a/lib/genalloc.c
+++ b/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -403,6 +403,35 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_for_each_chunk);
 
 /**
+ * addr_in_gen_pool - checks if an address falls within the range of a pool
+ * @pool:	the generic memory pool
+ * @start:	start address
+ * @size:	size of the region
+ *
+ * Check if the range of addresses falls within the specified pool. Returns
+ * true if the entire range is contained in the pool and false otherwise.
+ */
+bool addr_in_gen_pool(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long start,
+			size_t size)
+{
+	bool found = false;
+	unsigned long end = start + size;
+	struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(chunk, &(pool)->chunks, next_chunk) {
+		if (start >= chunk->start_addr && start <= chunk->end_addr) {
+			if (end <= chunk->end_addr) {
+				found = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return found;
+}
+
+/**
  * gen_pool_avail - get available free space of the pool
  * @pool: pool to get available free space
  *