Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next

Pull networking updates from David Miller:
 "This is a re-do of the net-next pull request for the current merge
  window.  The only difference from the one I made the other day is that
  this has Eliezer's interface renames and the timeout handling changes
  made based upon your feedback, as well as a few bug fixes that have
  trickeled in.

  Highlights:

   1) Low latency device polling, eliminating the cost of interrupt
      handling and context switches.  Allows direct polling of a network
      device from socket operations, such as recvmsg() and poll().

      Currently ixgbe, mlx4, and bnx2x support this feature.

      Full high level description, performance numbers, and design in
      commit 0a4db187a999 ("Merge branch 'll_poll'")

      From Eliezer Tamir.

   2) With the routing cache removed, ip_check_mc_rcu() gets exercised
      more than ever before in the case where we have lots of multicast
      addresses.  Use a hash table instead of a simple linked list, from
      Eric Dumazet.

   3) Add driver for Atheros CQA98xx 802.11ac wireless devices, from
      Bartosz Markowski, Janusz Dziedzic, Kalle Valo, Marek Kwaczynski,
      Marek Puzyniak, Michal Kazior, and Sujith Manoharan.

   4) Support reporting the TUN device persist flag to userspace, from
      Pavel Emelyanov.

   5) Allow controlling network device VF link state using netlink, from
      Rony Efraim.

   6) Support GRE tunneling in openvswitch, from Pravin B Shelar.

   7) Adjust SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF and SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF for modern times, from
      Daniel Borkmann and Eric Dumazet.

   8) Allow controlling of TCP quickack behavior on a per-route basis,
      from Cong Wang.

   9) Several bug fixes and improvements to vxlan from Stephen
      Hemminger, Pravin B Shelar, and Mike Rapoport.  In particular,
      support receiving on multiple UDP ports.

  10) Major cleanups, particular in the area of debugging and cookie
      lifetime handline, to the SCTP protocol code.  From Daniel
      Borkmann.

  11) Allow packets to cross network namespaces when traversing tunnel
      devices.  From Nicolas Dichtel.

  12) Allow monitoring netlink traffic via AF_PACKET sockets, in a
      manner akin to how we monitor real network traffic via ptype_all.
      From Daniel Borkmann.

  13) Several bug fixes and improvements for the new alx device driver,
      from Johannes Berg.

  14) Fix scalability issues in the netem packet scheduler's time queue,
      by using an rbtree.  From Eric Dumazet.

  15) Several bug fixes in TCP loss recovery handling, from Yuchung
      Cheng.

  16) Add support for GSO segmentation of MPLS packets, from Simon
      Horman.

  17) Make network notifiers have a real data type for the opaque
      pointer that's passed into them.  Use this to properly handle
      network device flag changes in arp_netdev_event().  From Jiri
      Pirko and Timo Teräs.

  18) Convert several drivers over to module_pci_driver(), from Peter
      Huewe.

  19) tcp_fixup_rcvbuf() can loop 500 times over loopback, just use a
      O(1) calculation instead.  From Eric Dumazet.

  20) Support setting of explicit tunnel peer addresses in ipv6, just
      like ipv4.  From Nicolas Dichtel.

  21) Protect x86 BPF JIT against spraying attacks, from Eric Dumazet.

  22) Prevent a single high rate flow from overruning an individual cpu
      during RX packet processing via selective flow shedding.  From
      Willem de Bruijn.

  23) Don't use spinlocks in TCP md5 signing fast paths, from Eric
      Dumazet.

  24) Don't just drop GSO packets which are above the TBF scheduler's
      burst limit, chop them up so they are in-bounds instead.  Also
      from Eric Dumazet.

  25) VLAN offloads are missed when configured on top of a bridge, fix
      from Vlad Yasevich.

  26) Support IPV6 in ping sockets.  From Lorenzo Colitti.

  27) Receive flow steering targets should be updated at poll() time
      too, from David Majnemer.

  28) Fix several corner case regressions in PMTU/redirect handling due
      to the routing cache removal, from Timo Teräs.

  29) We have to be mindful of ipv4 mapped ipv6 sockets in
      upd_v6_push_pending_frames().  From Hannes Frederic Sowa.

  30) Fix L2TP sequence number handling bugs, from James Chapman."

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1214 commits)
  drivers/net: caif: fix wrong rtnl_is_locked() usage
  drivers/net: enic: release rtnl_lock on error-path
  vhost-net: fix use-after-free in vhost_net_flush
  net: mv643xx_eth: do not use port number as platform device id
  net: sctp: confirm route during forward progress
  virtio_net: fix race in RX VQ processing
  virtio: support unlocked queue poll
  net/cadence/macb: fix bug/typo in extracting gem_irq_read_clear bit
  Documentation: Fix references to defunct linux-net@vger.kernel.org
  net/fs: change busy poll time accounting
  net: rename low latency sockets functions to busy poll
  bridge: fix some kernel warning in multicast timer
  sfc: Fix memory leak when discarding scattered packets
  sit: fix tunnel update via netlink
  dt:net:stmmac: Add dt specific phy reset callback support.
  dt:net:stmmac: Add support to dwmac version 3.610 and 3.710
  dt:net:stmmac: Allocate platform data only if its NULL.
  net:stmmac: fix memleak in the open method
  ipv6: rt6_check_neigh should successfully verify neigh if no NUD information are available
  net: ipv6: fix wrong ping_v6_sendmsg return value
  ...

25 files changed, 397 insertions, 366 deletions

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/Makefile b/net/batman-adv/Makefile
index acbac2a9c62f..489bb36f1b94 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/Makefile
+++ b/net/batman-adv/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ batman-adv-y += icmp_socket.o
 batman-adv-y += main.o
 batman-adv-$(CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_NC) += network-coding.o
 batman-adv-y += originator.o
-batman-adv-y += ring_buffer.o
 batman-adv-y += routing.o
 batman-adv-y += send.o
 batman-adv-y += soft-interface.o
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index f680ee101878..62da5278014a 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "main.h"
 #include "translation-table.h"
-#include "ring_buffer.h"
 #include "originator.h"
 #include "routing.h"
 #include "gateway_common.h"
@@ -30,6 +29,49 @@
 #include "network-coding.h"
 
 /**
+ * batadv_ring_buffer_set - update the ring buffer with the given value
+ * @lq_recv: pointer to the ring buffer
+ * @lq_index: index to store the value at
+ * @value: value to store in the ring buffer
+ */
+static void batadv_ring_buffer_set(uint8_t lq_recv[], uint8_t *lq_index,
+				   uint8_t value)
+{
+	lq_recv[*lq_index] = value;
+	*lq_index = (*lq_index + 1) % BATADV_TQ_GLOBAL_WINDOW_SIZE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_ring_buffer_set - compute the average of all non-zero values stored
+ * in the given ring buffer
+ * @lq_recv: pointer to the ring buffer
+ *
+ * Returns computed average value.
+ */
+static uint8_t batadv_ring_buffer_avg(const uint8_t lq_recv[])
+{
+	const uint8_t *ptr;
+	uint16_t count = 0, i = 0, sum = 0;
+
+	ptr = lq_recv;
+
+	while (i < BATADV_TQ_GLOBAL_WINDOW_SIZE) {
+		if (*ptr != 0) {
+			count++;
+			sum += *ptr;
+		}
+
+		i++;
+		ptr++;
+	}
+
+	if (count == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	return (uint8_t)(sum / count);
+}
+
+/*
  * batadv_dup_status - duplicate status
  * @BATADV_NO_DUP: the packet is a duplicate
  * @BATADV_ORIG_DUP: OGM is a duplicate in the originator (but not for the
@@ -48,12 +90,11 @@ static struct batadv_neigh_node *
 batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_new(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
 			const uint8_t *neigh_addr,
 			struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-			struct batadv_orig_node *orig_neigh, __be32 seqno)
+			struct batadv_orig_node *orig_neigh)
 {
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node;
 
-	neigh_node = batadv_neigh_node_new(hard_iface, neigh_addr,
-					   ntohl(seqno));
+	neigh_node = batadv_neigh_node_new(hard_iface, neigh_addr);
 	if (!neigh_node)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -428,18 +469,16 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_aggregate_new(const unsigned char *packet_buff,
 	else
 		skb_size = packet_len;
 
-	skb_size += ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN;
+	skb_size += ETH_HLEN;
 
