static struct hlist_head inet6_addr_lst[IN6_ADDR_HSIZE];
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(addrconf_hash_lock);
 
-static void addrconf_verify(unsigned long);
+static void addrconf_verify(void);
+static void addrconf_verify_rtnl(void);
+static void addrconf_verify_work(struct work_struct *);
 
-static DEFINE_TIMER(addr_chk_timer, addrconf_verify, 0, 0);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(addrconf_verify_lock);
+static struct workqueue_struct *addrconf_wq;
+static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(addr_chk_work, addrconf_verify_work);
 
 static void addrconf_join_anycast(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp);
 static void addrconf_leave_anycast(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp);
                                                  u32 flags, u32 noflags);
 
 static void addrconf_dad_start(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp);
-static void addrconf_dad_timer(unsigned long data);
+static void addrconf_dad_work(struct work_struct *w);
 static void addrconf_dad_completed(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp);
 static void addrconf_dad_run(struct inet6_dev *idev);
 static void addrconf_rs_timer(unsigned long data);
                __in6_dev_put(idev);
 }
 
-static void addrconf_del_dad_timer(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
+static void addrconf_del_dad_work(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
-       if (del_timer(&ifp->dad_timer))
+       if (cancel_delayed_work(&ifp->dad_work))
                __in6_ifa_put(ifp);
 }
 
        mod_timer(&idev->rs_timer, jiffies + when);
 }
 
-static void addrconf_mod_dad_timer(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp,
-                                  unsigned long when)
+static void addrconf_mod_dad_work(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp,
+                                  unsigned long delay)
 {
-       if (!timer_pending(&ifp->dad_timer))
+       if (!delayed_work_pending(&ifp->dad_work))
                in6_ifa_hold(ifp);
-       mod_timer(&ifp->dad_timer, jiffies + when);
+       mod_delayed_work(addrconf_wq, &ifp->dad_work, delay);
 }
 
 static int snmp6_alloc_dev(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 
        in6_dev_put(ifp->idev);
 
-       if (del_timer(&ifp->dad_timer))
-               pr_notice("Timer is still running, when freeing ifa=%p\n", ifp);
+       if (cancel_delayed_work(&ifp->dad_work))
+               pr_notice("delayed DAD work was pending while freeing ifa=%p\n",
+                         ifp);
 
        if (ifp->state != INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD) {
                pr_warn("Freeing alive inet6 address %p\n", ifp);
 
        spin_lock_init(&ifa->lock);
        spin_lock_init(&ifa->state_lock);
-       setup_timer(&ifa->dad_timer, addrconf_dad_timer,
-                   (unsigned long)ifa);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ifa->dad_work, addrconf_dad_work);
        INIT_HLIST_NODE(&ifa->addr_lst);
        ifa->scope = scope;
        ifa->prefix_len = pfxlen;
        enum cleanup_prefix_rt_t action = CLEANUP_PREFIX_RT_NOP;
        unsigned long expires;
 
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        spin_lock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
        state = ifp->state;
        ifp->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD;
 
        write_unlock_bh(&ifp->idev->lock);
 
-       addrconf_del_dad_timer(ifp);
+       addrconf_del_dad_work(ifp);
 
        ipv6_ifa_notify(RTM_DELADDR, ifp);
 
 {
        if (ifp->flags&IFA_F_PERMANENT) {
                spin_lock_bh(&ifp->lock);
-               addrconf_del_dad_timer(ifp);
+               addrconf_del_dad_work(ifp);
                ifp->flags |= IFA_F_TENTATIVE;
                if (dad_failed)
                        ifp->flags |= IFA_F_DADFAILED;
                        spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
                }
                ipv6_del_addr(ifp);
-       } else
+       } else {
                ipv6_del_addr(ifp);
+       }
 }
 
 static int addrconf_dad_end(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
        int err = -ENOENT;
 
-       spin_lock(&ifp->state_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
        if (ifp->state == INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DAD) {
                ifp->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_POSTDAD;
                err = 0;
        }
-       spin_unlock(&ifp->state_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
 
        return err;
 }
                }
        }
 
-       addrconf_dad_stop(ifp, 1);
+       spin_lock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
+       /* transition from _POSTDAD to _ERRDAD */
+       ifp->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_ERRDAD;
+       spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
+
+       addrconf_mod_dad_work(ifp, 0);
 }
 
 /* Join to solicited addr multicast group. */
 {
        struct in6_addr maddr;
 
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        if (dev->flags&(IFF_LOOPBACK|IFF_NOARP))
                return;
 
 {
        struct in6_addr maddr;
 
