diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
index 64d01e728a9db1ceb56c7ece03d295745ba83f21..d5bd35b7f2e1c9e14925239c94adea1021083680 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static u16 bnx2x_free_tx_pkt(struct bnx2x *bp, struct bnx2x_fastpath *fp,
 
 	/* release skb */
 	WARN_ON(!skb);
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	tx_buf->first_bd = 0;
 	tx_buf->skb = NULL;
 
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void bnx2x_tpa_stop(struct bnx2x *bp, struct bnx2x_fastpath *fp,
 		} else {
 			DP(NETIF_MSG_RX_STATUS, "Failed to allocate new pages"
 			   " - dropping packet!\n");
-			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		}
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h
index fab161e8030d7ad9aa552930adbcc6eadd2e4ec9..1a3545bd8a929df5fd1a28b8fac03b21be8bc79c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static inline int bnx2x_alloc_rx_skb(struct bnx2x *bp,
 	mapping = dma_map_single(&bp->pdev->dev, skb->data, fp->rx_buf_size,
 				 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 	if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(&bp->pdev->dev, mapping))) {
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index f45c0caf3240c4d87c555a7c5bdf2571d940102e..a97d9be331d10e1b4d0b8c3c464e58abfd2b1cc5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ static int bnx2x_issue_dmae_with_comp(struct bnx2x *bp,
 				      struct dmae_command *dmae)
 {
 	u32 *wb_comp = bnx2x_sp(bp, wb_comp);
-	int cnt = CHIP_REV_IS_SLOW(bp) ? (400000) : 40;
+	int cnt = CHIP_REV_IS_SLOW(bp) ? (400000) : 4000;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	DP(BNX2X_MSG_OFF, "data before [0x%08x 0x%08x 0x%08x 0x%08x]\n",
@@ -3666,7 +3666,8 @@ static int  bnx2x_cnic_handle_cfc_del(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 cid,
 				      union event_ring_elem *elem)
 {
 	if (!bp->cnic_eth_dev.starting_cid  ||
-	    cid < bp->cnic_eth_dev.starting_cid)
+	    (cid < bp->cnic_eth_dev.starting_cid &&
+	    cid != bp->cnic_eth_dev.iscsi_l2_cid))
 		return 1;
 
 	DP(BNX2X_MSG_SP, "got delete ramrod for CNIC CID %d\n", cid);
@@ -7287,51 +7288,35 @@ static inline void bnx2x_mcp_wait_one(struct bnx2x *bp)
 		msleep(MCP_ONE_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
-static int bnx2x_reset_mcp_comp(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 magic_val)
+/*
+ * initializes bp->common.shmem_base and waits for validity signature to appear
+ */
+static int bnx2x_init_shmem(struct bnx2x *bp)
 {
-	u32 shmem, cnt, validity_offset, val;
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	msleep(100);
+	int cnt = 0;
+	u32 val = 0;
 
-	/* Get shmem offset */
-	shmem = REG_RD(bp, MISC_REG_SHARED_MEM_ADDR);
-	if (shmem == 0) {
-		BNX2X_ERR("Shmem 0 return failure\n");
-		rc = -ENOTTY;
-		goto exit_lbl;
-	}
+	do {
+		bp->common.shmem_base = REG_RD(bp, MISC_REG_SHARED_MEM_ADDR);
+		if (bp->common.shmem_base) {
+			val = SHMEM_RD(bp, validity_map[BP_PORT(bp)]);
+			if (val & SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_MB)
+				return 0;
+		}
 
-	validity_offset = offsetof(struct shmem_region, validity_map[0]);
+		bnx2x_mcp_wait_one(bp);
 
-	/* Wait for MCP to come up */
-	for (cnt = 0; cnt < (MCP_TIMEOUT / MCP_ONE_TIMEOUT); cnt++) {
-		/* TBD: its best to check validity map of last port.
-		 * currently checks on port 0.
-		 */
-		val = REG_RD(bp, shmem + validity_offset);
-		DP(NETIF_MSG_HW, "shmem 0x%x validity map(0x%x)=0x%x\n", shmem,
-		   shmem + validity_offset, val);
+	} while (cnt++ < (MCP_TIMEOUT / MCP_ONE_TIMEOUT));
 
-		/* check that shared memory is valid. */
-		if ((val & (SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_DEV_INFO | SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_MB))
-		    == (SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_DEV_INFO | SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_MB))
-			break;
+	BNX2X_ERR("BAD MCP validity signature\n");
 
-		bnx2x_mcp_wait_one(bp);
-	}
-
-	DP(NETIF_MSG_HW, "Cnt=%d Shmem validity map 0x%x\n", cnt, val);
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
 
