struct sk_buff *skb, u32 mtu);
 static void            rt6_do_redirect(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk,
                                        struct sk_buff *skb);
+static void            rt6_dst_from_metrics_check(struct rt6_info *rt);
 static int rt6_score_route(struct rt6_info *rt, int oif, int strict);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTE_INFO
 
 static u32 *ipv6_cow_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old)
 {
-       struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
-       struct inet_peer *peer;
-       u32 *p = NULL;
+       struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
 
-       if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_HOST))
+       if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
+               return NULL;
+       else
                return dst_cow_metrics_generic(dst, old);
-
-       peer = rt6_get_peer_create(rt);
-       if (peer) {
-               u32 *old_p = __DST_METRICS_PTR(old);
-               unsigned long prev, new;
-
-               p = peer->metrics;
-               if (inet_metrics_new(peer) ||
-                   (old & DST_METRICS_FORCE_OVERWRITE))
-                       memcpy(p, old_p, sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX);
-
-               new = (unsigned long) p;
-               prev = cmpxchg(&dst->_metrics, old, new);
-
-               if (prev != old) {
-                       p = __DST_METRICS_PTR(prev);
-                       if (prev & DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY)
-                               p = NULL;
-               }
-       }
-       return p;
 }
 
 static inline const void *choose_neigh_daddr(struct rt6_info *rt,
        struct inet6_dev *idev = rt->rt6i_idev;
        struct dst_entry *from = dst->from;
 
-       if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_HOST))
-               dst_destroy_metrics_generic(dst);
+       dst_destroy_metrics_generic(dst);
 
        if (idev) {
                rt->rt6i_idev = NULL;
 
        dst->from = NULL;
        dst_release(from);
-
-       if (rt6_has_peer(rt)) {
-               struct inet_peer *peer = rt6_peer_ptr(rt);
-               inet_putpeer(peer);
-       }
 }
 
 static void ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
        goto redo_fib6_lookup_lock;
 
 out2:
+       rt6_dst_from_metrics_check(rt);
        rt->dst.lastuse = jiffies;
        rt->dst.__use++;
 
  *     Destination cache support functions
  */
 
+static void rt6_dst_from_metrics_check(struct rt6_info *rt)
+{
+       if (rt->dst.from &&
+           dst_metrics_ptr(&rt->dst) != dst_metrics_ptr(rt->dst.from))
+               dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, dst_metrics_ptr(rt->dst.from), true);
+}
+
 static struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie)
 {
        struct rt6_info *rt;
        if (rt6_check_expired(rt))
                return NULL;
 
+       rt6_dst_from_metrics_check(rt);
+
        return dst;
 }
 
                if (mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
                        mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
 
-               dst_metric_set(dst, RTAX_MTU, mtu);
+               rt6->rt6i_pmtu = mtu;
                rt6_update_expires(rt6, net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_mtu_expires);
        }
 }
 
 static unsigned int ip6_mtu(const struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
+       const struct rt6_info *rt = (const struct rt6_info *)dst;
+       unsigned int mtu = rt->rt6i_pmtu;
        struct inet6_dev *idev;
-       unsigned int mtu = dst_metric_raw(dst, RTAX_MTU);
 
+       if (mtu)
+               goto out;
+
+       mtu = dst_metric_raw(dst, RTAX_MTU);
        if (mtu)
                goto out;
 
  *     Misc support functions
  */
 
+static void rt6_set_from(struct rt6_info *rt, struct rt6_info *from)
+{
+       BUG_ON(from->dst.from);
+
+       rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
+       dst_hold(&from->dst);
+       rt->dst.from = &from->dst;
+       dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, dst_metrics_ptr(&from->dst), true);
+}
+
 static struct rt6_info *ip6_rt_copy(struct rt6_info *ort,
                                    const struct in6_addr *dest)
 {
        struct net *net = dev_net(ort->dst.dev);
-       struct rt6_info *rt = ip6_dst_alloc(net, ort->dst.dev, 0,
-                                           ort->rt6i_table);
+       struct rt6_info *rt;
+
+       if (ort->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
+               ort = (struct rt6_info *)ort->dst.from;
+
+       rt = ip6_dst_alloc(net, ort->dst.dev, 0,
+                          ort->rt6i_table);
 
        if (rt) {
                rt->dst.input = ort->dst.input;
 
                rt->rt6i_dst.addr = *dest;
                rt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
-               dst_copy_metrics(&rt->dst, &ort->dst);
                rt->dst.error = ort->dst.error;
                rt->rt6i_idev = ort->rt6i_idev;
                if (rt->rt6i_idev)
           PMTU discouvery.
         */
        if (rt->dst.dev == arg->dev &&
-           !dst_metric_locked(&rt->dst, RTAX_MTU) &&
-           (dst_mtu(&rt->dst) >= arg->mtu ||
-            (dst_mtu(&rt->dst) < arg->mtu &&
-             dst_mtu(&rt->dst) == idev->cnf.mtu6))) {
-               dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_MTU, arg->mtu);
+           !dst_metric_locked(&rt->dst, RTAX_MTU)) {
+               if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
+                       /* For RTF_CACHE with rt6i_pmtu == 0
+                        * (i.e. a redirected route),
+                        * the metrics of its rt->dst.from has already
+                        * been updated.
+                        */
+                       if (rt->rt6i_pmtu && rt->rt6i_pmtu > arg->mtu)
+                               rt->rt6i_pmtu = arg->mtu;
+               } else if (dst_mtu(&rt->dst) >= arg->mtu ||
+                          (dst_mtu(&rt->dst) < arg->mtu &&
+                           dst_mtu(&rt->dst) == idev->cnf.mtu6)) {
+                       dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_MTU, arg->mtu);
+               }
        }
        return 0;
 }
                         int iif, int type, u32 portid, u32 seq,
                         int prefix, int nowait, unsigned int flags)
 {
+       u32 metrics[RTAX_MAX];
        struct rtmsg *rtm;
        struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
        long expires;
                        goto nla_put_failure;
        }
 
-       if (rtnetlink_put_metrics(skb, dst_metrics_ptr(&rt->dst)) < 0)
+       memcpy(metrics, dst_metrics_ptr(&rt->dst), sizeof(metrics));
+       if (rt->rt6i_pmtu)
+               metrics[RTAX_MTU - 1] = rt->rt6i_pmtu;
+       if (rtnetlink_put_metrics(skb, metrics) < 0)
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
        if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_GATEWAY) {