ifa->rt = rt;
 
+       /*
+        * part one of RFC 4429, section 3.3
+        * We should not configure an address as
+        * optimistic if we do not yet know the link
+        * layer address of our nexhop router
+        */
+
+       if (rt->rt6i_nexthop == NULL)
+               ifa->flags &= ~IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC;
+
        ifa->idev = idev;
        in6_dev_hold(idev);
        /* For caller */
        int tmp_plen;
        int ret = 0;
        int max_addresses;
+       u32 addr_flags;
 
        write_lock(&idev->lock);
        if (ift) {
        spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
 
        write_unlock(&idev->lock);
+
+       addr_flags = IFA_F_TEMPORARY;
+       /* set in addrconf_prefix_rcv() */
+       if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)
+               addr_flags |= IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC;
+
        ift = !max_addresses ||
              ipv6_count_addresses(idev) < max_addresses ?
                ipv6_add_addr(idev, &addr, tmp_plen,
-                             ipv6_addr_type(&addr)&IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_MASK, IFA_F_TEMPORARY) : NULL;
+                             ipv6_addr_type(&addr)&IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_MASK,
+                             addr_flags) : NULL;
        if (!ift || IS_ERR(ift)) {
                in6_ifa_put(ifp);
                in6_dev_put(idev);
                         * - Tentative Address (RFC2462 section 5.4)
                         *  - A tentative address is not considered
                         *    "assigned to an interface" in the traditional
-                        *    sense.
+                        *    sense, unless it is also flagged as optimistic.
                         * - Candidate Source Address (section 4)
                         *  - In any case, anycast addresses, multicast
                         *    addresses, and the unspecified address MUST
                         *    NOT be included in a candidate set.
                         */
-                       if (ifa->flags & IFA_F_TENTATIVE)
+                       if ((ifa->flags & IFA_F_TENTATIVE) &&
+                           (!(ifa->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)))
                                continue;
                        if (unlikely(score.addr_type == IPV6_ADDR_ANY ||
                                     score.addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST)) {
                                }
                        }
 
-                       /* Rule 3: Avoid deprecated address */
+                       /* Rule 3: Avoid deprecated and optimistic addresses */
                        if (hiscore.rule < 3) {
                                if (ipv6_saddr_preferred(hiscore.addr_type) ||
-                                   !(ifa_result->flags & IFA_F_DEPRECATED))
+                                  (((ifa_result->flags &
+                                   (IFA_F_DEPRECATED|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)) == 0)))
                                        hiscore.attrs |= IPV6_SADDR_SCORE_PREFERRED;
                                hiscore.rule++;
                        }
                        if (ipv6_saddr_preferred(score.addr_type) ||
-                           !(ifa->flags & IFA_F_DEPRECATED)) {
+                          (((ifa_result->flags &
+                           (IFA_F_DEPRECATED|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)) == 0))) {
                                score.attrs |= IPV6_SADDR_SCORE_PREFERRED;
                                if (!(hiscore.attrs & IPV6_SADDR_SCORE_PREFERRED)) {
                                        score.rule = 3;
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_get_saddr);
 
-int ipv6_get_lladdr(struct net_device *dev, struct in6_addr *addr)
+int ipv6_get_lladdr(struct net_device *dev, struct in6_addr *addr,
+                   unsigned char banned_flags)
 {
        struct inet6_dev *idev;
        int err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
                read_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
                for (ifp=idev->addr_list; ifp; ifp=ifp->if_next) {
-                       if (ifp->scope == IFA_LINK && !(ifp->flags&IFA_F_TENTATIVE)) {
+                       if (ifp->scope == IFA_LINK && !(ifp->flags & banned_flags)) {
                                ipv6_addr_copy(addr, &ifp->addr);
                                err = 0;
                                break;
 
                if (ifp == NULL && valid_lft) {
                        int max_addresses = in6_dev->cnf.max_addresses;
+                       u32 addr_flags = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
+                       if (in6_dev->cnf.optimistic_dad &&
+                           !ipv6_devconf.forwarding)
+                               addr_flags = IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC;
+#endif
 
                        /* Do not allow to create too much of autoconfigured
                         * addresses; this would be too easy way to crash kernel.
                        if (!max_addresses ||
                            ipv6_count_addresses(in6_dev) < max_addresses)
                                ifp = ipv6_add_addr(in6_dev, &addr, pinfo->prefix_len,
-                                                   addr_type&IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_MASK, 0);
+                                                   addr_type&IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_MASK,
+                                                   addr_flags);
 
