diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw_qos.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw_qos.h
index 582997577a049..954b86faac29e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw_qos.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw_qos.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int mlx4_SET_VPORT_QOS_get(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u8 port, u8 vport,
  * @dev: mlx4_dev.
  * @port: Physical port number.
  * @vport: Vport id.
- * @out_param: Array of mlx4_vport_qos_param which holds the requested values.
+ * @in_param: Array of mlx4_vport_qos_param which holds the requested values.
  *
  * Returns 0 on success or a negative mlx4_core errno code.
  **/
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
index 2d477f9a8cb7d..83a67ca43a416 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_EN_TLS) += en_accel/tls.o en_accel/tls_rxtx.o en_accel/t
 
 mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_SW_STEERING) += steering/dr_domain.o steering/dr_table.o \
 					steering/dr_matcher.o steering/dr_rule.o \
-					steering/dr_icm_pool.o \
+					steering/dr_icm_pool.o steering/dr_buddy.o \
 					steering/dr_ste.o steering/dr_send.o \
 					steering/dr_cmd.o steering/dr_fw.o \
 					steering/dr_action.o steering/fs_dr.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
index 38e4f19d69f86..43271a3856ca3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2019 Mellanox Technologies. */
 
 #include "en/params.h"
+#include "en/txrx.h"
+#include "en_accel/tls_rxtx.h"
 
 static inline bool mlx5e_rx_is_xdp(struct mlx5e_params *params,
 				   struct mlx5e_xsk_param *xsk)
@@ -152,3 +154,35 @@ u16 mlx5e_get_rq_headroom(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 
 	return is_linear_skb ? mlx5e_get_linear_rq_headroom(params, xsk) : 0;
 }
+
+u16 mlx5e_calc_sq_stop_room(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_params *params)
+{
+	bool is_mpwqe = MLX5E_GET_PFLAG(params, MLX5E_PFLAG_SKB_TX_MPWQE);
+	u16 stop_room;
+
+	stop_room  = mlx5e_tls_get_stop_room(mdev, params);
+	stop_room += mlx5e_stop_room_for_wqe(MLX5_SEND_WQE_MAX_WQEBBS);
+	if (is_mpwqe)
+		/* A MPWQE can take up to the maximum-sized WQE + all the normal
+		 * stop room can be taken if a new packet breaks the active
+		 * MPWQE session and allocates its WQEs right away.
+		 */
+		stop_room += mlx5e_stop_room_for_wqe(MLX5_SEND_WQE_MAX_WQEBBS);
+
+	return stop_room;
+}
+
+int mlx5e_validate_params(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct mlx5e_params *params)
+{
+	size_t sq_size = 1 << params->log_sq_size;
+	u16 stop_room;
+
+	stop_room = mlx5e_calc_sq_stop_room(priv->mdev, params);
+	if (stop_room >= sq_size) {
+		netdev_err(priv->netdev, "Stop room %hu is bigger than the SQ size %zu\n",
+			   stop_room, sq_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.h
index a87273e801b2d..187007ad3349c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct mlx5e_sq_param {
 	u32                        sqc[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(sqc)];
 	struct mlx5_wq_param       wq;
 	bool                       is_mpw;
+	u16                        stop_room;
 };
 
 struct mlx5e_channel_param {
@@ -124,4 +125,7 @@ void mlx5e_build_xdpsq_param(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 			     struct mlx5e_params *params,
 			     struct mlx5e_sq_param *param);
 
+u16 mlx5e_calc_sq_stop_room(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_params *params);
+int mlx5e_validate_params(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct mlx5e_params *params);
+
 #endif /* __MLX5_EN_PARAMS_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
index b140e13fdcc88..d16def68ecff7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ struct mlx5e_dump_wqe {
 	(DIV_ROUND_UP(sizeof(struct mlx5e_dump_wqe), MLX5_SEND_WQE_BB))
 
 static u8
-mlx5e_ktls_dumps_num_wqes(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, unsigned int nfrags,
+mlx5e_ktls_dumps_num_wqes(struct mlx5e_params *params, unsigned int nfrags,
 			  unsigned int sync_len)
 {
 	/* Given the MTU and sync_len, calculates an upper bound for the
 	 * number of DUMP WQEs needed for the TX resync of a record.
 	 */
-	return nfrags + DIV_ROUND_UP(sync_len, sq->hw_mtu);
+	return nfrags + DIV_ROUND_UP(sync_len, MLX5E_SW2HW_MTU(params, params->sw_mtu));
 }
 
-u16 mlx5e_ktls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq)
+u16 mlx5e_ktls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5e_params *params)
 {
 	u16 num_dumps, stop_room = 0;
 
-	num_dumps = mlx5e_ktls_dumps_num_wqes(sq, MAX_SKB_FRAGS, TLS_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
+	num_dumps = mlx5e_ktls_dumps_num_wqes(params, MAX_SKB_FRAGS, TLS_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
 
 	stop_room += mlx5e_stop_room_for_wqe(MLX5E_TLS_SET_STATIC_PARAMS_WQEBBS);
 	stop_room += mlx5e_stop_room_for_wqe(MLX5E_TLS_SET_PROGRESS_PARAMS_WQEBBS);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_txrx.h
index 7521c9be735b2..ee04e916fa210 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_txrx.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct mlx5e_accel_tx_tls_state {
 	u32 tls_tisn;
 };
 
-u16 mlx5e_ktls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq);
+u16 mlx5e_ktls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5e_params *params);
 
 bool mlx5e_ktls_handle_tx_skb(struct tls_context *tls_ctx, struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq,
 			      struct sk_buff *skb, int datalen,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls_rxtx.c
index 6982b193ee8ae..f51c04284e4da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls_rxtx.c
@@ -385,15 +385,13 @@ void mlx5e_tls_handle_rx_skb_metadata(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	*cqe_bcnt -= MLX5E_METADATA_ETHER_LEN;
 }
 
-u16 mlx5e_tls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq)
+u16 mlx5e_tls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_params *params)
 {
-	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = sq->channel->mdev;
-
 	if (!mlx5_accel_is_tls_device(mdev))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (mlx5_accel_is_ktls_device(mdev))
-		return mlx5e_ktls_get_stop_room(sq);
+		return mlx5e_ktls_get_stop_room(params);
 
 	/* FPGA */
 	/* Resync SKB. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls_rxtx.h
index 5f162ad2ee8f3..9923132c94407 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls_rxtx.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include "en.h"
 #include "en/txrx.h"
 
-u16 mlx5e_tls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq);
+u16 mlx5e_tls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_params *params);
 
 bool mlx5e_tls_handle_tx_skb(struct net_device *netdev, struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq,
 			     struct sk_buff *skb, struct mlx5e_accel_tx_tls_state *state);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mlx5e_accel_is_tls(struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe, struct sk_buff *skb) { return false;
 static inline void
 mlx5e_tls_handle_rx_skb(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe, u32 *cqe_bcnt) {}
-static inline u16 mlx5e_tls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq)
+static inline u16 mlx5e_tls_get_stop_room(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_params *params)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index d25a56ec6876a..42e61dc28ead7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "en.h"
 #include "en/port.h"
+#include "en/params.h"
 #include "en/xsk/pool.h"
 #include "lib/clock.h"
 
@@ -369,6 +370,10 @@ int mlx5e_ethtool_set_ringparam(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	new_channels.params.log_rq_mtu_frames = log_rq_size;
 	new_channels.params.log_sq_size = log_sq_size;
 
