/* tx */
        struct rds_ib_work_ring i_send_ring;
        struct rm_data_op       *i_data_op;
-       struct rds_header       *i_send_hdrs;
-       dma_addr_t              i_send_hdrs_dma;
+       struct rds_header       **i_send_hdrs;
+       dma_addr_t              *i_send_hdrs_dma;
        struct rds_ib_send_work *i_sends;
        atomic_t                i_signaled_sends;
 
        struct rds_ib_work_ring i_recv_ring;
        struct rds_ib_incoming  *i_ibinc;
        u32                     i_recv_data_rem;
-       struct rds_header       *i_recv_hdrs;
-       dma_addr_t              i_recv_hdrs_dma;
+       struct rds_header       **i_recv_hdrs;
+       dma_addr_t              *i_recv_hdrs_dma;
        struct rds_ib_recv_work *i_recvs;
        u64                     i_ack_recv;     /* last ACK received */
        struct rds_ib_refill_cache i_cache_incs;
        struct list_head        conn_list;
        struct ib_device        *dev;
        struct ib_pd            *pd;
+       struct dma_pool         *rid_hdrs_pool; /* RDS headers DMA pool */
        bool                    use_fastreg;
 
        unsigned int            max_mrs;
 int rds_ib_cm_initiate_connect(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id, bool isv6);
 void rds_ib_cm_connect_complete(struct rds_connection *conn,
                                struct rdma_cm_event *event);
-
+struct rds_header **rds_dma_hdrs_alloc(struct ib_device *ibdev,
+                                      struct dma_pool *pool,
+                                      dma_addr_t **dma_addrs, u32 num_hdrs);
+void rds_dma_hdrs_free(struct dma_pool *pool, struct rds_header **hdrs,
+                      dma_addr_t *dma_addrs, u32 num_hdrs);
 
 #define rds_ib_conn_error(conn, fmt...) \
        __rds_ib_conn_error(conn, KERN_WARNING "RDS/IB: " fmt)
 
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
  * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
        rds_ibdev->vector_load[index]--;
 }
 
+/* Allocate DMA coherent memory to be used to store struct rds_header for
+ * sending/receiving packets.  The pointers to the DMA memory and the
+ * associated DMA addresses are stored in two arrays.
+ *
+ * @ibdev: the IB device
+ * @pool: the DMA memory pool
+ * @dma_addrs: pointer to the array for storing DMA addresses
+ * @num_hdrs: number of headers to allocate
+ *
+ * It returns the pointer to the array storing the DMA memory pointers.  On
+ * error, NULL pointer is returned.
+ */
+struct rds_header **rds_dma_hdrs_alloc(struct ib_device *ibdev,
+                                      struct dma_pool *pool,
+                                      dma_addr_t **dma_addrs, u32 num_hdrs)
+{
+       struct rds_header **hdrs;
+       dma_addr_t *hdr_daddrs;
+       u32 i;
+
+       hdrs = kvmalloc_node(sizeof(*hdrs) * num_hdrs, GFP_KERNEL,
+                            ibdev_to_node(ibdev));
+       if (!hdrs)
+               return NULL;
+
+       hdr_daddrs = kvmalloc_node(sizeof(*hdr_daddrs) * num_hdrs, GFP_KERNEL,
+                                  ibdev_to_node(ibdev));
+       if (!hdr_daddrs) {
+               kvfree(hdrs);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < num_hdrs; i++) {
+               hdrs[i] = dma_pool_zalloc(pool, GFP_KERNEL, &hdr_daddrs[i]);
+               if (!hdrs[i]) {
+                       rds_dma_hdrs_free(pool, hdrs, hdr_daddrs, i);
+                       return NULL;
+               }
+       }
+
+       *dma_addrs = hdr_daddrs;
+       return hdrs;
+}
+
+/* Free the DMA memory used to store struct rds_header.
+ *
+ * @pool: the DMA memory pool
+ * @hdrs: pointer to the array storing DMA memory pointers
+ * @dma_addrs: pointer to the array storing DMA addresses
+ * @num_hdars: number of headers to free.
+ */
+void rds_dma_hdrs_free(struct dma_pool *pool, struct rds_header **hdrs,
+                      dma_addr_t *dma_addrs, u32 num_hdrs)
+{
+       u32 i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < num_hdrs; i++)
+               dma_pool_free(pool, hdrs[i], dma_addrs[i]);
+       kvfree(hdrs);
+       kvfree(dma_addrs);
+}
+
 /*
  * This needs to be very careful to not leave IS_ERR pointers around for
  * cleanup to trip over.
        struct ib_cq_init_attr cq_attr = {};
        struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev;
        int ret, fr_queue_space;
+       struct dma_pool *pool;
 
