diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index 79fe12c..e9bd246 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN) += pktgen.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT) += wireless.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NETPOLL) += netpoll.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DMA) += user_dma.o
diff --git a/net/core/user_dma.c b/net/core/user_dma.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eee91b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/core/user_dma.c
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(c) 2004 - 2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Portions based on net/core/datagram.c and copyrighted by their authors.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+ * Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the
+ * file called COPYING.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This code allows the net stack to make use of a DMA engine for
+ * skb to iovec copies.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h> /* for BUG_TRAP */
+#include <net/tcp.h>
+
+/**
+ *	dma_skb_copy_datagram_iovec - Copy a datagram to an iovec.
+ *	@skb - buffer to copy
+ *	@offset - offset in the buffer to start copying from
+ *	@iovec - io vector to copy to
+ *	@len - amount of data to copy from buffer to iovec
+ *	@pinned_list - locked iovec buffer data
+ *
+ *	Note: the iovec is modified during the copy.
+ */
+int dma_skb_copy_datagram_iovec(struct dma_chan *chan,
+			struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, struct iovec *to,
+			size_t len, struct dma_pinned_list *pinned_list)
+{
+	int start = skb_headlen(skb);
+	int i, copy = start - offset;
+	dma_cookie_t cookie = 0;
+
+	/* Copy header. */
+	if (copy > 0) {
+		if (copy > len)
+			copy = len;
+		cookie = dma_memcpy_to_iovec(chan, to, pinned_list,
+		                            skb->data + offset, copy);
+		if (cookie < 0)
+			goto fault;
+		len -= copy;
+		if (len == 0)
+			goto end;
+		offset += copy;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy paged appendix. Hmm... why does this look so complicated? */
+	for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
+		int end;
+
+		BUG_TRAP(start <= offset + len);
+
+		end = start + skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].size;
+		copy = end - offset;
+		if ((copy = end - offset) > 0) {
+			skb_frag_t *frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
+			struct page *page = frag->page;
+
+			if (copy > len)
+				copy = len;
+
+			cookie = dma_memcpy_pg_to_iovec(chan, to, pinned_list, page,
+					frag->page_offset + offset - start, copy);
+			if (cookie < 0)
+				goto fault;
+			len -= copy;
+			if (len == 0)
+				goto end;
+			offset += copy;
+		}
+		start = end;
+	}
+
+	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list) {
+		struct sk_buff *list = skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list;
+
+		for (; list; list = list->next) {
+			int end;
+
+			BUG_TRAP(start <= offset + len);
+
+			end = start + list->len;
+			copy = end - offset;
+			if (copy > 0) {
+				if (copy > len)
+					copy = len;
+				cookie = dma_skb_copy_datagram_iovec(chan, list,
+				                offset - start, to, copy,
+				                pinned_list);
+				if (cookie < 0)
+					goto fault;
+				len -= copy;
+				if (len == 0)
+					goto end;
+				offset += copy;
+			}
+			start = end;
+		}
+	}
+
+end:
+	if (!len) {
+		skb->dma_cookie = cookie;
+		return cookie;
+	}
+
+fault:
+ 	return -EFAULT;
+}