struct ipv6_ac_socklist *ipv6_ac_list;
        struct ipv6_fl_socklist __rcu *ipv6_fl_list;
 
-       struct ipv6_txoptions   *opt;
+       struct ipv6_txoptions __rcu     *opt;
        struct sk_buff          *pktoptions;
        struct sk_buff          *rxpmtu;
        struct inet6_cork       cork;
 
  */
 
 struct ipv6_txoptions {
+       atomic_t                refcnt;
        /* Length of this structure */
        int                     tot_len;
 
        struct ipv6_opt_hdr     *dst0opt;
        struct ipv6_rt_hdr      *srcrt; /* Routing Header */
        struct ipv6_opt_hdr     *dst1opt;
-
+       struct rcu_head         rcu;
        /* Option buffer, as read by IPV6_PKTOPTIONS, starts here. */
 };
 
        struct rcu_head                 rcu;
 };
 
+static inline struct ipv6_txoptions *txopt_get(const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
+{
+       struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
+
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
+       if (opt && !atomic_inc_not_zero(&opt->refcnt))
+               opt = NULL;
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+       return opt;
+}
+
+static inline void txopt_put(struct ipv6_txoptions *opt)
+{
+       if (opt && atomic_dec_and_test(&opt->refcnt))
+               kfree_rcu(opt, rcu);
+}
+
 struct ip6_flowlabel *fl6_sock_lookup(struct sock *sk, __be32 label);
 struct ipv6_txoptions *fl6_merge_options(struct ipv6_txoptions *opt_space,
                                         struct ip6_flowlabel *fl,
 
        security_req_classify_flow(req, flowi6_to_flowi(&fl6));
 
 
-       final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, np->opt, &final);
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt), &final);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 
        dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sk, &fl6, final_p);
        if (IS_ERR(dst)) {
                                                         &ireq->ir_v6_loc_addr,
                                                         &ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr);
                fl6.daddr = ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr;
-               err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, np->opt, np->tclass);
+               rcu_read_lock();
+               err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
+                              np->tclass);
+               rcu_read_unlock();
                err = net_xmit_eval(err);
        }
 
        struct inet_request_sock *ireq = inet_rsk(req);
        struct ipv6_pinfo *newnp;
        const struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+       struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
        struct inet_sock *newinet;
        struct dccp6_sock *newdp6;
        struct sock *newsk;
         * Yes, keeping reference count would be much more clever, but we make
         * one more one thing there: reattach optmem to newsk.
         */
-       if (np->opt != NULL)
-               newnp->opt = ipv6_dup_options(newsk, np->opt);
-
+       opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
+       if (opt) {
+               opt = ipv6_dup_options(newsk, opt);
+               RCU_INIT_POINTER(newnp->opt, opt);
+       }
        inet_csk(newsk)->icsk_ext_hdr_len = 0;
-       if (newnp->opt != NULL)
-               inet_csk(newsk)->icsk_ext_hdr_len = (newnp->opt->opt_nflen +
-                                                    newnp->opt->opt_flen);
+       if (opt)
+               inet_csk(newsk)->icsk_ext_hdr_len = opt->opt_nflen +
+                                                   opt->opt_flen;
 
        dccp_sync_mss(newsk, dst_mtu(dst));
 
        struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
        struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
        struct in6_addr *saddr = NULL, *final_p, final;
+       struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
        struct flowi6 fl6;
        struct dst_entry *dst;
        int addr_type;
        fl6.fl6_sport = inet->inet_sport;
        security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi(&fl6));
 
-       final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, np->opt, &final);
+       opt = rcu_dereference_protected(np->opt, sock_owned_by_user(sk));
+       final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, opt, &final);
 
        dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sk, &fl6, final_p);
        if (IS_ERR(dst)) {
        __ip6_dst_store(sk, dst, NULL, NULL);
 
        icsk->icsk_ext_hdr_len = 0;
-       if (np->opt != NULL)
-               icsk->icsk_ext_hdr_len = (np->opt->opt_flen +
-                                         np->opt->opt_nflen);
+       if (opt)
+               icsk->icsk_ext_hdr_len = opt->opt_flen + opt->opt_nflen;
 
        inet->inet_dport = usin->sin6_port;
 
 
 
        /* Free tx options */
 
-       opt = xchg(&np->opt, NULL);
-       if (opt)
-               sock_kfree_s(sk, opt, opt->tot_len);
+       opt = xchg((__force struct ipv6_txoptions **)&np->opt, NULL);
+       if (opt) {
+               atomic_sub(opt->tot_len, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
+               txopt_put(opt);
+       }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet6_destroy_sock);
 
                fl6.fl6_sport = inet->inet_sport;
                security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi(&fl6));
 
-               final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, np->opt, &final);
+               rcu_read_lock();
+               final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
+                                        &final);
+               rcu_read_unlock();
 
                dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sk, &fl6, final_p);
                if (IS_ERR(dst)) {
 
 
        security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi(&fl6));
 
