diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/smc.h b/include/uapi/linux/smc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab1dea8e53ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/smc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ *  Shared Memory Communications over RDMA (SMC-R) and RoCE
+ *
+ *  Definitions for generic netlink based configuration of an SMC-R PNET table
+ *
+ *  Copyright IBM Corp. 2016
+ *
+ *  Author(s):  Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_SMC_H_
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_SMC_H_
+
+/* Netlink SMC_PNETID attributes */
+enum {
+	SMC_PNETID_UNSPEC,
+	SMC_PNETID_NAME,
+	SMC_PNETID_ETHNAME,
+	SMC_PNETID_IBNAME,
+	SMC_PNETID_IBPORT,
+	__SMC_PNETID_MAX,
+	SMC_PNETID_MAX = __SMC_PNETID_MAX - 1
+};
+
+enum {				/* SMC PNET Table commands */
+	SMC_PNETID_GET = 1,
+	SMC_PNETID_ADD,
+	SMC_PNETID_DEL,
+	SMC_PNETID_FLUSH
+};
+
+#define SMCR_GENL_FAMILY_NAME		"SMC_PNETID"
+#define SMCR_GENL_FAMILY_VERSION	1
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SMC_H */
diff --git a/net/smc/Makefile b/net/smc/Makefile
index 56f2170e6f64..50f39ffec8c9 100644
--- a/net/smc/Makefile
+++ b/net/smc/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMC)	+= smc.o
-smc-y := af_smc.o smc_ib.o
+smc-y := af_smc.o smc_pnet.o smc_ib.o
diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 50492ee495ce..8b059b2fc34d 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "smc.h"
 #include "smc_ib.h"
+#include "smc_pnet.h"
 
 static void smc_set_keepalive(struct sock *sk, int val)
 {
@@ -586,10 +587,14 @@ static int __init smc_init(void)
 {
 	int rc;
 
+	rc = smc_pnet_init();
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
 	rc = proto_register(&smc_proto, 1);
 	if (rc) {
 		pr_err("%s: proto_register fails with %d\n", __func__, rc);
-		goto out;
+		goto out_pnet;
 	}
 
 	rc = sock_register(&smc_sock_family_ops);
@@ -610,7 +615,8 @@ out_sock:
 	sock_unregister(PF_SMC);
 out_proto:
 	proto_unregister(&smc_proto);
-out:
+out_pnet:
+	smc_pnet_exit();
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -619,6 +625,7 @@ static void __exit smc_exit(void)
 	smc_ib_unregister_client();
 	sock_unregister(PF_SMC);
 	proto_unregister(&smc_proto);
+	smc_pnet_exit();
 }
 
 module_init(smc_init);
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ib.c b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
index 7222b7ede900..5b037f435bc1 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ib.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 
+#include "smc_pnet.h"
 #include "smc_ib.h"
 #include "smc.h"
 
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ static void smc_ib_remove_dev(struct ib_device *ibdev, void *client_data)
 	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
 	list_del_init(&smcibdev->list); /* remove from smc_ib_devices */
 	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	smc_pnet_remove_by_ibdev(smcibdev);
 	kfree(smcibdev);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d3e7fb8348d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
@@ -0,0 +1,534 @@
+/*
+ *  Shared Memory Communications over RDMA (SMC-R) and RoCE
+ *
+ *  Generic netlink support functions to configure an SMC-R PNET table
+ *
+ *  Copyright IBM Corp. 2016
+ *
+ *  Author(s):  Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+
+#include <uapi/linux/if.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/smc.h>
+
+#include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
+
+#include "smc_pnet.h"
+#include "smc_ib.h"
+
+#define SMC_MAX_PNET_ID_LEN	16	/* Max. length of PNET id */
+
+static struct nla_policy smc_pnet_policy[SMC_PNETID_MAX + 1] = {
+	[SMC_PNETID_NAME] = {
+		.type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
+		.len = SMC_MAX_PNET_ID_LEN - 1
+	},
+	[SMC_PNETID_ETHNAME] = {
+		.type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
+		.len = IFNAMSIZ - 1
+	},
+	[SMC_PNETID_IBNAME] = {
+		.type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
+		.len = IB_DEVICE_NAME_MAX - 1
+	},
+	[SMC_PNETID_IBPORT] = { .type = NLA_U8 }
+};
+
+static struct genl_family smc_pnet_nl_family;
+
+/**
+ * struct smc_pnettable - SMC PNET table anchor
+ * @lock: Lock for list action
+ * @pnetlist: List of PNETIDs
+ */
+static struct smc_pnettable {
+	rwlock_t lock;
+	struct list_head pnetlist;
+} smc_pnettable = {
+	.pnetlist = LIST_HEAD_INIT(smc_pnettable.pnetlist),
+	.lock = __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(smc_pnettable.lock)
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct smc_pnetentry - pnet identifier name entry
+ * @list: List node.
