diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
index d8833a86cd7e48192f4c3b5d984ac76aee3b7516..598d938b0d0acf8ef3ee629ad9a961d5e33a10cc 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ extern atomic_t sctp_dbg_objcnt_chunk;
 extern atomic_t sctp_dbg_objcnt_bind_addr;
 extern atomic_t sctp_dbg_objcnt_bind_bucket;
 extern atomic_t sctp_dbg_objcnt_addr;
-extern atomic_t sctp_dbg_objcnt_ssnmap;
 extern atomic_t sctp_dbg_objcnt_datamsg;
 extern atomic_t sctp_dbg_objcnt_keys;
 
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 87d56cc80a3c1d8549b97391245dacc3b6193618..4741ec240caf0735666b8bc3a5c1be414a03f9fe 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ struct sctp_outq;
 struct sctp_bind_addr;
 struct sctp_ulpq;
 struct sctp_ep_common;
-struct sctp_ssnmap;
 struct crypto_shash;
 
 
@@ -377,54 +376,22 @@ typedef struct sctp_sender_hb_info {
 	__u64 hb_nonce;
 } __packed sctp_sender_hb_info_t;
 
-/*
- *  RFC 2960 1.3.2 Sequenced Delivery within Streams
- *
- *  The term "stream" is used in SCTP to refer to a sequence of user
- *  messages that are to be delivered to the upper-layer protocol in
- *  order with respect to other messages within the same stream.  This is
- *  in contrast to its usage in TCP, where it refers to a sequence of
- *  bytes (in this document a byte is assumed to be eight bits).
- *  ...
- *
- *  This is the structure we use to track both our outbound and inbound
- *  SSN, or Stream Sequence Numbers.
- */
-
-struct sctp_stream {
-	__u16 *ssn;
-	unsigned int len;
-};
-
-struct sctp_ssnmap {
-	struct sctp_stream in;
-	struct sctp_stream out;
-};
-
-struct sctp_ssnmap *sctp_ssnmap_new(__u16 in, __u16 out,
-				    gfp_t gfp);
-void sctp_ssnmap_free(struct sctp_ssnmap *map);
-void sctp_ssnmap_clear(struct sctp_ssnmap *map);
+struct sctp_stream *sctp_stream_new(__u16 incnt, __u16 outcnt, gfp_t gfp);
+void sctp_stream_free(struct sctp_stream *stream);
+void sctp_stream_clear(struct sctp_stream *stream);
 
 /* What is the current SSN number for this stream? */
-static inline __u16 sctp_ssn_peek(struct sctp_stream *stream, __u16 id)
-{
-	return stream->ssn[id];
-}
+#define sctp_ssn_peek(stream, type, sid) \
+	((stream)->type[sid].ssn)
 
 /* Return the next SSN number for this stream.	*/
-static inline __u16 sctp_ssn_next(struct sctp_stream *stream, __u16 id)
-{
-	return stream->ssn[id]++;
-}
+#define sctp_ssn_next(stream, type, sid) \
+	((stream)->type[sid].ssn++)
 
 /* Skip over this ssn and all below. */
-static inline void sctp_ssn_skip(struct sctp_stream *stream, __u16 id, 
-				 __u16 ssn)
-{
-	stream->ssn[id] = ssn+1;
-}
-              
+#define sctp_ssn_skip(stream, type, sid, ssn) \
+	((stream)->type[sid].ssn = ssn + 1)
+
 /*
  * Pointers to address related SCTP functions.
  * (i.e. things that depend on the address family.)
@@ -1331,6 +1298,25 @@ struct sctp_inithdr_host {
 	__u32 initial_tsn;
 };
 
+struct sctp_stream_out {
+	__u16	ssn;
+	__u8	state;
+};
+
+struct sctp_stream_in {
+	__u16	ssn;
+};
+
+struct sctp_stream {
+	struct sctp_stream_out *out;
+	struct sctp_stream_in *in;
+	__u16 outcnt;
+	__u16 incnt;
+};
+
+#define SCTP_STREAM_CLOSED		0x00
+#define SCTP_STREAM_OPEN		0x01
+
 /* SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS counters */
 struct sctp_priv_assoc_stats {
 	/* Maximum observed rto in the association during subsequent
@@ -1746,8 +1732,8 @@ struct sctp_association {
 	/* Default receive parameters */
 	__u32 default_rcv_context;
 