-	/* Check that shared memory is valid. This indicates that MCP is up. */
-	if ((val & (SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_DEV_INFO | SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_MB)) !=
-	    (SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_DEV_INFO | SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_MB)) {
-		BNX2X_ERR("Shmem signature not present. MCP is not up !!\n");
-		rc = -ENOTTY;
-		goto exit_lbl;
-	}
+static int bnx2x_reset_mcp_comp(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 magic_val)
+{
+	int rc = bnx2x_init_shmem(bp);
 
-exit_lbl:
 	/* Restore the `magic' bit value */
 	if (!CHIP_IS_E1(bp))
 		bnx2x_clp_reset_done(bp, magic_val);
@@ -7844,10 +7829,12 @@ static void __devinit bnx2x_get_common_hwinfo(struct bnx2x *bp)
 	BNX2X_DEV_INFO("flash_size 0x%x (%d)\n",
 		       bp->common.flash_size, bp->common.flash_size);
 
-	bp->common.shmem_base = REG_RD(bp, MISC_REG_SHARED_MEM_ADDR);
+	bnx2x_init_shmem(bp);
+
 	bp->common.shmem2_base = REG_RD(bp, (BP_PATH(bp) ?
 					MISC_REG_GENERIC_CR_1 :
 					MISC_REG_GENERIC_CR_0));
+
 	bp->link_params.shmem_base = bp->common.shmem_base;
 	bp->link_params.shmem2_base = bp->common.shmem2_base;
 	BNX2X_DEV_INFO("shmem offset 0x%x  shmem2 offset 0x%x\n",
@@ -7859,11 +7846,6 @@ static void __devinit bnx2x_get_common_hwinfo(struct bnx2x *bp)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	val = SHMEM_RD(bp, validity_map[BP_PORT(bp)]);
-	if ((val & (SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_DEV_INFO | SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_MB))
-		!= (SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_DEV_INFO | SHR_MEM_VALIDITY_MB))
-		BNX2X_ERR("BAD MCP validity signature\n");
-
 	bp->common.hw_config = SHMEM_RD(bp, dev_info.shared_hw_config.config);
 	BNX2X_DEV_INFO("hw_config 0x%08x\n", bp->common.hw_config);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 088fd845ffdf59728bc19e8b30bae9649b1d790c..6dc4284615419d289a98bd1769108461d0c1ddcd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1640,6 +1640,8 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_JOIN, slave_dev);
+
 	/* If this is the first slave, then we need to set the master's hardware
 	 * address to be the same as the slave's. */
 	if (is_zero_ether_addr(bond->dev->dev_addr))
@@ -1972,7 +1974,7 @@ int bond_release(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 	}
 
 	block_netpoll_tx();
-	netdev_bonding_change(bond_dev, NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE);
+	netdev_bonding_change(bond_dev, NETDEV_RELEASE);
 	write_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
 
 	slave = bond_get_slave_by_dev(bond, slave_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index d72a70615c0f140d893203dcb90779bea67a3fb1..d6aeaa5f25eaa86df9780d03783b548631e92262 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -238,10 +238,8 @@ static int macvlan_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 		dest = macvlan_hash_lookup(port, eth->h_dest);
 		if (dest && dest->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE) {
-			unsigned int length = skb->len + ETH_HLEN;
-			int ret = dest->forward(dest->dev, skb);
-			macvlan_count_rx(dest, length,
-					 ret == NET_RX_SUCCESS, 0);
+			/* send to lowerdev first for its network taps */
+			vlan->forward(vlan->lowerdev, skb);
 
 			return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index a83e101440fdcc07070ed84ce3384a174dc46e13..dfc82720065ac0d68bb657dbf19150ff7dd4c89e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -621,11 +621,10 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	bool stopped = false;
 
 	if (!(event == NETDEV_CHANGENAME || event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER ||
-	      event == NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE || event == NETDEV_GOING_DOWN))
+	      event == NETDEV_RELEASE || event == NETDEV_JOIN))
 		goto done;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
-restart:
 	list_for_each_entry(nt, &target_list, list) {
 		netconsole_target_get(nt);
 		if (nt->np.dev == dev) {
@@ -633,6 +632,8 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 			case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
 				strlcpy(nt->np.dev_name, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 				break;
+			case NETDEV_RELEASE:
+			case NETDEV_JOIN:
 			case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 				/*
 				 * rtnl_lock already held
@@ -647,11 +648,7 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 					dev_put(nt->np.dev);
 					nt->np.dev = NULL;
 					netconsole_target_put(nt);
-					goto restart;
 				}
-				/* Fall through */
-			case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
-			case NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE:
 				nt->enabled = 0;
 				stopped = true;
 				break;
@@ -660,10 +657,21 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 		netconsole_target_put(nt);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
-	if (stopped && (event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER || event == NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE))
+	if (stopped) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "netconsole: network logging stopped on "
-			"interface %s as it %s\n",  dev->name,
-			event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER ? "unregistered" : "released slaves");
+		       "interface %s as it ", dev->name);
+		switch (event) {
+		case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+			printk(KERN_CONT "unregistered\n");
+			break;
+		case NETDEV_RELEASE:
+			printk(KERN_CONT "released slaves\n");
+			break;
+		case NETDEV_JOIN:
+			printk(KERN_CONT "is joining a master device\n");
+			break;
+		}
+	}
 