-	forw_packet_aggr->skb = dev_alloc_skb(skb_size);
+	forw_packet_aggr->skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, skb_size);
 	if (!forw_packet_aggr->skb) {
 		if (!own_packet)
 			atomic_inc(&bat_priv->batman_queue_left);
 		kfree(forw_packet_aggr);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	skb_reserve(forw_packet_aggr->skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
-
-	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&forw_packet_aggr->list);
+	skb_reserve(forw_packet_aggr->skb, ETH_HLEN);
 
 	skb_buff = skb_put(forw_packet_aggr->skb, packet_len);
 	forw_packet_aggr->packet_len = packet_len;
@@ -605,6 +644,41 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_forward(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 				if_incoming, 0, batadv_iv_ogm_fwd_send_time());
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_iv_ogm_slide_own_bcast_window - bitshift own OGM broadcast windows for
+ * the given interface
+ * @hard_iface: the interface for which the windows have to be shifted
+ */
+static void
+batadv_iv_ogm_slide_own_bcast_window(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
+{
+	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(hard_iface->soft_iface);
+	struct batadv_hashtable *hash = bat_priv->orig_hash;
+	struct hlist_head *head;
+	struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node;
+	unsigned long *word;
+	uint32_t i;
+	size_t word_index;
+	uint8_t *w;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < hash->size; i++) {
+		head = &hash->table[i];
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(orig_node, head, hash_entry) {
+			spin_lock_bh(&orig_node->ogm_cnt_lock);
+			word_index = hard_iface->if_num * BATADV_NUM_WORDS;
+			word = &(orig_node->bcast_own[word_index]);
+
+			batadv_bit_get_packet(bat_priv, word, 1, 0);
+			w = &orig_node->bcast_own_sum[hard_iface->if_num];
+			*w = bitmap_weight(word, BATADV_TQ_LOCAL_WINDOW_SIZE);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&orig_node->ogm_cnt_lock);
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+}
+
 static void batadv_iv_ogm_schedule(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
 {
 	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(hard_iface->soft_iface);
@@ -649,7 +723,7 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_schedule(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
 		batadv_ogm_packet->gw_flags = BATADV_NO_FLAGS;
 	}
 
-	batadv_slide_own_bcast_window(hard_iface);
+	batadv_iv_ogm_slide_own_bcast_window(hard_iface);
 	batadv_iv_ogm_queue_add(bat_priv, hard_iface->bat_iv.ogm_buff,
 				hard_iface->bat_iv.ogm_buff_len, hard_iface, 1,
 				batadv_iv_ogm_emit_send_time(bat_priv));
@@ -685,7 +759,7 @@ batadv_iv_ogm_orig_update(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		if (batadv_compare_eth(neigh_addr, ethhdr->h_source) &&
 		    tmp_neigh_node->if_incoming == if_incoming &&
 		    atomic_inc_not_zero(&tmp_neigh_node->refcount)) {
-			if (neigh_node)
+			if (WARN(neigh_node, "too many matching neigh_nodes"))
 				batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(neigh_node);
 			neigh_node = tmp_neigh_node;
 			continue;
@@ -711,8 +785,7 @@ batadv_iv_ogm_orig_update(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 		neigh_node = batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_new(if_incoming,
 						     ethhdr->h_source,
-						     orig_node, orig_tmp,
-						     batadv_ogm_packet->seqno);
+						     orig_node, orig_tmp);
 
 		batadv_orig_node_free_ref(orig_tmp);
 		if (!neigh_node)
@@ -844,8 +917,7 @@ static int batadv_iv_ogm_calc_tq(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 		neigh_node = batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_new(if_incoming,
 						     orig_neigh_node->orig,
 						     orig_neigh_node,
-						     orig_neigh_node,
-						     batadv_ogm_packet->seqno);
+						     orig_neigh_node);
 
 	if (!neigh_node)
 		goto out;
@@ -1013,7 +1085,7 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_process(const struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *orig_neigh_router = NULL;
 	int has_directlink_flag;
 	int is_my_addr = 0, is_my_orig = 0, is_my_oldorig = 0;
-	int is_broadcast = 0, is_bidirect;
+	int is_bidirect;
 	bool is_single_hop_neigh = false;
 	bool is_from_best_next_hop = false;
 	int sameseq, similar_ttl;
@@ -1077,19 +1149,9 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_process(const struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
 		if (batadv_compare_eth(batadv_ogm_packet->prev_sender,
 				       hard_iface->net_dev->dev_addr))
 			is_my_oldorig = 1;
-
-		if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_source))
-			is_broadcast = 1;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	if (batadv_ogm_packet->header.version != BATADV_COMPAT_VERSION) {
-		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BATMAN, bat_priv,
-			   "Drop packet: incompatible batman version (%i)\n",
-			   batadv_ogm_packet->header.version);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (is_my_addr) {
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BATMAN, bat_priv,
 			   "Drop packet: received my own broadcast (sender: %pM)\n",
@@ -1097,13 +1159,6 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_process(const struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (is_broadcast) {
-		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BATMAN, bat_priv,
-			   "Drop packet: ignoring all packets with broadcast source addr (sender: %pM)\n",
-			   ethhdr->h_source);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (is_my_orig) {
 		unsigned long *word;
 		int offset;
@@ -1312,7 +1367,7 @@ static int batadv_iv_ogm_receive(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			   skb->len + ETH_HLEN);
 
 	packet_len = skb_headlen(skb);
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 	packet_buff = skb->data;
 	batadv_ogm_packet = (struct batadv_ogm_packet *)packet_buff;
 
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
index de27b3175cfd..e14531f1ce1c 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static struct batadv_bla_claim
  */
 static struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *
 batadv_backbone_hash_find(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-			  uint8_t *addr, short vid)
+			  uint8_t *addr, unsigned short vid)
 {
 	struct batadv_hashtable *hash = bat_priv->bla.backbone_hash;
 	struct hlist_head *head;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ batadv_bla_del_backbone_claims(struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw)
  * @claimtype: the type of the claim (CLAIM, UNCLAIM, ANNOUNCE, ...)
  */
 static void batadv_bla_send_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *mac,
-				  short vid, int claimtype)
+				  unsigned short vid, int claimtype)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct ethhdr *ethhdr;
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ static void batadv_bla_send_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *mac,
 		 */
 		memcpy(ethhdr->h_source, mac, ETH_ALEN);
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
-			   "bla_send_claim(): CLAIM %pM on vid %d\n", mac, vid);
+			   "bla_send_claim(): CLAIM %pM on vid %d\n", mac,
+			   BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid));
 		break;
 	case BATADV_CLAIM_TYPE_UNCLAIM:
 		/* unclaim frame
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_send_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *mac,
 		memcpy(hw_src, mac, ETH_ALEN);
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 			   "bla_send_claim(): UNCLAIM %pM on vid %d\n", mac,
-			   vid);
+			   BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid));
 		break;
 	case BATADV_CLAIM_TYPE_ANNOUNCE:
 		/* announcement frame
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_send_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *mac,
 		memcpy(hw_src, mac, ETH_ALEN);
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 			   "bla_send_claim(): ANNOUNCE of %pM on vid %d\n",
-			   ethhdr->h_source, vid);
+			   ethhdr->h_source, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid));
 		break;
 	case BATADV_CLAIM_TYPE_REQUEST:
 		/* request frame
@@ -335,13 +336,15 @@ static void batadv_bla_send_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *mac,
 		memcpy(hw_src, mac, ETH_ALEN);
 		memcpy(ethhdr->h_dest, mac, ETH_ALEN);
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
-			   "bla_send_claim(): REQUEST of %pM to %pMon vid %d\n",
-			   ethhdr->h_source, ethhdr->h_dest, vid);
+			   "bla_send_claim(): REQUEST of %pM to %pM on vid %d\n",
+			   ethhdr->h_source, ethhdr->h_dest,
+			   BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid));
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (vid != -1)
-		skb = vlan_insert_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), vid);
+	if (vid & BATADV_VLAN_HAS_TAG)
+		skb = vlan_insert_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q),
+				      vid & VLAN_VID_MASK);
 
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, soft_iface);
@@ -367,7 +370,7 @@ out:
  */
 static struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *
 batadv_bla_get_backbone_gw(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *orig,
-			   short vid, bool own_backbone)
+			   unsigned short vid, bool own_backbone)
 {
 	struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *entry;
 	struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node;
@@ -380,7 +383,7 @@ batadv_bla_get_backbone_gw(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *orig,
 
 	batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 		   "bla_get_backbone_gw(): not found (%pM, %d), creating new entry\n",
-		   orig, vid);
+		   orig, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid));
 
 	entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!entry)
@@ -434,7 +437,7 @@ batadv_bla_get_backbone_gw(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *orig,
 static void
 batadv_bla_update_own_backbone_gw(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				  struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if,
-				  short vid)
+				  unsigned short vid)
 {
 	struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw;
 
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@ batadv_bla_update_own_backbone_gw(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
  */
 static void batadv_bla_answer_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				      struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if,
-				      short vid)
+				      unsigned short vid)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	struct batadv_hashtable *hash;
@@ -547,7 +550,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_send_announce(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
  * @backbone_gw: the backbone gateway which claims it
  */
 static void batadv_bla_add_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				 const uint8_t *mac, const short vid,
+				 const uint8_t *mac, const unsigned short vid,
 				 struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw)
 {
 	struct batadv_bla_claim *claim;
@@ -572,7 +575,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_add_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		atomic_set(&claim->refcount, 2);
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 			   "bla_add_claim(): adding new entry %pM, vid %d to hash ...\n",
-			   mac, vid);
+			   mac, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid));
 		hash_added = batadv_hash_add(bat_priv->bla.claim_hash,
 					     batadv_compare_claim,
 					     batadv_choose_claim, claim,
@@ -591,7 +594,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_add_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 			   "bla_add_claim(): changing ownership for %pM, vid %d\n",
-			   mac, vid);
+			   mac, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid));
 
 		claim->backbone_gw->crc ^= crc16(0, claim->addr, ETH_ALEN);
 		batadv_backbone_gw_free_ref(claim->backbone_gw);
@@ -611,7 +614,7 @@ claim_free_ref:
  * given mac address and vid.
  */
 static void batadv_bla_del_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				 const uint8_t *mac, const short vid)
+				 const uint8_t *mac, const unsigned short vid)
 {
 	struct batadv_bla_claim search_claim, *claim;
 
