diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile b/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile
index 504b926552c648845add56d6c5b4d1df6ee44193..f69833db0a3215ee1f556b830c5736e2e9004df1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ib_core-y :=			packer.o ud_header.o verbs.o cq.o rw.o sysfs.o \
 				device.o fmr_pool.o cache.o netlink.o \
 				roce_gid_mgmt.o mr_pool.o addr.o sa_query.o \
 				multicast.o mad.o smi.o agent.o mad_rmpp.o \
-				security.o nldev.o
+				security.o nldev.o restrack.o
 
 ib_core-$(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MEM) += umem.o
 ib_core-$(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ON_DEMAND_PAGING) += umem_odp.o
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
index aef9aa0ac0e6dc66a02054125450576e9110eb59..2b1372da708a6e239aab4735aa8175b81e4d3559 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 #include <rdma/opa_addr.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_mad.h>
+#include <rdma/restrack.h>
 #include "mad_priv.h"
 
 /* Total number of ports combined across all struct ib_devices's */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 2826e06311a50e193b9033396ac610c4e808f644..e8010e73a1cf4fe27ec9e5d3c25190003d55107a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ struct ib_device *ib_alloc_device(size_t size)
 	if (!device)
 		return NULL;
 
+	rdma_restrack_init(&device->res);
+
 	device->dev.class = &ib_class;
 	device_initialize(&device->dev);
 
@@ -596,6 +598,8 @@ void ib_unregister_device(struct ib_device *device)
 	}
 	up_read(&lists_rwsem);
 
+	rdma_restrack_clean(&device->res);
+
 	ib_device_unregister_rdmacg(device);
 	ib_device_unregister_sysfs(device);
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/restrack.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/restrack.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..857637bf46da275262f3d4c023b27411f86e9e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/restrack.c
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-3-Clause) */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
+#include <rdma/restrack.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/sched/task.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
+
+void rdma_restrack_init(struct rdma_restrack_root *res)
+{
+	init_rwsem(&res->rwsem);
+}
+
+void rdma_restrack_clean(struct rdma_restrack_root *res)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!hash_empty(res->hash));
+}
+
+int rdma_restrack_count(struct rdma_restrack_root *res,
+			enum rdma_restrack_type type,
+			struct pid_namespace *ns)
+{
+	struct rdma_restrack_entry *e;
+	u32 cnt = 0;
+
+	down_read(&res->rwsem);
+	hash_for_each_possible(res->hash, e, node, type) {
+		if (ns == &init_pid_ns ||
+		    (!rdma_is_kernel_res(e) &&
+		     ns == task_active_pid_ns(e->task)))
+			cnt++;
+	}
+	up_read(&res->rwsem);
+	return cnt;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rdma_restrack_count);
+
+static void set_kern_name(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res)
+{
+	enum rdma_restrack_type type = res->type;
+	struct ib_qp *qp;
+
+	if (type != RDMA_RESTRACK_QP)
+		/* PD and CQ types already have this name embedded in */
+		return;
+
+	qp = container_of(res, struct ib_qp, res);
+	if (!qp->pd) {
+		WARN_ONCE(true, "XRC QPs are not supported\n");
+		/* Survive, despite the programmer's error */
+		res->kern_name = " ";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	res->kern_name = qp->pd->res.kern_name;
+}
+
+static struct ib_device *res_to_dev(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res)
+{
+	enum rdma_restrack_type type = res->type;
+	struct ib_device *dev;
+	struct ib_xrcd *xrcd;
+	struct ib_pd *pd;
+	struct ib_cq *cq;
+	struct ib_qp *qp;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case RDMA_RESTRACK_PD:
+		pd = container_of(res, struct ib_pd, res);
+		dev = pd->device;
+		break;
+	case RDMA_RESTRACK_CQ:
+		cq = container_of(res, struct ib_cq, res);
+		dev = cq->device;
+		break;
+	case RDMA_RESTRACK_QP:
+		qp = container_of(res, struct ib_qp, res);
+		dev = qp->device;
+		break;
+	case RDMA_RESTRACK_XRCD:
+		xrcd = container_of(res, struct ib_xrcd, res);
+		dev = xrcd->device;
+		break;
+	default:
+		WARN_ONCE(true, "Wrong resource tracking type %u\n", type);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return dev;
+}
+
+void rdma_restrack_add(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res)
+{
+	struct ib_device *dev = res_to_dev(res);
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return;
+
+	if (!uaccess_kernel()) {
+		get_task_struct(current);
+		res->task = current;
+		res->kern_name = NULL;
+	} else {
+		set_kern_name(res);
+		res->task = NULL;
+	}
+
+	kref_init(&res->kref);
+	init_completion(&res->comp);
+	res->valid = true;
+
+	down_write(&dev->res.rwsem);
+	hash_add(dev->res.hash, &res->node, res->type);
+	up_write(&dev->res.rwsem);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rdma_restrack_add);
+
+int __must_check rdma_restrack_get(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res)
+{
+	return kref_get_unless_zero(&res->kref);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rdma_restrack_get);
+
+static void restrack_release(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct rdma_restrack_entry *res;
+
+	res = container_of(kref, struct rdma_restrack_entry, kref);
+	complete(&res->comp);
+}
+
+int rdma_restrack_put(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res)
+{
+	return kref_put(&res->kref, restrack_release);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rdma_restrack_put);
+
+void rdma_restrack_del(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res)
+{
+	struct ib_device *dev;
+
+	if (!res->valid)
+		return;
+
+	dev = res_to_dev(res);
+	if (!dev)
+		return;
+
+	rdma_restrack_put(res);
+
+	wait_for_completion(&res->comp);
+
+	down_write(&dev->res.rwsem);
+	hash_del(&res->node);
+	res->valid = false;
+	if (res->task)
+		put_task_struct(res->task);
+	up_write(&dev->res.rwsem);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rdma_restrack_del);
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index df3ab2d967f78dd8f179f311eaae8142cf171906..5263c86fd1030596346d54ee6ff8e32a1287145a 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/cgroup_rdma.h>
 #include <uapi/rdma/ib_user_verbs.h>
+#include <rdma/restrack.h>
 