+	err = mlx5e_validate_params(priv, &new_channels.params);
+	if (err)
+		goto unlock;
+
 	if (!test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_OPENED, &priv->state)) {
 		priv->channels.params = new_channels.params;
 		goto unlock;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index b3f02aac7f268..8226a9d2b45ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -1121,28 +1121,6 @@ static int mlx5e_alloc_txqsq_db(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, int numa)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int mlx5e_calc_sq_stop_room(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, u8 log_sq_size)
-{
-	int sq_size = 1 << log_sq_size;
-
-	sq->stop_room  = mlx5e_tls_get_stop_room(sq);
-	sq->stop_room += mlx5e_stop_room_for_wqe(MLX5_SEND_WQE_MAX_WQEBBS);
-	if (test_bit(MLX5E_SQ_STATE_MPWQE, &sq->state))
-		/* A MPWQE can take up to the maximum-sized WQE + all the normal
-		 * stop room can be taken if a new packet breaks the active
-		 * MPWQE session and allocates its WQEs right away.
-		 */
-		sq->stop_room += mlx5e_stop_room_for_wqe(MLX5_SEND_WQE_MAX_WQEBBS);
-
-	if (WARN_ON(sq->stop_room >= sq_size)) {
-		netdev_err(sq->channel->netdev, "Stop room %hu is bigger than the SQ size %d\n",
-			   sq->stop_room, sq_size);
-		return -ENOSPC;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void mlx5e_tx_err_cqe_work(struct work_struct *recover_work);
 static int mlx5e_alloc_txqsq(struct mlx5e_channel *c,
 			     int txq_ix,
@@ -1176,9 +1154,7 @@ static int mlx5e_alloc_txqsq(struct mlx5e_channel *c,
 		set_bit(MLX5E_SQ_STATE_TLS, &sq->state);
 	if (param->is_mpw)
 		set_bit(MLX5E_SQ_STATE_MPWQE, &sq->state);
-	err = mlx5e_calc_sq_stop_room(sq, params->log_sq_size);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	sq->stop_room = param->stop_room;
 
 	param->wq.db_numa_node = cpu_to_node(c->cpu);
 	err = mlx5_wq_cyc_create(mdev, &param->wq, sqc_wq, wq, &sq->wq_ctrl);
@@ -2225,6 +2201,7 @@ static void mlx5e_build_sq_param(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	MLX5_SET(wq, wq, log_wq_sz, params->log_sq_size);
 	MLX5_SET(sqc, sqc, allow_swp, allow_swp);
 	param->is_mpw = MLX5E_GET_PFLAG(params, MLX5E_PFLAG_SKB_TX_MPWQE);
+	param->stop_room = mlx5e_calc_sq_stop_room(priv->mdev, params);
 	mlx5e_build_tx_cq_param(priv, params, &param->cqp);
 }
 
@@ -3999,6 +3976,9 @@ int mlx5e_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu,
 
 	new_channels.params = *params;
 	new_channels.params.sw_mtu = new_mtu;
+	err = mlx5e_validate_params(priv, &new_channels.params);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	if (params->xdp_prog &&
 	    !mlx5e_rx_is_linear_skb(&new_channels.params, NULL)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index 8ebfe782f95e5..4ea5d6ddf56ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -189,19 +189,21 @@ u32 mlx5_eq_poll_irq_disabled(struct mlx5_eq_comp *eq)
 	return count_eqe;
 }
 
-static void mlx5_eq_async_int_lock(struct mlx5_eq_async *eq, unsigned long *flags)
+static void mlx5_eq_async_int_lock(struct mlx5_eq_async *eq, bool recovery,
+				   unsigned long *flags)
 	__acquires(&eq->lock)
 {
-	if (in_irq())
+	if (!recovery)
 		spin_lock(&eq->lock);
 	else
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&eq->lock, *flags);
 }
 
-static void mlx5_eq_async_int_unlock(struct mlx5_eq_async *eq, unsigned long *flags)
+static void mlx5_eq_async_int_unlock(struct mlx5_eq_async *eq, bool recovery,
+				     unsigned long *flags)
 	__releases(&eq->lock)
 {
-	if (in_irq())
+	if (!recovery)
 		spin_unlock(&eq->lock);
 	else
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&eq->lock, *flags);
@@ -223,11 +225,13 @@ static int mlx5_eq_async_int(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	struct mlx5_eqe *eqe;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int num_eqes = 0;
+	bool recovery;
 
 	dev = eq->dev;
 	eqt = dev->priv.eq_table;
 
-	mlx5_eq_async_int_lock(eq_async, &flags);
+	recovery = action == ASYNC_EQ_RECOVER;
+	mlx5_eq_async_int_lock(eq_async, recovery, &flags);
 
 	eqe = next_eqe_sw(eq);
 	if (!eqe)
@@ -249,9 +253,9 @@ static int mlx5_eq_async_int(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 out:
 	eq_update_ci(eq, 1);
-	mlx5_eq_async_int_unlock(eq_async, &flags);
+	mlx5_eq_async_int_unlock(eq_async, recovery, &flags);
 
-	return unlikely(action == ASYNC_EQ_RECOVER) ? num_eqes : 0;
+	return unlikely(recovery) ? num_eqes : 0;
 }
 
 void mlx5_cmd_eq_recover(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/sdk.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/sdk.h
index 656f96be6e200..89ef592656c8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/sdk.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/sdk.h
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@
 /**
  * enum mlx5_fpga_access_type - Enumerated the different methods possible for
  * accessing the device memory address space
+ *
+ * @MLX5_FPGA_ACCESS_TYPE_I2C: Use the slow CX-FPGA I2C bus
+ * @MLX5_FPGA_ACCESS_TYPE_DONTCARE: Use the fastest available method
  */
 enum mlx5_fpga_access_type {
-	/** Use the slow CX-FPGA I2C bus */
 	MLX5_FPGA_ACCESS_TYPE_I2C = 0x0,
-	/** Use the fastest available method */
 	MLX5_FPGA_ACCESS_TYPE_DONTCARE = 0x0,
 };
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ struct mlx5_fpga_conn_attr {
 	 * subsequent receives.
 	 */
 	void (*recv_cb)(void *cb_arg, struct mlx5_fpga_dma_buf *buf);
+	/** @cb_arg: A context to be passed to recv_cb callback */
 	void *cb_arg;
 };
 
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ void mlx5_fpga_sbu_conn_destroy(struct mlx5_fpga_conn *conn);
 