        /*
         * It's normal to see a null device if an incoming connection races
                goto recv_cq_out;
        }
 
-       ic->i_send_hdrs = ib_dma_alloc_coherent(dev,
-                                          ic->i_send_ring.w_nr *
-                                               sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                                          &ic->i_send_hdrs_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+       pool = rds_ibdev->rid_hdrs_pool;
+       ic->i_send_hdrs = rds_dma_hdrs_alloc(dev, pool, &ic->i_send_hdrs_dma,
+                                            ic->i_send_ring.w_nr);
        if (!ic->i_send_hdrs) {
                ret = -ENOMEM;
-               rdsdebug("ib_dma_alloc_coherent send failed\n");
+               rdsdebug("DMA send hdrs alloc failed\n");
                goto qp_out;
        }
 
-       ic->i_recv_hdrs = ib_dma_alloc_coherent(dev,
-                                          ic->i_recv_ring.w_nr *
-                                               sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                                          &ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+       ic->i_recv_hdrs = rds_dma_hdrs_alloc(dev, pool, &ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma,
+                                            ic->i_recv_ring.w_nr);
        if (!ic->i_recv_hdrs) {
                ret = -ENOMEM;
-               rdsdebug("ib_dma_alloc_coherent recv failed\n");
+               rdsdebug("DMA recv hdrs alloc failed\n");
                goto send_hdrs_dma_out;
        }
 
-       ic->i_ack = ib_dma_alloc_coherent(dev, sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                                      &ic->i_ack_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+       ic->i_ack = dma_pool_zalloc(pool, GFP_KERNEL,
+                                   &ic->i_ack_dma);
        if (!ic->i_ack) {
                ret = -ENOMEM;
-               rdsdebug("ib_dma_alloc_coherent ack failed\n");
+               rdsdebug("DMA ack header alloc failed\n");
                goto recv_hdrs_dma_out;
        }
 
 
 sends_out:
        vfree(ic->i_sends);
+
 ack_dma_out:
-       ib_dma_free_coherent(dev, sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                            ic->i_ack, ic->i_ack_dma);
+       dma_pool_free(pool, ic->i_ack, ic->i_ack_dma);
+       ic->i_ack = NULL;
+
 recv_hdrs_dma_out:
-       ib_dma_free_coherent(dev, ic->i_recv_ring.w_nr *
-                                       sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                                       ic->i_recv_hdrs, ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma);
+       rds_dma_hdrs_free(pool, ic->i_recv_hdrs, ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma,
+                         ic->i_recv_ring.w_nr);
+       ic->i_recv_hdrs = NULL;
+       ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma = NULL;
+
 send_hdrs_dma_out:
-       ib_dma_free_coherent(dev, ic->i_send_ring.w_nr *
-                                       sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                                       ic->i_send_hdrs, ic->i_send_hdrs_dma);
+       rds_dma_hdrs_free(pool, ic->i_send_hdrs, ic->i_send_hdrs_dma,
+                         ic->i_send_ring.w_nr);
+       ic->i_send_hdrs = NULL;
+       ic->i_send_hdrs_dma = NULL;
+
 qp_out:
        rdma_destroy_qp(ic->i_cm_id);
 recv_cq_out:
                 ic->i_cm_id ? ic->i_cm_id->qp : NULL);
 
        if (ic->i_cm_id) {
-               struct ib_device *dev = ic->i_cm_id->device;
-
                rdsdebug("disconnecting cm %p\n", ic->i_cm_id);
                err = rdma_disconnect(ic->i_cm_id);
                if (err) {
                        ib_destroy_cq(ic->i_recv_cq);
                }
 