 done:
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/rionet.c b/drivers/net/rionet.c
index 26afbaae23f0d1fb7acbf65c030d92fcfd2ebda0..77c5092a6a408089bbfd650747f981a17af8ac50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/rionet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/rionet.c
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ static int rionet_queue_tx_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev,
 	rnet->tx_slot &= (RIONET_TX_RING_SIZE - 1);
 
 	if (netif_msg_tx_queued(rnet))
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: queued skb %8.8x len %8.8x\n", DRV_NAME,
-		       (u32) skb, skb->len);
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: queued skb len %8.8x\n", DRV_NAME,
+		       skb->len);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index 4609b85e559ddfc85860d1bdda9a5bcbb00c1db1..9ee3f9fb0b4a5ee94f23242219ee5ea95cbf1274 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ struct sock_fprog {	/* Required for SO_ATTACH_FILTER. */
 #define SKF_LL_OFF    (-0x200000)
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+struct sk_buff;
+struct sock;
+
 struct sk_filter
 {
 	atomic_t		refcnt;
@@ -146,9 +150,6 @@ static inline unsigned int sk_filter_len(const struct sk_filter *fp)
 	return fp->len * sizeof(struct sock_filter) + sizeof(*fp);
 }
 
-struct sk_buff;
-struct sock;
-
 extern int sk_filter(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern unsigned int sk_run_filter(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  const struct sock_filter *filter);
diff --git a/include/linux/notifier.h b/include/linux/notifier.h
index 621dfa16acc080076b08c58126e644b2ad45e68a..c0688b0168b3469bcb1a6f16001c4f81e15f2cd5 100644
--- a/include/linux/notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/notifier.h
@@ -209,8 +209,9 @@ static inline int notifier_to_errno(int ret)
 #define NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE	0x000F
 #define NETDEV_POST_INIT	0x0010
 #define NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH 0x0011
-#define NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE  0x0012
+#define NETDEV_RELEASE		0x0012
 #define NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS	0x0013
+#define NETDEV_JOIN		0x0014
 
 #define SYS_DOWN	0x0001	/* Notify of system down */
 #define SYS_RESTART	SYS_DOWN
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 16c9c091555dfe6f19036eafc7aef59ac5614bb0..e8b78ce144741fda866f79bd32ce3c96ba0c4096 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ extern int ___pskb_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len);
 
 static inline void __skb_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
 {
-	if (unlikely(skb->data_len)) {
+	if (unlikely(skb_is_nonlinear(skb))) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/include/net/caif/caif_layer.h b/include/net/caif/caif_layer.h
index c8b07a904e78958308c9237d99d578e7512d5109..35bc7883cf9720e8e4dcbd85c7c7a16890d179fe 100644
--- a/include/net/caif/caif_layer.h
+++ b/include/net/caif/caif_layer.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ struct cfpktq;
 struct caif_payload_info;
 struct caif_packet_funcs;
 
-
 #define CAIF_LAYER_NAME_SZ 16
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ do {								\
 	}							\
 } while (0)
 
-
 /**
  * enum caif_ctrlcmd - CAIF Stack Control Signaling sent in layer.ctrlcmd().
  *
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ enum caif_direction {
  *    - All layers must use this structure. If embedding it, then place this
  *	structure first in the layer specific structure.
  *
- *    - Each layer should not depend on any others layer private data.
+ *    - Each layer should not depend on any others layer's private data.
  *
  *    - In order to send data upwards do
  *	layer->up->receive(layer->up, packet);
@@ -155,16 +153,23 @@ struct cflayer {
 	struct list_head node;
 
 	/*
-	 *  receive() - Receive Function.
+	 *  receive() - Receive Function (non-blocking).
 	 *  Contract: Each layer must implement a receive function passing the
 	 *  CAIF packets upwards in the stack.
 	 *	Packet handling rules:
-	 *	      - The CAIF packet (cfpkt) cannot be accessed after
-	 *		     passing it to the next layer using up->receive().
+	 *	      - The CAIF packet (cfpkt) ownership is passed to the
+	 *		called receive function. This means that the the
+	 *		packet cannot be accessed after passing it to the
+	 *		above layer using up->receive().
+	 *
 	 *	      - If parsing of the packet fails, the packet must be
-	 *		     destroyed and -1 returned from the function.
+	 *		destroyed and negative error code returned
+	 *		from the function.
+	 *		EXCEPTION: If the framing layer (cffrml) returns
+	 *			-EILSEQ, the packet is not freed.
+	 *
 	 *	      - If parsing succeeds (and above layers return OK) then
-	 *		      the function must return a value > 0.
+	 *		      the function must return a value >= 0.
 	 *
 	 *  Returns result < 0 indicates an error, 0 or positive value
 	 *	     indicates success.
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ struct cflayer {
 	int (*receive)(struct cflayer *layr, struct cfpkt *cfpkt);
 
