diff --git a/net/tipc/name_distr.c b/net/tipc/name_distr.c
index f2086f684b34f7f93da03fd152e6e60b05aca7bc..1b70d5d051d046d6bb40d9e692daccdcbf922da1 100644
--- a/net/tipc/name_distr.c
+++ b/net/tipc/name_distr.c
@@ -109,11 +109,9 @@ static void named_cluster_distribute(struct sk_buff *buf)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *buf_copy;
 	struct tipc_node *n_ptr;
-	u32 n_num;
 
-	for (n_num = 1; n_num <= tipc_highest_node; n_num++) {
-		n_ptr = tipc_nodes[n_num];
-		if (n_ptr && tipc_node_has_active_links(n_ptr)) {
+	list_for_each_entry(n_ptr, &tipc_node_list, list) {
+		if (tipc_node_has_active_links(n_ptr)) {
 			buf_copy = skb_copy(buf, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!buf_copy)
 				break;
diff --git a/net/tipc/net.c b/net/tipc/net.c
index b5b337f5516d058d61c26a469942e422d3e04c1c..cce8d086f17364502a0e29c2a671167cb0b85285 100644
--- a/net/tipc/net.c
+++ b/net/tipc/net.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "name_distr.h"
 #include "subscr.h"
 #include "port.h"
+#include "node.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
 /*
@@ -108,27 +109,21 @@
 */
 
 DEFINE_RWLOCK(tipc_net_lock);
-struct tipc_node **tipc_nodes;
-u32 tipc_highest_node;
 atomic_t tipc_num_links;
 
 static int net_start(void)
 {
-	tipc_nodes = kcalloc(4096, sizeof(*tipc_nodes), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	tipc_highest_node = 0;
 	atomic_set(&tipc_num_links, 0);
 
-	return tipc_nodes ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void net_stop(void)
 {
-	u32 n_num;
+	struct tipc_node *node, *t_node;
 
-	for (n_num = 1; n_num <= tipc_highest_node; n_num++)
-		tipc_node_delete(tipc_nodes[n_num]);
-	kfree(tipc_nodes);
-	tipc_nodes = NULL;
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(node, t_node, &tipc_node_list, list)
+		tipc_node_delete(node);
 }
 
 static void net_route_named_msg(struct sk_buff *buf)
diff --git a/net/tipc/net.h b/net/tipc/net.h
index b52b9748b5e2e4bac6ea4f2469e6628304bfcaa2..0ba6093fb6ce177b0c1d973d114f61d6ecd1a688 100644
--- a/net/tipc/net.h
+++ b/net/tipc/net.h
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 #ifndef _TIPC_NET_H
 #define _TIPC_NET_H
 
-struct tipc_node;
-
-extern struct tipc_node **tipc_nodes;
-extern u32 tipc_highest_node;
 extern atomic_t tipc_num_links;
 
 extern rwlock_t tipc_net_lock;
diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 64976f2e3c6629fa90d168b0de8395577a87f248..22aeb2b7ad00b96db6e5a3594161c2dd70c2f771 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -44,8 +44,30 @@ static void node_established_contact(struct tipc_node *n_ptr);
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(node_create_lock);
 
+static struct hlist_head node_htable[NODE_HTABLE_SIZE];
+LIST_HEAD(tipc_node_list);
+static u32 tipc_num_nodes;
 u32 tipc_own_tag;
 
+/**
+ * tipc_node_find - locate specified node object, if it exists
+ */
+
+struct tipc_node *tipc_node_find(u32 addr)
+{
+	struct tipc_node *node;
+	struct hlist_node *pos;
+
+	if (unlikely(!in_own_cluster(addr)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	hlist_for_each_entry(node, pos, &node_htable[tipc_hashfn(addr)], hash) {
+		if (node->addr == addr)
+			return node;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * tipc_node_create - create neighboring node
  *
@@ -58,8 +80,7 @@ u32 tipc_own_tag;
 
 struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(u32 addr)
 {
-	struct tipc_node *n_ptr;
-	u32 n_num;
+	struct tipc_node *n_ptr, *temp_node;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&node_create_lock);
 
@@ -78,12 +99,19 @@ struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(u32 addr)
 
 	n_ptr->addr = addr;
 	spin_lock_init(&n_ptr->lock);
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&n_ptr->hash);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&n_ptr->list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&n_ptr->nsub);
 
-	n_num = tipc_node(addr);
-	tipc_nodes[n_num] = n_ptr;
-	if (n_num > tipc_highest_node)
-		tipc_highest_node = n_num;
+	hlist_add_head(&n_ptr->hash, &node_htable[tipc_hashfn(addr)]);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(temp_node, &tipc_node_list, list) {
+		if (n_ptr->addr < temp_node->addr)
+			break;
+	}
+	list_add_tail(&n_ptr->list, &temp_node->list);
+
+	tipc_num_nodes++;
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&node_create_lock);
 	return n_ptr;
@@ -91,18 +119,11 @@ struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(u32 addr)
 
 void tipc_node_delete(struct tipc_node *n_ptr)
 {
-	u32 n_num;
-
-	if (!n_ptr)
-		return;
-
-	n_num = tipc_node(n_ptr->addr);
-	tipc_nodes[n_num] = NULL;
+	list_del(&n_ptr->list);
+	hlist_del(&n_ptr->hash);
 	kfree(n_ptr);
 
-	while (!tipc_nodes[tipc_highest_node])
-		if (--tipc_highest_node == 0)
-			break;
+	tipc_num_nodes--;
 }
 