-       opt = flowlabel ? flowlabel->opt : np->opt;
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       opt = flowlabel ? flowlabel->opt : rcu_dereference(np->opt);
        final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, opt, &final);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 
        dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sk, &fl6, final_p);
        err = 0;
 
                        *((char **)&opt2->dst1opt) += dif;
                if (opt2->srcrt)
                        *((char **)&opt2->srcrt) += dif;
+               atomic_set(&opt2->refcnt, 1);
        }
        return opt2;
 }
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOBUFS);
 
        memset(opt2, 0, tot_len);
-
+       atomic_set(&opt2->refcnt, 1);
        opt2->tot_len = tot_len;
        p = (char *)(opt2 + 1);
 
 
        memset(fl6, 0, sizeof(*fl6));
        fl6->flowi6_proto = proto;
        fl6->daddr = ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr;
-       final_p = fl6_update_dst(fl6, np->opt, &final);
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       final_p = fl6_update_dst(fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt), &final);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
        fl6->saddr = ireq->ir_v6_loc_addr;
        fl6->flowi6_oif = ireq->ir_iif;
        fl6->flowi6_mark = ireq->ir_mark;
        fl6->fl6_dport = inet->inet_dport;
        security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi(fl6));
 
-       final_p = fl6_update_dst(fl6, np->opt, &final);
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       final_p = fl6_update_dst(fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt), &final);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 
        dst = __inet6_csk_dst_check(sk, np->dst_cookie);
        if (!dst) {
        /* Restore final destination back after routing done */
        fl6.daddr = sk->sk_v6_daddr;
 
-       res = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, np->opt, np->tclass);
+       res = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
+                      np->tclass);
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return res;
 }
 
                        icsk->icsk_sync_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_pmtu_cookie);
                }
        }
-       opt = xchg(&inet6_sk(sk)->opt, opt);
+       opt = xchg((__force struct ipv6_txoptions **)&inet6_sk(sk)->opt,
+                  opt);
        sk_dst_reset(sk);
 
        return opt;
                                sk->sk_socket->ops = &inet_dgram_ops;
                                sk->sk_family = PF_INET;
                        }
-                       opt = xchg(&np->opt, NULL);
-                       if (opt)
-                               sock_kfree_s(sk, opt, opt->tot_len);
+                       opt = xchg((__force struct ipv6_txoptions **)&np->opt,
+                                  NULL);
+                       if (opt) {
+                               atomic_sub(opt->tot_len, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
+                               txopt_put(opt);
+                       }
                        pktopt = xchg(&np->pktoptions, NULL);
                        kfree_skb(pktopt);
 
                if (optname != IPV6_RTHDR && !ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW))
                        break;
 
-               opt = ipv6_renew_options(sk, np->opt, optname,
+               opt = rcu_dereference_protected(np->opt, sock_owned_by_user(sk));
+               opt = ipv6_renew_options(sk, opt, optname,
                                         (struct ipv6_opt_hdr __user *)optval,
                                         optlen);
                if (IS_ERR(opt)) {
                retv = 0;
                opt = ipv6_update_options(sk, opt);
 sticky_done:
-               if (opt)
-                       sock_kfree_s(sk, opt, opt->tot_len);
+               if (opt) {
+                       atomic_sub(opt->tot_len, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
+                       txopt_put(opt);
+               }
                break;
        }
 
                        break;
 
                memset(opt, 0, sizeof(*opt));
+               atomic_set(&opt->refcnt, 1);
                opt->tot_len = sizeof(*opt) + optlen;
                retv = -EFAULT;
                if (copy_from_user(opt+1, optval, optlen))
                retv = 0;
                opt = ipv6_update_options(sk, opt);
 done:
-               if (opt)
-                       sock_kfree_s(sk, opt, opt->tot_len);
+               if (opt) {
+                       atomic_sub(opt->tot_len, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
+                       txopt_put(opt);
+               }
                break;
        }
        case IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS:
        case IPV6_RTHDR:
        case IPV6_DSTOPTS:
        {
+               struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
 
                lock_sock(sk);
-               len = ipv6_getsockopt_sticky(sk, np->opt,
-                                            optname, optval, len);
+               opt = rcu_dereference_protected(np->opt, sock_owned_by_user(sk));
+               len = ipv6_getsockopt_sticky(sk, opt, optname, optval, len);
                release_sock(sk);
                /* check if ipv6_getsockopt_sticky() returns err code */
                if (len < 0)
 
 
 static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 {
+       struct ipv6_txoptions *opt_to_free = NULL;
        struct ipv6_txoptions opt_space;
        DECLARE_SOCKADDR(struct sockaddr_in6 *, sin6, msg->msg_name);
        struct in6_addr *daddr, *final_p, final;
                if (!(opt->opt_nflen|opt->opt_flen))
                        opt = NULL;
        }
-       if (!opt)
-               opt = np->opt;
+       if (!opt) {
+               opt = txopt_get(np);
+               opt_to_free = opt;
+               }
        if (flowlabel)
                opt = fl6_merge_options(&opt_space, flowlabel, opt);
        opt = ipv6_fixup_options(&opt_space, opt);
        dst_release(dst);
 out:
        fl6_sock_release(flowlabel);
+       txopt_put(opt_to_free);
        return err < 0 ? err : len;
 do_confirm:
        dst_confirm(dst);
 
                memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6));
                fl6.flowi6_proto = IPPROTO_TCP;
                fl6.daddr = ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr;
-               final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, np->opt, &final);
+               final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt), &final);
                fl6.saddr = ireq->ir_v6_loc_addr;
                fl6.flowi6_oif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
                fl6.flowi6_mark = ireq->ir_mark;
 
        struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
        struct in6_addr *saddr = NULL, *final_p, final;
+       struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
        struct flowi6 fl6;
        struct dst_entry *dst;
        int addr_type;
        fl6.fl6_dport = usin->sin6_port;
        fl6.fl6_sport = inet->inet_sport;
 
-       final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, np->opt, &final);
+       opt = rcu_dereference_protected(np->opt, sock_owned_by_user(sk));
+       final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, opt, &final);
 
        security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi(&fl6));
 
                tcp_fetch_timewait_stamp(sk, dst);
 
        icsk->icsk_ext_hdr_len = 0;
-       if (np->opt)
-               icsk->icsk_ext_hdr_len = (np->opt->opt_flen +
-                                         np->opt->opt_nflen);
+       if (opt)
+               icsk->icsk_ext_hdr_len = opt->opt_flen +
+                                        opt->opt_nflen;
 
        tp->rx_opt.mss_clamp = IPV6_MIN_MTU - sizeof(struct tcphdr) - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
 
                if (np->repflow && ireq->pktopts)
                        fl6->flowlabel = ip6_flowlabel(ipv6_hdr(ireq->pktopts));
 
-               err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, fl6, np->opt, np->tclass);
+               err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
+                              np->tclass);
                err = net_xmit_eval(err);
        }
 
        struct inet_request_sock *ireq;
        struct ipv6_pinfo *newnp;
        const struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+       struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
        struct tcp6_sock *newtcp6sk;
        struct inet_sock *newinet;
        struct tcp_sock *newtp;
           but we make one more one thing there: reattach optmem
           to newsk.
         */
-       if (np->opt)
-               newnp->opt = ipv6_dup_options(newsk, np->opt);
-
+       opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
+       if (opt) {
+               opt = ipv6_dup_options(newsk, opt);
+               RCU_INIT_POINTER(newnp->opt, opt);
+       }
        inet_csk(newsk)->icsk_ext_hdr_len = 0;
-       if (newnp->opt)
-               inet_csk(newsk)->icsk_ext_hdr_len = (newnp->opt->opt_nflen +
-                                                    newnp->opt->opt_flen);
+       if (opt)
+               inet_csk(newsk)->icsk_ext_hdr_len = opt->opt_nflen +
+                                                   opt->opt_flen;
 
        tcp_ca_openreq_child(newsk, dst);
 
 
        DECLARE_SOCKADDR(struct sockaddr_in6 *, sin6, msg->msg_name);
        struct in6_addr *daddr, *final_p, final;
        struct ipv6_txoptions *opt = NULL;
+       struct ipv6_txoptions *opt_to_free = NULL;
        struct ip6_flowlabel *flowlabel = NULL;
        struct flowi6 fl6;
        struct dst_entry *dst;
                        opt = NULL;
                connected = 0;
        }
-       if (!opt)
-               opt = np->opt;
+       if (!opt) {
+               opt = txopt_get(np);
+               opt_to_free = opt;
+       }
        if (flowlabel)
                opt = fl6_merge_options(&opt_space, flowlabel, opt);
        opt = ipv6_fixup_options(&opt_space, opt);
 out:
        dst_release(dst);
        fl6_sock_release(flowlabel);
+       txopt_put(opt_to_free);
        if (!err)
                return len;
        /*
 
        DECLARE_SOCKADDR(struct sockaddr_l2tpip6 *, lsa, msg->msg_name);
        struct in6_addr *daddr, *final_p, final;
        struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+       struct ipv6_txoptions *opt_to_free = NULL;
        struct ipv6_txoptions *opt = NULL;
        struct ip6_flowlabel *flowlabel = NULL;
        struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
                        opt = NULL;
        }
 
-       if (opt == NULL)
-               opt = np->opt;
+       if (!opt) {
+               opt = txopt_get(np);
+               opt_to_free = opt;
+       }
        if (flowlabel)
                opt = fl6_merge_options(&opt_space, flowlabel, opt);
        opt = ipv6_fixup_options(&opt_space, opt);
        dst_release(dst);
 out:
        fl6_sock_release(flowlabel);
+       txopt_put(opt_to_free);
 
        return err < 0 ? err : len;