-	/* This tracks outbound ssn for a given stream.	 */
-	struct sctp_ssnmap *ssnmap;
+	/* Stream arrays */
+	struct sctp_stream *stream;
 
 	/* All outbound chunks go through this structure.  */
 	struct sctp_outq outqueue;
diff --git a/net/sctp/Makefile b/net/sctp/Makefile
index 6c4f7496cec612b52e1e69664a209b4d58763be5..70f1b570bab9764d692f1c2e605d76d056cda2cd 100644
--- a/net/sctp/Makefile
+++ b/net/sctp/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sctp-y := sm_statetable.o sm_statefuns.o sm_sideeffect.o \
 	  transport.o chunk.o sm_make_chunk.o ulpevent.o \
 	  inqueue.o outqueue.o ulpqueue.o \
 	  tsnmap.o bind_addr.o socket.o primitive.o \
-	  output.o input.o debug.o ssnmap.o auth.o \
+	  output.o input.o debug.o stream.o auth.o \
 	  offload.o
 
 sctp_probe-y := probe.o
diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index d3cc30c25c41091c2bf18022506dff4145d29944..36294f7fb9a712e0d4856c021b8c668f7aac1a32 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ void sctp_association_free(struct sctp_association *asoc)
 
 	sctp_tsnmap_free(&asoc->peer.tsn_map);
 
-	/* Free ssnmap storage. */
-	sctp_ssnmap_free(asoc->ssnmap);
+	/* Free stream information. */
+	sctp_stream_free(asoc->stream);
 
 	/* Clean up the bound address list. */
 	sctp_bind_addr_free(&asoc->base.bind_addr);
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ void sctp_assoc_update(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 		/* Reinitialize SSN for both local streams
 		 * and peer's streams.
 		 */
-		sctp_ssnmap_clear(asoc->ssnmap);
+		sctp_stream_clear(asoc->stream);
 
 		/* Flush the ULP reassembly and ordered queue.
 		 * Any data there will now be stale and will
@@ -1162,10 +1162,9 @@ void sctp_assoc_update(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 
 		asoc->ctsn_ack_point = asoc->next_tsn - 1;
 		asoc->adv_peer_ack_point = asoc->ctsn_ack_point;
-		if (!asoc->ssnmap) {
-			/* Move the ssnmap. */
-			asoc->ssnmap = new->ssnmap;
-			new->ssnmap = NULL;
+		if (!asoc->stream) {
+			asoc->stream = new->stream;
+			new->stream = NULL;
 		}
 
 		if (!asoc->assoc_id) {
diff --git a/net/sctp/objcnt.c b/net/sctp/objcnt.c
index 40e7fac96c41123eef4c1197b472f0a1051752cd..105ac3327b289cbb88494c116a3a3ffa32e4b60b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/objcnt.c
+++ b/net/sctp/objcnt.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT(bind_addr);
 SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT(bind_bucket);
 SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT(chunk);
 SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT(addr);
-SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT(ssnmap);
 SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT(datamsg);
 SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT(keys);
 
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ static sctp_dbg_objcnt_entry_t sctp_dbg_objcnt[] = {
 	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_ENTRY(bind_addr),
 	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_ENTRY(bind_bucket),
 	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_ENTRY(addr),
-	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_ENTRY(ssnmap),
 	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_ENTRY(datamsg),
 	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_ENTRY(keys),
 };
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 9e9690b7afe118636eb64751f9c58637be56c5e8..a15d824a313d310ed03ba77055d22b1c7c9d0662 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ void sctp_chunk_assign_ssn(struct sctp_chunk *chunk)
 
 	/* All fragments will be on the same stream */
 	sid = ntohs(chunk->subh.data_hdr->stream);
-	stream = &chunk->asoc->ssnmap->out;
+	stream = chunk->asoc->stream;
 