 	/*
-	 *  transmit() - Transmit Function.
+	 *  transmit() - Transmit Function (non-blocking).
 	 *  Contract: Each layer must implement a transmit function passing the
 	 *	CAIF packet downwards in the stack.
 	 *	Packet handling rules:
@@ -185,15 +190,16 @@ struct cflayer {
 	 *		cannot be accessed after passing it to the below
 	 *		layer using dn->transmit().
 	 *
-	 *	      - If transmit fails, however, the ownership is returned
-	 *		to thecaller. The caller of "dn->transmit()" must
-	 *		destroy or resend packet.
+	 *	      - Upon error the packet ownership is still passed on,
+	 *		so the packet shall be freed where error is detected.
+	 *		Callers of the transmit function shall not free packets,
+	 *		but errors shall be returned.
 	 *
 	 *	      - Return value less than zero means error, zero or
 	 *		greater than zero means OK.
 	 *
-	 *	 result < 0 indicates an error, 0 or positive value
-	 *	 indicate success.
+	 *  Returns result < 0 indicates an error, 0 or positive value
+	 *		indicates success.
 	 *
 	 *  @layr:	Pointer to the current layer the receive function
 	 *		isimplemented for (this pointer).
@@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ struct cflayer {
 	int (*transmit) (struct cflayer *layr, struct cfpkt *cfpkt);
 
 	/*
-	 *  cttrlcmd() - Control Function upwards in CAIF Stack.
+	 *  cttrlcmd() - Control Function upwards in CAIF Stack  (non-blocking).
 	 *  Used for signaling responses (CAIF_CTRLCMD_*_RSP)
 	 *  and asynchronous events from the modem  (CAIF_CTRLCMD_*_IND)
 	 *
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index 5dbdfdfc3a34a13f02815e574da427d88d228526..1bacca4cb6764b3fd3652a5b74bfbcef0866db73 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static void del_nbp(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 	dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_BRIDGE_PORT;
 
 	netdev_rx_handler_unregister(dev);
+	synchronize_net();
 
 	netdev_set_master(dev, NULL);
 
@@ -338,6 +339,8 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		return PTR_ERR(p);
 
+	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_JOIN, dev);
+
 	err = dev_set_promiscuity(dev, 1);
 	if (err)
 		goto put_back;
diff --git a/net/caif/caif_dev.c b/net/caif/caif_dev.c
index 366ca0fb7a29f1a2cc71697e766a9123a50d4c63..682c0fedf360c3f87177439f3a35e01e18daac18 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_dev.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_dev.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static int receive(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct cfpkt *pkt;
 	struct caif_device_entry *caifd;
+	int err;
 
 	pkt = cfpkt_fromnative(CAIF_DIR_IN, skb);
 
@@ -159,7 +160,11 @@ static int receive(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	caifd_hold(caifd);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	caifd->layer.up->receive(caifd->layer.up, pkt);
+	err = caifd->layer.up->receive(caifd->layer.up, pkt);
+
+	/* For -EILSEQ the packet is not freed so so it now */
+	if (err == -EILSEQ)
+		cfpkt_destroy(pkt);
 
 	/* Release reference to stack upwards */
 	caifd_put(caifd);
diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
index b840395ced1d6b115d1cfd489d9b878c7e9cd326..a986280864523d431e8f30f96af1a346abe2b784 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/caif/caif_socket.h>
-#include <asm/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/tcp_states.h>
 #include <net/caif/caif_layer.h>
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ static int caif_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 		if (sk->sk_shutdown & SHUTDOWN_MASK) {
 			/* Allow re-connect after SHUTDOWN_IND */
 			caif_disconnect_client(sock_net(sk), &cf_sk->layer);
+			caif_free_client(&cf_sk->layer);
 			break;
 		}
 		/* No reconnect on a seqpacket socket */
@@ -926,7 +927,6 @@ static int caif_release(struct socket *sock)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct caifsock *cf_sk = container_of(sk, struct caifsock, sk);
-	int res = 0;
 
 	if (!sk)
 		return 0;
@@ -953,10 +953,7 @@ static int caif_release(struct socket *sock)
 	sk->sk_state = CAIF_DISCONNECTED;
 	sk->sk_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK;
 