 /**
  * mlx5_fpga_sbu_conn_sendmsg() - Queue the transmission of a packet
- * @fdev: An FPGA SBU connection
+ * @conn: An FPGA SBU connection
  * @buf: The packet buffer
  *
  * Queues a packet for transmission over an FPGA SBU connection.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_buddy.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_buddy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7df11a019df96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_buddy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB
+/* Copyright (c) 2004 Topspin Communications. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005 - 2008 Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 - 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "dr_types.h"
+
+int mlx5dr_buddy_init(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy,
+		      unsigned int max_order)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	buddy->max_order = max_order;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buddy->list_node);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buddy->used_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buddy->hot_list);
+
+	buddy->bitmap = kcalloc(buddy->max_order + 1,
+				sizeof(*buddy->bitmap),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+	buddy->num_free = kcalloc(buddy->max_order + 1,
+				  sizeof(*buddy->num_free),
+				  GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!buddy->bitmap || !buddy->num_free)
+		goto err_free_all;
+
+	/* Allocating max_order bitmaps, one for each order */
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= buddy->max_order; ++i) {
+		unsigned int size = 1 << (buddy->max_order - i);
+
+		buddy->bitmap[i] = bitmap_zalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!buddy->bitmap[i])
+			goto err_out_free_each_bit_per_order;
+	}
+
+	/* In the beginning, we have only one order that is available for
+	 * use (the biggest one), so mark the first bit in both bitmaps.
+	 */
+
+	bitmap_set(buddy->bitmap[buddy->max_order], 0, 1);
+
+	buddy->num_free[buddy->max_order] = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_free_each_bit_per_order:
+	for (i = 0; i <= buddy->max_order; ++i)
+		bitmap_free(buddy->bitmap[i]);
+
+err_free_all:
+	kfree(buddy->num_free);
+	kfree(buddy->bitmap);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+void mlx5dr_buddy_cleanup(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	list_del(&buddy->list_node);
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= buddy->max_order; ++i)
+		bitmap_free(buddy->bitmap[i]);
+
+	kfree(buddy->num_free);
+	kfree(buddy->bitmap);
+}
+
+static int dr_buddy_find_free_seg(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy,
+				  unsigned int start_order,
+				  unsigned int *segment,
+				  unsigned int *order)
+{
+	unsigned int seg, order_iter, m;
+
+	for (order_iter = start_order;
+	     order_iter <= buddy->max_order; ++order_iter) {
+		if (!buddy->num_free[order_iter])
+			continue;
+
+		m = 1 << (buddy->max_order - order_iter);
+		seg = find_first_bit(buddy->bitmap[order_iter], m);
+
+		if (WARN(seg >= m,
+			 "ICM Buddy: failed finding free mem for order %d\n",
+			 order_iter))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (order_iter > buddy->max_order)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	*segment = seg;
+	*order = order_iter;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mlx5dr_buddy_alloc_mem() - Update second level bitmap.
+ * @buddy: Buddy to update.
+ * @order: Order of the buddy to update.
+ * @segment: Segment number.
+ *
+ * This function finds the first area of the ICM memory managed by this buddy.
+ * It uses the data structures of the buddy system in order to find the first
+ * area of free place, starting from the current order till the maximum order
+ * in the system.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 when segment is set, non-zero error status otherwise.
+ *
+ * The function returns the location (segment) in the whole buddy ICM memory
+ * area - the index of the memory segment that is available for use.
+ */
+int mlx5dr_buddy_alloc_mem(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy,
+			   unsigned int order,
+			   unsigned int *segment)
+{
+	unsigned int seg, order_iter;
+	int err;
+
+	err = dr_buddy_find_free_seg(buddy, order, &seg, &order_iter);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	bitmap_clear(buddy->bitmap[order_iter], seg, 1);
+	--buddy->num_free[order_iter];
+
+	/* If we found free memory in some order that is bigger than the
+	 * required order, we need to split every order between the required
+	 * order and the order that we found into two parts, and mark accordingly.
+	 */
+	while (order_iter > order) {
+		--order_iter;
+		seg <<= 1;
+		bitmap_set(buddy->bitmap[order_iter], seg ^ 1, 1);
+		++buddy->num_free[order_iter];
+	}
+
+	seg <<= order;
+	*segment = seg;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void mlx5dr_buddy_free_mem(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy,
+			   unsigned int seg, unsigned int order)
+{
+	seg >>= order;
+
+	/* Whenever a segment is free,
+	 * the mem is added to the buddy that gave it.
+	 */
+	while (test_bit(seg ^ 1, buddy->bitmap[order])) {
+		bitmap_clear(buddy->bitmap[order], seg ^ 1, 1);
+		--buddy->num_free[order];
+		seg >>= 1;
+		++order;
+	}
+	bitmap_set(buddy->bitmap[order], seg, 1);
+
+	++buddy->num_free[order];
+}
+
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_cmd.c
index 6bd34b2930071..ebc879052e42b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_cmd.c
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ int mlx5dr_cmd_query_device(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	caps->gvmi		= MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, vhca_id);
 	caps->flex_protocols	= MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, flex_parser_protocols);
 
-	if (mlx5dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_icmp_v4(caps)) {
+	if (caps->flex_protocols & MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_ICMP_V4_ENABLED) {
 		caps->flex_parser_id_icmp_dw0 = MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, flex_parser_id_icmp_dw0);
 		caps->flex_parser_id_icmp_dw1 = MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, flex_parser_id_icmp_dw1);
 	}
 
-	if (mlx5dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_icmp_v6(caps)) {
+	if (caps->flex_protocols & MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_ICMP_V6_ENABLED) {
 		caps->flex_parser_id_icmpv6_dw0 =
 			MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, flex_parser_id_icmpv6_dw0);
 		caps->flex_parser_id_icmpv6_dw1 =
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_icm_pool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_icm_pool.c
index cc33515b9abac..66c24767e3b00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_icm_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_icm_pool.c
@@ -4,50 +4,16 @@
 #include "dr_types.h"
 
 #define DR_ICM_MODIFY_HDR_ALIGN_BASE 64
-#define DR_ICM_SYNC_THRESHOLD (64 * 1024 * 1024)
-
-struct mlx5dr_icm_pool;
-
-struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool;
-
-	/* Chunks that aren't visible to HW not directly and not in cache */
-	struct list_head free_list;
-	unsigned int free_list_count;
-
-	/* Used chunks, HW may be accessing this memory */
-	struct list_head used_list;
-	unsigned int used_list_count;
-
-	/* HW may be accessing this memory but at some future,
-	 * undetermined time, it might cease to do so. Before deciding to call
-	 * sync_ste, this list is moved to sync_list
-	 */
-	struct list_head hot_list;
-	unsigned int hot_list_count;
-
-	/* Pending sync list, entries from the hot list are moved to this list.
-	 * sync_ste is executed and then sync_list is concatenated to the free list
-	 */
-	struct list_head sync_list;
-	unsigned int sync_list_count;
-
-	u32 total_chunks;
-	u32 num_of_entries;
-	u32 entry_size;
-	/* protect the ICM bucket */
-	struct mutex mutex;
-};
+#define DR_ICM_SYNC_THRESHOLD_POOL (64 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 struct mlx5dr_icm_pool {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *buckets;
 	enum mlx5dr_icm_type icm_type;
 	enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size max_log_chunk_sz;
-	enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size num_of_buckets;
-	struct list_head icm_mr_list;
-	/* protect the ICM MR list */
-	struct mutex mr_mutex;
 	struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn;
+	/* memory management */
+	struct mutex mutex; /* protect the ICM pool and ICM buddy */
+	struct list_head buddy_mem_list;
+	u64 hot_memory_size;
 };
 
 struct mlx5dr_icm_dm {
@@ -58,13 +24,11 @@ struct mlx5dr_icm_dm {
 };
 
 struct mlx5dr_icm_mr {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool;
 	struct mlx5_core_mkey mkey;
 	struct mlx5dr_icm_dm dm;
-	size_t used_length;
+	struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn;
 	size_t length;
 	u64 icm_start_addr;
-	struct list_head mr_list;
 };
 
 static int dr_icm_create_dm_mkey(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
@@ -107,8 +71,7 @@ dr_icm_pool_mr_create(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool)
 	if (!icm_mr)
 		return NULL;
 
-	icm_mr->pool = pool;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&icm_mr->mr_list);
+	icm_mr->dmn = pool->dmn;
 
 	icm_mr->dm.length = mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_byte(pool->max_log_chunk_sz,
 							       pool->icm_type);
@@ -150,8 +113,6 @@ dr_icm_pool_mr_create(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool)
 		goto free_mkey;
 	}
 
-	list_add_tail(&icm_mr->mr_list, &pool->icm_mr_list);
-
 	return icm_mr;
 
 free_mkey:
@@ -166,10 +127,9 @@ dr_icm_pool_mr_create(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool)
 
 static void dr_icm_pool_mr_destroy(struct mlx5dr_icm_mr *icm_mr)
 {
-	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = icm_mr->pool->dmn->mdev;
+	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = icm_mr->dmn->mdev;
 	struct mlx5dr_icm_dm *dm = &icm_mr->dm;
 
-	list_del(&icm_mr->mr_list);
 	mlx5_core_destroy_mkey(mdev, &icm_mr->mkey);
 	mlx5_dm_sw_icm_dealloc(mdev, dm->type, dm->length, 0,
 			       dm->addr, dm->obj_id);
@@ -178,19 +138,17 @@ static void dr_icm_pool_mr_destroy(struct mlx5dr_icm_mr *icm_mr)
 
 static int dr_icm_chunk_ste_init(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk)
 {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket = chunk->bucket;
-
-	chunk->ste_arr = kvzalloc(bucket->num_of_entries *
+	chunk->ste_arr = kvzalloc(chunk->num_of_entries *
 				  sizeof(chunk->ste_arr[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!chunk->ste_arr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	chunk->hw_ste_arr = kvzalloc(bucket->num_of_entries *
+	chunk->hw_ste_arr = kvzalloc(chunk->num_of_entries *
 				     DR_STE_SIZE_REDUCED, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!chunk->hw_ste_arr)
 		goto out_free_ste_arr;
 