 	/* Now assign the sequence number to the entire message.
 	 * All fragments must have the same stream sequence number.
@@ -1547,9 +1547,9 @@ void sctp_chunk_assign_ssn(struct sctp_chunk *chunk)
 			ssn = 0;
 		} else {
 			if (lchunk->chunk_hdr->flags & SCTP_DATA_LAST_FRAG)
-				ssn = sctp_ssn_next(stream, sid);
+				ssn = sctp_ssn_next(stream, out, sid);
 			else
-				ssn = sctp_ssn_peek(stream, sid);
+				ssn = sctp_ssn_peek(stream, out, sid);
 		}
 
 		lchunk->subh.data_hdr->ssn = htons(ssn);
@@ -2444,9 +2444,9 @@ int sctp_process_init(struct sctp_association *asoc, struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
 	if (!asoc->temp) {
 		int error;
 
-		asoc->ssnmap = sctp_ssnmap_new(asoc->c.sinit_max_instreams,
+		asoc->stream = sctp_stream_new(asoc->c.sinit_max_instreams,
 					       asoc->c.sinit_num_ostreams, gfp);
-		if (!asoc->ssnmap)
+		if (!asoc->stream)
 			goto clean_up;
 
 		error = sctp_assoc_set_id(asoc, gfp);
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index 3382ef254e7b41ae4723f2e72e5aca30d46a4a8e..0ceded37d20b95f64cc2851f2d79b65d6a6935bf 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -6274,9 +6274,8 @@ static int sctp_eat_data(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	 * and is invalid.
 	 */
 	ssn = ntohs(data_hdr->ssn);
-	if (ordered && SSN_lt(ssn, sctp_ssn_peek(&asoc->ssnmap->in, sid))) {
+	if (ordered && SSN_lt(ssn, sctp_ssn_peek(asoc->stream, in, sid)))
 		return SCTP_IERROR_PROTO_VIOLATION;
-	}
 
