diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 9ee96bbf79cc..f1b5694340f4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7572,8 +7572,8 @@ F:	Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt
 F:	fs/xfs/
 
 XILINX AXI ETHERNET DRIVER
-M:	Ariane Keller <ariane.keller@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
-M:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel.borkmann@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
+M:	Anirudha Sarangi <anirudh@xilinx.com>
+M:	John Linn <John.Linn@xilinx.com>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet*
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c
index 7f1e498c3c06..5d10884e5080 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ static irqreturn_t atl1_intr(int irq, void *data)
 				"pcie phy link down %x\n", status);
 		if (netif_running(adapter->netdev)) {	/* reset MAC */
 			atlx_irq_disable(adapter);
-			schedule_work(&adapter->pcie_dma_to_rst_task);
+			schedule_work(&adapter->reset_dev_task);
 			return IRQ_HANDLED;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ static irqreturn_t atl1_intr(int irq, void *data)
 				"pcie DMA r/w error (status = 0x%x)\n",
 				status);
 		atlx_irq_disable(adapter);
-		schedule_work(&adapter->pcie_dma_to_rst_task);
+		schedule_work(&adapter->reset_dev_task);
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}
 
@@ -2681,10 +2681,10 @@ static void atl1_down(struct atl1_adapter *adapter)
 	atl1_clean_rx_ring(adapter);
 }
 
-static void atl1_tx_timeout_task(struct work_struct *work)
+static void atl1_reset_dev_task(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct atl1_adapter *adapter =
-		container_of(work, struct atl1_adapter, tx_timeout_task);
+		container_of(work, struct atl1_adapter, reset_dev_task);
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 
 	netif_device_detach(netdev);
@@ -3087,12 +3087,10 @@ static int __devinit atl1_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		    (unsigned long)adapter);
 	adapter->phy_timer_pending = false;
 
-	INIT_WORK(&adapter->tx_timeout_task, atl1_tx_timeout_task);
+	INIT_WORK(&adapter->reset_dev_task, atl1_reset_dev_task);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&adapter->link_chg_task, atlx_link_chg_task);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&adapter->pcie_dma_to_rst_task, atl1_tx_timeout_task);
-
 	err = register_netdev(netdev);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_common;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.h
index 1cb658b2ff92..b1fb209b9dd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.h
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ struct atl1_adapter {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct napi_struct napi;
 	struct work_struct tx_timeout_task;
+	struct work_struct reset_dev_task;
 	struct work_struct link_chg_task;
-	struct work_struct pcie_dma_to_rst_task;
 
 	struct timer_list phy_config_timer;
 	bool phy_timer_pending;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atlx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atlx.c
index 95975b5b7f70..b4f3aa49a7fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atlx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atlx.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static void atlx_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct atlx_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	/* Do the reset outside of interrupt context */
-	schedule_work(&adapter->tx_timeout_task);
+	schedule_work(&adapter->reset_dev_task);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index 0f158a95d94f..14af3e22d8d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -1310,10 +1310,6 @@ static s32 e1000_oem_bits_config_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw, bool d0_state)
 
 		if (mac_reg & E1000_PHY_CTRL_D0A_LPLU)
 			oem_reg |= HV_OEM_BITS_LPLU;
-
-		/* Set Restart auto-neg to activate the bits */
-		if (!hw->phy.ops.check_reset_block(hw))
-			oem_reg |= HV_OEM_BITS_RESTART_AN;
 	} else {
 		if (mac_reg & (E1000_PHY_CTRL_GBE_DISABLE |
 			       E1000_PHY_CTRL_NOND0A_GBE_DISABLE))
@@ -1324,6 +1320,11 @@ static s32 e1000_oem_bits_config_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw, bool d0_state)
 			oem_reg |= HV_OEM_BITS_LPLU;
 	}
 
