diff --git a/modules/gpu/perf/perf_filters.cpp b/modules/gpu/perf/perf_filters.cpp
index 79c60f5ec62448b857c18dcc95828fc13b897f18..f6ba4a9d30846148254d22dfe28eb2c4c38b62bf 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/perf/perf_filters.cpp
+++ b/modules/gpu/perf/perf_filters.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,6 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Filter, SeparableLinearFilter, testing::Combine(
                         ALL_DEVICES, 
                         GPU_TYPICAL_MAT_SIZES, 
                         testing::Values(CV_8UC1, CV_8UC4, CV_32FC1),
-                        testing::Values(3, 5)));
+                        testing::Values(3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15)));
 
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/gpu/src/cuda/column_filter.cu b/modules/gpu/src/cuda/column_filter.cu
index df856410e8a3c30080b353a1fd7d26e330dd6604..36dd7bb320a2d7eab2de2a432451942b773d6728 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/src/cuda/column_filter.cu
+++ b/modules/gpu/src/cuda/column_filter.cu
@@ -46,17 +46,14 @@
 #include "opencv2/gpu/device/vec_math.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/gpu/device/limits.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/gpu/device/border_interpolate.hpp"
+#include "opencv2/gpu/device/static_check.hpp"
 
 namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device 
 {
-    #define MAX_KERNEL_SIZE 16
-    #define BLOCK_DIM_X 16
-    #define BLOCK_DIM_Y 4
-    #define RESULT_STEPS 8
-    #define HALO_STEPS 1
-
     namespace column_filter 
     {
+        #define MAX_KERNEL_SIZE 32
+
         __constant__ float c_kernel[MAX_KERNEL_SIZE];
 
         void loadKernel(const float kernel[], int ksize)
@@ -64,64 +61,75 @@ namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
             cudaSafeCall( cudaMemcpyToSymbol(c_kernel, kernel, ksize * sizeof(float)) );
         }
 
-        template <int KERNEL_SIZE, typename T, typename D, typename B>
-        __global__ void linearColumnFilter(const DevMem2D_<T> src, PtrStep<D> dst, int anchor, const B b)
+        template <int BLOCK_DIM_X, int BLOCK_DIM_Y, int PATCH_PER_BLOCK, int HALO_SIZE, int KSIZE, typename T, typename D, typename B>
+        __global__ void linearColumnFilter(const DevMem2D_<T> src, PtrStep<D> dst, const int anchor, const B brd)
         {
+            Static<KSIZE <= MAX_KERNEL_SIZE>::check();
+            Static<HALO_SIZE * BLOCK_DIM_Y >= KSIZE>::check();
+            Static<VecTraits<T>::cn == VecTraits<D>::cn>::check();
+
             typedef typename TypeVec<float, VecTraits<T>::cn>::vec_type sum_t;
 
-            __shared__ T smem[BLOCK_DIM_X][(RESULT_STEPS + 2 * HALO_STEPS) * BLOCK_DIM_Y + 1];
+            __shared__ sum_t smem[(PATCH_PER_BLOCK + 2 * HALO_SIZE) * BLOCK_DIM_Y][BLOCK_DIM_X];
 
-            //Offset to the upper halo edge
             const int x = blockIdx.x * BLOCK_DIM_X + threadIdx.x;
-            const int y = (blockIdx.y * RESULT_STEPS - HALO_STEPS) * BLOCK_DIM_Y + threadIdx.y;
 
-            if (x < src.cols)
-            {
-                const T* src_col = src.ptr() + x;
+            if (x >= src.cols)
+                return;
 
-                //Main data
-                #pragma unroll
-                for(int i = HALO_STEPS; i < HALO_STEPS + RESULT_STEPS; ++i)
-                    smem[threadIdx.x][threadIdx.y + i * BLOCK_DIM_Y] = b.at_high(y + i * BLOCK_DIM_Y, src_col, src.step);
+            const T* src_col = src.ptr() + x;
 
-                //Upper halo
-                #pragma unroll
-                for(int i = 0; i < HALO_STEPS; ++i)
-                    smem[threadIdx.x][threadIdx.y + i * BLOCK_DIM_Y] = b.at_low(y + i * BLOCK_DIM_Y, src_col, src.step);
+            const int yStart = blockIdx.y * (BLOCK_DIM_Y * PATCH_PER_BLOCK) + threadIdx.y;
 