@@ -622,7 +625,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_del_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		return;
 
 	batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv, "bla_del_claim(): %pM, vid %d\n",
-		   mac, vid);
+		   mac, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid));
 
 	batadv_hash_remove(bat_priv->bla.claim_hash, batadv_compare_claim,
 			   batadv_choose_claim, claim);
@@ -637,7 +640,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_del_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 /* check for ANNOUNCE frame, return 1 if handled */
 static int batadv_handle_announce(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				  uint8_t *an_addr, uint8_t *backbone_addr,
-				  short vid)
+				  unsigned short vid)
 {
 	struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw;
 	uint16_t crc;
@@ -658,12 +661,13 @@ static int batadv_handle_announce(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 		   "handle_announce(): ANNOUNCE vid %d (sent by %pM)... CRC = %#.4x\n",
-		   vid, backbone_gw->orig, crc);
+		   BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid), backbone_gw->orig, crc);
 
 	if (backbone_gw->crc != crc) {
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, backbone_gw->bat_priv,
 			   "handle_announce(): CRC FAILED for %pM/%d (my = %#.4x, sent = %#.4x)\n",
-			   backbone_gw->orig, backbone_gw->vid,
+			   backbone_gw->orig,
+			   BATADV_PRINT_VID(backbone_gw->vid),
 			   backbone_gw->crc, crc);
 
 		batadv_bla_send_request(backbone_gw);
@@ -685,7 +689,7 @@ static int batadv_handle_announce(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 static int batadv_handle_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				 struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if,
 				 uint8_t *backbone_addr,
-				 struct ethhdr *ethhdr, short vid)
+				 struct ethhdr *ethhdr, unsigned short vid)
 {
 	/* check for REQUEST frame */
 	if (!batadv_compare_eth(backbone_addr, ethhdr->h_dest))
@@ -699,7 +703,7 @@ static int batadv_handle_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 		   "handle_request(): REQUEST vid %d (sent by %pM)...\n",
-		   vid, ethhdr->h_source);
+		   BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid), ethhdr->h_source);
 
 	batadv_bla_answer_request(bat_priv, primary_if, vid);
 	return 1;
@@ -709,7 +713,7 @@ static int batadv_handle_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 static int batadv_handle_unclaim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				 struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if,
 				 uint8_t *backbone_addr,
-				 uint8_t *claim_addr, short vid)
+				 uint8_t *claim_addr, unsigned short vid)
 {
 	struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw;
 
@@ -727,7 +731,7 @@ static int batadv_handle_unclaim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	/* this must be an UNCLAIM frame */
 	batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 		   "handle_unclaim(): UNCLAIM %pM on vid %d (sent by %pM)...\n",
-		   claim_addr, vid, backbone_gw->orig);
+		   claim_addr, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid), backbone_gw->orig);
 
 	batadv_bla_del_claim(bat_priv, claim_addr, vid);
 	batadv_backbone_gw_free_ref(backbone_gw);
@@ -738,7 +742,7 @@ static int batadv_handle_unclaim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 static int batadv_handle_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			       struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if,
 			       uint8_t *backbone_addr, uint8_t *claim_addr,
-			       short vid)
+			       unsigned short vid)
 {
 	struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw;
 
@@ -861,14 +865,15 @@ static int batadv_bla_process_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	struct batadv_bla_claim_dst *bla_dst;
 	uint16_t proto;
 	int headlen;
-	short vid = -1;
+	unsigned short vid = BATADV_NO_FLAGS;
 	int ret;
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (ntohs(ethhdr->h_proto) == ETH_P_8021Q) {
 		vhdr = (struct vlan_ethhdr *)ethhdr;
 		vid = ntohs(vhdr->h_vlan_TCI) & VLAN_VID_MASK;
+		vid |= BATADV_VLAN_HAS_TAG;
 		proto = ntohs(vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto);
 		headlen = sizeof(*vhdr);
 	} else {
@@ -885,7 +890,7 @@ static int batadv_bla_process_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* pskb_may_pull() may have modified the pointers, get ethhdr again */
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 	arphdr = (struct arphdr *)((uint8_t *)ethhdr + headlen);
 
 	/* Check whether the ARP frame carries a valid
@@ -910,7 +915,8 @@ static int batadv_bla_process_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	if (ret == 1)
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 			   "bla_process_claim(): received a claim frame from another group. From: %pM on vid %d ...(hw_src %pM, hw_dst %pM)\n",
-			   ethhdr->h_source, vid, hw_src, hw_dst);
+			   ethhdr->h_source, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid), hw_src,
+			   hw_dst);
 
 	if (ret < 2)
 		return ret;
@@ -945,7 +951,7 @@ static int batadv_bla_process_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv,
 		   "bla_process_claim(): ERROR - this looks like a claim frame, but is useless. eth src %pM on vid %d ...(hw_src %pM, hw_dst %pM)\n",
-		   ethhdr->h_source, vid, hw_src, hw_dst);
+		   ethhdr->h_source, BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid), hw_src, hw_dst);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1362,7 +1368,7 @@ int batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct ethhdr *ethhdr;
 	struct vlan_ethhdr *vhdr;
 	struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw;
-	short vid = -1;
+	unsigned short vid = BATADV_NO_FLAGS;
 
 	if (!atomic_read(&orig_node->bat_priv->bridge_loop_avoidance))
 		return 0;
@@ -1379,6 +1385,7 @@ int batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		vhdr = (struct vlan_ethhdr *)(skb->data + hdr_size);
 		vid = ntohs(vhdr->h_vlan_TCI) & VLAN_VID_MASK;
+		vid |= BATADV_VLAN_HAS_TAG;
 	}
 
 	/* see if this originator is a backbone gw for this VLAN */
@@ -1428,15 +1435,15 @@ void batadv_bla_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
  * returns 1, otherwise it returns 0 and the caller shall further
  * process the skb.
  */
-int batadv_bla_rx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, short vid,
-		  bool is_bcast)
+int batadv_bla_rx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		  unsigned short vid, bool is_bcast)
 {
 	struct ethhdr *ethhdr;
 	struct batadv_bla_claim search_claim, *claim = NULL;
 	struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if;
 	int ret;
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	primary_if = batadv_primary_if_get_selected(bat_priv);
 	if (!primary_if)
@@ -1523,7 +1530,8 @@ out:
  * returns 1, otherwise it returns 0 and the caller shall further
  * process the skb.
  */
-int batadv_bla_tx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, short vid)
+int batadv_bla_tx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		  unsigned short vid)
 {
 	struct ethhdr *ethhdr;
 	struct batadv_bla_claim search_claim, *claim = NULL;
@@ -1543,7 +1551,7 @@ int batadv_bla_tx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, short vid)
 	if (batadv_bla_process_claim(bat_priv, primary_if, skb))
 		goto handled;
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&bat_priv->bla.num_requests)))
 		/* don't allow broadcasts while requests are in flight */
@@ -1627,8 +1635,8 @@ int batadv_bla_claim_table_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
 		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(claim, head, hash_entry) {
 			is_own = batadv_compare_eth(claim->backbone_gw->orig,
 						    primary_addr);
-			seq_printf(seq,	" * %pM on % 5d by %pM [%c] (%#.4x)\n",
-				   claim->addr, claim->vid,
+			seq_printf(seq, " * %pM on %5d by %pM [%c] (%#.4x)\n",
+				   claim->addr, BATADV_PRINT_VID(claim->vid),
 				   claim->backbone_gw->orig,
 				   (is_own ? 'x' : ' '),
 				   claim->backbone_gw->crc);
@@ -1680,10 +1688,10 @@ int batadv_bla_backbone_table_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
 			if (is_own)
 				continue;
 
-			seq_printf(seq,
-				   " * %pM on % 5d % 4i.%03is (%#.4x)\n",
-				   backbone_gw->orig, backbone_gw->vid,
-				   secs, msecs, backbone_gw->crc);
+			seq_printf(seq, " * %pM on %5d %4i.%03is (%#.4x)\n",
+				   backbone_gw->orig,
+				   BATADV_PRINT_VID(backbone_gw->vid), secs,
+				   msecs, backbone_gw->crc);
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.h b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.h
index dea2fbc5d98d..4b102e71e5bd 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.h
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 #define _NET_BATMAN_ADV_BLA_H_
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BLA
-int batadv_bla_rx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, short vid,
-		  bool is_bcast);
-int batadv_bla_tx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, short vid);
+int batadv_bla_rx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		  unsigned short vid, bool is_bcast);
+int batadv_bla_tx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		  unsigned short vid);
 int batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node, int hdr_size);
 int batadv_bla_claim_table_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
@@ -42,13 +43,14 @@ void batadv_bla_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 #else /* ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BLA */
 
 static inline int batadv_bla_rx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				struct sk_buff *skb, short vid, bool is_bcast)
+				struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned short vid,
+				bool is_bcast)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int batadv_bla_tx(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				struct sk_buff *skb, short vid)
+				struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned short vid)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
index 239992021b1d..06345d401588 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ static void batadv_dat_start_timer(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 }
 