+ * @pnet_name: Pnet identifier name
+ * @ndev: pointer to network device.
+ * @smcibdev: Pointer to IB device.
+ */
+struct smc_pnetentry {
+	struct list_head list;
+	char pnet_name[SMC_MAX_PNET_ID_LEN + 1];
+	struct net_device *ndev;
+	struct smc_ib_device *smcibdev;
+	u8 ib_port;
+};
+
+/* Check if two RDMA device entries are identical. Use device name and port
+ * number for comparison.
+ */
+static bool smc_pnet_same_ibname(struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem, char *ibname,
+				 u8 ibport)
+{
+	return pnetelem->ib_port == ibport &&
+	       !strncmp(pnetelem->smcibdev->ibdev->name, ibname,
+			sizeof(pnetelem->smcibdev->ibdev->name));
+}
+
+/* Find a pnetid in the pnet table.
+ */
+static struct smc_pnetentry *smc_pnet_find_pnetid(char *pnet_name)
+{
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem, *found_pnetelem = NULL;
+
+	read_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(pnetelem, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist, list) {
+		if (!strncmp(pnetelem->pnet_name, pnet_name,
+			     sizeof(pnetelem->pnet_name))) {
+			found_pnetelem = pnetelem;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	read_unlock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	return found_pnetelem;
+}
+
+/* Remove a pnetid from the pnet table.
+ */
+static int smc_pnet_remove_by_pnetid(char *pnet_name)
+{
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem, *tmp_pe;
+	int rc = -ENOENT;
+
+	write_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(pnetelem, tmp_pe, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist,
+				 list) {
+		if (!strncmp(pnetelem->pnet_name, pnet_name,
+			     sizeof(pnetelem->pnet_name))) {
+			list_del(&pnetelem->list);
+			dev_put(pnetelem->ndev);
+			kfree(pnetelem);
+			rc = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	write_unlock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* Remove a pnet entry mentioning a given network device from the pnet table.
+ */
+static int smc_pnet_remove_by_ndev(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem, *tmp_pe;
+	int rc = -ENOENT;
+
+	write_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(pnetelem, tmp_pe, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist,
+				 list) {
+		if (pnetelem->ndev == ndev) {
+			list_del(&pnetelem->list);
+			dev_put(pnetelem->ndev);
+			kfree(pnetelem);
+			rc = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	write_unlock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* Remove a pnet entry mentioning a given ib device from the pnet table.
+ */
+int smc_pnet_remove_by_ibdev(struct smc_ib_device *ibdev)
+{
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem, *tmp_pe;
+	int rc = -ENOENT;
+
+	write_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(pnetelem, tmp_pe, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist,
+				 list) {
+		if (pnetelem->smcibdev == ibdev) {
+			list_del(&pnetelem->list);
+			dev_put(pnetelem->ndev);
+			kfree(pnetelem);
+			rc = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	write_unlock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* Append a pnetid to the end of the pnet table if not already on this list.
+ */
+static int smc_pnet_enter(struct smc_pnetentry *new_pnetelem)
+{
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem;
+	int rc = -EEXIST;
+
+	write_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(pnetelem, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist, list) {
+		if (!strncmp(pnetelem->pnet_name, new_pnetelem->pnet_name,
+			     sizeof(new_pnetelem->pnet_name)) ||
+		    !strncmp(pnetelem->ndev->name, new_pnetelem->ndev->name,
+			     sizeof(new_pnetelem->ndev->name)) ||
+		    smc_pnet_same_ibname(pnetelem,
+					 new_pnetelem->smcibdev->ibdev->name,
+					 new_pnetelem->ib_port))
+			goto found;
+	}
+	list_add_tail(&new_pnetelem->list, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist);
+	rc = 0;
+found:
+	write_unlock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* The limit for pnetid is 16 characters.
+ * Valid characters should be (single-byte character set) a-z, A-Z, 0-9.
+ * Lower case letters are converted to upper case.
+ * Interior blanks should not be used.