 
@@ -379,7 +400,6 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_node_get_nodes(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_space)
 	struct tipc_node *n_ptr;
 	struct tipc_node_info node_info;
 	u32 payload_size;
-	u32 n_num;
 
 	if (!TLV_CHECK(req_tlv_area, req_tlv_space, TIPC_TLV_NET_ADDR))
 		return tipc_cfg_reply_error_string(TIPC_CFG_TLV_ERROR);
@@ -390,15 +410,14 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_node_get_nodes(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_space)
 						   " (network address)");
 
 	read_lock_bh(&tipc_net_lock);
-	if (!tipc_nodes) {
+	if (!tipc_num_nodes) {
 		read_unlock_bh(&tipc_net_lock);
 		return tipc_cfg_reply_none();
 	}
 
 	/* For now, get space for all other nodes */
 
-	payload_size = TLV_SPACE(sizeof(node_info)) *
-		(tipc_highest_node - 1);
+	payload_size = TLV_SPACE(sizeof(node_info)) * tipc_num_nodes;
 	if (payload_size > 32768u) {
 		read_unlock_bh(&tipc_net_lock);
 		return tipc_cfg_reply_error_string(TIPC_CFG_NOT_SUPPORTED
@@ -412,9 +431,8 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_node_get_nodes(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_space)
 
 	/* Add TLVs for all nodes in scope */
 
-	for (n_num = 1; n_num <= tipc_highest_node; n_num++) {
-		n_ptr = tipc_nodes[n_num];
-		if (!n_ptr || !tipc_in_scope(domain, n_ptr->addr))
+	list_for_each_entry(n_ptr, &tipc_node_list, list) {
+		if (!tipc_in_scope(domain, n_ptr->addr))
 			continue;
 		node_info.addr = htonl(n_ptr->addr);
 		node_info.up = htonl(tipc_node_is_up(n_ptr));
@@ -433,7 +451,6 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_node_get_links(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_space)
 	struct tipc_node *n_ptr;
 	struct tipc_link_info link_info;
 	u32 payload_size;
-	u32 n_num;
 
 	if (!TLV_CHECK(req_tlv_area, req_tlv_space, TIPC_TLV_NET_ADDR))
 		return tipc_cfg_reply_error_string(TIPC_CFG_TLV_ERROR);
@@ -472,11 +489,10 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_node_get_links(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_space)
 
 	/* Add TLVs for any other links in scope */
 
-	for (n_num = 1; n_num <= tipc_highest_node; n_num++) {
+	list_for_each_entry(n_ptr, &tipc_node_list, list) {
 		u32 i;
 
-		n_ptr = tipc_nodes[n_num];
-		if (!n_ptr || !tipc_in_scope(domain, n_ptr->addr))
+		if (!tipc_in_scope(domain, n_ptr->addr))
 			continue;
 		tipc_node_lock(n_ptr);
 		for (i = 0; i < MAX_BEARERS; i++) {
diff --git a/net/tipc/node.h b/net/tipc/node.h
index c510a2afcc67a09cd0b63c0aed5e7aeb66e44c5c..02e4927216fae8aa900f4d2ed6c016f2874b3117 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.h
+++ b/net/tipc/node.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * net/tipc/node.h: Include file for TIPC node management routines
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2006, Ericsson AB
- * Copyright (c) 2005, Wind River Systems
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010-2011, Wind River Systems
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
  * struct tipc_node - TIPC node structure
  * @addr: network address of node
  * @lock: spinlock governing access to structure
- * @next: pointer to next node in sorted list of cluster's nodes
+ * @hash: links to adjacent nodes in unsorted hash chain
+ * @list: links to adjacent nodes in sorted list of cluster's nodes
  * @nsub: list of "node down" subscriptions monitoring node
  * @active_links: pointers to active links to node
  * @links: pointers to all links to node
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@
 struct tipc_node {
 	u32 addr;
 	spinlock_t lock;
-	struct tipc_node *next;
+	struct hlist_node hash;
+	struct list_head list;
 	struct list_head nsub;
 	struct link *active_links[2];
 	struct link *links[MAX_BEARERS];
@@ -90,8 +92,23 @@ struct tipc_node {
 	} bclink;
 };
 
+#define NODE_HTABLE_SIZE 512
+extern struct list_head tipc_node_list;
+
+/*
+ * A trivial power-of-two bitmask technique is used for speed, since this
+ * operation is done for every incoming TIPC packet. The number of hash table
+ * entries has been chosen so that no hash chain exceeds 8 nodes and will
+ * usually be much smaller (typically only a single node).
+ */
+static inline unsigned int tipc_hashfn(u32 addr)
+{
+	return addr & (NODE_HTABLE_SIZE - 1);
+}
+
 extern u32 tipc_own_tag;
 
+struct tipc_node *tipc_node_find(u32 addr);
 struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(u32 addr);
 void tipc_node_delete(struct tipc_node *n_ptr);
 struct tipc_node *tipc_node_attach_link(struct link *l_ptr);
@@ -104,13 +121,6 @@ int tipc_node_is_up(struct tipc_node *n_ptr);
 struct sk_buff *tipc_node_get_links(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_space);
 struct sk_buff *tipc_node_get_nodes(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_space);
 
-static inline struct tipc_node *tipc_node_find(u32 addr)
-{
-	if (likely(in_own_cluster(addr)))
-		return tipc_nodes[tipc_node(addr)];
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static inline void tipc_node_lock(struct tipc_node *n_ptr)
 {
 	spin_lock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);