-                //Lower halo
-                #pragma unroll
-                for(int i = HALO_STEPS + RESULT_STEPS; i < HALO_STEPS + RESULT_STEPS + HALO_STEPS; ++i)
-                    smem[threadIdx.x][threadIdx.y + i * BLOCK_DIM_Y]=  b.at_high(y + i * BLOCK_DIM_Y, src_col, src.step);
+            //Upper halo
+            #pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < HALO_SIZE; ++j)
+                smem[threadIdx.y + j * BLOCK_DIM_Y][threadIdx.x] = saturate_cast<sum_t>(brd.at_low(yStart - (HALO_SIZE - j) * BLOCK_DIM_Y, src_col, src.step));
 
-                __syncthreads();
+            //Main data
+            #pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < PATCH_PER_BLOCK; ++j)
+                smem[threadIdx.y + HALO_SIZE * BLOCK_DIM_Y + j * BLOCK_DIM_Y][threadIdx.x] = saturate_cast<sum_t>(brd.at_high(yStart + j * BLOCK_DIM_Y, src_col, src.step));
 
-                #pragma unroll
-                for(int i = HALO_STEPS; i < HALO_STEPS + RESULT_STEPS; ++i)
-                {
-                    sum_t sum = VecTraits<sum_t>::all(0);
+            //Lower halo
+            #pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < HALO_SIZE; ++j)
+                smem[threadIdx.y + (PATCH_PER_BLOCK + HALO_SIZE) * BLOCK_DIM_Y + j * BLOCK_DIM_Y][threadIdx.x] = saturate_cast<sum_t>(brd.at_high(yStart + (PATCH_PER_BLOCK + j) * BLOCK_DIM_Y, src_col, src.step));
 
-                    #pragma unroll
-                    for(int j = 0; j < KERNEL_SIZE; ++j)
-                        sum = sum + smem[threadIdx.x][threadIdx.y + i * BLOCK_DIM_Y + j - anchor] * c_kernel[j];
+            __syncthreads();
 
-                    int dstY = y + i * BLOCK_DIM_Y;
+            #pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < PATCH_PER_BLOCK; ++j)
+            {
+                const int y = yStart + j * BLOCK_DIM_Y;
+
+                if (y >= src.rows)
+                    return;
+
+                sum_t sum = VecTraits<sum_t>::all(0);
+
+                #pragma unroll
+                for (int k = 0; k < KSIZE; ++k)
+                    sum = sum + smem[threadIdx.y + HALO_SIZE * BLOCK_DIM_Y + j * BLOCK_DIM_Y - anchor + k][threadIdx.x] * c_kernel[k];
 
-                    if (dstY < src.rows)
-                        dst.ptr(dstY)[x] = saturate_cast<D>(sum);
-                }
+                dst(y, x) = saturate_cast<D>(sum);
             }
         }
 
-        template <int ksize, typename T, typename D, template<typename> class B>
-        void linearColumnFilter_caller(const DevMem2D_<T>& src, const DevMem2D_<D>& dst, int anchor, cudaStream_t stream)
-        {        
+        template <int KSIZE, typename T, typename D, template<typename> class B>
+        void linearColumnFilter_caller(DevMem2D_<T> src, DevMem2D_<D> dst, int anchor, cudaStream_t stream)
+        {
+            const int BLOCK_DIM_X = 16;
+            const int BLOCK_DIM_Y = 16;
+            const int PATCH_PER_BLOCK = 4;
+
             const dim3 block(BLOCK_DIM_X, BLOCK_DIM_Y);
-            const dim3 grid(divUp(src.cols, BLOCK_DIM_X), divUp(src.rows, RESULT_STEPS * BLOCK_DIM_Y));
+            const dim3 grid(divUp(src.cols, BLOCK_DIM_X), divUp(src.rows, BLOCK_DIM_Y * PATCH_PER_BLOCK));
+            
+            B<T> brd(src.rows);
 