-               /* then free the resources that ib callbacks use */
-               if (ic->i_send_hdrs)
-                       ib_dma_free_coherent(dev,
-                                          ic->i_send_ring.w_nr *
-                                               sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                                          ic->i_send_hdrs,
-                                          ic->i_send_hdrs_dma);
-
-               if (ic->i_recv_hdrs)
-                       ib_dma_free_coherent(dev,
-                                          ic->i_recv_ring.w_nr *
-                                               sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                                          ic->i_recv_hdrs,
-                                          ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma);
-
-               if (ic->i_ack)
-                       ib_dma_free_coherent(dev, sizeof(struct rds_header),
-                                            ic->i_ack, ic->i_ack_dma);
+               if (ic->rds_ibdev) {
+                       struct dma_pool *pool;
+
+                       pool = ic->rds_ibdev->rid_hdrs_pool;
+
+                       /* then free the resources that ib callbacks use */
+                       if (ic->i_send_hdrs) {
+                               rds_dma_hdrs_free(pool, ic->i_send_hdrs,
+                                                 ic->i_send_hdrs_dma,
+                                                 ic->i_send_ring.w_nr);
+                               ic->i_send_hdrs = NULL;
+                               ic->i_send_hdrs_dma = NULL;
+                       }
+
+                       if (ic->i_recv_hdrs) {
+                               rds_dma_hdrs_free(pool, ic->i_recv_hdrs,
+                                                 ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma,
+                                                 ic->i_recv_ring.w_nr);
+                               ic->i_recv_hdrs = NULL;
+                               ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma = NULL;
+                       }
+
+                       if (ic->i_ack) {
+                               dma_pool_free(pool, ic->i_ack, ic->i_ack_dma);
+                               ic->i_ack = NULL;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       WARN_ON(ic->i_send_hdrs);
+                       WARN_ON(ic->i_send_hdrs_dma);
+                       WARN_ON(ic->i_recv_hdrs);
+                       WARN_ON(ic->i_recv_hdrs_dma);
+                       WARN_ON(ic->i_ack);
+               }
 
                if (ic->i_sends)
                        rds_ib_send_clear_ring(ic);
                ic->i_pd = NULL;
                ic->i_send_cq = NULL;
                ic->i_recv_cq = NULL;
-               ic->i_send_hdrs = NULL;
-               ic->i_recv_hdrs = NULL;
-               ic->i_ack = NULL;
        }
        BUG_ON(ic->rds_ibdev);
 
 
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
  * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
                send->s_wr.ex.imm_data = 0;
 
                sge = &send->s_sge[0];
-               sge->addr = ic->i_send_hdrs_dma + (i * sizeof(struct rds_header));
+               sge->addr = ic->i_send_hdrs_dma[i];
+
                sge->length = sizeof(struct rds_header);
                sge->lkey = ic->i_pd->local_dma_lkey;
 
                send->s_queued = jiffies;
                send->s_op = NULL;
 
-               send->s_sge[0].addr = ic->i_send_hdrs_dma
-                       + (pos * sizeof(struct rds_header));
+               send->s_sge[0].addr = ic->i_send_hdrs_dma[pos];
+
                send->s_sge[0].length = sizeof(struct rds_header);
 
-               memcpy(&ic->i_send_hdrs[pos], &rm->m_inc.i_hdr, sizeof(struct rds_header));
+               memcpy(ic->i_send_hdrs[pos], &rm->m_inc.i_hdr,
+                      sizeof(struct rds_header));
+
 
                /* Set up the data, if present */
                if (i < work_alloc
                         &send->s_wr, send->s_wr.num_sge, send->s_wr.next);
 
                if (ic->i_flowctl && adv_credits) {
-                       struct rds_header *hdr = &ic->i_send_hdrs[pos];
+                       struct rds_header *hdr = ic->i_send_hdrs[pos];
 
                        /* add credit and redo the header checksum */
                        hdr->h_credit = adv_credits;