static struct rtable *geneve_get_v4_rt(struct sk_buff *skb,
                                       struct net_device *dev,
+                                      struct geneve_sock *gs4,
                                       struct flowi4 *fl4,
                                       const struct ip_tunnel_info *info)
 {
        struct rtable *rt = NULL;
        __u8 tos;
 
-       if (!rcu_dereference(geneve->sock4))
+       if (!gs4)
                return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 
        memset(fl4, 0, sizeof(*fl4));
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 static struct dst_entry *geneve_get_v6_dst(struct sk_buff *skb,
                                           struct net_device *dev,
+                                          struct geneve_sock *gs6,
                                           struct flowi6 *fl6,
                                           const struct ip_tunnel_info *info)
 {
        struct geneve_dev *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
        struct dst_cache *dst_cache;
-       struct geneve_sock *gs6;
        __u8 prio;
 
-       gs6 = rcu_dereference(geneve->sock6);
        if (!gs6)
                return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 
        __be16 df;
        int err;
 
-       rt = geneve_get_v4_rt(skb, dev, &fl4, info);
+       rt = geneve_get_v4_rt(skb, dev, gs4, &fl4, info);
        if (IS_ERR(rt))
                return PTR_ERR(rt);
 
        __be16 sport;
        int err;
 
-       dst = geneve_get_v6_dst(skb, dev, &fl6, info);
+       dst = geneve_get_v6_dst(skb, dev, gs6, &fl6, info);
        if (IS_ERR(dst))
                return PTR_ERR(dst);
 
        if (ip_tunnel_info_af(info) == AF_INET) {
                struct rtable *rt;
                struct flowi4 fl4;
+               struct geneve_sock *gs4 = rcu_dereference(geneve->sock4);
 
-               rt = geneve_get_v4_rt(skb, dev, &fl4, info);
+               rt = geneve_get_v4_rt(skb, dev, gs4, &fl4, info);
                if (IS_ERR(rt))
                        return PTR_ERR(rt);
 
        } else if (ip_tunnel_info_af(info) == AF_INET6) {
                struct dst_entry *dst;
                struct flowi6 fl6;
+               struct geneve_sock *gs6 = rcu_dereference(geneve->sock6);
 
-               dst = geneve_get_v6_dst(skb, dev, &fl6, info);
+               dst = geneve_get_v6_dst(skb, dev, gs6, &fl6, info);
                if (IS_ERR(dst))
                        return PTR_ERR(dst);
 
                return true;
 }
 
+static bool geneve_dst_addr_equal(struct ip_tunnel_info *a,
+                                 struct ip_tunnel_info *b)
+{
+       if (ip_tunnel_info_af(a) == AF_INET)
+               return a->key.u.ipv4.dst == b->key.u.ipv4.dst;
+       else
+               return ipv6_addr_equal(&a->key.u.ipv6.dst, &b->key.u.ipv6.dst);
+}
+
 static int geneve_configure(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
                            const struct ip_tunnel_info *info,
                            bool metadata, bool ipv6_rx_csum)
        info->key.tp_dst = htons(dst_port);
 }
 
-static int geneve_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
-                         struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
-                         struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int geneve_nl2info(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
+                         struct nlattr *data[], struct ip_tunnel_info *info,
+                         bool *metadata, bool *use_udp6_rx_checksums,
+                         bool changelink)
 {
-       bool use_udp6_rx_checksums = false;
-       struct ip_tunnel_info info;
-       bool metadata = false;
-
-       init_tnl_info(&info, GENEVE_UDP_PORT);
-
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE] && data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE6])
                return -EINVAL;
 
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE]) {
-               info.key.u.ipv4.dst =
+               if (changelink && (ip_tunnel_info_af(info) == AF_INET6))
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+               info->key.u.ipv4.dst =
                        nla_get_in_addr(data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE]);
 
-               if (IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(info.key.u.ipv4.dst))) {
+               if (IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(info->key.u.ipv4.dst))) {
                        netdev_dbg(dev, "multicast remote is unsupported\n");
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
 
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE6]) {
  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-               info.mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6;
-               info.key.u.ipv6.dst =
+               if (changelink && (ip_tunnel_info_af(info) == AF_INET))
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+               info->mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6;
+               info->key.u.ipv6.dst =
                        nla_get_in6_addr(data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE6]);
 
-               if (ipv6_addr_type(&info.key.u.ipv6.dst) &
+               if (ipv6_addr_type(&info->key.u.ipv6.dst) &
                    IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) {
                        netdev_dbg(dev, "link-local remote is unsupported\n");
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
-               if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&info.key.u.ipv6.dst)) {
+               if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&info->key.u.ipv6.dst)) {
                        netdev_dbg(dev, "multicast remote is unsupported\n");
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
-               info.key.tun_flags |= TUNNEL_CSUM;
-               use_udp6_rx_checksums = true;
+               info->key.tun_flags |= TUNNEL_CSUM;
+               *use_udp6_rx_checksums = true;
 #else
                return -EPFNOSUPPORT;
 #endif
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_ID]) {
                __u32 vni;
                __u8 tvni[3];
+               __be64 tunid;
 
                vni = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_GENEVE_ID]);
                tvni[0] = (vni & 0x00ff0000) >> 16;
                tvni[1] = (vni & 0x0000ff00) >> 8;
                tvni[2] =  vni & 0x000000ff;
 
-               info.key.tun_id = vni_to_tunnel_id(tvni);
+               tunid = vni_to_tunnel_id(tvni);
+               if (changelink && (tunid != info->key.tun_id))
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               info->key.tun_id = tunid;
        }
+
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL])
-               info.key.ttl = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL]);
+               info->key.ttl = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL]);
 