 /**
- * batadv_dat_entry_free_ref - decrements the dat_entry refcounter and possibly
+ * batadv_dat_entry_free_ref - decrement the dat_entry refcounter and possibly
  * free it
- * @dat_entry: the oentry to free
+ * @dat_entry: the entry to free
  */
 static void batadv_dat_entry_free_ref(struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry)
 {
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ static void batadv_dat_entry_free_ref(struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry)
 }
 
 /**
- * batadv_dat_to_purge - checks whether a dat_entry has to be purged or not
+ * batadv_dat_to_purge - check whether a dat_entry has to be purged or not
  * @dat_entry: the entry to check
  *
- * Returns true if the entry has to be purged now, false otherwise
+ * Returns true if the entry has to be purged now, false otherwise.
  */
 static bool batadv_dat_to_purge(struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry)
 {
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ static bool batadv_dat_to_purge(struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry)
  *	      returns a boolean value: true is the entry has to be deleted,
  *	      false otherwise
  *
- * Loops over each entry in the DAT local storage and delete it if and only if
- * the to_purge function passed as argument returns true
+ * Loops over each entry in the DAT local storage and deletes it if and only if
+ * the to_purge function passed as argument returns true.
  */
 static void __batadv_dat_purge(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			       bool (*to_purge)(struct batadv_dat_entry *))
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void __batadv_dat_purge(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		spin_lock_bh(list_lock);
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(dat_entry, node_tmp, head,
 					  hash_entry) {
-			/* if an helper function has been passed as parameter,
+			/* if a helper function has been passed as parameter,
 			 * ask it if the entry has to be purged or not
 			 */
 			if (to_purge && !to_purge(dat_entry))
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void batadv_dat_purge(struct work_struct *work)
  * @node: node in the local table
  * @data2: second object to compare the node to
  *
- * Returns 1 if the two entry are the same, 0 otherwise
+ * Returns 1 if the two entries are the same, 0 otherwise.
  */
 static int batadv_compare_dat(const struct hlist_node *node, const void *data2)
 {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int batadv_compare_dat(const struct hlist_node *node, const void *data2)
  * @skb: ARP packet
  * @hdr_size: size of the possible header before the ARP packet
  *
- * Returns the value of the hw_src field in the ARP packet
+ * Returns the value of the hw_src field in the ARP packet.
  */
 static uint8_t *batadv_arp_hw_src(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
 {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static uint8_t *batadv_arp_hw_src(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
  * @skb: ARP packet
  * @hdr_size: size of the possible header before the ARP packet
  *
- * Returns the value of the ip_src field in the ARP packet
+ * Returns the value of the ip_src field in the ARP packet.
  */
 static __be32 batadv_arp_ip_src(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
 {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static __be32 batadv_arp_ip_src(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
  * @skb: ARP packet
  * @hdr_size: size of the possible header before the ARP packet
  *
- * Returns the value of the hw_dst field in the ARP packet
+ * Returns the value of the hw_dst field in the ARP packet.
  */
 static uint8_t *batadv_arp_hw_dst(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
 {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static uint8_t *batadv_arp_hw_dst(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
  * @skb: ARP packet
  * @hdr_size: size of the possible header before the ARP packet
  *
- * Returns the value of the ip_dst field in the ARP packet
+ * Returns the value of the ip_dst field in the ARP packet.
  */
 static __be32 batadv_arp_ip_dst(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
 {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static __be32 batadv_arp_ip_dst(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
  * @data: data to hash
  * @size: size of the hash table
  *
- * Returns the selected index in the hash table for the given data
+ * Returns the selected index in the hash table for the given data.
  */
 static uint32_t batadv_hash_dat(const void *data, uint32_t size)
 {
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ static uint32_t batadv_hash_dat(const void *data, uint32_t size)
 }
 
 /**
- * batadv_dat_entry_hash_find - looks for a given dat_entry in the local hash
+ * batadv_dat_entry_hash_find - look for a given dat_entry in the local hash
  * table
  * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
  * @ip: search key
  *
- * Returns the dat_entry if found, NULL otherwise
+ * Returns the dat_entry if found, NULL otherwise.
  */
 static struct batadv_dat_entry *
 batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip)
@@ -343,9 +343,6 @@ static void batadv_dbg_arp(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (hdr_size == 0)
 		return;
 
-	/* if the ARP packet is encapsulated in a batman packet, let's print
-	 * some debug messages
-	 */
 	unicast_4addr_packet = (struct batadv_unicast_4addr_packet *)skb->data;
 
 	switch (unicast_4addr_packet->u.header.packet_type) {
@@ -409,7 +406,8 @@ static void batadv_dbg_arp(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
  * @candidate: orig_node under evaluation
  * @max_orig_node: last selected candidate
  *
- * Returns true if the node has been elected as next candidate or false othrwise
+ * Returns true if the node has been elected as next candidate or false
+ * otherwise.
  */
 static bool batadv_is_orig_node_eligible(struct batadv_dat_candidate *res,
 					 int select, batadv_dat_addr_t tmp_max,
@@ -472,7 +470,7 @@ static void batadv_choose_next_candidate(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	 */
 	cands[select].type = BATADV_DAT_CANDIDATE_NOT_FOUND;
 
-	/* iterate over the originator list and find the node with closest
+	/* iterate over the originator list and find the node with the closest
 	 * dat_address which has not been selected yet
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < hash->size; i++) {
@@ -480,7 +478,7 @@ static void batadv_choose_next_candidate(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(orig_node, head, hash_entry) {
-			/* the dht space is a ring and addresses are unsigned */
+			/* the dht space is a ring using unsigned addresses */
 			tmp_max = BATADV_DAT_ADDR_MAX - orig_node->dat_addr +
 				  ip_key;
 
@@ -512,7 +510,7 @@ static void batadv_choose_next_candidate(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 }
 
 /**
- * batadv_dat_select_candidates - selects the nodes which the DHT message has to
+ * batadv_dat_select_candidates - select the nodes which the DHT message has to
  * be sent to
  * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
  * @ip_dst: ipv4 to look up in the DHT
@@ -521,7 +519,7 @@ static void batadv_choose_next_candidate(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
  * closest values (from the LEFT, with wrap around if needed) then the hash
  * value of the key. ip_dst is the key.
  *
- * Returns the candidate array of size BATADV_DAT_CANDIDATE_NUM
+ * Returns the candidate array of size BATADV_DAT_CANDIDATE_NUM.
  */
 static struct batadv_dat_candidate *
 batadv_dat_select_candidates(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip_dst)
@@ -558,10 +556,11 @@ batadv_dat_select_candidates(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip_dst)
  * @ip: the DHT key
  * @packet_subtype: unicast4addr packet subtype to use
  *
- * In this function the skb is copied by means of pskb_copy() and is sent as
- * unicast packet to each of the selected candidates
+ * This function copies the skb with pskb_copy() and is sent as unicast packet
+ * to each of the selected candidates.
  *
- * Returns true if the packet is sent to at least one candidate, false otherwise
+ * Returns true if the packet is sent to at least one candidate, false
+ * otherwise.
  */
 static bool batadv_dat_send_data(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 ip,
@@ -727,7 +726,7 @@ out:
  * @skb: packet to analyse
  * @hdr_size: size of the possible header before the ARP packet in the skb
  *
- * Returns the ARP type if the skb contains a valid ARP packet, 0 otherwise
+ * Returns the ARP type if the skb contains a valid ARP packet, 0 otherwise.
  */
 static uint16_t batadv_arp_get_type(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				    struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
@@ -754,9 +753,7 @@ static uint16_t batadv_arp_get_type(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	arphdr = (struct arphdr *)(skb->data + hdr_size + ETH_HLEN);
 
-	/* Check whether the ARP packet carries a valid
-	 * IP information
-	 */
+	/* check whether the ARP packet carries a valid IP information */
 	if (arphdr->ar_hrd != htons(ARPHRD_ETHER))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -784,7 +781,7 @@ static uint16_t batadv_arp_get_type(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	if (is_zero_ether_addr(hw_src) || is_multicast_ether_addr(hw_src))
 		goto out;
 