+	/* Set Restart auto-neg to activate the bits */
+	if ((d0_state || (hw->mac.type != e1000_pchlan)) &&
+	    !hw->phy.ops.check_reset_block(hw))
+		oem_reg |= HV_OEM_BITS_RESTART_AN;
+
 	ret_val = hw->phy.ops.write_reg_locked(hw, HV_OEM_BITS, oem_reg);
 
 release:
@@ -3682,7 +3683,11 @@ void e1000_suspend_workarounds_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 
 	if (hw->mac.type >= e1000_pchlan) {
 		e1000_oem_bits_config_ich8lan(hw, false);
-		e1000_phy_hw_reset_ich8lan(hw);
+
+		/* Reset PHY to activate OEM bits on 82577/8 */
+		if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pchlan)
+			e1000e_phy_hw_reset_generic(hw);
+
 		ret_val = hw->phy.ops.acquire(hw);
 		if (ret_val)
 			return;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 10606bdbb5ae..f3b849438b62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -4865,6 +4865,16 @@ static int __ixgbe_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev, bool *enable_wake)
 	if (wufc) {
 		ixgbe_set_rx_mode(netdev);
 
+		/*
+		 * enable the optics for both mult-speed fiber and
+		 * 82599 SFP+ fiber as we can WoL.
+		 */
+		if (hw->mac.ops.enable_tx_laser &&
+		    (hw->phy.multispeed_fiber ||
+		    (hw->mac.ops.get_media_type(hw) == ixgbe_media_type_fiber &&
+		     hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_82599EB)))
+			hw->mac.ops.enable_tx_laser(hw);
+
 		/* turn on all-multi mode if wake on multicast is enabled */
 		if (wufc & IXGBE_WUFC_MC) {
 			fctrl = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_FCTRL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
index c722aa607d07..e5dc0757f077 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
@@ -1418,6 +1418,7 @@ static int __devinit ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct ks8851_net *ks;
 	int ret;
+	unsigned cider;
 
 	ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct ks8851_net));
 	if (!ndev)
@@ -1484,8 +1485,8 @@ static int __devinit ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	ks8851_soft_reset(ks, GRR_GSR);
 
 	/* simple check for a valid chip being connected to the bus */
-
-	if ((ks8851_rdreg16(ks, KS_CIDER) & ~CIDER_REV_MASK) != CIDER_ID) {
+	cider = ks8851_rdreg16(ks, KS_CIDER);
+	if ((cider & ~CIDER_REV_MASK) != CIDER_ID) {
 		dev_err(&spi->dev, "failed to read device ID\n");
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto err_id;
@@ -1516,8 +1517,7 @@ static int __devinit ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	}
 
 	netdev_info(ndev, "revision %d, MAC %pM, IRQ %d, %s EEPROM\n",
-		    CIDER_REV_GET(ks8851_rdreg16(ks, KS_CIDER)),
-		    ndev->dev_addr, ndev->irq,
+		    CIDER_REV_GET(cider), ndev->dev_addr, ndev->irq,
 		    ks->rc_ccr & CCR_EEPROM ? "has" : "no");
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
index b8104d9f4081..5ffde23ac8fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define	DRV_NAME	"ks8851_mll"
 
 static u8 KS_DEFAULT_MAC_ADDRESS[] = { 0x00, 0x10, 0xA1, 0x86, 0x95, 0x11 };
-#define MAX_RECV_FRAMES			32
+#define MAX_RECV_FRAMES			255
 #define MAX_BUF_SIZE			2048
 #define TX_BUF_SIZE			2000
 #define RX_BUF_SIZE			2000
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
index 69c7d695807c..5eef290997f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
@@ -961,6 +961,11 @@ static inline void cp_start_hw (struct cp_private *cp)
 	cpw8(Cmd, RxOn | TxOn);
 }
 
+static void cp_enable_irq(struct cp_private *cp)
+{
+	cpw16_f(IntrMask, cp_intr_mask);
+}
+
 static void cp_init_hw (struct cp_private *cp)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = cp->dev;
@@ -1000,8 +1005,6 @@ static void cp_init_hw (struct cp_private *cp)
 
 	cpw16(MultiIntr, 0);
 
-	cpw16_f(IntrMask, cp_intr_mask);
-
 	cpw8_f(Cfg9346, Cfg9346_Lock);
 }
 
@@ -1134,6 +1137,8 @@ static int cp_open (struct net_device *dev)
 	if (rc)
 		goto err_out_hw;
 