+ */
+static bool smc_pnetid_valid(const char *pnet_name, char *pnetid)
+{
+	char *bf = skip_spaces(pnet_name);
+	size_t len = strlen(bf);
+	char *end = bf + len;
+
+	if (!len)
+		return false;
+	while (--end >= bf && isspace(*end))
+		;
+	if (end - bf >= SMC_MAX_PNET_ID_LEN)
+		return false;
+	while (bf <= end) {
+		if (!isalnum(*bf))
+			return false;
+		*pnetid++ = islower(*bf) ? toupper(*bf) : *bf;
+		bf++;
+	}
+	*pnetid = '\0';
+	return true;
+}
+
+/* Find an infiniband device by a given name. The device might not exist. */
+struct smc_ib_device *smc_pnet_find_ib(char *ib_name)
+{
+	struct smc_ib_device *ibdev;
+
+	spin_lock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(ibdev, &smc_ib_devices.list, list) {
+		if (!strncmp(ibdev->ibdev->name, ib_name,
+			     sizeof(ibdev->ibdev->name))) {
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	ibdev = NULL;
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&smc_ib_devices.lock);
+	return ibdev;
+}
+
+/* Parse the supplied netlink attributes and fill a pnetentry structure.
+ * For ethernet and infiniband device names verify that the devices exist.
+ */
+static int smc_pnet_fill_entry(struct net *net, struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem,
+			       struct nlattr *tb[])
+{
+	char *string, *ibname = NULL;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	memset(pnetelem, 0, sizeof(*pnetelem));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pnetelem->list);
+	if (tb[SMC_PNETID_NAME]) {
+		string = (char *)nla_data(tb[SMC_PNETID_NAME]);
+		if (!smc_pnetid_valid(string, pnetelem->pnet_name)) {
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+	if (tb[SMC_PNETID_ETHNAME]) {
+		string = (char *)nla_data(tb[SMC_PNETID_ETHNAME]);
+		pnetelem->ndev = dev_get_by_name(net, string);
+		if (!pnetelem->ndev)
+			return -ENOENT;
+	}
+	if (tb[SMC_PNETID_IBNAME]) {
+		ibname = (char *)nla_data(tb[SMC_PNETID_IBNAME]);
+		ibname = strim(ibname);
+		pnetelem->smcibdev = smc_pnet_find_ib(ibname);
+		if (!pnetelem->smcibdev) {
+			rc = -ENOENT;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+	if (tb[SMC_PNETID_IBPORT]) {
+		pnetelem->ib_port = nla_get_u8(tb[SMC_PNETID_IBPORT]);
+		if (pnetelem->ib_port > SMC_MAX_PORTS) {
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	if (pnetelem->ndev)
+		dev_put(pnetelem->ndev);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* Convert an smc_pnetentry to a netlink attribute sequence */
+static int smc_pnet_set_nla(struct sk_buff *msg, struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem)
+{
+	if (nla_put_string(msg, SMC_PNETID_NAME, pnetelem->pnet_name) ||
+	    nla_put_string(msg, SMC_PNETID_ETHNAME, pnetelem->ndev->name) ||
+	    nla_put_string(msg, SMC_PNETID_IBNAME,
+			   pnetelem->smcibdev->ibdev->name) ||
+	    nla_put_u8(msg, SMC_PNETID_IBPORT, pnetelem->ib_port))
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Retrieve one PNETID entry */
+static int smc_pnet_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem;
+	struct sk_buff *msg;
+	void *hdr;
+	int rc;
+
+	pnetelem = smc_pnet_find_pnetid(
+				(char *)nla_data(info->attrs[SMC_PNETID_NAME]));
+	if (!pnetelem)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq,
+			  &smc_pnet_nl_family, 0, SMC_PNETID_GET);
+	if (!hdr) {
+		rc = -EMSGSIZE;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	if (smc_pnet_set_nla(msg, pnetelem)) {
+		rc = -ENOBUFS;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
+
+err_out:
+	nlmsg_free(msg);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int smc_pnet_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	struct net *net = genl_info_net(info);
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem;
+	int rc;
+
+	pnetelem = kzalloc(sizeof(*pnetelem), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pnetelem)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	rc = smc_pnet_fill_entry(net, pnetelem, info->attrs);
+	if (!rc)
+		rc = smc_pnet_enter(pnetelem);
+	if (rc) {
+		kfree(pnetelem);
+		return rc;
+	}
+	rc = smc_ib_remember_port_attr(pnetelem->smcibdev, pnetelem->ib_port);
+	if (rc)
+		smc_pnet_remove_by_pnetid(pnetelem->pnet_name);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int smc_pnet_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return smc_pnet_remove_by_pnetid(
+				(char *)nla_data(info->attrs[SMC_PNETID_NAME]));
+}
+
+static int smc_pnet_dump_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	cb->args[0] = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int smc_pnet_dumpinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
+			     u32 portid, u32 seq, u32 flags,
+			     struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem)
+{
+	void *hdr;
+
+	hdr = genlmsg_put(skb, portid, seq, &smc_pnet_nl_family,
+			  flags, SMC_PNETID_GET);
+	if (!hdr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (smc_pnet_set_nla(skb, pnetelem) < 0) {
+		genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
+	genlmsg_end(skb, hdr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int smc_pnet_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem;
+	int idx = 0;
+
+	read_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(pnetelem, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist, list) {
+		if (idx++ < cb->args[0])
+			continue;
+		if (smc_pnet_dumpinfo(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
+				      cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
+				      pnetelem)) {
+			--idx;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	cb->args[0] = idx;
+	read_unlock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	return skb->len;
+}
+
+/* Remove and delete all pnetids from pnet table.