-	/* we don't care about the destination MAC address in ARP requests */
+	/* don't care about the destination MAC address in ARP requests */
 	if (arphdr->ar_op != htons(ARPOP_REQUEST)) {
 		hw_dst = batadv_arp_hw_dst(skb, hdr_size);
 		if (is_zero_ether_addr(hw_dst) ||
@@ -804,8 +801,8 @@ out:
  * @skb: packet to check
  *
  * Returns true if the message has been sent to the dht candidates, false
- * otherwise. In case of true the message has to be enqueued to permit the
- * fallback
+ * otherwise. In case of a positive return value the message has to be enqueued
+ * to permit the fallback.
  */
 bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					   struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -867,7 +864,7 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv, "ARP request replied locally\n");
 		ret = true;
 	} else {
-		/* Send the request on the DHT */
+		/* Send the request to the DHT */
 		ret = batadv_dat_send_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_dst,
 					   BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_GET);
 	}
@@ -884,7 +881,7 @@ out:
  * @skb: packet to check
  * @hdr_size: size of the encapsulation header
  *
- * Returns true if the request has been answered, false otherwise
+ * Returns true if the request has been answered, false otherwise.
  */
 bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					   struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
@@ -924,10 +921,9 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	if (!skb_new)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* to preserve backwards compatibility, here the node has to answer
-	 * using the same packet type it received for the request. This is due
-	 * to that if a node is not using the 4addr packet format it may not
-	 * support it.
+	/* To preserve backwards compatibility, the node has choose the outgoing
+	 * format based on the incoming request packet type. The assumption is
+	 * that a node not using the 4addr packet format doesn't support it.
 	 */
 	if (hdr_size == sizeof(struct batadv_unicast_4addr_packet))
 		err = batadv_unicast_4addr_send_skb(bat_priv, skb_new,
@@ -977,7 +973,7 @@ void batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_reply(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	batadv_dat_entry_add(bat_priv, ip_dst, hw_dst);
 
 	/* Send the ARP reply to the candidates for both the IP addresses that
-	 * the node got within the ARP reply
+	 * the node obtained from the ARP reply
 	 */
 	batadv_dat_send_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_src, BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
 	batadv_dat_send_data(bat_priv, skb, ip_dst, BATADV_P_DAT_DHT_PUT);
@@ -987,7 +983,7 @@ void batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_reply(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
  * DAT storage only
  * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
  * @skb: packet to check
- * @hdr_size: siaze of the encapsulation header
+ * @hdr_size: size of the encapsulation header
  */
 bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_reply(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					 struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
@@ -1031,11 +1027,11 @@ out:
 
 /**
  * batadv_dat_drop_broadcast_packet - check if an ARP request has to be dropped
- * (because the node has already got the reply via DAT) or not
+ * (because the node has already obtained the reply via DAT) or not
  * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
  * @forw_packet: the broadcast packet
  *
- * Returns true if the node can drop the packet, false otherwise
+ * Returns true if the node can drop the packet, false otherwise.
  */
 bool batadv_dat_drop_broadcast_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				      struct batadv_forw_packet *forw_packet)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index 522243aff2f3..c478e6bcf89b 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -117,6 +117,58 @@ static int batadv_is_valid_iface(const struct net_device *net_dev)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_is_wifi_netdev - check if the given net_device struct is a wifi
+ *  interface
+ * @net_device: the device to check
+ *
+ * Returns true if the net device is a 802.11 wireless device, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool batadv_is_wifi_netdev(struct net_device *net_device)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
+	/* pre-cfg80211 drivers have to implement WEXT, so it is possible to
+	 * check for wireless_handlers != NULL
+	 */
+	if (net_device->wireless_handlers)
+		return true;
+#endif
+
+	/* cfg80211 drivers have to set ieee80211_ptr */
+	if (net_device->ieee80211_ptr)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_is_wifi_iface - check if the given interface represented by ifindex
+ *  is a wifi interface
+ * @ifindex: interface index to check
+ *
+ * Returns true if the interface represented by ifindex is a 802.11 wireless
+ * device, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool batadv_is_wifi_iface(int ifindex)
+{
+	struct net_device *net_device = NULL;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	if (ifindex == BATADV_NULL_IFINDEX)
+		goto out;
+
+	net_device = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, ifindex);
+	if (!net_device)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = batadv_is_wifi_netdev(net_device);
+
+out:
+	if (net_device)
+		dev_put(net_device);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct batadv_hard_iface *
 batadv_hardif_get_active(const struct net_device *soft_iface)
 {
@@ -525,7 +577,7 @@ batadv_hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev)
 
 	dev_hold(net_dev);
 
-	hard_iface = kmalloc(sizeof(*hard_iface), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	hard_iface = kzalloc(sizeof(*hard_iface), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!hard_iface)
 		goto release_dev;
 
@@ -541,18 +593,16 @@ batadv_hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev)
 	INIT_WORK(&hard_iface->cleanup_work,
 		  batadv_hardif_remove_interface_finish);
 
+	hard_iface->num_bcasts = BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_DEFAULT;
+	if (batadv_is_wifi_netdev(net_dev))
+		hard_iface->num_bcasts = BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_WIRELESS;
+
 	/* extra reference for return */
 	atomic_set(&hard_iface->refcount, 2);
 
 	batadv_check_known_mac_addr(hard_iface->net_dev);
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&hard_iface->list, &batadv_hardif_list);
 
-	/* This can't be called via a bat_priv callback because
-	 * we have no bat_priv yet.
-	 */
-	atomic_set(&hard_iface->bat_iv.ogm_seqno, 1);
-	hard_iface->bat_iv.ogm_buff = NULL;
-
 	return hard_iface;
 
 free_if:
@@ -595,7 +645,7 @@ void batadv_hardif_remove_interfaces(void)
 static int batadv_hard_if_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 				unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 {
-	struct net_device *net_dev = ptr;
+	struct net_device *net_dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 	struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface;
 	struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if = NULL;
 	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv;
@@ -657,38 +707,6 @@ out:
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-/* This function returns true if the interface represented by ifindex is a
- * 802.11 wireless device
- */
-bool batadv_is_wifi_iface(int ifindex)
-{
-	struct net_device *net_device = NULL;
-	bool ret = false;
-
-	if (ifindex == BATADV_NULL_IFINDEX)
-		goto out;
-
-	net_device = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, ifindex);
-	if (!net_device)
-		goto out;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
-	/* pre-cfg80211 drivers have to implement WEXT, so it is possible to
-	 * check for wireless_handlers != NULL
-	 */
-	if (net_device->wireless_handlers)
-		ret = true;
-	else
-#endif
-		/* cfg80211 drivers have to set ieee80211_ptr */
-		if (net_device->ieee80211_ptr)
-			ret = true;
-out:
-	if (net_device)
-		dev_put(net_device);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 struct notifier_block batadv_hard_if_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = batadv_hard_if_event,
 };
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c b/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
index 0ba6c899b2d3..b27508b8085c 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/icmp_socket.c
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ static ssize_t batadv_socket_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buff,
 	if (len >= sizeof(struct batadv_icmp_packet_rr))
 		packet_len = sizeof(struct batadv_icmp_packet_rr);
 
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(packet_len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, packet_len + ETH_HLEN);
 	if (!skb) {
 		len = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 	icmp_packet = (struct batadv_icmp_packet_rr *)skb_put(skb, packet_len);
 
 	if (copy_from_user(icmp_packet, buff, packet_len)) {
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.c b/net/batman-adv/main.c
index 51aafd669cbb..08125f3f6064 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/main.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/main.c
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@ __be32 batadv_skb_crc32(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 *payload_ptr)
 		crc = crc32c(crc, data, len);
 		consumed += len;
 	}
-	skb_abort_seq_read(&st);
 
 	return htonl(crc);
 }
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.h b/net/batman-adv/main.h
index 59a0d6af15c8..5e9aebb7d56b 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/main.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/main.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define BATADV_DRIVER_DEVICE "batman-adv"
 
 #ifndef BATADV_SOURCE_VERSION
-#define BATADV_SOURCE_VERSION "2013.2.0"
+#define BATADV_SOURCE_VERSION "2013.3.0"
 #endif
 
 /* B.A.T.M.A.N. parameters */
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@
 
 #define BATADV_LOG_BUF_LEN 8192	  /* has to be a power of 2 */
 
+/* number of packets to send for broadcasts on different interface types */
+#define BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_DEFAULT 1
+#define BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_WIRELESS 3
+#define BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_MAX 3
+
 /* msecs after which an ARP_REQUEST is sent in broadcast as fallback */
 #define ARP_REQ_DELAY 250
 /* numbers of originator to contact for any PUT/GET DHT operation */
@@ -157,6 +162,17 @@ enum batadv_uev_type {
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include "types.h"
 
+/**
+ * batadv_vlan_flags - flags for the four MSB of any vlan ID field
+ * @BATADV_VLAN_HAS_TAG: whether the field contains a valid vlan tag or not
+ */
+enum batadv_vlan_flags {
+	BATADV_VLAN_HAS_TAG	= BIT(15),
+};
+
+#define BATADV_PRINT_VID(vid) (vid & BATADV_VLAN_HAS_TAG ? \
+			       (int)(vid & VLAN_VID_MASK) : -1)
+
 extern char batadv_routing_algo[];
 extern struct list_head batadv_hardif_list;
 
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
index e84629ece9b7..a487d46e0aec 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ static void batadv_nc_skb_store_before_coding(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		return;
 
 	/* Set the mac header as if we actually sent the packet uncoded */
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 	memcpy(ethhdr->h_source, ethhdr->h_dest, ETH_ALEN);
 	memcpy(ethhdr->h_dest, eth_dst_new, ETH_ALEN);
 