-	if (cf_sk->sk.sk_socket->state == SS_CONNECTED ||
-		cf_sk->sk.sk_socket->state == SS_CONNECTING)
-		res = caif_disconnect_client(sock_net(sk), &cf_sk->layer);
-
+	caif_disconnect_client(sock_net(sk), &cf_sk->layer);
 	cf_sk->sk.sk_socket->state = SS_DISCONNECTING;
 	wake_up_interruptible_poll(sk_sleep(sk), POLLERR|POLLHUP);
 
@@ -964,7 +961,7 @@ static int caif_release(struct socket *sock)
 	sk_stream_kill_queues(&cf_sk->sk);
 	release_sock(sk);
 	sock_put(sk);
-	return res;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Copied from af_unix.c:unix_poll(), added CAIF tx_flow handling */
@@ -1120,7 +1117,7 @@ static int caif_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	set_rx_flow_on(cf_sk);
 
 	/* Set default options on configuration */
-	cf_sk->sk.sk_priority= CAIF_PRIO_NORMAL;
+	cf_sk->sk.sk_priority = CAIF_PRIO_NORMAL;
 	cf_sk->conn_req.link_selector = CAIF_LINK_LOW_LATENCY;
 	cf_sk->conn_req.protocol = protocol;
 	/* Increase the number of sockets created. */
diff --git a/net/caif/cfcnfg.c b/net/caif/cfcnfg.c
index 351c2ca7e7b977b7fdd5a2076d9c6f1f02910d4a..52fe33bee0298a8eac119faf3dbe07be0b0ebbea 100644
--- a/net/caif/cfcnfg.c
+++ b/net/caif/cfcnfg.c
@@ -182,39 +182,26 @@ static int cfcnfg_get_id_from_ifi(struct cfcnfg *cnfg, int ifi)
 
 int caif_disconnect_client(struct net *net, struct cflayer *adap_layer)
 {
-	u8 channel_id = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
-	struct cflayer *servl = NULL;
+	u8 channel_id;
 	struct cfcnfg *cfg = get_cfcnfg(net);
 
 	caif_assert(adap_layer != NULL);
-
-	channel_id = adap_layer->id;
-	if (adap_layer->dn == NULL || channel_id == 0) {
-		pr_err("adap_layer->dn == NULL or adap_layer->id is 0\n");
-		ret = -ENOTCONN;
-		goto end;
-	}
-
-	servl = cfmuxl_remove_uplayer(cfg->mux, channel_id);
-	if (servl == NULL) {
-		pr_err("PROTOCOL ERROR - "
-				"Error removing service_layer Channel_Id(%d)",
-				channel_id);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto end;
-	}
-
-	ret = cfctrl_linkdown_req(cfg->ctrl, channel_id, adap_layer);
-
-end:
 	cfctrl_cancel_req(cfg->ctrl, adap_layer);
+	channel_id = adap_layer->id;
+	if (channel_id != 0) {
+		struct cflayer *servl;
+		servl = cfmuxl_remove_uplayer(cfg->mux, channel_id);
+		if (servl != NULL)
+			layer_set_up(servl, NULL);
+	} else
+		pr_debug("nothing to disconnect\n");
+	cfctrl_linkdown_req(cfg->ctrl, channel_id, adap_layer);
 
 	/* Do RCU sync before initiating cleanup */
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	if (adap_layer->ctrlcmd != NULL)
 		adap_layer->ctrlcmd(adap_layer, CAIF_CTRLCMD_DEINIT_RSP, 0);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(caif_disconnect_client);
@@ -400,6 +387,14 @@ cfcnfg_linkup_rsp(struct cflayer *layer, u8 channel_id, enum cfctrl_srv serv,
 	struct cfcnfg_phyinfo *phyinfo;
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 
+	if (channel_id == 0) {
+		pr_warn("received channel_id zero\n");
+		if (adapt_layer != NULL && adapt_layer->ctrlcmd != NULL)
+			adapt_layer->ctrlcmd(adapt_layer,
+						CAIF_CTRLCMD_INIT_FAIL_RSP, 0);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	if (adapt_layer == NULL) {
@@ -523,7 +518,6 @@ cfcnfg_add_phy_layer(struct cfcnfg *cnfg, enum cfcnfg_phy_type phy_type,
 	phyinfo->use_stx = stx;
 	phyinfo->use_fcs = fcs;
 