-	chunk->miss_list = kvmalloc(bucket->num_of_entries *
+	chunk->miss_list = kvmalloc(chunk->num_of_entries *
 				    sizeof(chunk->miss_list[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!chunk->miss_list)
 		goto out_free_hw_ste_arr;
@@ -204,72 +162,6 @@ static int dr_icm_chunk_ste_init(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk)
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static int dr_icm_chunks_create(struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket)
-{
-	size_t mr_free_size, mr_req_size, mr_row_size;
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool = bucket->pool;
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_mr *icm_mr = NULL;
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk;
-	int i, err = 0;
-
-	mr_req_size = bucket->num_of_entries * bucket->entry_size;
-	mr_row_size = mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_byte(pool->max_log_chunk_sz,
-							 pool->icm_type);
-	mutex_lock(&pool->mr_mutex);
-	if (!list_empty(&pool->icm_mr_list)) {
-		icm_mr = list_last_entry(&pool->icm_mr_list,
-					 struct mlx5dr_icm_mr, mr_list);
-
-		if (icm_mr)
-			mr_free_size = icm_mr->dm.length - icm_mr->used_length;
-	}
-
-	if (!icm_mr || mr_free_size < mr_row_size) {
-		icm_mr = dr_icm_pool_mr_create(pool);
-		if (!icm_mr) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out_err;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* Create memory aligned chunks */
-	for (i = 0; i < mr_row_size / mr_req_size; i++) {
-		chunk = kvzalloc(sizeof(*chunk), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!chunk) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out_err;
-		}
-
-		chunk->bucket = bucket;
-		chunk->rkey = icm_mr->mkey.key;
-		/* mr start addr is zero based */
-		chunk->mr_addr = icm_mr->used_length;
-		chunk->icm_addr = (uintptr_t)icm_mr->icm_start_addr + icm_mr->used_length;
-		icm_mr->used_length += mr_req_size;
-		chunk->num_of_entries = bucket->num_of_entries;
-		chunk->byte_size = chunk->num_of_entries * bucket->entry_size;
-
-		if (pool->icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE) {
-			err = dr_icm_chunk_ste_init(chunk);
-			if (err)
-				goto out_free_chunk;
-		}
-
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&chunk->chunk_list);
-		list_add(&chunk->chunk_list, &bucket->free_list);
-		bucket->free_list_count++;
-		bucket->total_chunks++;
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&pool->mr_mutex);
-	return 0;
-
-out_free_chunk:
-	kvfree(chunk);
-out_err:
-	mutex_unlock(&pool->mr_mutex);
-	return err;
-}
-
 static void dr_icm_chunk_ste_cleanup(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk)
 {
 	kvfree(chunk->miss_list);
@@ -277,166 +169,199 @@ static void dr_icm_chunk_ste_cleanup(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk)
 	kvfree(chunk->ste_arr);
 }
 
-static void dr_icm_chunk_destroy(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk)
+static enum mlx5dr_icm_type
+get_chunk_icm_type(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	return chunk->buddy_mem->pool->icm_type;
+}
+
+static void dr_icm_chunk_destroy(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk,
+				 struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy)
 {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket = chunk->bucket;
+	enum mlx5dr_icm_type icm_type = get_chunk_icm_type(chunk);
 
+	buddy->used_memory -= chunk->byte_size;
 	list_del(&chunk->chunk_list);
-	bucket->total_chunks--;
 
-	if (bucket->pool->icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE)
+	if (icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE)
 		dr_icm_chunk_ste_cleanup(chunk);
 
 	kvfree(chunk);
 }
 
-static void dr_icm_bucket_init(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool,
-			       struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket,
-			       enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size chunk_size)
+static int dr_icm_buddy_create(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool)
 {
-	if (pool->icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE)
-		bucket->entry_size = DR_STE_SIZE;
-	else
-		bucket->entry_size = DR_MODIFY_ACTION_SIZE;
-
-	bucket->num_of_entries = mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_entries(chunk_size);
-	bucket->pool = pool;
-	mutex_init(&bucket->mutex);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bucket->free_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bucket->used_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bucket->hot_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bucket->sync_list);
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_mr *icm_mr;
+
+	icm_mr = dr_icm_pool_mr_create(pool);
+	if (!icm_mr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	buddy = kvzalloc(sizeof(*buddy), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buddy)
+		goto free_mr;
+
+	if (mlx5dr_buddy_init(buddy, pool->max_log_chunk_sz))
+		goto err_free_buddy;
+
+	buddy->icm_mr = icm_mr;
+	buddy->pool = pool;
+
+	/* add it to the -start- of the list in order to search in it first */
+	list_add(&buddy->list_node, &pool->buddy_mem_list);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_free_buddy:
+	kvfree(buddy);
+free_mr:
+	dr_icm_pool_mr_destroy(icm_mr);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static void dr_icm_bucket_cleanup(struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket)
+static void dr_icm_buddy_destroy(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy)
 {
 	struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk, *next;
 
-	mutex_destroy(&bucket->mutex);
-	list_splice_tail_init(&bucket->sync_list, &bucket->free_list);
-	list_splice_tail_init(&bucket->hot_list, &bucket->free_list);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(chunk, next, &buddy->hot_list, chunk_list)
+		dr_icm_chunk_destroy(chunk, buddy);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(chunk, next, &buddy->used_list, chunk_list)
+		dr_icm_chunk_destroy(chunk, buddy);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(chunk, next, &bucket->free_list, chunk_list)
-		dr_icm_chunk_destroy(chunk);
+	dr_icm_pool_mr_destroy(buddy->icm_mr);
 
-	WARN_ON(bucket->total_chunks != 0);
+	mlx5dr_buddy_cleanup(buddy);
 
-	/* Cleanup of unreturned chunks */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(chunk, next, &bucket->used_list, chunk_list)
-		dr_icm_chunk_destroy(chunk);
+	kvfree(buddy);
 }
 
-static u64 dr_icm_hot_mem_size(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool)
+static struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *
+dr_icm_chunk_create(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool,
+		    enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size chunk_size,
+		    struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy_mem_pool,
+		    unsigned int seg)
 {
-	u64 hot_size = 0;
-	int chunk_order;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk;
+	int offset;
 
-	for (chunk_order = 0; chunk_order < pool->num_of_buckets; chunk_order++)
-		hot_size += pool->buckets[chunk_order].hot_list_count *
-			    mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_byte(chunk_order, pool->icm_type);
+	chunk = kvzalloc(sizeof(*chunk), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!chunk)
+		return NULL;
 
-	return hot_size;
-}
+	offset = mlx5dr_icm_pool_dm_type_to_entry_size(pool->icm_type) * seg;
+
+	chunk->rkey = buddy_mem_pool->icm_mr->mkey.key;
+	chunk->mr_addr = offset;
+	chunk->icm_addr =
+		(uintptr_t)buddy_mem_pool->icm_mr->icm_start_addr + offset;
+	chunk->num_of_entries =
+		mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_entries(chunk_size);
+	chunk->byte_size =
+		mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_byte(chunk_size, pool->icm_type);
+	chunk->seg = seg;
+
+	if (pool->icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE && dr_icm_chunk_ste_init(chunk)) {
+		mlx5dr_err(pool->dmn,
+			   "Failed to init ste arrays (order: %d)\n",
+			   chunk_size);
+		goto out_free_chunk;
+	}
 