@@ -1359,18 +1359,17 @@ static bool batadv_nc_skb_add_to_path(struct sk_buff *skb,
  *  buffer
  * @skb: data skb to forward
  * @neigh_node: next hop to forward packet to
- * @ethhdr: pointer to the ethernet header inside the skb
  *
  * Returns true if the skb was consumed (encoded packet sent) or false otherwise
  */
 bool batadv_nc_skb_forward(struct sk_buff *skb,
-			   struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node,
-			   struct ethhdr *ethhdr)
+			   struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node)
 {
 	const struct net_device *netdev = neigh_node->if_incoming->soft_iface;
 	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct batadv_unicast_packet *packet;
 	struct batadv_nc_path *nc_path;
+	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 	__be32 packet_id;
 	u8 *payload;
 
@@ -1423,7 +1422,7 @@ void batadv_nc_skb_store_for_decoding(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 {
 	struct batadv_unicast_packet *packet;
 	struct batadv_nc_path *nc_path;
-	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 	__be32 packet_id;
 	u8 *payload;
 
@@ -1482,7 +1481,7 @@ out:
 void batadv_nc_skb_store_sniffed_unicast(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					 struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (batadv_is_my_mac(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_dest))
 		return;
@@ -1533,7 +1532,7 @@ batadv_nc_skb_decode_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 
 	/* Reconstruct original mac header */
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 	memcpy(ethhdr, &ethhdr_tmp, sizeof(*ethhdr));
 
 	/* Select the correct unicast header information based on the location
@@ -1677,7 +1676,7 @@ static int batadv_nc_recv_coded_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NET_RX_DROP;
 
 	coded_packet = (struct batadv_coded_packet *)skb->data;
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* Verify frame is destined for us */
 	if (!batadv_is_my_mac(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_dest) &&
@@ -1763,6 +1762,13 @@ int batadv_nc_nodes_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
 		/* For each orig_node in this bin */
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(orig_node, head, hash_entry) {
+			/* no need to print the orig node if it does not have
+			 * network coding neighbors
+			 */
+			if (list_empty(&orig_node->in_coding_list) &&
+			    list_empty(&orig_node->out_coding_list))
+				continue;
+
 			seq_printf(seq, "Node:      %pM\n", orig_node->orig);
 
 			seq_puts(seq, " Ingoing:  ");
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.h b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.h
index 4fa6d0caddbd..85a4ec81ad50 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.h
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ void batadv_nc_purge_orig(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 void batadv_nc_init_bat_priv(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
 void batadv_nc_init_orig(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node);
 bool batadv_nc_skb_forward(struct sk_buff *skb,
-			   struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node,
-			   struct ethhdr *ethhdr);
+			   struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node);
 void batadv_nc_skb_store_for_decoding(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				      struct sk_buff *skb);
 void batadv_nc_skb_store_sniffed_unicast(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
@@ -87,8 +86,7 @@ static inline void batadv_nc_init_orig(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node)
 }
 
 static inline bool batadv_nc_skb_forward(struct sk_buff *skb,
-					 struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node,
-					 struct ethhdr *ethhdr)
+					 struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node)
 {
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/originator.c b/net/batman-adv/originator.c
index fad1a2093e15..f50553a7de62 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/originator.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/originator.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ batadv_orig_node_get_router(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node)
 
 struct batadv_neigh_node *
 batadv_neigh_node_new(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
-		      const uint8_t *neigh_addr, uint32_t seqno)
+		      const uint8_t *neigh_addr)
 {
 	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(hard_iface->soft_iface);
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node;
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ batadv_neigh_node_new(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
 	atomic_set(&neigh_node->refcount, 2);
 
 	batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BATMAN, bat_priv,
-		   "Creating new neighbor %pM, initial seqno %d\n",
-		   neigh_addr, seqno);
+		   "Creating new neighbor %pM on interface %s\n", neigh_addr,
+		   hard_iface->net_dev->name);
 
 out:
 	return neigh_node;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/originator.h b/net/batman-adv/originator.h
index 734e5a3d8a5b..7887b84a9af4 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/originator.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/originator.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct batadv_orig_node *batadv_get_orig_node(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					      const uint8_t *addr);
 struct batadv_neigh_node *
 batadv_neigh_node_new(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
-		      const uint8_t *neigh_addr, uint32_t seqno);
+		      const uint8_t *neigh_addr);
 void batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node);
 struct batadv_neigh_node *
 batadv_orig_node_get_router(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/ring_buffer.c b/net/batman-adv/ring_buffer.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ccab0bbdbb59..000000000000
--- a/net/batman-adv/ring_buffer.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 B.A.T.M.A.N. contributors:
- *
- * Marek Lindner
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
- */
-
-#include "main.h"
-#include "ring_buffer.h"
-
-void batadv_ring_buffer_set(uint8_t lq_recv[], uint8_t *lq_index,
-			    uint8_t value)
-{
-	lq_recv[*lq_index] = value;
-	*lq_index = (*lq_index + 1) % BATADV_TQ_GLOBAL_WINDOW_SIZE;
-}
-
-uint8_t batadv_ring_buffer_avg(const uint8_t lq_recv[])
-{
-	const uint8_t *ptr;
-	uint16_t count = 0, i = 0, sum = 0;
-
-	ptr = lq_recv;
-
-	while (i < BATADV_TQ_GLOBAL_WINDOW_SIZE) {
-		if (*ptr != 0) {
-			count++;
-			sum += *ptr;
-		}
-
-		i++;
-		ptr++;
-	}
-
-	if (count == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	return (uint8_t)(sum / count);
-}
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/ring_buffer.h b/net/batman-adv/ring_buffer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f92ae248e83..000000000000
--- a/net/batman-adv/ring_buffer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 B.A.T.M.A.N. contributors:
- *
- * Marek Lindner
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301, USA
- */
-
-#ifndef _NET_BATMAN_ADV_RING_BUFFER_H_
-#define _NET_BATMAN_ADV_RING_BUFFER_H_
-
-void batadv_ring_buffer_set(uint8_t lq_recv[], uint8_t *lq_index,
-			    uint8_t value);
-uint8_t batadv_ring_buffer_avg(const uint8_t lq_recv[]);
-
-#endif /* _NET_BATMAN_ADV_RING_BUFFER_H_ */
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index b27a4d792d15..2f0bd3ffe6e8 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -34,35 +34,6 @@
 static int batadv_route_unicast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if);
 
-void batadv_slide_own_bcast_window(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
-{
-	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(hard_iface->soft_iface);
-	struct batadv_hashtable *hash = bat_priv->orig_hash;
-	struct hlist_head *head;
-	struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node;
-	unsigned long *word;
-	uint32_t i;
-	size_t word_index;
-	uint8_t *w;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < hash->size; i++) {
-		head = &hash->table[i];
-
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(orig_node, head, hash_entry) {
-			spin_lock_bh(&orig_node->ogm_cnt_lock);
-			word_index = hard_iface->if_num * BATADV_NUM_WORDS;
-			word = &(orig_node->bcast_own[word_index]);
-
-			batadv_bit_get_packet(bat_priv, word, 1, 0);
-			w = &orig_node->bcast_own_sum[hard_iface->if_num];
-			*w = bitmap_weight(word, BATADV_TQ_LOCAL_WINDOW_SIZE);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&orig_node->ogm_cnt_lock);
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
-}
-
 static void _batadv_update_route(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				 struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 				 struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node)
@@ -256,7 +227,7 @@ bool batadv_check_management_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, header_len)))
 		return false;
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* packet with broadcast indication but unicast recipient */
 	if (!is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest))
@@ -314,7 +285,7 @@ static int batadv_recv_my_icmp_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	icmp_packet->msg_type = BATADV_ECHO_REPLY;
 	icmp_packet->header.ttl = BATADV_TTL;
 
-	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL))
+	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL) != NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		ret = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 
 out:
@@ -362,7 +333,7 @@ static int batadv_recv_icmp_ttl_exceeded(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	icmp_packet->msg_type = BATADV_TTL_EXCEEDED;
 	icmp_packet->header.ttl = BATADV_TTL;
 
-	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL))
+	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL) != NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		ret = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 
 out:
@@ -392,7 +363,7 @@ int batadv_recv_icmp_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, hdr_size)))
 		goto out;
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* packet with unicast indication but broadcast recipient */
 	if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest))
@@ -439,7 +410,7 @@ int batadv_recv_icmp_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	icmp_packet->header.ttl--;
 
 	/* route it */
-	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, recv_if))
+	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, recv_if) != NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		ret = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 
 out:
@@ -569,7 +540,7 @@ static int batadv_check_unicast_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, hdr_size)))
 		return -ENODATA;
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* packet with unicast indication but broadcast recipient */
 	if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest))
@@ -803,8 +774,8 @@ static int batadv_route_unicast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node = NULL;
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node = NULL;
 	struct batadv_unicast_packet *unicast_packet;
-	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
-	int ret = NET_RX_DROP;
+	struct ethhdr *ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
+	int res, ret = NET_RX_DROP;
 	struct sk_buff *new_skb;
 
 	unicast_packet = (struct batadv_unicast_packet *)skb->data;
@@ -864,16 +835,19 @@ static int batadv_route_unicast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* decrement ttl */
 	unicast_packet->header.ttl--;
 
