Over the years this code has gotten hairier. Resulting in many long
discussions over long summer days and patches that get it wrong.
This patch helps tame that code so normal people will understand it.

Thanks to Thomas Graf, Peter J. waskiewicz Jr, and Patrick McHardy
for their valuable reviews.
Signed-off-by: NJamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>