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_TOS])
-               info.key.tos = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_TOS]);
+               info->key.tos = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_TOS]);
 
        if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_LABEL]) {
-               info.key.label = nla_get_be32(data[IFLA_GENEVE_LABEL]) &
+               info->key.label = nla_get_be32(data[IFLA_GENEVE_LABEL]) &
                                  IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
-               if (info.key.label && (!(info.mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6)))
+               if (info->key.label && (!(info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6)))
                        return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_PORT])
-               info.key.tp_dst = nla_get_be16(data[IFLA_GENEVE_PORT]);
+       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_PORT]) {
+               if (changelink)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               info->key.tp_dst = nla_get_be16(data[IFLA_GENEVE_PORT]);
+       }
 
-       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_COLLECT_METADATA])
-               metadata = true;
+       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_COLLECT_METADATA]) {
+               if (changelink)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               *metadata = true;
+       }
 
-       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_CSUM] &&
-           nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_CSUM]))
-               info.key.tun_flags |= TUNNEL_CSUM;
+       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_CSUM]) {
+               if (changelink)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               if (nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_CSUM]))
+                       info->key.tun_flags |= TUNNEL_CSUM;
+       }
 
-       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX] &&
-           nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX]))
-               info.key.tun_flags &= ~TUNNEL_CSUM;
+       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX]) {
+               if (changelink)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               if (nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX]))
+                       info->key.tun_flags &= ~TUNNEL_CSUM;
+       }
 
-       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX] &&
-           nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX]))
-               use_udp6_rx_checksums = false;
+       if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX]) {
+               if (changelink)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               if (nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX]))
+                       *use_udp6_rx_checksums = false;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int geneve_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
+                         struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
+                         struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+       bool use_udp6_rx_checksums = false;
+       struct ip_tunnel_info info;
+       bool metadata = false;
+       int err;
+
+       init_tnl_info(&info, GENEVE_UDP_PORT);
+       err = geneve_nl2info(dev, tb, data, &info, &metadata,
+                            &use_udp6_rx_checksums, false);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
 
        return geneve_configure(net, dev, &info, metadata, use_udp6_rx_checksums);
 }
 
+/* Quiesces the geneve device data path for both TX and RX.
+ *
+ * On transmit geneve checks for non-NULL geneve_sock before it proceeds.
+ * So, if we set that socket to NULL under RCU and wait for synchronize_net()
+ * to complete for the existing set of in-flight packets to be transmitted,
+ * then we would have quiesced the transmit data path. All the future packets
+ * will get dropped until we unquiesce the data path.
+ *
+ * On receive geneve dereference the geneve_sock stashed in the socket. So,
+ * if we set that to NULL under RCU and wait for synchronize_net() to
+ * complete, then we would have quiesced the receive data path.
+ */
+static void geneve_quiesce(struct geneve_dev *geneve, struct geneve_sock **gs4,
+                          struct geneve_sock **gs6)
+{
+       *gs4 = rtnl_dereference(geneve->sock4);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock4, NULL);
+       if (*gs4)
+               rcu_assign_sk_user_data((*gs4)->sock->sk, NULL);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+       *gs6 = rtnl_dereference(geneve->sock6);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock6, NULL);
+       if (*gs6)
+               rcu_assign_sk_user_data((*gs6)->sock->sk, NULL);
+#else
+       *gs6 = NULL;
+#endif
+       synchronize_net();
+}
+
+/* Resumes the geneve device data path for both TX and RX. */
+static void geneve_unquiesce(struct geneve_dev *geneve, struct geneve_sock *gs4,
+                            struct geneve_sock __maybe_unused *gs6)
+{
+       rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock4, gs4);
+       if (gs4)
+               rcu_assign_sk_user_data(gs4->sock->sk, gs4);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+       rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock6, gs6);
+       if (gs6)
+               rcu_assign_sk_user_data(gs6->sock->sk, gs6);
+#endif
+       synchronize_net();
+}
+
+static int geneve_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
+                            struct nlattr *data[],
+                            struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+       struct geneve_dev *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
+       struct geneve_sock *gs4, *gs6;
+       struct ip_tunnel_info info;
+       bool metadata;
+       bool use_udp6_rx_checksums;
+       int err;
+
+       /* If the geneve device is configured for metadata (or externally
+        * controlled, for example, OVS), then nothing can be changed.
+        */
+       if (geneve->collect_md)
+               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+       /* Start with the existing info. */
+       memcpy(&info, &geneve->info, sizeof(info));
+       metadata = geneve->collect_md;
+       use_udp6_rx_checksums = geneve->use_udp6_rx_checksums;
+       err = geneve_nl2info(dev, tb, data, &info, &metadata,
+                            &use_udp6_rx_checksums, true);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
+       if (!geneve_dst_addr_equal(&geneve->info, &info))
+               dst_cache_reset(&info.dst_cache);
+
+       geneve_quiesce(geneve, &gs4, &gs6);
+       geneve->info = info;
+       geneve->collect_md = metadata;
+       geneve->use_udp6_rx_checksums = use_udp6_rx_checksums;
+       geneve_unquiesce(geneve, gs4, gs6);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static void geneve_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 {
        struct geneve_dev *geneve = netdev_priv(dev);
        .setup          = geneve_setup,
        .validate       = geneve_validate,
        .newlink        = geneve_newlink,
+       .changelink     = geneve_changelink,
        .dellink        = geneve_dellink,
        .get_size       = geneve_get_size,
        .fill_info      = geneve_fill_info,