-            B<T> b(src.rows);
+            linearColumnFilter<BLOCK_DIM_X, BLOCK_DIM_Y, PATCH_PER_BLOCK, KSIZE <= 16 ? 1 : 2, KSIZE, T, D><<<grid, block, 0, stream>>>(src, dst, anchor, brd);
 
-            linearColumnFilter<ksize, T, D><<<grid, block, 0, stream>>>(src, dst, anchor, b);
             cudaSafeCall( cudaGetLastError() );
 
             if (stream == 0)
@@ -129,106 +137,187 @@ namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
         }
 
         template <typename T, typename D>
-        void linearColumnFilter_gpu(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream)
+        void linearColumnFilter_gpu(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream)
         {
-            typedef void (*caller_t)(const DevMem2D_<T>& src, const DevMem2D_<D>& dst, int anchor, cudaStream_t stream);
-            static const caller_t callers[5][17] = 
+            typedef void (*caller_t)(DevMem2D_<T> src, DevMem2D_<D> dst, int anchor, cudaStream_t stream);
+
+            static const caller_t callers[5][33] = 
             {
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColReflect101>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColReflect101> 
+                    0,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdColReflect101>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdColReflect101>
                 },
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColReplicate>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColReplicate>
+                    0,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdColReplicate>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdColReplicate>
                 },
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdColConstant>,
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColConstant>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColConstant> 
+                    0,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdColConstant>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdColConstant>
                 },
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdColReflect>,
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColReflect>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColReflect>
+                    0,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdColReflect>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdColReflect>
                 },
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdColWrap>,
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
-                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColWrap>, 
+                    0,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
                     linearColumnFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
-                }
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdColWrap>,
+                    linearColumnFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdColWrap>
+                }               
             };
             
             loadKernel(kernel, ksize);
@@ -236,12 +325,10 @@ namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
             callers[brd_type][ksize]((DevMem2D_<T>)src, (DevMem2D_<D>)dst, anchor, stream);
         }
 
-        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float , uchar >(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float4, uchar4>(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        //template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float , short >(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        //template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float2, short2>(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float3, short3>(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float , int   >(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float , float >(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float , uchar >(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float4, uchar4>(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float3, short3>(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float , int   >(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearColumnFilter_gpu<float , float >(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
     } // namespace column_filter
 }}} // namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
diff --git a/modules/gpu/src/cuda/row_filter.cu b/modules/gpu/src/cuda/row_filter.cu
index 0855d2bf0b3d4e3a9c9d2a308b67747db87a0176..1e4d3cc692c75b87a9595d283df21a6cd75ef888 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/src/cuda/row_filter.cu
+++ b/modules/gpu/src/cuda/row_filter.cu
@@ -46,17 +46,14 @@
 #include "opencv2/gpu/device/vec_math.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/gpu/device/limits.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/gpu/device/border_interpolate.hpp"
+#include "opencv2/gpu/device/static_check.hpp"
 
 namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device 
 {
-    #define MAX_KERNEL_SIZE 16
-    #define BLOCK_DIM_X 16
-    #define BLOCK_DIM_Y 4
-    #define RESULT_STEPS 8
-    #define HALO_STEPS 1
-
     namespace row_filter 
     {
+        #define MAX_KERNEL_SIZE 32
+
         __constant__ float c_kernel[MAX_KERNEL_SIZE];
 
         void loadKernel(const float kernel[], int ksize)
@@ -64,87 +61,74 @@ namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
             cudaSafeCall( cudaMemcpyToSymbol(c_kernel, kernel, ksize * sizeof(float)) );
         }
 
-        namespace detail
-        {
-            template <typename T, size_t size> struct SmemType
-            {
-                typedef typename TypeVec<float, VecTraits<T>::cn>::vec_type smem_t;
-            };
-
-            template <typename T> struct SmemType<T, 4>
-            {
-                typedef T smem_t;
-            };
-        }
-
-        template <typename T> struct SmemType
+        template <int BLOCK_DIM_X, int BLOCK_DIM_Y, int PATCH_PER_BLOCK, int HALO_SIZE, int KSIZE, typename T, typename D, typename B>
+        __global__ void linearRowFilter(const DevMem2D_<T> src, PtrStep<D> dst, const int anchor, const B brd)
         {
-            typedef typename detail::SmemType<T, sizeof(T)>::smem_t smem_t;
-        };
+            Static<KSIZE <= MAX_KERNEL_SIZE>::check();
+            Static<HALO_SIZE * BLOCK_DIM_X >= KSIZE>::check();
+            Static<VecTraits<T>::cn == VecTraits<D>::cn>::check();
 