-static bool dr_icm_reuse_hot_entries(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool,
-				     struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket)
-{
-	u64 bytes_for_sync;
+	buddy_mem_pool->used_memory += chunk->byte_size;
+	chunk->buddy_mem = buddy_mem_pool;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&chunk->chunk_list);
 
-	bytes_for_sync = dr_icm_hot_mem_size(pool);
-	if (bytes_for_sync < DR_ICM_SYNC_THRESHOLD || !bucket->hot_list_count)
-		return false;
+	/* chunk now is part of the used_list */
+	list_add_tail(&chunk->chunk_list, &buddy_mem_pool->used_list);
 
-	return true;
-}
+	return chunk;
 
-static void dr_icm_chill_bucket_start(struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket)
-{
-	list_splice_tail_init(&bucket->hot_list, &bucket->sync_list);
-	bucket->sync_list_count += bucket->hot_list_count;
-	bucket->hot_list_count = 0;
+out_free_chunk:
+	kvfree(chunk);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void dr_icm_chill_bucket_end(struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket)
+static bool dr_icm_pool_is_sync_required(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool)
 {
-	list_splice_tail_init(&bucket->sync_list, &bucket->free_list);
-	bucket->free_list_count += bucket->sync_list_count;
-	bucket->sync_list_count = 0;
-}
+	if (pool->hot_memory_size > DR_ICM_SYNC_THRESHOLD_POOL)
+		return true;
 
-static void dr_icm_chill_bucket_abort(struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket)
-{
-	list_splice_tail_init(&bucket->sync_list, &bucket->hot_list);
-	bucket->hot_list_count += bucket->sync_list_count;
-	bucket->sync_list_count = 0;
+	return false;
 }
 
-static void dr_icm_chill_buckets_start(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool,
-				       struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *cb,
-				       bool buckets[DR_CHUNK_SIZE_MAX])
+static int dr_icm_pool_sync_all_buddy_pools(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool)
 {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < pool->num_of_buckets; i++) {
-		bucket = &pool->buckets[i];
-		if (bucket == cb) {
-			dr_icm_chill_bucket_start(bucket);
-			continue;
-		}
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy, *tmp_buddy;
+	int err;
 
-		/* Freeing the mutex is done at the end of that process, after
-		 * sync_ste was executed at dr_icm_chill_buckets_end func.
-		 */
-		if (mutex_trylock(&bucket->mutex)) {
-			dr_icm_chill_bucket_start(bucket);
-			buckets[i] = true;
-		}
+	err = mlx5dr_cmd_sync_steering(pool->dmn->mdev);
+	if (err) {
+		mlx5dr_err(pool->dmn, "Failed to sync to HW (err: %d)\n", err);
+		return err;
 	}
-}
 
-static void dr_icm_chill_buckets_end(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool,
-				     struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *cb,
-				     bool buckets[DR_CHUNK_SIZE_MAX])
-{
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < pool->num_of_buckets; i++) {
-		bucket = &pool->buckets[i];
-		if (bucket == cb) {
-			dr_icm_chill_bucket_end(bucket);
-			continue;
-		}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(buddy, tmp_buddy, &pool->buddy_mem_list, list_node) {
+		struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk, *tmp_chunk;
 
-		if (!buckets[i])
-			continue;
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(chunk, tmp_chunk, &buddy->hot_list, chunk_list) {
+			mlx5dr_buddy_free_mem(buddy, chunk->seg,
+					      ilog2(chunk->num_of_entries));
+			pool->hot_memory_size -= chunk->byte_size;
+			dr_icm_chunk_destroy(chunk, buddy);
+		}
 
-		dr_icm_chill_bucket_end(bucket);
-		mutex_unlock(&bucket->mutex);
+		if (!buddy->used_memory && pool->icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE)
+			dr_icm_buddy_destroy(buddy);
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void dr_icm_chill_buckets_abort(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool,
-				       struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *cb,
-				       bool buckets[DR_CHUNK_SIZE_MAX])
+static int dr_icm_handle_buddies_get_mem(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool,
+					 enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size chunk_size,
+					 struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem **buddy,
+					 unsigned int *seg)
 {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < pool->num_of_buckets; i++) {
-		bucket = &pool->buckets[i];
-		if (bucket == cb) {
-			dr_icm_chill_bucket_abort(bucket);
-			continue;
-		}
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy_mem_pool;
+	bool new_mem = false;
+	int err;
 
-		if (!buckets[i])
-			continue;
+alloc_buddy_mem:
+	/* find the next free place from the buddy list */
+	list_for_each_entry(buddy_mem_pool, &pool->buddy_mem_list, list_node) {
+		err = mlx5dr_buddy_alloc_mem(buddy_mem_pool,
+					     chunk_size, seg);
+		if (!err)
+			goto found;
+
+		if (WARN_ON(new_mem)) {
+			/* We have new memory pool, first in the list */
+			mlx5dr_err(pool->dmn,
+				   "No memory for order: %d\n",
+				   chunk_size);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
-		dr_icm_chill_bucket_abort(bucket);
-		mutex_unlock(&bucket->mutex);
+	/* no more available allocators in that pool, create new */
+	err = dr_icm_buddy_create(pool);
+	if (err) {
+		mlx5dr_err(pool->dmn,
+			   "Failed creating buddy for order %d\n",
+			   chunk_size);
+		goto out;
 	}
+
+	/* mark we have new memory, first in list */
+	new_mem = true;
+	goto alloc_buddy_mem;
+
+found:
+	*buddy = buddy_mem_pool;
+out:
+	return err;
 }
 
 /* Allocate an ICM chunk, each chunk holds a piece of ICM memory and
@@ -446,68 +371,48 @@ struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *
 mlx5dr_icm_alloc_chunk(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool,
 		       enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size chunk_size)
 {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk = NULL; /* Fix compilation warning */
-	bool buckets[DR_CHUNK_SIZE_MAX] = {};
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket;
-	int err;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk = NULL;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy;
+	unsigned int seg;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (chunk_size > pool->max_log_chunk_sz)
 		return NULL;
 
-	bucket = &pool->buckets[chunk_size];
-
-	mutex_lock(&bucket->mutex);
-
-	/* Take chunk from pool if available, otherwise allocate new chunks */
-	if (list_empty(&bucket->free_list)) {
-		if (dr_icm_reuse_hot_entries(pool, bucket)) {
-			dr_icm_chill_buckets_start(pool, bucket, buckets);
-			err = mlx5dr_cmd_sync_steering(pool->dmn->mdev);
-			if (err) {
-				dr_icm_chill_buckets_abort(pool, bucket, buckets);
-				mlx5dr_err(pool->dmn, "Sync_steering failed\n");
-				chunk = NULL;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			dr_icm_chill_buckets_end(pool, bucket, buckets);
-		} else {
-			dr_icm_chunks_create(bucket);
-		}
-	}
+	mutex_lock(&pool->mutex);
+	/* find mem, get back the relevant buddy pool and seg in that mem */
+	ret = dr_icm_handle_buddies_get_mem(pool, chunk_size, &buddy, &seg);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 
-	if (!list_empty(&bucket->free_list)) {
-		chunk = list_last_entry(&bucket->free_list,
-					struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk,
-					chunk_list);
-		if (chunk) {
-			list_del_init(&chunk->chunk_list);
-			list_add_tail(&chunk->chunk_list, &bucket->used_list);
-			bucket->free_list_count--;
-			bucket->used_list_count++;
-		}
-	}
+	chunk = dr_icm_chunk_create(pool, chunk_size, buddy, seg);
+	if (!chunk)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	goto out;
+
+out_err:
+	mlx5dr_buddy_free_mem(buddy, seg, chunk_size);
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&bucket->mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&pool->mutex);
 	return chunk;
 }
 
 void mlx5dr_icm_free_chunk(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk)
 {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket = chunk->bucket;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy = chunk->buddy_mem;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool = buddy->pool;
 
