diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index 5471cc5..93c035b 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ static int nvm_core_init(struct nvm_dev *dev)
 	dev->total_secs = dev->nr_luns * dev->sec_per_lun;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->online_targets);
 	mutex_init(&dev->mlock);
+	spin_lock_init(&dev->lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
index d65ec36..fba3fbd 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
@@ -20,6 +20,66 @@
 
 #include "gennvm.h"
 
+static int gennvm_get_area(struct nvm_dev *dev, sector_t *begin_sect,
+							sector_t size)
+{
+	struct gen_nvm *gn = dev->mp;
+	struct gennvm_area *area, *prev, *next;
+	sector_t begin = 0;
+	sector_t max_sectors = (dev->sec_size * dev->total_secs) >> 9;
+
+	if (size > max_sectors)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	area = kmalloc(sizeof(struct gennvm_area), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!area)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	prev = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&dev->lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(next, &gn->area_list, list) {
+		if (begin + size > next->begin) {
+			begin = next->end;
+			prev = next;
+			continue;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if ((begin + size) > max_sectors) {
+		spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
+		kfree(area);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	area->begin = *begin_sect =  begin;
+	area->end = begin + size;
+	if (prev)
+		list_add(&area->list, &prev->list);
+	else
+		list_add(&area->list, &gn->area_list);
+	spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void gennvm_put_area(struct nvm_dev *dev, sector_t begin)
+{
+	struct gen_nvm *gn = dev->mp;
+	struct gennvm_area *area;
+
+	spin_lock(&dev->lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(area, &gn->area_list, list) {
+		if (area->begin != begin)
+			continue;
+
+		list_del(&area->list);
+		spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
+		kfree(area);
+		return;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dev->lock);
+}
+
 static void gennvm_blocks_free(struct nvm_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct gen_nvm *gn = dev->mp;
@@ -229,6 +289,7 @@ static int gennvm_register(struct nvm_dev *dev)
 
 	gn->dev = dev;
 	gn->nr_luns = dev->nr_luns;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gn->area_list);
 	dev->mp = gn;
 
 	ret = gennvm_luns_init(dev, gn);
@@ -465,6 +526,10 @@ static struct nvmm_type gennvm = {
 
 	.get_lun		= gennvm_get_lun,
 	.lun_info_print		= gennvm_lun_info_print,
+
+	.get_area		= gennvm_get_area,
+	.put_area		= gennvm_put_area,
+
 };
 
 static int __init gennvm_module_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.h b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.h
index 9c24b5b..04d7c23 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.h
@@ -39,8 +39,14 @@ struct gen_nvm {
 
 	int nr_luns;
 	struct gen_lun *luns;
+	struct list_head area_list;
 };
 
+struct gennvm_area {
+	struct list_head list;
+	sector_t begin;
+	sector_t end;	/* end is excluded */
+};
 #define gennvm_for_each_lun(bm, lun, i) \
 		for ((i) = 0, lun = &(bm)->luns[0]; \
 			(i) < (bm)->nr_luns; (i)++, lun = &(bm)->luns[(i)])
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
index c4d0b04..6ce5f73 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
@@ -1038,8 +1038,11 @@ static int rrpc_map_init(struct rrpc *rrpc)
 {
 	struct nvm_dev *dev = rrpc->dev;
 	sector_t i;
+	u64 slba;
 	int ret;
 
+	slba = rrpc->soffset >> (ilog2(dev->sec_size) - 9);
+
 	rrpc->trans_map = vzalloc(sizeof(struct rrpc_addr) * rrpc->nr_sects);
 	if (!rrpc->trans_map)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1061,8 +1064,8 @@ static int rrpc_map_init(struct rrpc *rrpc)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Bring up the mapping table from device */
-	ret = dev->ops->get_l2p_tbl(dev, 0, dev->total_secs, rrpc_l2p_update,
-									rrpc);
+	ret = dev->ops->get_l2p_tbl(dev, slba, rrpc->nr_sects,
+			rrpc_l2p_update, rrpc);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("nvm: rrpc: could not read L2P table.\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1071,7 +1074,6 @@ static int rrpc_map_init(struct rrpc *rrpc)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
 /* Minimum pages needed within a lun */
 #define PAGE_POOL_SIZE 16
 #define ADDR_POOL_SIZE 64
@@ -1185,12 +1187,32 @@ err:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+/* returns 0 on success and stores the beginning address in *begin */
+static int rrpc_area_init(struct rrpc *rrpc, sector_t *begin)
+{
+	struct nvm_dev *dev = rrpc->dev;
+	struct nvmm_type *mt = dev->mt;
+	sector_t size = rrpc->nr_sects * dev->sec_size;
+
+	size >>= 9;
+	return mt->get_area(dev, begin, size);
+}
+
+static void rrpc_area_free(struct rrpc *rrpc)
+{
+	struct nvm_dev *dev = rrpc->dev;
+	struct nvmm_type *mt = dev->mt;
+
+	mt->put_area(dev, rrpc->soffset);
+}
+
 static void rrpc_free(struct rrpc *rrpc)
 {
 	rrpc_gc_free(rrpc);
 	rrpc_map_free(rrpc);
 	rrpc_core_free(rrpc);
 	rrpc_luns_free(rrpc);
+	rrpc_area_free(rrpc);
 
 	kfree(rrpc);
 }
@@ -1311,6 +1333,7 @@ static void *rrpc_init(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 	struct request_queue *bqueue = dev->q;
 	struct request_queue *tqueue = tdisk->queue;
 	struct rrpc *rrpc;
+	sector_t soffset;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!(dev->identity.dom & NVM_RSP_L2P)) {
@@ -1336,6 +1359,13 @@ static void *rrpc_init(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 	/* simple round-robin strategy */
 	atomic_set(&rrpc->next_lun, -1);
 
+	ret = rrpc_area_init(rrpc, &soffset);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("nvm: rrpc: could not initialize area\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+	rrpc->soffset = soffset;
+
 	ret = rrpc_luns_init(rrpc, lun_begin, lun_end);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("nvm: rrpc: could not initialize luns\n");
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.h b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.h
index dfca5c4..6148b14 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct rrpc {
 	struct nvm_dev *dev;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 
+	sector_t soffset; /* logical sector offset */
 	u64 poffset; /* physical page offset */
 	int lun_offset;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index b94f2d5..ce58ad5 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ struct nvm_dev {
 	char name[DISK_NAME_LEN];
 
 	struct mutex mlock;
+	spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
 static inline struct ppa_addr generic_to_dev_addr(struct nvm_dev *dev,
@@ -463,6 +464,9 @@ typedef int (nvmm_erase_blk_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, struct nvm_block *,
 typedef struct nvm_lun *(nvmm_get_lun_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, int);
 typedef void (nvmm_lun_info_print_fn)(struct nvm_dev *);
 
+typedef int (nvmm_get_area_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, sector_t *, sector_t);
+typedef void (nvmm_put_area_fn)(struct nvm_dev *, sector_t);
+
 struct nvmm_type {
 	const char *name;
 	unsigned int version[3];
@@ -487,6 +491,10 @@ struct nvmm_type {
 
 	/* Statistics */
 	nvmm_lun_info_print_fn *lun_info_print;
+
+	nvmm_get_area_fn *get_area;
+	nvmm_put_area_fn *put_area;
+
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