 	/* Send the data up to the user.  Note:  Schedule  the
 	 * SCTP_CMD_CHUNK_ULP cmd before the SCTP_CMD_GEN_SACK, as the SACK
diff --git a/net/sctp/ssnmap.c b/net/sctp/ssnmap.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b9c8521c1a984be0a34d991413a495282e47f83d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/net/sctp/ssnmap.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-/* SCTP kernel implementation
- * Copyright (c) 2003 International Business Machines, Corp.
- *
- * This file is part of the SCTP kernel implementation
- *
- * These functions manipulate sctp SSN tracker.
- *
- * This SCTP implementation is free software;
- * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
- * the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- * any later version.
- *
- * This SCTP implementation 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 GNU CC; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * Please send any bug reports or fixes you make to the
- * email address(es):
- *    lksctp developers <linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org>
- *
- * Written or modified by:
- *    Jon Grimm             <jgrimm@us.ibm.com>
- */
-
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <net/sctp/sctp.h>
-#include <net/sctp/sm.h>
-
-static struct sctp_ssnmap *sctp_ssnmap_init(struct sctp_ssnmap *map, __u16 in,
-					    __u16 out);
-
-/* Storage size needed for map includes 2 headers and then the
- * specific needs of in or out streams.
- */
-static inline size_t sctp_ssnmap_size(__u16 in, __u16 out)
-{
-	return sizeof(struct sctp_ssnmap) + (in + out) * sizeof(__u16);
-}
-
-
-/* Create a new sctp_ssnmap.
- * Allocate room to store at least 'len' contiguous TSNs.
- */
-struct sctp_ssnmap *sctp_ssnmap_new(__u16 in, __u16 out,
-				    gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	struct sctp_ssnmap *retval;
-	int size;
-
-	size = sctp_ssnmap_size(in, out);
-	if (size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
-		retval = kmalloc(size, gfp);
-	else
-		retval = (struct sctp_ssnmap *)
-			  __get_free_pages(gfp, get_order(size));
-	if (!retval)
-		goto fail;
-
-	if (!sctp_ssnmap_init(retval, in, out))
-		goto fail_map;
-
-	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_INC(ssnmap);
-
-	return retval;
-
-fail_map:
-	if (size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
-		kfree(retval);
-	else
-		free_pages((unsigned long)retval, get_order(size));
-fail:
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-
-/* Initialize a block of memory as a ssnmap.  */
-static struct sctp_ssnmap *sctp_ssnmap_init(struct sctp_ssnmap *map, __u16 in,
-					    __u16 out)
-{
-	memset(map, 0x00, sctp_ssnmap_size(in, out));
-
-	/* Start 'in' stream just after the map header. */
-	map->in.ssn = (__u16 *)&map[1];
-	map->in.len = in;
-
-	/* Start 'out' stream just after 'in'. */
-	map->out.ssn = &map->in.ssn[in];
-	map->out.len = out;
-
-	return map;
-}
-
-/* Clear out the ssnmap streams.  */
-void sctp_ssnmap_clear(struct sctp_ssnmap *map)
-{
-	size_t size;
-
-	size = (map->in.len + map->out.len) * sizeof(__u16);
-	memset(map->in.ssn, 0x00, size);
-}
-
-/* Dispose of a ssnmap.  */
-void sctp_ssnmap_free(struct sctp_ssnmap *map)
-{
-	int size;
-
-	if (unlikely(!map))
-		return;
-
-	size = sctp_ssnmap_size(map->in.len, map->out.len);
-	if (size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
-		kfree(map);
-	else
-		free_pages((unsigned long)map, get_order(size));
-
-	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_DEC(ssnmap);
-}
diff --git a/net/sctp/stream.c b/net/sctp/stream.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f86de43cbbe5fd5b17384363c02e076551bf4fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/sctp/stream.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/* SCTP kernel implementation
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2001, 2004
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Cisco, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Motorola, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001 Intel Corp.
+ *
+ * This file is part of the SCTP kernel implementation
+ *
+ * These functions manipulate sctp tsn mapping array.
+ *
+ * This SCTP implementation is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * This SCTP implementation 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 GNU CC; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Please send any bug reports or fixes you make to the
+ * email address(es):
+ *    lksctp developers <linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org>
+ *
+ * Written or modified by:
+ *    Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#include <net/sctp/sctp.h>
+
+struct sctp_stream *sctp_stream_new(__u16 incnt, __u16 outcnt, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct sctp_stream *stream;
+	int i;
+
+	stream = kzalloc(sizeof(*stream), gfp);
+	if (!stream)
+		return NULL;
+
+	stream->outcnt = outcnt;
+	stream->out = kcalloc(stream->outcnt, sizeof(*stream->out), gfp);
+	if (!stream->out) {
+		kfree(stream);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < stream->outcnt; i++)
+		stream->out[i].state = SCTP_STREAM_OPEN;
+
+	stream->incnt = incnt;
+	stream->in = kcalloc(stream->incnt, sizeof(*stream->in), gfp);
+	if (!stream->in) {
+		kfree(stream->out);
+		kfree(stream);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return stream;
+}
+
+void sctp_stream_free(struct sctp_stream *stream)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!stream))
+		return;
+
+	kfree(stream->out);
+	kfree(stream->in);
+	kfree(stream);
+}
+
+void sctp_stream_clear(struct sctp_stream *stream)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < stream->outcnt; i++)
+		stream->out[i].ssn = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < stream->incnt; i++)
+		stream->in[i].ssn = 0;
+}
diff --git a/net/sctp/ulpqueue.c b/net/sctp/ulpqueue.c
index 84d0fdaf7de9d9b14c2d3072b32919580b9cd1f0..aa3624d50278086633ae6cdb17936731cd10f464 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ulpqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ulpqueue.c
@@ -760,11 +760,11 @@ static void sctp_ulpq_retrieve_ordered(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq,
 	struct sk_buff_head *event_list;
 	struct sk_buff *pos, *tmp;
 	struct sctp_ulpevent *cevent;
-	struct sctp_stream *in;
+	struct sctp_stream *stream;
 	__u16 sid, csid, cssn;
 
 	sid = event->stream;
-	in  = &ulpq->asoc->ssnmap->in;
+	stream  = ulpq->asoc->stream;
 
 	event_list = (struct sk_buff_head *) sctp_event2skb(event)->prev;
 
@@ -782,11 +782,11 @@ static void sctp_ulpq_retrieve_ordered(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq,
 		if (csid < sid)
 			continue;
 
-		if (cssn != sctp_ssn_peek(in, sid))
+		if (cssn != sctp_ssn_peek(stream, in, sid))
 			break;
 