-        template <int KERNEL_SIZE, typename T, typename D, typename B>
-        __global__ void linearRowFilter(const DevMem2D_<T> src, PtrStep<D> dst, int anchor, const B b)
-        {
-            typedef typename SmemType<T>::smem_t smem_t;
             typedef typename TypeVec<float, VecTraits<T>::cn>::vec_type sum_t;
 
-            __shared__ smem_t smem[BLOCK_DIM_Y][(RESULT_STEPS + 2 * HALO_STEPS) * BLOCK_DIM_X];
-
-            //Offset to the left halo edge
-            const int x = (blockIdx.x * RESULT_STEPS - HALO_STEPS) * BLOCK_DIM_X + threadIdx.x;
+            __shared__ typename sum_t smem[BLOCK_DIM_Y][(PATCH_PER_BLOCK + 2 * HALO_SIZE) * BLOCK_DIM_X];
+            
             const int y = blockIdx.y * BLOCK_DIM_Y + threadIdx.y;
 
-            if (y < src.rows)
-            {
-                const T* src_row = src.ptr(y);
+            if (y >= src.rows)
+                return;
 
-                //Load main data
-                #pragma unroll
-                for(int i = HALO_STEPS; i < HALO_STEPS + RESULT_STEPS; ++i)
-                    smem[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + i * BLOCK_DIM_X] = b.at_high(i * BLOCK_DIM_X + x, src_row);
+            const T* src_row = src.ptr(y);
 
-                //Load left halo
-                #pragma unroll
-                for(int i = 0; i < HALO_STEPS; ++i)
-                    smem[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + i * BLOCK_DIM_X] = b.at_low(i * BLOCK_DIM_X + x, src_row);
+            const int xStart = blockIdx.x * (PATCH_PER_BLOCK * BLOCK_DIM_X) + threadIdx.x;
 
-                //Load right halo
-                #pragma unroll
-                for(int i = HALO_STEPS + RESULT_STEPS; i < HALO_STEPS + RESULT_STEPS + HALO_STEPS; ++i)
-                    smem[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + i * BLOCK_DIM_X] = b.at_high(i * BLOCK_DIM_X + x, src_row);
+            //Load left halo
+            #pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < HALO_SIZE; ++j)
+                smem[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + j * BLOCK_DIM_X] = saturate_cast<sum_t>(brd.at_low(xStart - (HALO_SIZE - j) * BLOCK_DIM_X, src_row));
 
-                __syncthreads();
+            //Load main data
+            #pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < PATCH_PER_BLOCK; ++j)
+                smem[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + HALO_SIZE * BLOCK_DIM_X + j * BLOCK_DIM_X] = saturate_cast<sum_t>(brd.at_high(xStart + j * BLOCK_DIM_X, src_row));
 
-                D* dst_row = dst.ptr(y);
+            //Load right halo
+            #pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < HALO_SIZE; ++j)
+                smem[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + (PATCH_PER_BLOCK + HALO_SIZE) * BLOCK_DIM_X + j * BLOCK_DIM_X] = saturate_cast<sum_t>(brd.at_high(xStart + (PATCH_PER_BLOCK + j) * BLOCK_DIM_X, src_row));
 
-                #pragma unroll
-                for(int i = HALO_STEPS; i < HALO_STEPS + RESULT_STEPS; ++i)
-                {
-                    sum_t sum = VecTraits<sum_t>::all(0);
+            __syncthreads();
+
+            #pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < PATCH_PER_BLOCK; ++j)
+            {
+                const int x = xStart + j * BLOCK_DIM_X;
 
-                    #pragma unroll
-                    for (int j = 0; j < KERNEL_SIZE; ++j)
-                        sum = sum + smem[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + i * BLOCK_DIM_X + j - anchor] * c_kernel[j];
+                if (x >= src.cols)
+                    return;
 
-                    int dstX = x + i * BLOCK_DIM_X;
+                sum_t sum = VecTraits<sum_t>::all(0);
 
-                    if (dstX < src.cols)
-                        dst_row[dstX] = saturate_cast<D>(sum);
-                }
+                #pragma unroll
+                for (int k = 0; k < KSIZE; ++k)
+                    sum = sum + smem[threadIdx.y][threadIdx.x + HALO_SIZE * BLOCK_DIM_X + j * BLOCK_DIM_X - anchor + k] * c_kernel[k];
+
+                dst(y, x) = saturate_cast<D>(sum);
             }
         }
 
-        template <int ksize, typename T, typename D, template<typename> class B>
-        void linearRowFilter_caller(const DevMem2D_<T>& src, const DevMem2D_<D>& dst, int anchor, cudaStream_t stream)
+        template <int KSIZE, typename T, typename D, template<typename> class B>
+        void linearRowFilter_caller(DevMem2D_<T> src, DevMem2D_<D> dst, int anchor, cudaStream_t stream)
         {
-            typedef typename SmemType<T>::smem_t smem_t;
+            const int BLOCK_DIM_X = 32;
+            const int BLOCK_DIM_Y = 8;
+            const int PATCH_PER_BLOCK = 4;
 
             const dim3 block(BLOCK_DIM_X, BLOCK_DIM_Y);
-            const dim3 grid(divUp(src.cols, RESULT_STEPS * BLOCK_DIM_X), divUp(src.rows, BLOCK_DIM_Y));
+            const dim3 grid(divUp(src.cols, BLOCK_DIM_X * PATCH_PER_BLOCK), divUp(src.rows, BLOCK_DIM_Y));
 
-            B<smem_t> b(src.cols);
+            B<T> brd(src.cols);
 
-            linearRowFilter<ksize, T, D><<<grid, block, 0, stream>>>(src, dst, anchor, b);
+            linearRowFilter<BLOCK_DIM_X, BLOCK_DIM_Y, PATCH_PER_BLOCK, 1, KSIZE, T, D><<<grid, block, 0, stream>>>(src, dst, anchor, brd);
             cudaSafeCall( cudaGetLastError() );
 
             if (stream == 0)
@@ -152,106 +136,187 @@ namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
         }
 
         template <typename T, typename D>
-        void linearRowFilter_gpu(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream)
+        void linearRowFilter_gpu(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream)
         {
-            typedef void (*caller_t)(const DevMem2D_<T>& src, const DevMem2D_<D>& dst, int anchor, cudaStream_t stream);
-            static const caller_t callers[5][17] = 
+            typedef void (*caller_t)(DevMem2D_<T> src, DevMem2D_<D> dst, int anchor, cudaStream_t stream);
+
+            static const caller_t callers[5][33] = 
             {
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
+                    0,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
                     linearRowFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdRowReflect101>
                 },
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
+                    0,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
                     linearRowFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdRowReplicate>
                 },
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
+                    0,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
                     linearRowFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
                     linearRowFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowConstant>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowConstant>
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdRowConstant>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdRowConstant>
                 },
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
+                    0,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
                     linearRowFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
                     linearRowFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowReflect>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowReflect>
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdRowReflect>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdRowReflect>
                 },
                 {
-                    0, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<1 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<2 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<3 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<4 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<5 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<6 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<7 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<8 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<9 , T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
+                    0,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 1, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 2, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 3, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 4, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 5, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 6, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 7, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 8, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller< 9, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<10, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<11, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<12, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
                     linearRowFilter_caller<13, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
                     linearRowFilter_caller<14, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowWrap>, 
-                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowWrap>
-                }
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<15, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<16, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<17, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<18, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<19, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<20, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<21, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<22, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<23, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<24, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<25, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<26, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<27, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<28, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<29, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<30, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<31, T, D, BrdRowWrap>,
+                    linearRowFilter_caller<32, T, D, BrdRowWrap>
+                }               
             };
             
             loadKernel(kernel, ksize);
@@ -259,12 +324,10 @@ namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
             callers[brd_type][ksize]((DevMem2D_<T>)src, (DevMem2D_<D>)dst, anchor, stream);
         }
 
