diff --git a/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNPoolLayer.cpp b/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNPoolLayer.cpp
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+/* Copyright (c) 2017 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#include "MKLDNNPoolLayer.h"
+#include "paddle/utils/Logging.h"
+
+using namespace mkldnn;  // NOLINT
+typedef memory::format format;
+
+namespace paddle {
+
+REGISTER_LAYER(mkldnn_pool, MKLDNNPoolLayer);
+
+bool MKLDNNPoolLayer::init(const LayerMap& layerMap,
+                           const ParameterMap& parameterMap) {
+  if (!MKLDNNLayer::init(layerMap, parameterMap)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::reshape(
+    int& bs, int& ic, int& ih, int& iw, int oc, int& oh, int& ow) {
+  reshapeInput(bs, ih, iw);
+
+  // cal output sizes
+  // oc can not be changed
+
+  reshapeOutput(oh, ow);
+  resizeOutput(bs, oc * oh * ow);
+
+  printSizeInfo();
+}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetFwd(std::vector<primitive>& pipeline,
+                               MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                               MKLDNNMatrixPtr& wgt,
+                               MKLDNNMatrixPtr& bias,
+                               MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {
+  resetFwdBuffers(in, out);
+
+  resetFwdPD(fwdPD_, in, out);
+
+  resetFwdPipeline(pipeline, fwdPD_, in, out);
+
+  printValueFormatFlow();
+}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetBwd(std::vector<primitive>& pipeline,
+                               MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                               MKLDNNMatrixPtr& wgt,
+                               MKLDNNMatrixPtr& bias,
+                               MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {
+  std::shared_ptr<pool_bwd::primitive_desc> pd;
+
+  resetBwdBuffers(in, out);
+
+  resetBwdPD(pd, in, out);
+
+  resetBwdPipeline(pipeline, pd, in, out);
+
+  printGradFormatFlow();
+}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::updateInputData() {
+  inVal_->setData(getInputValue(0, CPU_DEVICE)->getData());
+}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetFwdBuffers(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                                      MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {
+  resetInValue(in);
+  resetOutValue(out);
+}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetInValue(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in) {}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetOutValue(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetFwdPD(std::shared_ptr<pool_fwd::primitive_desc>& pd,
+                                 MKLDNNMatrixPtr in,
+                                 MKLDNNMatrixPtr out) {}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetFwdPipeline(
+    std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline,
+    std::shared_ptr<pool_fwd::primitive_desc>& pd,
+    MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+    MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetBwdBuffers(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                                      MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {
+  resetOutGrad(out);
+  resetInGrad(in);
+}
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetOutGrad(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetInGrad(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in) {}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetBwdPD(std::shared_ptr<pool_bwd::primitive_desc>& pd,
+                                 MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                                 MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {}
+
+void MKLDNNPoolLayer::resetBwdPipeline(
+    std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline,
+    std::shared_ptr<pool_bwd::primitive_desc>& pd,
+    MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+    MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) {}
+
+}  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNPoolLayer.h b/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNPoolLayer.h
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d797ee955cdba3c9cf04e869371558670c39de30
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+++ b/paddle/gserver/layers/MKLDNNPoolLayer.h
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+/* Copyright (c) 2017 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License. */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "MKLDNNLayer.h"
+#include "mkldnn.hpp"
+
+namespace paddle {
+typedef mkldnn::pooling_forward pool_fwd;
+typedef mkldnn::pooling_backward pool_bwd;
+
+/**
+ * @brief A subclass of MKLDNNLayer pool layer.
+ *
+ * The config file api is mkldnn_pool
+ */
+class MKLDNNPoolLayer : public MKLDNNLayer {
+protected:
+  // save forward primitive_desc, which can be used backward
+  std::shared_ptr<pool_fwd::primitive_desc> fwdPD_;
+
+public:
+  explicit MKLDNNPoolLayer(const LayerConfig& config) : MKLDNNLayer(config) {}
+
+  ~MKLDNNPoolLayer() {}
+
+  bool init(const LayerMap& layerMap,
+            const ParameterMap& parameterMap) override;
+
+  void reshape(
+      int& bs, int& ic, int& ih, int& iw, int oc, int& oh, int& ow) override;
+
+  void resetFwd(std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline,
+                MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                MKLDNNMatrixPtr& wgt,
+                MKLDNNMatrixPtr& bias,
+                MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) override;
+
+  void resetBwd(std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline,
+                MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                MKLDNNMatrixPtr& wgt,
+                MKLDNNMatrixPtr& bias,
+                MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out) override;
+
+  void updateInputData() override;
+
+protected:
+  /**
+   * Forward functions: reset buffers(input, output),
+   *                    reset primitive descriptor,
+   *                    reset pipeline.
+   */
+  void resetFwdBuffers(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in, MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out);
+  void resetInValue(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in);
+  void resetOutValue(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out);
+  void resetFwdPD(std::shared_ptr<pool_fwd::primitive_desc>& pd,
+                  MKLDNNMatrixPtr in,
+                  MKLDNNMatrixPtr out);
+  void resetFwdPipeline(std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline,
+                        std::shared_ptr<pool_fwd::primitive_desc>& pd,
+                        MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                        MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out);
+
+  /**
+   * Backward functions: reset buffers(input, output),
+   *                     reset primitive descriptor,
+   *                     reset pipeline.
+   */
+  void resetBwdBuffers(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in, MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out);
+  void resetOutGrad(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out);
+  void resetInGrad(MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in);
+  void resetBwdPD(std::shared_ptr<pool_bwd::primitive_desc>& pd,
+                  MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                  MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out);
+  void resetBwdPipeline(std::vector<mkldnn::primitive>& pipeline,
+                        std::shared_ptr<pool_bwd::primitive_desc>& pd,
+                        MKLDNNMatrixPtr& in,
+                        MKLDNNMatrixPtr& out);
+};
+
+}  // namespace paddle