+	cp_enable_irq(cp);
+
 	netif_carrier_off(dev);
 	mii_check_media(&cp->mii_if, netif_msg_link(cp), true);
 	netif_start_queue(dev);
@@ -2032,6 +2037,7 @@ static int cp_resume (struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	/* FIXME: sh*t may happen if the Rx ring buffer is depleted */
 	cp_init_rings_index (cp);
 	cp_init_hw (cp);
+	cp_enable_irq(cp);
 	netif_start_queue (dev);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave (&cp->lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c
index 519ed8ef54e0..480fd0822e4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c
@@ -1166,10 +1166,8 @@ smsc911x_rx_counterrors(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int rxstat)
 
 /* Quickly dumps bad packets */
 static void
-smsc911x_rx_fastforward(struct smsc911x_data *pdata, unsigned int pktbytes)
+smsc911x_rx_fastforward(struct smsc911x_data *pdata, unsigned int pktwords)
 {
-	unsigned int pktwords = (pktbytes + NET_IP_ALIGN + 3) >> 2;
-
 	if (likely(pktwords >= 4)) {
 		unsigned int timeout = 500;
 		unsigned int val;
@@ -1233,7 +1231,7 @@ static int smsc911x_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, pktlength + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, pktwords << 2);
 		if (unlikely(!skb)) {
 			SMSC_WARN(pdata, rx_err,
 				  "Unable to allocate skb for rx packet");
@@ -1243,14 +1241,12 @@ static int smsc911x_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		skb->data = skb->head;
-		skb_reset_tail_pointer(skb);
+		pdata->ops->rx_readfifo(pdata,
+				 (unsigned int *)skb->data, pktwords);
 
 		/* Align IP on 16B boundary */
 		skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
 		skb_put(skb, pktlength - 4);
-		pdata->ops->rx_readfifo(pdata,
-				 (unsigned int *)skb->head, pktwords);
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
 		skb_checksum_none_assert(skb);
 		netif_receive_skb(skb);
@@ -1565,7 +1561,7 @@ static int smsc911x_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	smsc911x_reg_write(pdata, FIFO_INT, temp);
 
 	/* set RX Data offset to 2 bytes for alignment */
-	smsc911x_reg_write(pdata, RX_CFG, (2 << 8));
+	smsc911x_reg_write(pdata, RX_CFG, (NET_IP_ALIGN << 8));
 
 	/* enable NAPI polling before enabling RX interrupts */
 	napi_enable(&pdata->napi);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
index cc83af083fd7..44b8d2bad8c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
  * Definitions for Xilinx Axi Ethernet device driver.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Secret Lab Technologies, Ltd.
- * Copyright (c) 2010 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2012 Daniel Borkmann, <daniel.borkmann@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
- * Copyright (c) 2012 Ariane Keller, <ariane.keller@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 - 2012 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #ifndef XILINX_AXIENET_H
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 2fcbeba6814b..9c365e192a31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2008 Nissin Systems Co., Ltd.,  Yoshio Kashiwagi
  * Copyright (c) 2005-2008 DLA Systems,  David H. Lynch Jr. <dhlii@dlasys.net>
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
- * Copyright (c) 2010 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2012 Daniel Borkmann, <daniel.borkmann@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
- * Copyright (c) 2012 Ariane Keller, <ariane.keller@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 - 2011 Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 - 2011 PetaLogix
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 - 2012 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This is a driver for the Xilinx Axi Ethernet which is used in the Virtex6
  * and Spartan6.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_mdio.c
index d70b6e79f6c0..e90e1f46121e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_mdio.c
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
  * MDIO bus driver for the Xilinx Axi Ethernet device
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Secret Lab Technologies, Ltd.
- * Copyright (c) 2010 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2012 Daniel Borkmann, <daniel.borkmann@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
- * Copyright (c) 2012 Ariane Keller, <ariane.keller@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 - 2011 Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 - 2011 PetaLogix
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 - 2012 Xilinx, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 33f8c51968b6..21d7151fb0ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ struct ppp_net {
 /* Prototypes. */
 static int ppp_unattached_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ppp_file *pf,
 			struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
-static int ppp_xmit_process(struct ppp *ppp);
+static void ppp_xmit_process(struct ppp *ppp);
 static void ppp_send_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb);
 static void ppp_push(struct ppp *ppp);
 static void ppp_channel_push(struct channel *pch);
@@ -969,8 +969,7 @@ ppp_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	put_unaligned_be16(proto, pp);
 