-        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<uchar , float >(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<uchar4, float4>(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        //template void linearRowFilter_gpu<short , float >(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        //template void linearRowFilter_gpu<short2, float2>(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<short3, float3>(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<int   , float >(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
-        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<float , float >(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<uchar , float >(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<uchar4, float4>(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<short3, float3>(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<int   , float >(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        template void linearRowFilter_gpu<float , float >(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
     } // namespace row_filter
 }}} // namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
diff --git a/modules/gpu/src/filtering.cpp b/modules/gpu/src/filtering.cpp
index fb3cec42f6b7259c17eddcd2c713a4f07c3f532f..45e2cd03e4c818858c9e6db25018e83c19c5e6b1 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/src/filtering.cpp
+++ b/modules/gpu/src/filtering.cpp
@@ -740,13 +740,13 @@ namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace device
     namespace row_filter
     {
         template <typename T, typename D>
-        void linearRowFilter_gpu(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        void linearRowFilter_gpu(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
     }
 
     namespace column_filter
     {
         template <typename T, typename D>
-        void linearColumnFilter_gpu(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+        void linearColumnFilter_gpu(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
     }
 }}}
 
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ namespace
     typedef NppStatus (*nppFilter1D_t)(const Npp8u * pSrc, Npp32s nSrcStep, Npp8u * pDst, Npp32s nDstStep, NppiSize oROI, 
         const Npp32s * pKernel, Npp32s nMaskSize, Npp32s nAnchor, Npp32s nDivisor);
 
-    typedef void (*gpuFilter1D_t)(const DevMem2Db& src, const DevMem2Db& dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
+    typedef void (*gpuFilter1D_t)(DevMem2Db src, DevMem2Db dst, const float kernel[], int ksize, int anchor, int brd_type, cudaStream_t stream);
 
     struct NppLinearRowFilter : public BaseRowFilter_GPU
     {
@@ -825,8 +825,7 @@ Ptr<BaseRowFilter_GPU> cv::gpu::getLinearRowFilter_GPU(int srcType, int bufType,
     int gpuBorderType;
     CV_Assert(tryConvertToGpuBorderType(borderType, gpuBorderType));
 
-    CV_Assert(srcType == CV_8UC1 || srcType == CV_8UC4 /*|| srcType == CV_16SC1*/ /*|| srcType == CV_16SC2*/ 
-        || srcType == CV_16SC3 || srcType == CV_32SC1 || srcType == CV_32FC1);
+    CV_Assert(srcType == CV_8UC1 || srcType == CV_8UC4 || srcType == CV_16SC3 || srcType == CV_32SC1 || srcType == CV_32FC1);
 
     CV_Assert(CV_MAT_DEPTH(bufType) == CV_32F && CV_MAT_CN(srcType) == CV_MAT_CN(bufType));
 
@@ -836,7 +835,7 @@ Ptr<BaseRowFilter_GPU> cv::gpu::getLinearRowFilter_GPU(int srcType, int bufType,
 
     int ksize = cont_krnl.cols;
 
-    CV_Assert(ksize > 0 && ksize <= 16);
+    CV_Assert(ksize > 0 && ksize <= 32);
 
     normalizeAnchor(anchor, ksize);
 
@@ -850,12 +849,6 @@ Ptr<BaseRowFilter_GPU> cv::gpu::getLinearRowFilter_GPU(int srcType, int bufType,
     case CV_8UC4:
         func = linearRowFilter_gpu<uchar4, float4>;
         break;
-    /*case CV_16SC1:
-        func = linearRowFilter_gpu<short, float>;
-        break;*/
-    /*case CV_16SC2:
-        func = linearRowFilter_gpu<short2, float2>;
-        break;*/
     case CV_16SC3:
         func = linearRowFilter_gpu<short3, float3>;
         break;
@@ -940,8 +933,7 @@ Ptr<BaseColumnFilter_GPU> cv::gpu::getLinearColumnFilter_GPU(int bufType, int ds
     int gpuBorderType;
     CV_Assert(tryConvertToGpuBorderType(borderType, gpuBorderType));
    