-	phy_layer->type = phy_type;
 	frml = cffrml_create(phyid, fcs);
 
 	if (!frml) {
diff --git a/net/caif/cfctrl.c b/net/caif/cfctrl.c
index 0c00a6015ddafbb166d7c4ddb48e3779ee5aea45..e22671bed66917a8899a1a0e5ab4c8ff7291c99b 100644
--- a/net/caif/cfctrl.c
+++ b/net/caif/cfctrl.c
@@ -178,20 +178,23 @@ static void init_info(struct caif_payload_info *info, struct cfctrl *cfctrl)
 void cfctrl_enum_req(struct cflayer *layer, u8 physlinkid)
 {
 	struct cfctrl *cfctrl = container_obj(layer);
-	int ret;
 	struct cfpkt *pkt = cfpkt_create(CFPKT_CTRL_PKT_LEN);
+	struct cflayer *dn = cfctrl->serv.layer.dn;
 	if (!pkt) {
 		pr_warn("Out of memory\n");
 		return;
 	}
+	if (!dn) {
+		pr_debug("not able to send enum request\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	caif_assert(offsetof(struct cfctrl, serv.layer) == 0);
 	init_info(cfpkt_info(pkt), cfctrl);
 	cfpkt_info(pkt)->dev_info->id = physlinkid;
 	cfctrl->serv.dev_info.id = physlinkid;
 	cfpkt_addbdy(pkt, CFCTRL_CMD_ENUM);
 	cfpkt_addbdy(pkt, physlinkid);
-	ret =
-	    cfctrl->serv.layer.dn->transmit(cfctrl->serv.layer.dn, pkt);
+	dn->transmit(dn, pkt);
 }
 
 int cfctrl_linkup_request(struct cflayer *layer,
@@ -206,6 +209,12 @@ int cfctrl_linkup_request(struct cflayer *layer,
 	int ret;
 	char utility_name[16];
 	struct cfpkt *pkt;
+	struct cflayer *dn = cfctrl->serv.layer.dn;
+
+	if (!dn) {
+		pr_debug("not able to send linkup request\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	if (cfctrl_cancel_req(layer, user_layer) > 0) {
 		/* Slight Paranoia, check if already connecting */
@@ -282,7 +291,7 @@ int cfctrl_linkup_request(struct cflayer *layer,
 	 */
 	cfpkt_info(pkt)->dev_info->id = param->phyid;
 	ret =
-	    cfctrl->serv.layer.dn->transmit(cfctrl->serv.layer.dn, pkt);
+	    dn->transmit(dn, pkt);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		int count;
 
@@ -301,15 +310,23 @@ int cfctrl_linkdown_req(struct cflayer *layer, u8 channelid,
 	int ret;
 	struct cfctrl *cfctrl = container_obj(layer);
 	struct cfpkt *pkt = cfpkt_create(CFPKT_CTRL_PKT_LEN);
+	struct cflayer *dn = cfctrl->serv.layer.dn;
+
 	if (!pkt) {
 		pr_warn("Out of memory\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+
+	if (!dn) {
+		pr_debug("not able to send link-down request\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	cfpkt_addbdy(pkt, CFCTRL_CMD_LINK_DESTROY);
 	cfpkt_addbdy(pkt, channelid);
 	init_info(cfpkt_info(pkt), cfctrl);
 	ret =
-	    cfctrl->serv.layer.dn->transmit(cfctrl->serv.layer.dn, pkt);
+	    dn->transmit(dn, pkt);
 #ifndef CAIF_NO_LOOP
 	cfctrl->loop_linkused[channelid] = 0;
 #endif
@@ -351,7 +368,8 @@ static int cfctrl_recv(struct cflayer *layer, struct cfpkt *pkt)
 	cfpkt_extr_head(pkt, &cmdrsp, 1);
 	cmd = cmdrsp & CFCTRL_CMD_MASK;
 	if (cmd != CFCTRL_CMD_LINK_ERR
-	    && CFCTRL_RSP_BIT != (CFCTRL_RSP_BIT & cmdrsp)) {
+	    && CFCTRL_RSP_BIT != (CFCTRL_RSP_BIT & cmdrsp)
+		&& CFCTRL_ERR_BIT != (CFCTRL_ERR_BIT & cmdrsp)) {
 		if (handle_loop(cfctrl, cmd, pkt) != 0)
 			cmdrsp |= CFCTRL_ERR_BIT;
 	}
@@ -477,7 +495,7 @@ static int cfctrl_recv(struct cflayer *layer, struct cfpkt *pkt)
 				cfpkt_extr_head(pkt, &param, len);
 				break;
 			default:
-				pr_warn("Request setup - invalid link type (%d)\n",
+				pr_warn("Request setup, invalid type (%d)\n",
 					serv);
 				goto error;
 			}
@@ -489,7 +507,8 @@ static int cfctrl_recv(struct cflayer *layer, struct cfpkt *pkt)
 