-	/* network code packet if possible */
-	if (batadv_nc_skb_forward(skb, neigh_node, ethhdr)) {
-		ret = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
-	} else if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, recv_if)) {
-		ret = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
+	res = batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, recv_if);
 
-		/* Update stats counter */
+	/* translate transmit result into receive result */
+	if (res == NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) {
+		/* skb was transmitted and consumed */
 		batadv_inc_counter(bat_priv, BATADV_CNT_FORWARD);
 		batadv_add_counter(bat_priv, BATADV_CNT_FORWARD_BYTES,
 				   skb->len + ETH_HLEN);
+
+		ret = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
+	} else if (res == NET_XMIT_POLICED) {
+		/* skb was buffered and consumed */
+		ret = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -1165,7 +1139,7 @@ int batadv_recv_bcast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, hdr_size)))
 		goto out;
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* packet with broadcast indication but unicast recipient */
 	if (!is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest))
@@ -1265,7 +1239,7 @@ int batadv_recv_vis_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NET_RX_DROP;
 
 	vis_packet = (struct batadv_vis_packet *)skb->data;
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* not for me */
 	if (!batadv_is_my_mac(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_dest))
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.h b/net/batman-adv/routing.h
index 99eeafaba407..72a29bde2010 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #ifndef _NET_BATMAN_ADV_ROUTING_H_
 #define _NET_BATMAN_ADV_ROUTING_H_
 
-void batadv_slide_own_bcast_window(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface);
 bool batadv_check_management_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				    struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
 				    int header_len);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/send.c b/net/batman-adv/send.c
index 263cfd1ccee7..e9ff8d801201 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/send.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/send.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int batadv_send_skb_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 	memcpy(ethhdr->h_source, hard_iface->net_dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	memcpy(ethhdr->h_dest, dst_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	ethhdr->h_proto = __constant_htons(ETH_P_BATMAN);
@@ -96,26 +96,37 @@ send_skb_err:
  * host, NULL can be passed as recv_if and no interface alternating is
  * attempted.
  *
- * Returns TRUE on success; FALSE otherwise.
+ * Returns NET_XMIT_SUCCESS on success, NET_XMIT_DROP on failure, or
+ * NET_XMIT_POLICED if the skb is buffered for later transmit.
  */
-bool batadv_send_skb_to_orig(struct sk_buff *skb,
-			     struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-			     struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if)
+int batadv_send_skb_to_orig(struct sk_buff *skb,
+			    struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
+			    struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if)
 {
 	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = orig_node->bat_priv;
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node;
+	int ret = NET_XMIT_DROP;
 
 	/* batadv_find_router() increases neigh_nodes refcount if found. */
 	neigh_node = batadv_find_router(bat_priv, orig_node, recv_if);
 	if (!neigh_node)
-		return false;
+		return ret;
 
-	/* route it */
-	batadv_send_skb_packet(skb, neigh_node->if_incoming, neigh_node->addr);
+	/* try to network code the packet, if it is received on an interface
+	 * (i.e. being forwarded). If the packet originates from this node or if
+	 * network coding fails, then send the packet as usual.
+	 */
+	if (recv_if && batadv_nc_skb_forward(skb, neigh_node)) {
+		ret = NET_XMIT_POLICED;
+	} else {
+		batadv_send_skb_packet(skb, neigh_node->if_incoming,
+				       neigh_node->addr);
+		ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
+	}
 
 	batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(neigh_node);
 
-	return true;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void batadv_schedule_bat_ogm(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
@@ -152,8 +163,6 @@ _batadv_add_bcast_packet_to_list(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				 struct batadv_forw_packet *forw_packet,
 				 unsigned long send_time)
 {
-	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&forw_packet->list);
-
 	/* add new packet to packet list */
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->forw_bcast_list_lock);
 	hlist_add_head(&forw_packet->list, &bat_priv->forw_bcast_list);
@@ -260,6 +269,9 @@ static void batadv_send_outstanding_bcast_packet(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (hard_iface->soft_iface != soft_iface)
 			continue;
 
+		if (forw_packet->num_packets >= hard_iface->num_bcasts)
+			continue;
+
 		/* send a copy of the saved skb */
 		skb1 = skb_clone(forw_packet->skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (skb1)
@@ -271,7 +283,7 @@ static void batadv_send_outstanding_bcast_packet(struct work_struct *work)
 	forw_packet->num_packets++;
 
 	/* if we still have some more bcasts to send */
-	if (forw_packet->num_packets < 3) {
+	if (forw_packet->num_packets < BATADV_NUM_BCASTS_MAX) {
 		_batadv_add_bcast_packet_to_list(bat_priv, forw_packet,
 						 msecs_to_jiffies(5));
 		return;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/send.h b/net/batman-adv/send.h
index 38e662f619ac..e7b17880fca4 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/send.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/send.h
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 int batadv_send_skb_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			   struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
 			   const uint8_t *dst_addr);
-bool batadv_send_skb_to_orig(struct sk_buff *skb,
-			     struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-			     struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if);
+int batadv_send_skb_to_orig(struct sk_buff *skb,
+			    struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
+			    struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if);
 void batadv_schedule_bat_ogm(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface);
 int batadv_add_bcast_packet_to_list(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				    const struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index 819dfb006cdf..700d0b49742d 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int batadv_interface_tx(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						    0x00, 0x00};
 	unsigned int header_len = 0;
 	int data_len = skb->len, ret;
-	short vid __maybe_unused = -1;
+	unsigned short vid __maybe_unused = BATADV_NO_FLAGS;
 	bool do_bcast = false;
 	uint32_t seqno;
 	unsigned long brd_delay = 1;
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void batadv_interface_rx(struct net_device *soft_iface,
 	struct ethhdr *ethhdr;
 	struct vlan_ethhdr *vhdr;
 	struct batadv_header *batadv_header = (struct batadv_header *)skb->data;
-	short vid __maybe_unused = -1;
+	unsigned short vid __maybe_unused = BATADV_NO_FLAGS;
 	__be16 ethertype = __constant_htons(ETH_P_BATMAN);
 	bool is_bcast;
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void batadv_interface_rx(struct net_device *soft_iface,
 	skb_pull_rcsum(skb, hdr_size);
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 
-	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	switch (ntohs(ethhdr->h_proto)) {
 	case ETH_P_8021Q:
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index 9e8748575845..429aeef3d8b2 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -163,10 +163,19 @@ batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_ref(struct batadv_tt_orig_list_entry *orig_entry)
 	call_rcu(&orig_entry->rcu, batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_rcu);
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_tt_local_event - store a local TT event (ADD/DEL)
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ * @tt_local_entry: the TT entry involved in the event
+ * @event_flags: flags to store in the event structure
+ */
 static void batadv_tt_local_event(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				  const uint8_t *addr, uint8_t flags)
+				  struct batadv_tt_local_entry *tt_local_entry,
+				  uint8_t event_flags)
 {
 	struct batadv_tt_change_node *tt_change_node, *entry, *safe;
+	struct batadv_tt_common_entry *common = &tt_local_entry->common;
+	uint8_t flags = common->flags | event_flags;
 	bool event_removed = false;
 	bool del_op_requested, del_op_entry;
 
@@ -176,7 +185,7 @@ static void batadv_tt_local_event(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		return;
 
 	tt_change_node->change.flags = flags;
-	memcpy(tt_change_node->change.addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	memcpy(tt_change_node->change.addr, common->addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
 	del_op_requested = flags & BATADV_TT_CLIENT_DEL;
 
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ static void batadv_tt_local_event(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.changes_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, safe, &bat_priv->tt.changes_list,
 				 list) {
-		if (!batadv_compare_eth(entry->change.addr, addr))
+		if (!batadv_compare_eth(entry->change.addr, common->addr))
 			continue;
 
 		/* DEL+ADD in the same orig interval have no effect and can be
@@ -332,7 +341,7 @@ void batadv_tt_local_add(struct net_device *soft_iface, const uint8_t *addr,
 	}
 
 add_event:
-	batadv_tt_local_event(bat_priv, addr, tt_local->common.flags);
+	batadv_tt_local_event(bat_priv, tt_local, BATADV_NO_FLAGS);
 
 check_roaming:
 	/* Check whether it is a roaming, but don't do anything if the roaming
@@ -529,8 +538,7 @@ batadv_tt_local_set_pending(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			    struct batadv_tt_local_entry *tt_local_entry,
 			    uint16_t flags, const char *message)
 {
-	batadv_tt_local_event(bat_priv, tt_local_entry->common.addr,
-			      tt_local_entry->common.flags | flags);
+	batadv_tt_local_event(bat_priv, tt_local_entry, flags);
 
 	/* The local client has to be marked as "pending to be removed" but has
 	 * to be kept in the table in order to send it in a full table
@@ -584,8 +592,7 @@ uint16_t batadv_tt_local_remove(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	/* if this client has been added right now, it is possible to
 	 * immediately purge it
 	 */
-	batadv_tt_local_event(bat_priv, tt_local_entry->common.addr,
-			      curr_flags | BATADV_TT_CLIENT_DEL);
+	batadv_tt_local_event(bat_priv, tt_local_entry, BATADV_TT_CLIENT_DEL);
 	hlist_del_rcu(&tt_local_entry->common.hash_entry);
 	batadv_tt_local_entry_free_ref(tt_local_entry);
 