 	skb_queue_tail(&ppp->file.xq, skb);
-	if (!ppp_xmit_process(ppp))
-		netif_stop_queue(dev);
+	ppp_xmit_process(ppp);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
  outf:
@@ -1048,11 +1047,10 @@ static void ppp_setup(struct net_device *dev)
  * Called to do any work queued up on the transmit side
  * that can now be done.
  */
-static int
+static void
 ppp_xmit_process(struct ppp *ppp)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	ppp_xmit_lock(ppp);
 	if (!ppp->closing) {
@@ -1062,13 +1060,12 @@ ppp_xmit_process(struct ppp *ppp)
 			ppp_send_frame(ppp, skb);
 		/* If there's no work left to do, tell the core net
 		   code that we can accept some more. */
-		if (!ppp->xmit_pending && !skb_peek(&ppp->file.xq)) {
+		if (!ppp->xmit_pending && !skb_peek(&ppp->file.xq))
 			netif_wake_queue(ppp->dev);
-			ret = 1;
-		}
+		else
+			netif_stop_queue(ppp->dev);
 	}
 	ppp_xmit_unlock(ppp);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline struct sk_buff *
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index f0da2c32fbde..1f21d2a1e528 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
 
 				vq->heads[vq->upend_idx].len = len;
 				ubuf->callback = vhost_zerocopy_callback;
-				ubuf->arg = vq->ubufs;
+				ubuf->ctx = vq->ubufs;
 				ubuf->desc = vq->upend_idx;
 				msg.msg_control = ubuf;
 				msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(ubuf);
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 947f00d8e091..51e4c1eeec4f 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1598,10 +1598,9 @@ void vhost_ubuf_put_and_wait(struct vhost_ubuf_ref *ubufs)
 	kfree(ubufs);
 }
 
-void vhost_zerocopy_callback(void *arg)
+void vhost_zerocopy_callback(struct ubuf_info *ubuf)
 {
-	struct ubuf_info *ubuf = arg;
-	struct vhost_ubuf_ref *ubufs = ubuf->arg;
+	struct vhost_ubuf_ref *ubufs = ubuf->ctx;
 	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = ubufs->vq;
 
 	/* set len = 1 to mark this desc buffers done DMA */
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index 8dcf4cca6bf2..8de1fd5b8efb 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ bool vhost_enable_notify(struct vhost_dev *, struct vhost_virtqueue *);
 
 int vhost_log_write(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, struct vhost_log *log,
 		    unsigned int log_num, u64 len);
-void vhost_zerocopy_callback(void *arg);
+void vhost_zerocopy_callback(struct ubuf_info *);
 int vhost_zerocopy_signal_used(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq);
 
 #define vq_err(vq, fmt, ...) do {                                  \
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 70a3f8d49118..775292a66fa4 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -238,11 +238,12 @@ enum {
 /*
  * The callback notifies userspace to release buffers when skb DMA is done in
  * lower device, the skb last reference should be 0 when calling this.
- * The desc is used to track userspace buffer index.
+ * The ctx field is used to track device context.
+ * The desc field is used to track userspace buffer index.
  */
 struct ubuf_info {
-	void (*callback)(void *);
-	void *arg;
+	void (*callback)(struct ubuf_info *);
+	void *ctx;
 	unsigned long desc;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index 59c5d18cc385..ff4da42fcfc6 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ struct dst_entry {
 	struct net_device       *dev;
 	struct  dst_ops	        *ops;
 	unsigned long		_metrics;
-	unsigned long		expires;
+	union {
+		unsigned long           expires;
+		/* point to where the dst_entry copied from */
+		struct dst_entry        *from;
+	};
 	struct dst_entry	*path;
 	struct neighbour __rcu	*_neighbour;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index b26bb8101981..c64778fd5e13 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -123,6 +123,48 @@ static inline struct inet6_dev *ip6_dst_idev(struct dst_entry *dst)
 	return ((struct rt6_info *)dst)->rt6i_idev;
 }
 