 			if (CFCTRL_ERR_BIT == (CFCTRL_ERR_BIT & cmdrsp) ||
 				cfpkt_erroneous(pkt)) {
-				pr_err("Invalid O/E bit or parse error on CAIF control channel\n");
+				pr_err("Invalid O/E bit or parse error "
+						"on CAIF control channel\n");
 				cfctrl->res.reject_rsp(cfctrl->serv.layer.up,
 						       0,
 						       req ? req->client_layer
@@ -550,9 +569,8 @@ static void cfctrl_ctrlcmd(struct cflayer *layr, enum caif_ctrlcmd ctrl,
 	case _CAIF_CTRLCMD_PHYIF_FLOW_OFF_IND:
 	case CAIF_CTRLCMD_FLOW_OFF_IND:
 		spin_lock_bh(&this->info_list_lock);
-		if (!list_empty(&this->list)) {
+		if (!list_empty(&this->list))
 			pr_debug("Received flow off in control layer\n");
-		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&this->info_list_lock);
 		break;
 	case _CAIF_CTRLCMD_PHYIF_DOWN_IND: {
@@ -587,16 +605,16 @@ static int handle_loop(struct cfctrl *ctrl, int cmd, struct cfpkt *pkt)
 	case CFCTRL_CMD_LINK_SETUP:
 		spin_lock_bh(&ctrl->loop_linkid_lock);
 		if (!dec) {
-			for (linkid = last_linkid + 1; linkid < 255; linkid++)
+			for (linkid = last_linkid + 1; linkid < 254; linkid++)
 				if (!ctrl->loop_linkused[linkid])
 					goto found;
 		}
 		dec = 1;
-		for (linkid = last_linkid - 1; linkid > 0; linkid--)
+		for (linkid = last_linkid - 1; linkid > 1; linkid--)
 			if (!ctrl->loop_linkused[linkid])
 				goto found;
 		spin_unlock_bh(&ctrl->loop_linkid_lock);
-
+		return -1;
 found:
 		if (linkid < 10)
 			dec = 0;
diff --git a/net/caif/cfmuxl.c b/net/caif/cfmuxl.c
index 2a56df7e0a4b05539fba6427f1ceb6672ee4d4d0..3a66b8c10e09ab1876e7b678efc65073699342a0 100644
--- a/net/caif/cfmuxl.c
+++ b/net/caif/cfmuxl.c
@@ -62,16 +62,6 @@ struct cflayer *cfmuxl_create(void)
 	return &this->layer;
 }
 
-int cfmuxl_set_uplayer(struct cflayer *layr, struct cflayer *up, u8 linkid)
-{
-	struct cfmuxl *muxl = container_obj(layr);
-
-	spin_lock_bh(&muxl->receive_lock);
-	list_add_rcu(&up->node, &muxl->srvl_list);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&muxl->receive_lock);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int cfmuxl_set_dnlayer(struct cflayer *layr, struct cflayer *dn, u8 phyid)
 {
 	struct cfmuxl *muxl = (struct cfmuxl *) layr;
@@ -93,6 +83,24 @@ static struct cflayer *get_from_id(struct list_head *list, u16 id)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+int cfmuxl_set_uplayer(struct cflayer *layr, struct cflayer *up, u8 linkid)
+{
+	struct cfmuxl *muxl = container_obj(layr);
+	struct cflayer *old;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&muxl->receive_lock);
+
+	/* Two entries with same id is wrong, so remove old layer from mux */
+	old = get_from_id(&muxl->srvl_list, linkid);
+	if (old != NULL)
+		list_del_rcu(&old->node);
+
+	list_add_rcu(&up->node, &muxl->srvl_list);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&muxl->receive_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct cflayer *cfmuxl_remove_dnlayer(struct cflayer *layr, u8 phyid)
 {
 	struct cfmuxl *muxl = container_obj(layr);
@@ -146,6 +154,11 @@ struct cflayer *cfmuxl_remove_uplayer(struct cflayer *layr, u8 id)
 	struct cfmuxl *muxl = container_obj(layr);
 	int idx = id % UP_CACHE_SIZE;
 
+	if (id == 0) {
+		pr_warn("Trying to remove control layer\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&muxl->receive_lock);
 	up = get_from_id(&muxl->srvl_list, id);
 	if (up == NULL)
@@ -235,12 +248,26 @@ static void cfmuxl_ctrlcmd(struct cflayer *layr, enum caif_ctrlcmd ctrl,
 {
 	struct cfmuxl *muxl = container_obj(layr);
 	struct cflayer *layer;
+	int idx;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(layer, &muxl->srvl_list, node) {
-		if (cfsrvl_phyid_match(layer, phyid) && layer->ctrlcmd)
+
+		if (cfsrvl_phyid_match(layer, phyid) && layer->ctrlcmd) {
+
+			if ((ctrl == _CAIF_CTRLCMD_PHYIF_FLOW_OFF_IND ||
+				ctrl == CAIF_CTRLCMD_REMOTE_SHUTDOWN_IND) &&
+					layer->id != 0) {
+
+				idx = layer->id % UP_CACHE_SIZE;
+				spin_lock_bh(&muxl->receive_lock);
+				rcu_assign_pointer(muxl->up_cache[idx], NULL);
+				list_del_rcu(&layer->node);
+				spin_unlock_bh(&muxl->receive_lock);
+			}
 			/* NOTE: ctrlcmd is not allowed to block */
 			layer->ctrlcmd(layer, ctrl, phyid);
+		}
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d94537914a7159dbd450b4a9a9bb0c8dd369d6fe..bcb05cb799c11ff4373ca112b3c3b62a46d55ad2 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4294,10 +4294,8 @@ int netdev_set_master(struct net_device *slave, struct net_device *master)
 
 	slave->master = master;
 