-		/* Found it, so mark in the ssnmap. */
-		sctp_ssn_next(in, sid);
+		/* Found it, so mark in the stream. */
+		sctp_ssn_next(stream, in, sid);
 
 		__skb_unlink(pos, &ulpq->lobby);
 
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static struct sctp_ulpevent *sctp_ulpq_order(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq,
 					     struct sctp_ulpevent *event)
 {
 	__u16 sid, ssn;
-	struct sctp_stream *in;
+	struct sctp_stream *stream;
 
 	/* Check if this message needs ordering.  */
 	if (SCTP_DATA_UNORDERED & event->msg_flags)
@@ -858,10 +858,10 @@ static struct sctp_ulpevent *sctp_ulpq_order(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq,
 	/* Note: The stream ID must be verified before this routine.  */
 	sid = event->stream;
 	ssn = event->ssn;
-	in  = &ulpq->asoc->ssnmap->in;
+	stream  = ulpq->asoc->stream;
 
 	/* Is this the expected SSN for this stream ID?  */
-	if (ssn != sctp_ssn_peek(in, sid)) {
+	if (ssn != sctp_ssn_peek(stream, in, sid)) {
 		/* We've received something out of order, so find where it
 		 * needs to be placed.  We order by stream and then by SSN.
 		 */
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ static struct sctp_ulpevent *sctp_ulpq_order(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq,
 	}
 
 	/* Mark that the next chunk has been found.  */
-	sctp_ssn_next(in, sid);
+	sctp_ssn_next(stream, in, sid);
 
 	/* Go find any other chunks that were waiting for
 	 * ordering.
@@ -888,12 +888,12 @@ static void sctp_ulpq_reap_ordered(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq, __u16 sid)
 	struct sk_buff *pos, *tmp;
 	struct sctp_ulpevent *cevent;
 	struct sctp_ulpevent *event;
-	struct sctp_stream *in;
+	struct sctp_stream *stream;
 	struct sk_buff_head temp;
 	struct sk_buff_head *lobby = &ulpq->lobby;
 	__u16 csid, cssn;
 
-	in  = &ulpq->asoc->ssnmap->in;
+	stream = ulpq->asoc->stream;
 
 	/* We are holding the chunks by stream, by SSN.  */
 	skb_queue_head_init(&temp);
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static void sctp_ulpq_reap_ordered(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq, __u16 sid)
 			continue;
 
 		/* see if this ssn has been marked by skipping */
-		if (!SSN_lt(cssn, sctp_ssn_peek(in, csid)))
+		if (!SSN_lt(cssn, sctp_ssn_peek(stream, in, csid)))
 			break;
 
 		__skb_unlink(pos, lobby);
@@ -932,8 +932,8 @@ static void sctp_ulpq_reap_ordered(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq, __u16 sid)
 		csid = cevent->stream;
 		cssn = cevent->ssn;
 
-		if (csid == sid && cssn == sctp_ssn_peek(in, csid)) {
-			sctp_ssn_next(in, csid);
+		if (csid == sid && cssn == sctp_ssn_peek(stream, in, csid)) {
+			sctp_ssn_next(stream, in, csid);
 			__skb_unlink(pos, lobby);
 			__skb_queue_tail(&temp, pos);
 			event = sctp_skb2event(pos);
@@ -955,17 +955,17 @@ static void sctp_ulpq_reap_ordered(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq, __u16 sid)
  */
 void sctp_ulpq_skip(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq, __u16 sid, __u16 ssn)
 {
-	struct sctp_stream *in;
+	struct sctp_stream *stream;
 
 	/* Note: The stream ID must be verified before this routine.  */
-	in  = &ulpq->asoc->ssnmap->in;
+	stream  = ulpq->asoc->stream;
 
 	/* Is this an old SSN?  If so ignore. */
-	if (SSN_lt(ssn, sctp_ssn_peek(in, sid)))
+	if (SSN_lt(ssn, sctp_ssn_peek(stream, in, sid)))
 		return;
 
 	/* Mark that we are no longer expecting this SSN or lower. */
-	sctp_ssn_skip(in, sid, ssn);
+	sctp_ssn_skip(stream, in, sid, ssn);
 
 	/* Go find any other chunks that were waiting for
 	 * ordering and deliver them if needed.