                        if (!ifp || IS_ERR(ifp)) {
                                in6_dev_put(in6_dev);
 
                addrconf_prefix_route(&ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len, dev,
                                      jiffies_to_clock_t(valid_lft * HZ), flags);
+               /*
+                * Note that section 3.1 of RFC 4429 indicates
+                * that the Optimistic flag should not be set for
+                * manually configured addresses
+                */
                addrconf_dad_start(ifp, 0);
                in6_ifa_put(ifp);
                addrconf_verify(0);
 static void addrconf_add_linklocal(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct in6_addr *addr)
 {
        struct inet6_ifaddr * ifp;
+       u32 addr_flags = IFA_F_PERMANENT;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
+       if (idev->cnf.optimistic_dad &&
+           !ipv6_devconf.forwarding)
+               addr_flags |= IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC;
+#endif
 
-       ifp = ipv6_add_addr(idev, addr, 64, IFA_LINK, IFA_F_PERMANENT);
+
+       ifp = ipv6_add_addr(idev, addr, 64, IFA_LINK, addr_flags);
        if (!IS_ERR(ifp)) {
                addrconf_prefix_route(&ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len, idev->dev, 0, 0);
                addrconf_dad_start(ifp, 0);
 {
        struct in6_addr lladdr;
 
-       if (!ipv6_get_lladdr(link_dev, &lladdr)) {
+       if (!ipv6_get_lladdr(link_dev, &lladdr, IFA_F_TENTATIVE)) {
                addrconf_add_linklocal(idev, &lladdr);
                return 0;
        }
        unsigned long rand_num;
        struct inet6_dev *idev = ifp->idev;
 
-       rand_num = net_random() % (idev->cnf.rtr_solicit_delay ? : 1);
+       if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)
+               rand_num = 0;
+       else
+               rand_num = net_random() % (idev->cnf.rtr_solicit_delay ? : 1);
+
        ifp->probes = idev->cnf.dad_transmits;
        addrconf_mod_timer(ifp, AC_DAD, rand_num);
 }
        if (dev->flags&(IFF_NOARP|IFF_LOOPBACK) ||
            !(ifp->flags&IFA_F_TENTATIVE) ||
            ifp->flags & IFA_F_NODAD) {
-               ifp->flags &= ~IFA_F_TENTATIVE;
+               ifp->flags &= ~(IFA_F_TENTATIVE|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC);
                spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
                read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
                addrconf_dad_stop(ifp);
                return;
        }
+
+       /*
+        * Optimistic nodes can start receiving
+        * Frames right away
+        */
+       if(ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)
+               ip6_ins_rt(ifp->rt);
+
        addrconf_dad_kick(ifp);
        spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
 out:
                 * DAD was successful
                 */
 
-               ifp->flags &= ~IFA_F_TENTATIVE;
+               ifp->flags &= ~(IFA_F_TENTATIVE|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC);
                spin_unlock_bh(&ifp->lock);
                read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
 #endif
        array[DEVCONF_PROXY_NDP] = cnf->proxy_ndp;
        array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_SOURCE_ROUTE] = cnf->accept_source_route;
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
+       array[DEVCONF_OPTIMISTIC_DAD] = cnf->optimistic_dad;
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline size_t inet6_if_nlmsg_size(void)
 
        switch (event) {
        case RTM_NEWADDR:
-               ip6_ins_rt(ifp->rt);
+               /*
+                * If the address was optimistic
+                * we inserted the route at the start of
+                * our DAD process, so we don't need
+                * to do it again
+                */
+               if (!(ifp->rt->rt6i_node))
+                       ip6_ins_rt(ifp->rt);
                if (ifp->idev->cnf.forwarding)
                        addrconf_join_anycast(ifp);
                break;
                        .mode           =       0644,
                        .proc_handler   =       &proc_dointvec,
                },
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
+               {
+                       .ctl_name       =       CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+                       .procname       =       "optimistic_dad",
+                       .data           =       &ipv6_devconf.optimistic_dad,
+                       .maxlen         =       sizeof(int),
+                       .mode           =       0644,
+                       .proc_handler   =       &proc_dointvec,
+
+               },
+#endif
                {
                        .ctl_name       =       0,      /* sentinel */
                }
 
        ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(solicited_addr, dev, 1);
        if (ifp) {
                src_addr = solicited_addr;
+               if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)
+                       override = 0;
                in6_ifa_put(ifp);
        } else {
                if (ipv6_dev_get_saddr(dev, daddr, &tmpaddr))
        int send_llinfo;
 
        if (saddr == NULL) {
-               if (ipv6_get_lladdr(dev, &addr_buf))
+               if (ipv6_get_lladdr(dev, &addr_buf,
+                                  (IFA_F_TENTATIVE|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)))
                        return;
                saddr = &addr_buf;
        }
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        struct icmp6hdr *hdr;
        __u8 * opt;
+       struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
+       int send_sllao = dev->addr_len;
        int len;
        int err;
 
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
+       /*
+        * According to section 2.2 of RFC 4429, we must not
+        * send router solicitations with a sllao from
+        * optimistic addresses, but we may send the solicitation
+        * if we don't include the sllao.  So here we check
+        * if our address is optimistic, and if so, we
+        * supress the inclusion of the sllao.
+        */
+       if (send_sllao) {
+               ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(saddr, dev, 1);
+               if (ifp) {
+                       if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)  {
+                               send_sllao=0;
+                               in6_ifa_put(ifp);
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       send_sllao = 0;
+               }
+       }
+#endif
        ndisc_flow_init(&fl, NDISC_ROUTER_SOLICITATION, saddr, daddr,
                        dev->ifindex);
 
                return;
 
        len = sizeof(struct icmp6hdr);
-       if (dev->addr_len)
+       if (send_sllao)
                len += ndisc_opt_addr_space(dev);
 
        skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk,
 
        opt = (u8*) (hdr + 1);
 
-       if (dev->addr_len)
+       if (send_sllao)
                ndisc_fill_addr_option(opt, ND_OPT_SOURCE_LL_ADDR, dev->dev_addr,
                                       dev->addr_len, dev->type);
 
        inc = ipv6_addr_is_multicast(daddr);
 
        if ((ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&msg->target, dev, 1)) != NULL) {
-               if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_TENTATIVE) {
-                       /* Address is tentative. If the source
-                          is unspecified address, it is someone
-                          does DAD, otherwise we ignore solicitations
-                          until DAD timer expires.
-                        */
-                       if (!dad)
+
+               if (ifp->flags & (IFA_F_TENTATIVE|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)) {
+                       if (dad) {
+                               if (dev->type == ARPHRD_IEEE802_TR) {
+                                       unsigned char *sadr = skb->mac.raw;
+                                       if (((sadr[8] ^ dev->dev_addr[0]) & 0x7f) == 0 &&
+                                           sadr[9] == dev->dev_addr[1] &&
+                                           sadr[10] == dev->dev_addr[2] &&
+                                           sadr[11] == dev->dev_addr[3] &&
+                                           sadr[12] == dev->dev_addr[4] &&
+                                           sadr[13] == dev->dev_addr[5]) {
+                                               /* looped-back to us */
+                                               goto out;
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               /*
+                                * We are colliding with another node
+                                * who is doing DAD
+                                * so fail our DAD process
+                                */
+                               addrconf_dad_failure(ifp);
                                goto out;
-                       if (dev->type == ARPHRD_IEEE802_TR) {
-                               unsigned char *sadr = skb->mac.raw;
-                               if (((sadr[8] ^ dev->dev_addr[0]) & 0x7f) == 0 &&
-                                   sadr[9] == dev->dev_addr[1] &&
-                                   sadr[10] == dev->dev_addr[2] &&
-                                   sadr[11] == dev->dev_addr[3] &&
-                                   sadr[12] == dev->dev_addr[4] &&
-                                   sadr[13] == dev->dev_addr[5]) {
-                                       /* looped-back to us */
+                       } else {
+                               /*
+                                * This is not a dad solicitation.
+                                * If we are an optimistic node,
+                                * we should respond.
+                                * Otherwise, we should ignore it.
+                                */
+                               if (!(ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC))
                                        goto out;
-                               }
                        }
-                       addrconf_dad_failure(ifp);
-                       return;
                }
 
                idev = ifp->idev;
 
        dev = skb->dev;
 
-       if (ipv6_get_lladdr(dev, &saddr_buf)) {
+       if (ipv6_get_lladdr(dev, &saddr_buf, IFA_F_TENTATIVE)) {
                ND_PRINTK2(KERN_WARNING
                           "ICMPv6 Redirect: no link-local address on %s\n",
                           dev->name);