@@ -791,10 +798,25 @@ out:
 		batadv_tt_orig_list_entry_free_ref(orig_entry);
 }
 
-/* caller must hold orig_node refcount */
+/**
+ * batadv_tt_global_add - add a new TT global entry or update an existing one
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ * @orig_node: the originator announcing the client
+ * @tt_addr: the mac address of the non-mesh client
+ * @flags: TT flags that have to be set for this non-mesh client
+ * @ttvn: the tt version number ever announcing this non-mesh client
+ *
+ * Add a new TT global entry for the given originator. If the entry already
+ * exists add a new reference to the given originator (a global entry can have
+ * references to multiple originators) and adjust the flags attribute to reflect
+ * the function argument.
+ * If a TT local entry exists for this non-mesh client remove it.
+ *
+ * The caller must hold orig_node refcount.
+ */
 int batadv_tt_global_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			 struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-			 const unsigned char *tt_addr, uint8_t flags,
+			 const unsigned char *tt_addr, uint16_t flags,
 			 uint8_t ttvn)
 {
 	struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry;
@@ -1600,11 +1622,11 @@ batadv_tt_response_fill_table(uint16_t tt_len, uint8_t ttvn,
 	tt_tot = tt_len / sizeof(struct batadv_tt_change);
 
 	len = tt_query_size + tt_len;
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, len + ETH_HLEN);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
 
-	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 	tt_response = (struct batadv_tt_query_packet *)skb_put(skb, len);
 	tt_response->ttvn = ttvn;
 
@@ -1665,11 +1687,11 @@ static int batadv_send_tt_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	if (!tt_req_node)
 		goto out;
 
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(sizeof(*tt_request) + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, sizeof(*tt_request) + ETH_HLEN);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
 
-	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 
 	tt_req_len = sizeof(*tt_request);
 	tt_request = (struct batadv_tt_query_packet *)skb_put(skb, tt_req_len);
@@ -1691,7 +1713,7 @@ static int batadv_send_tt_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	batadv_inc_counter(bat_priv, BATADV_CNT_TT_REQUEST_TX);
 
-	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, dst_orig_node, NULL))
+	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, dst_orig_node, NULL) != NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		ret = 0;
 
 out:
@@ -1715,7 +1737,7 @@ batadv_send_other_tt_response(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	struct batadv_orig_node *req_dst_orig_node;
 	struct batadv_orig_node *res_dst_orig_node = NULL;
 	uint8_t orig_ttvn, req_ttvn, ttvn;
-	int ret = false;
+	int res, ret = false;
 	unsigned char *tt_buff;
 	bool full_table;
 	uint16_t tt_len, tt_tot;
@@ -1762,11 +1784,11 @@ batadv_send_other_tt_response(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		tt_tot = tt_len / sizeof(struct batadv_tt_change);
 
 		len = sizeof(*tt_response) + tt_len;
-		skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, len + ETH_HLEN);
 		if (!skb)
 			goto unlock;
 
-		skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+		skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 		packet_pos = skb_put(skb, len);
 		tt_response = (struct batadv_tt_query_packet *)packet_pos;
 		tt_response->ttvn = req_ttvn;
@@ -1810,8 +1832,10 @@ batadv_send_other_tt_response(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	batadv_inc_counter(bat_priv, BATADV_CNT_TT_RESPONSE_TX);
 
-	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, res_dst_orig_node, NULL))
+	res = batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, res_dst_orig_node, NULL);
+	if (res != NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		ret = true;
+
 	goto out;
 
 unlock:
@@ -1878,11 +1902,11 @@ batadv_send_my_tt_response(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		tt_tot = tt_len / sizeof(struct batadv_tt_change);
 
 		len = sizeof(*tt_response) + tt_len;
-		skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+		skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, len + ETH_HLEN);
 		if (!skb)
 			goto unlock;
 
-		skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+		skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 		packet_pos = skb_put(skb, len);
 		tt_response = (struct batadv_tt_query_packet *)packet_pos;
 		tt_response->ttvn = req_ttvn;
@@ -1925,7 +1949,7 @@ batadv_send_my_tt_response(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	batadv_inc_counter(bat_priv, BATADV_CNT_TT_RESPONSE_TX);
 
-	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL))
+	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL) != NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		ret = true;
 	goto out;
 
@@ -2212,11 +2236,11 @@ static void batadv_send_roam_adv(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *client,
 	if (!batadv_tt_check_roam_count(bat_priv, client))
 		goto out;
 
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(sizeof(*roam_adv_packet) + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, len + ETH_HLEN);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
 
-	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 
 	roam_adv_packet = (struct batadv_roam_adv_packet *)skb_put(skb, len);
 
@@ -2238,7 +2262,7 @@ static void batadv_send_roam_adv(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *client,
 
 	batadv_inc_counter(bat_priv, BATADV_CNT_TT_ROAM_ADV_TX);
 
-	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL))
+	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL) != NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		ret = 0;
 
 out:
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h
index ab8e683b402f..659a3bb759ce 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void batadv_tt_global_add_orig(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			       const unsigned char *tt_buff, int tt_buff_len);
 int batadv_tt_global_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			 struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-			 const unsigned char *addr, uint8_t flags,
+			 const unsigned char *addr, uint16_t flags,
 			 uint8_t ttvn);
 int batadv_tt_global_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset);
 void batadv_tt_global_del_orig(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index aba8364c3689..b2c94e139319 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct batadv_hard_iface_bat_iv {
  * @if_status: status of the interface for batman-adv
  * @net_dev: pointer to the net_device
  * @frag_seqno: last fragment sequence number sent by this interface
+ * @num_bcasts: number of payload re-broadcasts on this interface (ARQ)
  * @hardif_obj: kobject of the per interface sysfs "mesh" directory
  * @refcount: number of contexts the object is used
  * @batman_adv_ptype: packet type describing packets that should be processed by
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ struct batadv_hard_iface {
 	char if_status;
 	struct net_device *net_dev;
 	atomic_t frag_seqno;
+	uint8_t num_bcasts;
 	struct kobject *hardif_obj;
 	atomic_t refcount;
 	struct packet_type batman_adv_ptype;
@@ -640,7 +642,7 @@ struct batadv_socket_packet {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BLA
 struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw {
 	uint8_t orig[ETH_ALEN];
-	short vid;
+	unsigned short vid;
 	struct hlist_node hash_entry;
 	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv;
 	unsigned long lasttime;
@@ -663,7 +665,7 @@ struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw {
  */
 struct batadv_bla_claim {
 	uint8_t addr[ETH_ALEN];
-	short vid;
+	unsigned short vid;
 	struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw;
 	unsigned long lasttime;
 	struct hlist_node hash_entry;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/unicast.c b/net/batman-adv/unicast.c
index 0bb3b5982f94..dc8b5d4dd636 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/unicast.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/unicast.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ find_router:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL))
+	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL) != NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		ret = 0;
 
 out:
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/vis.c b/net/batman-adv/vis.c
index 1625e5793a89..4983340f1943 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/vis.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/vis.c
@@ -392,12 +392,12 @@ batadv_add_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		return NULL;
 
 	len = sizeof(*packet) + vis_info_len;
-	info->skb_packet = dev_alloc_skb(len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	info->skb_packet = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, len + ETH_HLEN);
 	if (!info->skb_packet) {
 		kfree(info);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	skb_reserve(info->skb_packet, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb_reserve(info->skb_packet, ETH_HLEN);
 	packet = (struct batadv_vis_packet *)skb_put(info->skb_packet, len);
 
 	kref_init(&info->refcount);
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static void batadv_broadcast_vis_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node;
 	struct batadv_vis_packet *packet;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	uint32_t i;
+	uint32_t i, res;
 
 
 	packet = (struct batadv_vis_packet *)info->skb_packet->data;
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ static void batadv_broadcast_vis_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			if (!skb)
 				continue;
 
-			if (!batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL))
+			res = batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL);
+			if (res == NET_XMIT_DROP)
 				kfree_skb(skb);
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -748,7 +749,7 @@ static void batadv_unicast_vis_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL))
+	if (batadv_send_skb_to_orig(skb, orig_node, NULL) == NET_XMIT_DROP)
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 
 out:
@@ -854,13 +855,13 @@ int batadv_vis_init(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 	if (!bat_priv->vis.my_info)
 		goto err;
 
-	len = sizeof(*packet) + BATADV_MAX_VIS_PACKET_SIZE;
-	len += ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN;
-	bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet = dev_alloc_skb(len);
+	len = sizeof(*packet) + BATADV_MAX_VIS_PACKET_SIZE + ETH_HLEN;
+	bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL,
+								      len);
 	if (!bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet)
 		goto free_info;
 
-	skb_reserve(bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet, ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN);
+	skb_reserve(bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet, ETH_HLEN);
 	tmp_skb = bat_priv->vis.my_info->skb_packet;
 	packet = (struct batadv_vis_packet *)skb_put(tmp_skb, sizeof(*packet));