+static inline void rt6_clean_expires(struct rt6_info *rt)
+{
+	if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) && rt->dst.from)
+		dst_release(rt->dst.from);
+
+	rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
+	rt->dst.expires = 0;
+}
+
+static inline void rt6_set_expires(struct rt6_info *rt, unsigned long expires)
+{
+	if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) && rt->dst.from)
+		dst_release(rt->dst.from);
+
+	rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
+	rt->dst.expires = expires;
+}
+
+static inline void rt6_update_expires(struct rt6_info *rt, int timeout)
+{
+	if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) && rt->dst.from)
+		dst_release(rt->dst.from);
+
+	dst_set_expires(&rt->dst, timeout);
+	rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
+}
+
+static inline void rt6_set_from(struct rt6_info *rt, struct rt6_info *from)
+{
+	struct dst_entry *new = (struct dst_entry *) from;
+
+	if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) && rt->dst.from) {
+		if (new == rt->dst.from)
+			return;
+		dst_release(rt->dst.from);
+	}
+
+	rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
+	rt->dst.from = new;
+	dst_hold(new);
+}
+
 struct fib6_walker_t {
 	struct list_head lh;
 	struct fib6_node *root, *node;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 5c031c07776b..4a839836e59c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -802,8 +802,7 @@ static void ipv6_del_addr(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 				ip6_del_rt(rt);
 				rt = NULL;
 			} else if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)) {
-				rt->dst.expires = expires;
-				rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
+				rt6_set_expires(rt, expires);
 			}
 		}
 		dst_release(&rt->dst);
@@ -1886,11 +1885,9 @@ void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len, bool sllao)
 				rt = NULL;
 			} else if (addrconf_finite_timeout(rt_expires)) {
 				/* not infinity */
-				rt->dst.expires = jiffies + rt_expires;
-				rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
+				rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + rt_expires);
 			} else {
-				rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
-				rt->dst.expires = 0;
+				rt6_clean_expires(rt);
 			}
 		} else if (valid_lft) {
 			clock_t expires = 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 5b27fbcae346..93717435013e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -673,11 +673,10 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 					    &rt->rt6i_gateway)) {
 				if (!(iter->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
 					return -EEXIST;
-				iter->dst.expires = rt->dst.expires;
-				if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)) {
-					iter->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
-					iter->dst.expires = 0;
-				}
+				if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
+					rt6_clean_expires(iter);
+				else
+					rt6_set_expires(iter, rt->dst.expires);
 				return -EEXIST;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 7cb236e8e261..35615c6358b8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1267,8 +1267,7 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	if (rt)
-		rt->dst.expires = jiffies + (HZ * lifetime);
-
+		rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime));
 	if (ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
 		in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit = ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit;
 		if (rt)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index f910cce69c9f..0aefc36f74c7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #endif
 
-static struct rt6_info *ip6_rt_copy(const struct rt6_info *ort,
+static struct rt6_info *ip6_rt_copy(struct rt6_info *ort,
 				    const struct in6_addr *dest);
 static struct dst_entry	*ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie);
 static unsigned int	 ip6_default_advmss(const struct dst_entry *dst);
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ static void ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 		rt->rt6i_idev = NULL;
 		in6_dev_put(idev);
 	}
+
+	if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) && dst->from)
+		dst_release(dst->from);
+
 	if (peer) {
 		rt->rt6i_peer = NULL;
 		inet_putpeer(peer);
@@ -329,8 +333,17 @@ static void ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
 
 static __inline__ int rt6_check_expired(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
-	return (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) &&
-		time_after(jiffies, rt->dst.expires);
+	struct rt6_info *ort = NULL;
+
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) {
+		if (time_after(jiffies, rt->dst.expires))
+			return 1;
+	} else if (rt->dst.from) {
+		ort = (struct rt6_info *) rt->dst.from;
+		return (ort->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) &&
+			time_after(jiffies, ort->dst.expires);
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int rt6_need_strict(const struct in6_addr *daddr)
@@ -620,12 +633,11 @@ int rt6_route_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len,
 				 (rt->rt6i_flags & ~RTF_PREF_MASK) | RTF_PREF(pref);
 
 	if (rt) {
-		if (!addrconf_finite_timeout(lifetime)) {
-			rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
-		} else {
-			rt->dst.expires = jiffies + HZ * lifetime;
-			rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
-		}
+		if (!addrconf_finite_timeout(lifetime))
+			rt6_clean_expires(rt);
+		else
+			rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + HZ * lifetime);
+
 		dst_release(&rt->dst);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -730,7 +742,7 @@ int ip6_ins_rt(struct rt6_info *rt)
 	return __ip6_ins_rt(rt, &info);
 }
 