-    CV_Assert(dstType == CV_8UC1 || dstType == CV_8UC4 /*|| dstType == CV_16SC1*/ /*|| dstType == CV_16SC2*/
-        || dstType == CV_16SC3 || dstType == CV_32SC1 || dstType == CV_32FC1);
+    CV_Assert(dstType == CV_8UC1 || dstType == CV_8UC4 || dstType == CV_16SC3 || dstType == CV_32SC1 || dstType == CV_32FC1);
 
     CV_Assert(CV_MAT_DEPTH(bufType) == CV_32F && CV_MAT_CN(dstType) == CV_MAT_CN(bufType));
 
@@ -951,7 +943,7 @@ Ptr<BaseColumnFilter_GPU> cv::gpu::getLinearColumnFilter_GPU(int bufType, int ds
 
     int ksize = cont_krnl.cols;
 
-    CV_Assert(ksize > 0 && ksize <= 16);
+    CV_Assert(ksize > 0 && ksize <= 32);
 
     normalizeAnchor(anchor, ksize);
 
@@ -965,12 +957,6 @@ Ptr<BaseColumnFilter_GPU> cv::gpu::getLinearColumnFilter_GPU(int bufType, int ds
     case CV_8UC4:
         func = linearColumnFilter_gpu<float4, uchar4>;
         break;
-    /*case CV_16SC1:
-        func = linearColumnFilter_gpu<float, short>;
-        break;*/
-    /*case CV_16SC2:
-        func = linearColumnFilter_gpu<float2, short2>;
-        break;*/
     case CV_16SC3:
         func = linearColumnFilter_gpu<float3, short3>;
         break;
diff --git a/modules/gpu/test/test_filters.cpp b/modules/gpu/test/test_filters.cpp
index 4d282fa3b85ab492fb7a8ed8552a6d557655769a..d5c668f63c01e1d95c3444a2ba396bd68ee0cff3 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/test/test_filters.cpp
+++ b/modules/gpu/test/test_filters.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ TEST_P(Sobel, Rgba)
 
     dev_dst_rgba.download(dst_rgba);
 
-    EXPECT_MAT_NEAR_KSIZE(dst_gold_rgba, dst_rgba, ksize, 0.0);
+    EXPECT_MAT_NEAR(dst_gold_rgba, dst_rgba, 0.0);
 }
 
 TEST_P(Sobel, Gray)
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ TEST_P(Sobel, Gray)
 
     dev_dst_gray.download(dst_gray);
 
-    EXPECT_MAT_NEAR_KSIZE(dst_gold_gray, dst_gray, ksize, 0.0);
+    EXPECT_MAT_NEAR(dst_gold_gray, dst_gray, 0.0);
 }
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Filter, Sobel, Combine(
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ TEST_P(GaussianBlur, Rgba)
 
     dev_dst_rgba.download(dst_rgba);
 
-    EXPECT_MAT_NEAR_KSIZE(dst_gold_rgba, dst_rgba, ksize, 3.0);
+    EXPECT_MAT_NEAR(dst_gold_rgba, dst_rgba, 4.0);
 }
 
 TEST_P(GaussianBlur, Gray)
@@ -355,12 +355,12 @@ TEST_P(GaussianBlur, Gray)
 
     dev_dst_gray.download(dst_gray);
 
-    EXPECT_MAT_NEAR_KSIZE(dst_gold_gray, dst_gray, ksize, 3.0);
+    EXPECT_MAT_NEAR(dst_gold_gray, dst_gray, 4.0);
 }
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Filter, GaussianBlur, Combine(
                         ALL_DEVICES, 
-                        Values(cv::Size(3, 3), cv::Size(5, 5), cv::Size(7, 7)),
+                        Values(cv::Size(3, 3), cv::Size(5, 5), cv::Size(7, 7), cv::Size(9, 9), cv::Size(11, 11), cv::Size(13, 13), cv::Size(15, 15), cv::Size(17, 17), cv::Size(19, 19), cv::Size(21, 21), cv::Size(23, 23), cv::Size(25, 25), cv::Size(27, 27), cv::Size(29, 29), cv::Size(31, 31)),
                         USE_ROI));
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////