-	if (bucket->pool->icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE) {
-		memset(chunk->ste_arr, 0,
-		       bucket->num_of_entries * sizeof(chunk->ste_arr[0]));
-		memset(chunk->hw_ste_arr, 0,
-		       bucket->num_of_entries * DR_STE_SIZE_REDUCED);
-	}
+	/* move the memory to the waiting list AKA "hot" */
+	mutex_lock(&pool->mutex);
+	list_move_tail(&chunk->chunk_list, &buddy->hot_list);
+	pool->hot_memory_size += chunk->byte_size;
+
+	/* Check if we have chunks that are waiting for sync-ste */
+	if (dr_icm_pool_is_sync_required(pool))
+		dr_icm_pool_sync_all_buddy_pools(pool);
 
-	mutex_lock(&bucket->mutex);
-	list_del_init(&chunk->chunk_list);
-	list_add_tail(&chunk->chunk_list, &bucket->hot_list);
-	bucket->hot_list_count++;
-	bucket->used_list_count--;
-	mutex_unlock(&bucket->mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&pool->mutex);
 }
 
 struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *mlx5dr_icm_pool_create(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn,
@@ -515,7 +420,6 @@ struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *mlx5dr_icm_pool_create(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn,
 {
 	enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size max_log_chunk_sz;
 	struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool;
-	int i;
 
 	if (icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE)
 		max_log_chunk_sz = dmn->info.max_log_sw_icm_sz;
@@ -526,43 +430,24 @@ struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *mlx5dr_icm_pool_create(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn,
 	if (!pool)
 		return NULL;
 
-	pool->buckets = kcalloc(max_log_chunk_sz + 1,
-				sizeof(pool->buckets[0]),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pool->buckets)
-		goto free_pool;
-
 	pool->dmn = dmn;
 	pool->icm_type = icm_type;
 	pool->max_log_chunk_sz = max_log_chunk_sz;
-	pool->num_of_buckets = max_log_chunk_sz + 1;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->icm_mr_list);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < pool->num_of_buckets; i++)
-		dr_icm_bucket_init(pool, &pool->buckets[i], i);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->buddy_mem_list);
 
-	mutex_init(&pool->mr_mutex);
+	mutex_init(&pool->mutex);
 
 	return pool;
-
-free_pool:
-	kvfree(pool);
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 void mlx5dr_icm_pool_destroy(struct mlx5dr_icm_pool *pool)
 {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_mr *icm_mr, *next;
-	int i;
-
-	mutex_destroy(&pool->mr_mutex);
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(icm_mr, next, &pool->icm_mr_list, mr_list)
-		dr_icm_pool_mr_destroy(icm_mr);
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy, *tmp_buddy;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < pool->num_of_buckets; i++)
-		dr_icm_bucket_cleanup(&pool->buckets[i]);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(buddy, tmp_buddy, &pool->buddy_mem_list, list_node)
+		dr_icm_buddy_destroy(buddy);
 
-	kfree(pool->buckets);
+	mutex_destroy(&pool->mutex);
 	kvfree(pool);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_matcher.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_matcher.c
index 7df883686d46b..cb5202e17856a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_matcher.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_matcher.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static bool dr_mask_is_ttl_set(struct mlx5dr_match_spec *spec)
 	(_misc2)._inner_outer##_first_mpls_s_bos || \
 	(_misc2)._inner_outer##_first_mpls_ttl)
 
-static bool dr_mask_is_gre_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc *misc)
+static bool dr_mask_is_tnl_gre_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc *misc)
 {
 	return (misc->gre_key_h || misc->gre_key_l ||
 		misc->gre_protocol || misc->gre_c_present ||
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ static bool dr_mask_is_gre_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc *misc)
 	(_misc2).outer_first_mpls_over_##gre_udp##_s_bos || \
 	(_misc2).outer_first_mpls_over_##gre_udp##_ttl)
 
-#define DR_MASK_IS_FLEX_PARSER_0_SET(_misc2) ( \
+#define DR_MASK_IS_TNL_MPLS_SET(_misc2) ( \
 	DR_MASK_IS_OUTER_MPLS_OVER_GRE_UDP_SET((_misc2), gre) || \
 	DR_MASK_IS_OUTER_MPLS_OVER_GRE_UDP_SET((_misc2), udp))
 
 static bool
-dr_mask_is_misc3_vxlan_gpe_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc3 *misc3)
+dr_mask_is_vxlan_gpe_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc3 *misc3)
 {
 	return (misc3->outer_vxlan_gpe_vni ||
 		misc3->outer_vxlan_gpe_next_protocol ||
@@ -111,21 +111,20 @@ dr_mask_is_misc3_vxlan_gpe_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc3 *misc3)
 }
 
 static bool
-dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_vxlan_gpe(struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps)
+dr_matcher_supp_vxlan_gpe(struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps)
 {
-	return caps->flex_protocols &
-	       MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_VXLAN_GPE_ENABLED;
+	return caps->flex_protocols & MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_VXLAN_GPE_ENABLED;
 }
 
 static bool
-dr_mask_is_flex_parser_tnl_vxlan_gpe_set(struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-					 struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
+dr_mask_is_tnl_vxlan_gpe(struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+			 struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
 {
-	return dr_mask_is_misc3_vxlan_gpe_set(&mask->misc3) &&
-	       dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_vxlan_gpe(&dmn->info.caps);
+	return dr_mask_is_vxlan_gpe_set(&mask->misc3) &&
+	       dr_matcher_supp_vxlan_gpe(&dmn->info.caps);
 }
 
-static bool dr_mask_is_misc_geneve_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc *misc)
+static bool dr_mask_is_tnl_geneve_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc *misc)
 {
 	return misc->geneve_vni ||
 	       misc->geneve_oam ||
@@ -134,26 +133,46 @@ static bool dr_mask_is_misc_geneve_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc *misc)
 }
 
 static bool
-dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_geneve(struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps)
+dr_matcher_supp_tnl_geneve(struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps)
 {
-	return caps->flex_protocols &
-	       MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_GENEVE_ENABLED;
+	return caps->flex_protocols & MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_GENEVE_ENABLED;
 }
 
 static bool
-dr_mask_is_flex_parser_tnl_geneve_set(struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-				      struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
+dr_mask_is_tnl_geneve(struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+		      struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
 {
-	return dr_mask_is_misc_geneve_set(&mask->misc) &&
-	       dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_geneve(&dmn->info.caps);
+	return dr_mask_is_tnl_geneve_set(&mask->misc) &&
+	       dr_matcher_supp_tnl_geneve(&dmn->info.caps);
 }
 
-static bool dr_mask_is_flex_parser_icmpv6_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc3 *misc3)
+static int dr_matcher_supp_icmp_v4(struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps)
+{
+	return caps->flex_protocols & MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_ICMP_V4_ENABLED;
+}
+
+static int dr_matcher_supp_icmp_v6(struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps)
+{
+	return caps->flex_protocols & MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_ICMP_V6_ENABLED;
+}
+
+static bool dr_mask_is_icmpv6_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc3 *misc3)
 {
 	return (misc3->icmpv6_type || misc3->icmpv6_code ||
 		misc3->icmpv6_header_data);
 }
 
+static bool dr_mask_is_icmp(struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+			    struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
+{
+	if (DR_MASK_IS_ICMPV4_SET(&mask->misc3))
+		return dr_matcher_supp_icmp_v4(&dmn->info.caps);
+	else if (dr_mask_is_icmpv6_set(&mask->misc3))
+		return dr_matcher_supp_icmp_v6(&dmn->info.caps);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static bool dr_mask_is_wqe_metadata_set(struct mlx5dr_match_misc2 *misc2)
 {
 	return misc2->metadata_reg_a;
@@ -257,7 +276,7 @@ static int dr_matcher_set_ste_builders(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 
 		if (dr_mask_is_smac_set(&mask.outer) &&
 		    dr_mask_is_dmac_set(&mask.outer)) {
-			mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_des(&sb[idx++], &mask,
+			mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_dst(&sb[idx++], &mask,
 							inner, rx);
 		}
 
@@ -277,8 +296,8 @@ static int dr_matcher_set_ste_builders(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 								 inner, rx);
 
 			if (DR_MASK_IS_ETH_L4_SET(mask.outer, mask.misc, outer))
-				mlx5dr_ste_build_ipv6_l3_l4(&sb[idx++], &mask,
-							    inner, rx);
+				mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_ipv6_l3_l4(&sb[idx++], &mask,
+								inner, rx);
 		} else {
 			if (dr_mask_is_ipv4_5_tuple_set(&mask.outer))
 				mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l3_ipv4_5_tuple(&sb[idx++], &mask,
@@ -289,14 +308,12 @@ static int dr_matcher_set_ste_builders(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 								  inner, rx);
 		}
 
-		if (dr_mask_is_flex_parser_tnl_vxlan_gpe_set(&mask, dmn))
-			mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_vxlan_gpe(&sb[idx++],
-								   &mask,
-								   inner, rx);
-		else if (dr_mask_is_flex_parser_tnl_geneve_set(&mask, dmn))
-			mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_geneve(&sb[idx++],
-								&mask,
-								inner, rx);
+		if (dr_mask_is_tnl_vxlan_gpe(&mask, dmn))
+			mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_vxlan_gpe(&sb[idx++], &mask,
+						       inner, rx);
+		else if (dr_mask_is_tnl_geneve(&mask, dmn))
+			mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_geneve(&sb[idx++], &mask,
+						    inner, rx);
 
 		if (DR_MASK_IS_ETH_L4_MISC_SET(mask.misc3, outer))
 			mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l4_misc(&sb[idx++], &mask, inner, rx);
@@ -304,22 +321,18 @@ static int dr_matcher_set_ste_builders(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 		if (DR_MASK_IS_FIRST_MPLS_SET(mask.misc2, outer))
 			mlx5dr_ste_build_mpls(&sb[idx++], &mask, inner, rx);
 
-		if (DR_MASK_IS_FLEX_PARSER_0_SET(mask.misc2))
-			mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_0(&sb[idx++], &mask,
-						       inner, rx);
+		if (DR_MASK_IS_TNL_MPLS_SET(mask.misc2))
+			mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_mpls(&sb[idx++], &mask, inner, rx);
 
-		if ((DR_MASK_IS_FLEX_PARSER_ICMPV4_SET(&mask.misc3) &&
-		     mlx5dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_icmp_v4(&dmn->info.caps)) ||
-		    (dr_mask_is_flex_parser_icmpv6_set(&mask.misc3) &&
-		     mlx5dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_icmp_v6(&dmn->info.caps))) {
-			ret = mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_1(&sb[idx++],
-							     &mask, &dmn->info.caps,
-							     inner, rx);
+		if (dr_mask_is_icmp(&mask, dmn)) {
+			ret = mlx5dr_ste_build_icmp(&sb[idx++],
+						    &mask, &dmn->info.caps,
+						    inner, rx);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 		}
-		if (dr_mask_is_gre_set(&mask.misc))
-			mlx5dr_ste_build_gre(&sb[idx++], &mask, inner, rx);
+		if (dr_mask_is_tnl_gre_set(&mask.misc))
+			mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_gre(&sb[idx++], &mask, inner, rx);
 	}
 
 	/* Inner */
@@ -334,7 +347,7 @@ static int dr_matcher_set_ste_builders(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 
 		if (dr_mask_is_smac_set(&mask.inner) &&
 		    dr_mask_is_dmac_set(&mask.inner)) {
-			mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_des(&sb[idx++],
+			mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_dst(&sb[idx++],
 							&mask, inner, rx);
 		}
 
@@ -354,8 +367,8 @@ static int dr_matcher_set_ste_builders(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 								 inner, rx);
 
 			if (DR_MASK_IS_ETH_L4_SET(mask.inner, mask.misc, inner))
-				mlx5dr_ste_build_ipv6_l3_l4(&sb[idx++], &mask,
-							    inner, rx);
+				mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_ipv6_l3_l4(&sb[idx++], &mask,
+								inner, rx);
 		} else {
 			if (dr_mask_is_ipv4_5_tuple_set(&mask.inner))
 				mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l3_ipv4_5_tuple(&sb[idx++], &mask,
@@ -372,8 +385,8 @@ static int dr_matcher_set_ste_builders(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 		if (DR_MASK_IS_FIRST_MPLS_SET(mask.misc2, inner))
 			mlx5dr_ste_build_mpls(&sb[idx++], &mask, inner, rx);
 
-		if (DR_MASK_IS_FLEX_PARSER_0_SET(mask.misc2))
-			mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_0(&sb[idx++], &mask, inner, rx);
+		if (DR_MASK_IS_TNL_MPLS_SET(mask.misc2))
+			mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_mpls(&sb[idx++], &mask, inner, rx);
 	}
 	/* Empty matcher, takes all */
 	if (matcher->match_criteria == DR_MATCHER_CRITERIA_EMPTY)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_ste.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_ste.c
index b01aaec75622f..d275823bff2ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_ste.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_ste.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ static int dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_des_tag(struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_des(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_dst(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
 				     struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
 				     bool inner, bool rx)
 {
@@ -1594,9 +1594,9 @@ static int dr_ste_build_ipv6_l3_l4_tag(struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_ipv6_l3_l4(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-				 struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-				 bool inner, bool rx)
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_ipv6_l3_l4(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+				     struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+				     bool inner, bool rx)
 {
 	dr_ste_build_ipv6_l3_l4_bit_mask(mask, inner, sb->bit_mask);
 
@@ -1693,8 +1693,8 @@ static int dr_ste_build_gre_tag(struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_gre(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-			  struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask, bool inner, bool rx)
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_gre(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+			      struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask, bool inner, bool rx)
 {
 	dr_ste_build_gre_bit_mask(mask, inner, sb->bit_mask);
 
@@ -1771,9 +1771,9 @@ static int dr_ste_build_flex_parser_0_tag(struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_0(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-				    struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-				    bool inner, bool rx)
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_mpls(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+			       struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+			       bool inner, bool rx)
 {
 	dr_ste_build_flex_parser_0_bit_mask(mask, inner, sb->bit_mask);
 
@@ -1792,8 +1792,8 @@ static int dr_ste_build_flex_parser_1_bit_mask(struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
 					       struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps,
 					       u8 *bit_mask)
 {
+	bool is_ipv4_mask = DR_MASK_IS_ICMPV4_SET(&mask->misc3);
 	struct mlx5dr_match_misc3 *misc_3_mask = &mask->misc3;
-	bool is_ipv4_mask = DR_MASK_IS_FLEX_PARSER_ICMPV4_SET(misc_3_mask);
 	u32 icmp_header_data_mask;
 	u32 icmp_type_mask;
 	u32 icmp_code_mask;
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ static int dr_ste_build_flex_parser_1_tag(struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 	u32 icmp_code;
 	bool is_ipv4;
 