 #define IB_FW_VERSION_NAME_MAX	ETHTOOL_FWVERS_LEN
 
@@ -1525,6 +1526,7 @@ struct ib_pd {
 	 * Implementation details of the RDMA core, don't use in drivers:
 	 */
 	struct ib_mr	       *__internal_mr;
+	struct rdma_restrack_entry res;
 };
 
 struct ib_xrcd {
@@ -1534,6 +1536,10 @@ struct ib_xrcd {
 
 	struct mutex		tgt_qp_mutex;
 	struct list_head	tgt_qp_list;
+	/*
+	 * Implementation details of the RDMA core, don't use in drivers:
+	 */
+	struct rdma_restrack_entry res;
 };
 
 struct ib_ah {
@@ -1565,6 +1571,10 @@ struct ib_cq {
 		struct irq_poll		iop;
 		struct work_struct	work;
 	};
+	/*
+	 * Implementation details of the RDMA core, don't use in drivers:
+	 */
+	struct rdma_restrack_entry res;
 };
 
 struct ib_srq {
@@ -1741,6 +1751,11 @@ struct ib_qp {
 	struct ib_rwq_ind_table *rwq_ind_tbl;
 	struct ib_qp_security  *qp_sec;
 	u8			port;
+
+	/*
+	 * Implementation details of the RDMA core, don't use in drivers:
+	 */
+	struct rdma_restrack_entry     res;
 };
 
 struct ib_mr {
@@ -2347,6 +2362,10 @@ struct ib_device {
 #endif
 
 	u32                          index;
+	/*
+	 * Implementation details of the RDMA core, don't use in drivers
+	 */
+	struct rdma_restrack_root     res;
 