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        if (idev->dev->flags&(IFF_LOOPBACK|IFF_NOARP))
                return;
 
 static void addrconf_join_anycast(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
        struct in6_addr addr;
+
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        if (ifp->prefix_len >= 127) /* RFC 6164 */
                return;
        ipv6_addr_prefix(&addr, &ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len);
 static void addrconf_leave_anycast(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
        struct in6_addr addr;
+
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        if (ifp->prefix_len >= 127) /* RFC 6164 */
                return;
        ipv6_addr_prefix(&addr, &ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len);
                                return;
                        }
 
-                       ifp->flags |= IFA_F_MANAGETEMPADDR;
                        update_lft = 0;
                        create = 1;
+                       spin_lock_bh(&ifp->lock);
+                       ifp->flags |= IFA_F_MANAGETEMPADDR;
                        ifp->cstamp = jiffies;
                        ifp->tokenized = tokenized;
+                       spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
                        addrconf_dad_start(ifp);
                }
 
                                         create, now);
 
                        in6_ifa_put(ifp);
-                       addrconf_verify(0);
+                       addrconf_verify();
                }
        }
        inet6_prefix_notify(RTM_NEWPREFIX, in6_dev, pinfo);
                        manage_tempaddrs(idev, ifp, valid_lft, prefered_lft,
                                         true, jiffies);
                in6_ifa_put(ifp);
-               addrconf_verify(0);
+               addrconf_verify_rtnl();
                return 0;
        }
 
                hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(ifa, h, addr_lst) {
                        if (ifa->idev == idev) {
                                hlist_del_init_rcu(&ifa->addr_lst);
-                               addrconf_del_dad_timer(ifa);
+                               addrconf_del_dad_work(ifa);
                                goto restart;
                        }
                }
        while (!list_empty(&idev->addr_list)) {
                ifa = list_first_entry(&idev->addr_list,
                                       struct inet6_ifaddr, if_list);
-               addrconf_del_dad_timer(ifa);
+               addrconf_del_dad_work(ifa);
 
                list_del(&ifa->if_list);
 
                rand_num = prandom_u32() % (idev->cnf.rtr_solicit_delay ? : 1);
 
        ifp->dad_probes = idev->cnf.dad_transmits;
-       addrconf_mod_dad_timer(ifp, rand_num);
+       addrconf_mod_dad_work(ifp, rand_num);
 }
 
-static void addrconf_dad_start(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
+static void addrconf_dad_begin(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
        struct inet6_dev *idev = ifp->idev;
        struct net_device *dev = idev->dev;
        read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 }
 
-static void addrconf_dad_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void addrconf_dad_start(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
-       struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp = (struct inet6_ifaddr *) data;
+       bool begin_dad = false;
+
+       spin_lock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
+       if (ifp->state != INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD) {
+               ifp->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_PREDAD;
+               begin_dad = true;
+       }
+       spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
+
+       if (begin_dad)
+               addrconf_mod_dad_work(ifp, 0);
+}
+
+static void addrconf_dad_work(struct work_struct *w)
+{
+       struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp = container_of(to_delayed_work(w),
+                                               struct inet6_ifaddr,
+                                               dad_work);
        struct inet6_dev *idev = ifp->idev;
        struct in6_addr mcaddr;
 
+       enum {
+               DAD_PROCESS,
+               DAD_BEGIN,
+               DAD_ABORT,
+       } action = DAD_PROCESS;
+
+       rtnl_lock();
+
+       spin_lock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
+       if (ifp->state == INET6_IFADDR_STATE_PREDAD) {
+               action = DAD_BEGIN;
+               ifp->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DAD;
+       } else if (ifp->state == INET6_IFADDR_STATE_ERRDAD) {
+               action = DAD_ABORT;
+               ifp->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_POSTDAD;
+       }
+       spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->state_lock);
+
+       if (action == DAD_BEGIN) {
+               addrconf_dad_begin(ifp);
+               goto out;
+       } else if (action == DAD_ABORT) {
+               addrconf_dad_stop(ifp, 1);
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        if (!ifp->dad_probes && addrconf_dad_end(ifp))
                goto out;
 
-       write_lock(&idev->lock);
+       write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
        if (idev->dead || !(idev->if_flags & IF_READY)) {
-               write_unlock(&idev->lock);
+               write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
                goto out;
        }
 
        spin_lock(&ifp->lock);
        if (ifp->state == INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD) {
                spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
-               write_unlock(&idev->lock);
+               write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
                goto out;
        }
 
 
                ifp->flags &= ~(IFA_F_TENTATIVE|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC|IFA_F_DADFAILED);
                spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
-               write_unlock(&idev->lock);
+               write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
                addrconf_dad_completed(ifp);
 