-	if (old) {
-		synchronize_net();
+	if (old)
 		dev_put(old);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_set_master);
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index 67870e9fd097f2ff04edf8d360596ec9e45c9604..f76079cd750c618da16014b97a4d781bbc65e878 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -3544,13 +3544,12 @@ static int pktgen_add_device(struct pktgen_thread *t, const char *ifname)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	strcpy(pkt_dev->odevname, ifname);
-	pkt_dev->flows = vmalloc_node(MAX_CFLOWS * sizeof(struct flow_state),
+	pkt_dev->flows = vzalloc_node(MAX_CFLOWS * sizeof(struct flow_state),
 				      node);
 	if (pkt_dev->flows == NULL) {
 		kfree(pkt_dev);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	memset(pkt_dev->flows, 0, MAX_CFLOWS * sizeof(struct flow_state));
 
 	pkt_dev->removal_mark = 0;
 	pkt_dev->min_pkt_size = ETH_ZLEN;
@@ -3708,6 +3707,7 @@ static int __init pg_init(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	pr_info("%s", version);
 
@@ -3718,11 +3718,10 @@ static int __init pg_init(void)
 	pe = proc_create(PGCTRL, 0600, pg_proc_dir, &pktgen_fops);
 	if (pe == NULL) {
 		pr_err("ERROR: cannot create %s procfs entry\n", PGCTRL);
-		proc_net_remove(&init_net, PG_PROC_DIR);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto remove_dir;
 	}
 
-	/* Register us to receive netdevice events */
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&pktgen_notifier_block);
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -3736,13 +3735,18 @@ static int __init pg_init(void)
 
 	if (list_empty(&pktgen_threads)) {
 		pr_err("ERROR: Initialization failed for all threads\n");
-		unregister_netdevice_notifier(&pktgen_notifier_block);
-		remove_proc_entry(PGCTRL, pg_proc_dir);
-		proc_net_remove(&init_net, PG_PROC_DIR);
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto unregister;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+
+ unregister:
+	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&pktgen_notifier_block);
+	remove_proc_entry(PGCTRL, pg_proc_dir);
+ remove_dir:
+	proc_net_remove(&init_net, PG_PROC_DIR);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit pg_cleanup(void)
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index d2ba2597c75a4c6d93c60c56fa13c6be938dde13..d1644e317e70cd2634e92fb5a61153ec18c74882 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1956,6 +1956,8 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
 	case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH:
+	case NETDEV_RELEASE:
+	case NETDEV_JOIN:
 		break;
 	default:
 		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index b24d58e6bbcd623526dc9b70399a1bfc6a9de677..52b0b956508b93046dd0cc3ef9dfd157f3d57ea5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1665,6 +1665,7 @@ static int ip_rt_bug(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		&ip_hdr(skb)->saddr, &ip_hdr(skb)->daddr,
 		skb->dev ? skb->dev->name : "?");
 	kfree_skb(skb);
+	WARN_ON(1);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index c84b65920d1b7962abe5aeb4ff222a75be21c82c..b1721d71c27c909a8c852fd425e0b74f7c37cfbf 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -815,9 +815,17 @@ static bool some_qdisc_is_busy(struct net_device *dev)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * 	dev_deactivate_many - deactivate transmissions on several devices
+ * 	@head: list of devices to deactivate
+ *
+ *	This function returns only when all outstanding transmissions
+ *	have completed, unless all devices are in dismantle phase.
+ */
 void dev_deactivate_many(struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
+	bool sync_needed = false;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list) {
 		netdev_for_each_tx_queue(dev, dev_deactivate_queue,
@@ -827,10 +835,15 @@ void dev_deactivate_many(struct list_head *head)
 					     &noop_qdisc);
 
 		dev_watchdog_down(dev);
+		sync_needed |= !dev->dismantle;
 	}
 
-	/* Wait for outstanding qdisc-less dev_queue_xmit calls. */
-	synchronize_rcu();
+	/* Wait for outstanding qdisc-less dev_queue_xmit calls.
+	 * This is avoided if all devices are in dismantle phase :
+	 * Caller will call synchronize_net() for us
+	 */
+	if (sync_needed)
+		synchronize_net();
 
 	/* Wait for outstanding qdisc_run calls. */
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list)