-static struct rt6_info *rt6_alloc_cow(const struct rt6_info *ort,
+static struct rt6_info *rt6_alloc_cow(struct rt6_info *ort,
 				      const struct in6_addr *daddr,
 				      const struct in6_addr *saddr)
 {
@@ -954,10 +966,10 @@ struct dst_entry *ip6_blackhole_route(struct net *net, struct dst_entry *dst_ori
 		rt->rt6i_idev = ort->rt6i_idev;
 		if (rt->rt6i_idev)
 			in6_dev_hold(rt->rt6i_idev);
-		rt->dst.expires = 0;
 
 		rt->rt6i_gateway = ort->rt6i_gateway;
-		rt->rt6i_flags = ort->rt6i_flags & ~RTF_EXPIRES;
+		rt->rt6i_flags = ort->rt6i_flags;
+		rt6_clean_expires(rt);
 		rt->rt6i_metric = 0;
 
 		memcpy(&rt->rt6i_dst, &ort->rt6i_dst, sizeof(struct rt6key));
@@ -1019,10 +1031,9 @@ static void ip6_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	rt = (struct rt6_info *) skb_dst(skb);
 	if (rt) {
-		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
-			dst_set_expires(&rt->dst, 0);
-			rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
-		} else if (rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_DEFAULT))
+		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
+			rt6_update_expires(rt, 0);
+		else if (rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_DEFAULT))
 			rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum = -1;
 	}
 }
@@ -1289,9 +1300,12 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 	}
 
 	rt->dst.obsolete = -1;
-	rt->dst.expires = (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) ?
-				jiffies + clock_t_to_jiffies(cfg->fc_expires) :
-				0;
+
+	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)
+		rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies +
+				clock_t_to_jiffies(cfg->fc_expires));
+	else
+		rt6_clean_expires(rt);
 
 	if (cfg->fc_protocol == RTPROT_UNSPEC)
 		cfg->fc_protocol = RTPROT_BOOT;
@@ -1736,8 +1750,8 @@ static void rt6_do_pmtu_disc(const struct in6_addr *daddr, const struct in6_addr
 			features |= RTAX_FEATURE_ALLFRAG;
 			dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_FEATURES, features);
 		}
-		dst_set_expires(&rt->dst, net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_mtu_expires);
-		rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_MODIFIED|RTF_EXPIRES;
+		rt6_update_expires(rt, net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_mtu_expires);
+		rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_MODIFIED;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1765,9 +1779,8 @@ static void rt6_do_pmtu_disc(const struct in6_addr *daddr, const struct in6_addr
 		 * which is 10 mins. After 10 mins the decreased pmtu is expired
 		 * and detecting PMTU increase will be automatically happened.
 		 */
-		dst_set_expires(&nrt->dst, net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_mtu_expires);
-		nrt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_DYNAMIC|RTF_EXPIRES;
-
+		rt6_update_expires(nrt, net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_mtu_expires);
+		nrt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_DYNAMIC;
 		ip6_ins_rt(nrt);
 	}
 out:
@@ -1799,7 +1812,7 @@ void rt6_pmtu_discovery(const struct in6_addr *daddr, const struct in6_addr *sad
  *	Misc support functions
  */
 
-static struct rt6_info *ip6_rt_copy(const struct rt6_info *ort,
+static struct rt6_info *ip6_rt_copy(struct rt6_info *ort,
 				    const struct in6_addr *dest)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(ort->dst.dev);
@@ -1819,10 +1832,14 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_rt_copy(const struct rt6_info *ort,
 		if (rt->rt6i_idev)
 			in6_dev_hold(rt->rt6i_idev);
 		rt->dst.lastuse = jiffies;
-		rt->dst.expires = 0;
 
 		rt->rt6i_gateway = ort->rt6i_gateway;
-		rt->rt6i_flags = ort->rt6i_flags & ~RTF_EXPIRES;
+		rt->rt6i_flags = ort->rt6i_flags;
+		if ((ort->rt6i_flags & (RTF_DEFAULT | RTF_ADDRCONF)) ==
+		    (RTF_DEFAULT | RTF_ADDRCONF))
+			rt6_set_from(rt, ort);
+		else
+			rt6_clean_expires(rt);
 		rt->rt6i_metric = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES