CGW_FILTER,     /* specify struct can_filter on source CAN device */
        CGW_DELETED,    /* number of deleted CAN frames (see max_hops param) */
        CGW_LIM_HOPS,   /* limit the number of hops of this specific rule */
+       CGW_MOD_UID,    /* user defined identifier for modification updates */
        __CGW_MAX
 };
 
  * load time of the can-gw module). This value is used to reduce the number of
  * possible hops for this gateway rule to a value smaller then max_hops.
  *
+ * CGW_MOD_UID (length 4 bytes):
+ * Optional non-zero user defined routing job identifier to alter existing
+ * modification settings at runtime.
+ *
  * CGW_CS_XOR (length 4 bytes):
  * Set a simple XOR checksum starting with an initial value into
  * data[result-idx] using data[start-idx] .. data[end-idx]
 
                void (*xor)(struct can_frame *cf, struct cgw_csum_xor *xor);
                void (*crc8)(struct can_frame *cf, struct cgw_csum_crc8 *crc8);
        } csumfunc;
+       u32 uid;
 };
 
 
                        goto cancel;
        }
 
+       if (gwj->mod.uid) {
+               if (nla_put_u32(skb, CGW_MOD_UID, gwj->mod.uid) < 0)
+                       goto cancel;
+       }
+
        if (gwj->mod.csumfunc.crc8) {
                if (nla_put(skb, CGW_CS_CRC8, CGW_CS_CRC8_LEN,
                            &gwj->mod.csum.crc8) < 0)
        [CGW_DST_IF]    = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [CGW_FILTER]    = { .len = sizeof(struct can_filter) },
        [CGW_LIM_HOPS]  = { .type = NLA_U8 },
+       [CGW_MOD_UID]   = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 /* check for common and gwtype specific attributes */
                        else
                                mod->csumfunc.xor = cgw_csum_xor_neg;
                }
+
+               if (tb[CGW_MOD_UID]) {
+                       nla_memcpy(&mod->uid, tb[CGW_MOD_UID], sizeof(u32));
+               }
        }
 
        if (gwtype == CGW_TYPE_CAN_CAN) {
 {
        struct rtcanmsg *r;
        struct cgw_job *gwj;
+       struct cf_mod mod;
+       struct can_can_gw ccgw;
        u8 limhops = 0;
        int err = 0;
 
        if (r->gwtype != CGW_TYPE_CAN_CAN)
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       err = cgw_parse_attr(nlh, &mod, CGW_TYPE_CAN_CAN, &ccgw, &limhops);
+       if (err < 0)
+               return err;
+
+       if (mod.uid) {
+
+               ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+               /* check for updating an existing job with identical uid */
+               hlist_for_each_entry(gwj, &cgw_list, list) {
+
+                       if (gwj->mod.uid != mod.uid)
+                               continue;
+
+                       /* interfaces & filters must be identical */
+                       if (memcmp(&gwj->ccgw, &ccgw, sizeof(ccgw)))
+                               return -EINVAL;
+
+                       /* update modifications with disabled softirq & quit */
+                       local_bh_disable();
+                       memcpy(&gwj->mod, &mod, sizeof(mod));
+                       local_bh_enable();
+                       return 0;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* ifindex == 0 is not allowed for job creation */
+       if (!ccgw.src_idx || !ccgw.dst_idx)
+               return -ENODEV;
+
        gwj = kmem_cache_alloc(cgw_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!gwj)
                return -ENOMEM;
        gwj->deleted_frames = 0;
        gwj->flags = r->flags;
        gwj->gwtype = r->gwtype;
+       gwj->limit_hops = limhops;
 
-       err = cgw_parse_attr(nlh, &gwj->mod, CGW_TYPE_CAN_CAN, &gwj->ccgw,
-                            &limhops);
-       if (err < 0)
-               goto out;
+       /* insert already parsed information */
+       memcpy(&gwj->mod, &mod, sizeof(mod));
+       memcpy(&gwj->ccgw, &ccgw, sizeof(ccgw));
 
        err = -ENODEV;
 
-       /* ifindex == 0 is not allowed for job creation */
-       if (!gwj->ccgw.src_idx || !gwj->ccgw.dst_idx)
-               goto out;
-
        gwj->src.dev = __dev_get_by_index(&init_net, gwj->ccgw.src_idx);
 
        if (!gwj->src.dev)
        if (gwj->dst.dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN)
                goto out;
 
-       gwj->limit_hops = limhops;
-
        ASSERT_RTNL();
 
        err = cgw_register_filter(gwj);
                if (gwj->limit_hops != limhops)
                        continue;
 
-               if (memcmp(&gwj->mod, &mod, sizeof(mod)))
-                       continue;
+               /* we have a match when uid is enabled and identical */
+               if (gwj->mod.uid || mod.uid) {
+                       if (gwj->mod.uid != mod.uid)
+                               continue;
+               } else {
+                       /* no uid => check for identical modifications */
+                       if (memcmp(&gwj->mod, &mod, sizeof(mod)))
+                               continue;
+               }
 
                /* if (r->gwtype == CGW_TYPE_CAN_CAN) - is made sure here */
                if (memcmp(&gwj->ccgw, &ccgw, sizeof(ccgw)))