 	/**
 	 * The following mandatory functions are used only at device
diff --git a/include/rdma/restrack.h b/include/rdma/restrack.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c2d81167c8585ff68c6caf5127013c22b1bb8c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/rdma/restrack.h
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-3-Clause) */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RDMA_RESTRACK_H_
+#define _RDMA_RESTRACK_H_
+
+#include <linux/typecheck.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+
+/**
+ * enum rdma_restrack_type - HW objects to track
+ */
+enum rdma_restrack_type {
+	/**
+	 * @RDMA_RESTRACK_PD: Protection domain (PD)
+	 */
+	RDMA_RESTRACK_PD,
+	/**
+	 * @RDMA_RESTRACK_CQ: Completion queue (CQ)
+	 */
+	RDMA_RESTRACK_CQ,
+	/**
+	 * @RDMA_RESTRACK_QP: Queue pair (QP)
+	 */
+	RDMA_RESTRACK_QP,
+	/**
+	 * @RDMA_RESTRACK_XRCD: XRC domain (XRCD)
+	 */
+	RDMA_RESTRACK_XRCD,
+	/**
+	 * @RDMA_RESTRACK_MAX: Last entry, used for array dclarations
+	 */
+	RDMA_RESTRACK_MAX
+};
+
+#define RDMA_RESTRACK_HASH_BITS	8
+/**
+ * struct rdma_restrack_root - main resource tracking management
+ * entity, per-device
+ */
+struct rdma_restrack_root {
+	/*
+	 * @rwsem: Read/write lock to protect lists
+	 */
+	struct rw_semaphore	rwsem;
+	/**
+	 * @hash: global database for all resources per-device
+	 */
+	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(hash, RDMA_RESTRACK_HASH_BITS);
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct rdma_restrack_entry - metadata per-entry
+ */
+struct rdma_restrack_entry {
+	/**
+	 * @valid: validity indicator
+	 *
+	 * The entries are filled during rdma_restrack_add,
+	 * can be attempted to be free during rdma_restrack_del.
+	 *
+	 * As an example for that, see mlx5 QPs with type MLX5_IB_QPT_HW_GSI
+	 */
+	bool			valid;
+	/*
+	 * @kref: Protect destroy of the resource
+	 */
+	struct kref		kref;
+	/*
+	 * @comp: Signal that all consumers of resource are completed their work
+	 */
+	struct completion	comp;
+	/**
+	 * @task: owner of resource tracking entity
+	 *
+	 * There are two types of entities: created by user and created
+	 * by kernel.
+	 *
+	 * This is relevant for the entities created by users.
+	 * For the entities created by kernel, this pointer will be NULL.
+	 */
+	struct task_struct	*task;
+	/**
+	 * @kern_name: name of owner for the kernel created entities.
+	 */
+	const char		*kern_name;
+	/**
+	 * @node: hash table entry
+	 */
+	struct hlist_node	node;
+	/**
+	 * @type: various objects in restrack database
+	 */
+	enum rdma_restrack_type	type;
+};
+
+/**
+ * rdma_restrack_init() - initialize resource tracking
+ * @res:  resource tracking root
+ */
+void rdma_restrack_init(struct rdma_restrack_root *res);
+
+/**
+ * rdma_restrack_clean() - clean resource tracking
+ * @res:  resource tracking root
+ */
+void rdma_restrack_clean(struct rdma_restrack_root *res);
+
+/**
+ * rdma_restrack_count() - the current usage of specific object
+ * @res:  resource entry
+ * @type: actual type of object to operate
+ * @ns:   PID namespace
+ */
+int rdma_restrack_count(struct rdma_restrack_root *res,
+			enum rdma_restrack_type type,
+			struct pid_namespace *ns);
+
+/**
+ * rdma_restrack_add() - add object to the reource tracking database
+ * @res:  resource entry
+ */
+void rdma_restrack_add(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res);
+
+/**
+ * rdma_restrack_del() - delete object from the reource tracking database
+ * @res:  resource entry
+ * @type: actual type of object to operate
+ */
+void rdma_restrack_del(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res);
+
+/**
+ * rdma_is_kernel_res() - check the owner of resource
+ * @res:  resource entry
+ */
+static inline bool rdma_is_kernel_res(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res)
+{
+	return !res->task;
+}
+
+/**
+ * rdma_restrack_get() - grab to protect resource from release
+ * @res:  resource entry
+ */
+int __must_check rdma_restrack_get(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res);
+
+/**
+ * rdma_restrack_put() - relase resource
+ * @res:  resource entry
+ */
+int rdma_restrack_put(struct rdma_restrack_entry *res);
+#endif /* _RDMA_RESTRACK_H_ */