diff --git a/include/net/hwbm.h b/include/net/hwbm.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47d08662501b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/net/hwbm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#ifndef _HWBM_H
+#define _HWBM_H
+
+struct hwbm_pool {
+	/* Capacity of the pool */
+	int size;
+	/* Size of the buffers managed */
+	int frag_size;
+	/* Number of buffers currently used by this pool */
+	int buf_num;
+	/* constructor called during alocation */
+	int (*construct)(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, void *buf);
+	/* protect acces to the buffer counter*/
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	/* private data */
+	void *priv;
+};
+#ifdef CONFIG_HWBM
+void hwbm_buf_free(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, void *buf);
+int hwbm_pool_refill(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, gfp_t gfp);
+int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num, gfp_t gfp);
+#else
+void hwbm_buf_free(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, void *buf) {}
+int hwbm_pool_refill(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, gfp_t gfp) { return 0; }
+int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num, gfp_t gfp)
+{ return 0; }
+#endif /* CONFIG_HWBM */
+#endif /* _HWBM_H */
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 10640d5f8bee..e13449870d06 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ config XPS
 	depends on SMP
 	default y
 
+config HWBM
+       bool
+
 config SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
 	bool
 	default n
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index 014422e2561f..d6508c2ddca5 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO) += netprio_cgroup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_CLASSID) += netclassid_cgroup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LWTUNNEL) += lwtunnel.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DST_CACHE) += dst_cache.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HWBM) += hwbm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DEVLINK) += devlink.o
diff --git a/net/core/hwbm.c b/net/core/hwbm.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..941c28486896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/core/hwbm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* Support for hardware buffer manager.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Marvell
+ *
+ * Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <net/hwbm.h>
+
+void hwbm_buf_free(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, void *buf)
+{
+	if (likely(bm_pool->frag_size <= PAGE_SIZE))
+		skb_free_frag(buf);
+	else
+		kfree(buf);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwbm_buf_free);
+
+/* Refill processing for HW buffer management */
+int hwbm_pool_refill(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	int frag_size = bm_pool->frag_size;
+	void *buf;
+
+	if (likely(frag_size <= PAGE_SIZE))
+		buf = netdev_alloc_frag(frag_size);
+	else
+		buf = kmalloc(frag_size, gfp);
+
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (bm_pool->construct)
+		if (bm_pool->construct(bm_pool, buf)) {
+			hwbm_buf_free(bm_pool, buf);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwbm_pool_refill);
+
+int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	int err, i;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bm_pool->lock, flags);
+	if (bm_pool->buf_num == bm_pool->size) {
+		pr_warn("pool already filled\n");
+		return bm_pool->buf_num;
+	}
+
+	if (buf_num + bm_pool->buf_num > bm_pool->size) {
+		pr_warn("cannot allocate %d buffers for pool\n",
+			buf_num);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if ((buf_num + bm_pool->buf_num) < bm_pool->buf_num) {
+		pr_warn("Adding %d buffers to the %d current buffers will overflow\n",
+			buf_num,  bm_pool->buf_num);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < buf_num; i++) {
+		err = hwbm_pool_refill(bm_pool, gfp);
+		if (err < 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* Update BM driver with number of buffers added to pool */
+	bm_pool->buf_num += i;
+
+	pr_debug("hwpm pool: %d of %d buffers added\n", i, buf_num);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bm_pool->lock, flags);
+
+	return i;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwbm_pool_add);