        }
 
        ifp->dad_probes--;
-       addrconf_mod_dad_timer(ifp,
-                              NEIGH_VAR(ifp->idev->nd_parms, RETRANS_TIME));
+       addrconf_mod_dad_work(ifp,
+                             NEIGH_VAR(ifp->idev->nd_parms, RETRANS_TIME));
        spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
-       write_unlock(&idev->lock);
+       write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
        /* send a neighbour solicitation for our addr */
        addrconf_addr_solict_mult(&ifp->addr, &mcaddr);
        ndisc_send_ns(ifp->idev->dev, NULL, &ifp->addr, &mcaddr, &in6addr_any);
 out:
        in6_ifa_put(ifp);
+       rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 /* ifp->idev must be at least read locked */
        struct in6_addr lladdr;
        bool send_rs, send_mld;
 
-       addrconf_del_dad_timer(ifp);
+       addrconf_del_dad_work(ifp);
 
        /*
         *      Configure the address for reception. Now it is valid.
  *     Periodic address status verification
  */
 
-static void addrconf_verify(unsigned long foo)
+static void addrconf_verify_rtnl(void)
 {
        unsigned long now, next, next_sec, next_sched;
        struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
        int i;
 
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        rcu_read_lock_bh();
-       spin_lock(&addrconf_verify_lock);
        now = jiffies;
        next = round_jiffies_up(now + ADDR_CHECK_FREQUENCY);
 
-       del_timer(&addr_chk_timer);
+       cancel_delayed_work(&addr_chk_work);
 
        for (i = 0; i < IN6_ADDR_HSIZE; i++) {
 restart:
-               hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh(ifp,
-                                        &inet6_addr_lst[i], addr_lst) {
+               hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh(ifp, &inet6_addr_lst[i], addr_lst) {
                        unsigned long age;
 
                        /* When setting preferred_lft to a value not zero or
 
        ADBG(KERN_DEBUG "now = %lu, schedule = %lu, rounded schedule = %lu => %lu\n",
              now, next, next_sec, next_sched);
-
-       addr_chk_timer.expires = next_sched;
-       add_timer(&addr_chk_timer);
-       spin_unlock(&addrconf_verify_lock);
+       mod_delayed_work(addrconf_wq, &addr_chk_work, next_sched - now);
        rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 }
 
+static void addrconf_verify_work(struct work_struct *w)
+{
+       rtnl_lock();
+       addrconf_verify_rtnl();
+       rtnl_unlock();
+}
+
+static void addrconf_verify(void)
+{
+       mod_delayed_work(addrconf_wq, &addr_chk_work, 0);
+}
+
 static struct in6_addr *extract_addr(struct nlattr *addr, struct nlattr *local,
                                     struct in6_addr **peer_pfx)
 {
        bool was_managetempaddr;
        bool had_prefixroute;
 
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        if (!valid_lft || (prefered_lft > valid_lft))
                return -EINVAL;
 
                                 !was_managetempaddr, jiffies);
        }
 
-       addrconf_verify(0);
+       addrconf_verify_rtnl();
 
        return 0;
 }
        bool update_rs = false;
        struct in6_addr ll_addr;
 
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        if (token == NULL)
                return -EINVAL;
        if (ipv6_addr_any(token))
        }
 
        write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
-       addrconf_verify(0);
+       addrconf_verify_rtnl();
        return 0;
 }
 
 {
        struct net *net = dev_net(ifp->idev->dev);
 
+       if (event)
+               ASSERT_RTNL();
+
        inet6_ifa_notify(event ? : RTM_NEWADDR, ifp);
 
        switch (event) {
        if (err < 0)
                goto out_addrlabel;
 
+       addrconf_wq = create_workqueue("ipv6_addrconf");
+       if (!addrconf_wq) {
+               err = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out_nowq;
+       }
+
        /* The addrconf netdev notifier requires that loopback_dev
         * has it's ipv6 private information allocated and setup
         * before it can bring up and give link-local addresses
 
        register_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
 
-       addrconf_verify(0);
+       addrconf_verify();
 
        rtnl_af_register(&inet6_ops);
 
        rtnl_af_unregister(&inet6_ops);
        unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
 errlo:
+       destroy_workqueue(addrconf_wq);
+out_nowq:
        unregister_pernet_subsys(&addrconf_ops);
 out_addrlabel:
        ipv6_addr_label_cleanup();
        for (i = 0; i < IN6_ADDR_HSIZE; i++)
                WARN_ON(!hlist_empty(&inet6_addr_lst[i]));
        spin_unlock_bh(&addrconf_hash_lock);
-
-       del_timer(&addr_chk_timer);
+       cancel_delayed_work(&addr_chk_work);
        rtnl_unlock();
+
+       destroy_workqueue(addrconf_wq);
 }