-	is_ipv4 = DR_MASK_IS_FLEX_PARSER_ICMPV4_SET(misc_3);
+	is_ipv4 = DR_MASK_IS_ICMPV4_SET(misc_3);
 	if (is_ipv4) {
 		icmp_header_data	= misc_3->icmpv4_header_data;
 		icmp_type		= misc_3->icmpv4_type;
@@ -1928,10 +1928,10 @@ static int dr_ste_build_flex_parser_1_tag(struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_1(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-				   struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-				   struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps,
-				   bool inner, bool rx)
+int mlx5dr_ste_build_icmp(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+			  struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+			  struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps,
+			  bool inner, bool rx)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -2069,9 +2069,9 @@ dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_vxlan_gpe_tag(struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_vxlan_gpe(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-						struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-						bool inner, bool rx)
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_vxlan_gpe(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+				    struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+				    bool inner, bool rx)
 {
 	dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_vxlan_gpe_bit_mask(mask, inner,
 							sb->bit_mask);
@@ -2122,9 +2122,9 @@ dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_geneve_tag(struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_geneve(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-					     struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-					     bool inner, bool rx)
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_geneve(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+				 struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+				 bool inner, bool rx)
 {
 	dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_geneve_bit_mask(mask, sb->bit_mask);
 	sb->rx = rx;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_types.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_types.h
index f50f3b107aa31..3e423c8ed22fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_types.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_types.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ enum mlx5dr_ipv {
 
 struct mlx5dr_icm_pool;
 struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk;
-struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket;
+struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem;
 struct mlx5dr_ste_htbl;
 struct mlx5dr_match_param;
 struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps;
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int mlx5dr_ste_build_ste_arr(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 			     struct mlx5dr_matcher_rx_tx *nic_matcher,
 			     struct mlx5dr_match_param *value,
 			     u8 *ste_arr);
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_des(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *builder,
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_src_dst(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *builder,
 				     struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
 				     bool inner, bool rx);
 void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l3_ipv4_5_tuple(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
@@ -312,31 +312,31 @@ void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_dst(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
 void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l2_tnl(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
 				 struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
 				 bool inner, bool rx);
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_ipv6_l3_l4(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-				 struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-				 bool inner, bool rx);
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_ipv6_l3_l4(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+				     struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+				     bool inner, bool rx);
 void mlx5dr_ste_build_eth_l4_misc(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
 				  struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
 				  bool inner, bool rx);
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_gre(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-			  struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-			  bool inner, bool rx);
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_gre(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+			      struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+			      bool inner, bool rx);
 void mlx5dr_ste_build_mpls(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
 			   struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
 			   bool inner, bool rx);
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_0(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_mpls(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+			       struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+			       bool inner, bool rx);
+int mlx5dr_ste_build_icmp(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+			  struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+			  struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps,
+			  bool inner, bool rx);
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_vxlan_gpe(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
 				    struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
 				    bool inner, bool rx);
-int mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_1(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-				   struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-				   struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps,
-				   bool inner, bool rx);
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_vxlan_gpe(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-						struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-						bool inner, bool rx);
-void mlx5dr_ste_build_flex_parser_tnl_geneve(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
-					     struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
-					     bool inner, bool rx);
+void mlx5dr_ste_build_tnl_geneve(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
+				 struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
+				 bool inner, bool rx);
 void mlx5dr_ste_build_general_purpose(struct mlx5dr_ste_build *sb,
 				      struct mlx5dr_match_param *mask,
 				      bool inner, bool rx);
@@ -588,9 +588,9 @@ struct mlx5dr_match_param {
 	struct mlx5dr_match_misc3 misc3;
 };
 
-#define DR_MASK_IS_FLEX_PARSER_ICMPV4_SET(_misc3) ((_misc3)->icmpv4_type || \
-						   (_misc3)->icmpv4_code || \
-						   (_misc3)->icmpv4_header_data)
+#define DR_MASK_IS_ICMPV4_SET(_misc3) ((_misc3)->icmpv4_type || \
+				       (_misc3)->icmpv4_code || \
+				       (_misc3)->icmpv4_header_data)
 
 struct mlx5dr_esw_caps {
 	u64 drop_icm_address_rx;
@@ -731,7 +731,6 @@ struct mlx5dr_action {
 			struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn;
 			struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk *chunk;
 			u8 *data;
-			u32 data_size;
 			u16 num_of_actions;
 			u32 index;
 			u8 allow_rx:1;
@@ -804,7 +803,7 @@ void mlx5dr_rule_update_rule_member(struct mlx5dr_ste *new_ste,
 				    struct mlx5dr_ste *ste);
 
 struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk {
-	struct mlx5dr_icm_bucket *bucket;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy_mem;
 	struct list_head chunk_list;
 	u32 rkey;
 	u32 num_of_entries;
@@ -812,6 +811,11 @@ struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk {
 	u64 icm_addr;
 	u64 mr_addr;
 
+	/* indicates the index of this chunk in the whole memory,
+	 * used for deleting the chunk from the buddy
+	 */
+	unsigned int seg;
+
 	/* Memory optimisation */
 	struct mlx5dr_ste *ste_arr;
 	u8 *hw_ste_arr;
@@ -840,23 +844,20 @@ static inline void mlx5dr_domain_unlock(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
 	mlx5dr_domain_nic_unlock(&dmn->info.rx);
 }
 
-static inline int
-mlx5dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_icmp_v4(struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps)
-{
-	return caps->flex_protocols & MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_ICMP_V4_ENABLED;
-}
-
-static inline int
-mlx5dr_matcher_supp_flex_parser_icmp_v6(struct mlx5dr_cmd_caps *caps)
-{
-	return caps->flex_protocols & MLX5_FLEX_PARSER_ICMP_V6_ENABLED;
-}
-
 int mlx5dr_matcher_select_builders(struct mlx5dr_matcher *matcher,
 				   struct mlx5dr_matcher_rx_tx *nic_matcher,
 				   enum mlx5dr_ipv outer_ipv,
 				   enum mlx5dr_ipv inner_ipv);
 
+static inline int
+mlx5dr_icm_pool_dm_type_to_entry_size(enum mlx5dr_icm_type icm_type)
+{
+	if (icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE)
+		return DR_STE_SIZE;
+
+	return DR_MODIFY_ACTION_SIZE;
+}
+
 static inline u32
 mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_entries(enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size chunk_size)
 {
@@ -870,11 +871,7 @@ mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_byte(enum mlx5dr_icm_chunk_size chunk_size,
 	int num_of_entries;
 	int entry_size;
 
-	if (icm_type == DR_ICM_TYPE_STE)
-		entry_size = DR_STE_SIZE;
-	else
-		entry_size = DR_MODIFY_ACTION_SIZE;
-
+	entry_size = mlx5dr_icm_pool_dm_type_to_entry_size(icm_type);
 	num_of_entries = mlx5dr_icm_pool_chunk_size_to_entries(chunk_size);
 
 	return entry_size * num_of_entries;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/mlx5dr.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/mlx5dr.h
index 7914fe3fc68d8..4177786b8eaf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/mlx5dr.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/mlx5dr.h
@@ -127,4 +127,36 @@ mlx5dr_is_supported(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	return MLX5_CAP_ESW_FLOWTABLE_FDB(dev, sw_owner);
 }
 
+/* buddy functions & structure */
+
+struct mlx5dr_icm_mr;
+
+struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem {
+	unsigned long		**bitmap;
+	unsigned int		*num_free;
+	u32			max_order;
+	struct list_head	list_node;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_mr	*icm_mr;
+	struct mlx5dr_icm_pool	*pool;
+
+	/* This is the list of used chunks. HW may be accessing this memory */
+	struct list_head	used_list;
+	u64			used_memory;
+
+	/* Hardware may be accessing this memory but at some future,
+	 * undetermined time, it might cease to do so.
+	 * sync_ste command sets them free.
+	 */
+	struct list_head	hot_list;
+};
+
+int mlx5dr_buddy_init(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy,
+		      unsigned int max_order);
+void mlx5dr_buddy_cleanup(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy);
+int mlx5dr_buddy_alloc_mem(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy,
+			   unsigned int order,
+			   unsigned int *segment);
+void mlx5dr_buddy_free_mem(struct mlx5dr_icm_buddy_mem *buddy,
+			   unsigned int seg, unsigned int order);
+
 #endif /* _MLX5DR_H_ */