+ */
+static int smc_pnet_flush(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem, *tmp_pe;
+
+	write_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(pnetelem, tmp_pe, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist,
+				 list) {
+		list_del(&pnetelem->list);
+		dev_put(pnetelem->ndev);
+		kfree(pnetelem);
+	}
+	write_unlock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* SMC_PNETID generic netlink operation definition */
+static const struct genl_ops smc_pnet_ops[] = {
+	{
+		.cmd = SMC_PNETID_GET,
+		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.policy = smc_pnet_policy,
+		.doit = smc_pnet_get,
+		.dumpit = smc_pnet_dump,
+		.start = smc_pnet_dump_start
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd = SMC_PNETID_ADD,
+		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.policy = smc_pnet_policy,
+		.doit = smc_pnet_add
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd = SMC_PNETID_DEL,
+		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.policy = smc_pnet_policy,
+		.doit = smc_pnet_del
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd = SMC_PNETID_FLUSH,
+		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.policy = smc_pnet_policy,
+		.doit = smc_pnet_flush
+	}
+};
+
+/* SMC_PNETID family definition */
+static struct genl_family smc_pnet_nl_family = {
+	.hdrsize = 0,
+	.name = SMCR_GENL_FAMILY_NAME,
+	.version = SMCR_GENL_FAMILY_VERSION,
+	.maxattr = SMC_PNETID_MAX,
+	.netnsok = true,
+	.module = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ops = smc_pnet_ops,
+	.n_ops =  ARRAY_SIZE(smc_pnet_ops)
+};
+
+static int smc_pnet_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
+				 unsigned long event, void *ptr)
+{
+	struct net_device *event_dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
+
+	switch (event) {
+	case NETDEV_REBOOT:
+	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+		smc_pnet_remove_by_ndev(event_dev);
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block smc_netdev_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call = smc_pnet_netdev_event
+};
+
+int __init smc_pnet_init(void)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = genl_register_family(&smc_pnet_nl_family);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	rc = register_netdevice_notifier(&smc_netdev_notifier);
+	if (rc)
+		genl_unregister_family(&smc_pnet_nl_family);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+void smc_pnet_exit(void)
+{
+	smc_pnet_flush(NULL, NULL);
+	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&smc_netdev_notifier);
+	genl_unregister_family(&smc_pnet_nl_family);
+}
+
+/* PNET table analysis for a given sock:
+ * determine ib_device and port belonging to used internal TCP socket
+ * ethernet interface.
+ */
+void smc_pnet_find_roce_resource(struct sock *sk,
+				 struct smc_ib_device **smcibdev, u8 *ibport)
+{
+	struct dst_entry *dst = sk_dst_get(sk);
+	struct smc_pnetentry *pnetelem;
+
+	*smcibdev = NULL;
+	*ibport = 0;
+
+	if (!dst)
+		return;
+	if (!dst->dev)
+		goto out_rel;
+	read_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(pnetelem, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist, list) {
+		if (dst->dev == pnetelem->ndev) {
+			*smcibdev = pnetelem->smcibdev;
+			*ibport = pnetelem->ib_port;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	read_unlock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
+out_rel:
+	dst_release(dst);
+}
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.h b/net/smc/smc_pnet.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32ab3df928ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Shared Memory Communications over RDMA (SMC-R) and RoCE
+ *
+ *  PNET table queries
+ *
+ *  Copyright IBM Corp. 2016
+ *
+ *  Author(s):  Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SMC_PNET_H
+#define _SMC_PNET_H
+
+struct smc_ib_device;
+
+int smc_pnet_init(void) __init;
+void smc_pnet_exit(void);
+int smc_pnet_remove_by_ibdev(struct smc_ib_device *ibdev);
+struct smc_ib_device *smc_pnet_find_ib(char *ib_name);
+void smc_pnet_find_roce_resource(struct sock *sk,
+				 struct smc_ib_device **smcibdev, u8 *ibport);
+
+#endif