diff --git a/net/ipv6/ping.c b/net/ipv6/ping.c
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+/*
+ * INET		An implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite for the LINUX
+ *		operating system.  INET is implemented using the  BSD Socket
+ *		interface as the means of communication with the user level.
+ *
+ *		"Ping" sockets
+ *
+ *		This program 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 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Based on ipv4/ping.c code.
+ *
+ * Authors:	Lorenzo Colitti (IPv6 support)
+ *		Vasiliy Kulikov / Openwall (IPv4 implementation, for Linux 2.6),
+ *		Pavel Kankovsky (IPv4 implementation, for Linux 2.4.32)
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <net/addrconf.h>
+#include <net/ipv6.h>
+#include <net/ip6_route.h>
+#include <net/protocol.h>
+#include <net/udp.h>
+#include <net/transp_v6.h>
+#include <net/ping.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+struct proto pingv6_prot = {
+	.name =		"PINGv6",
+	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
+	.init =		ping_init_sock,
+	.close =	ping_close,
+	.connect =	ip6_datagram_connect,
+	.disconnect =	udp_disconnect,
+	.setsockopt =	ipv6_setsockopt,
+	.getsockopt =	ipv6_getsockopt,
+	.sendmsg =	ping_v6_sendmsg,
+	.recvmsg =	ping_recvmsg,
+	.bind =		ping_bind,
+	.backlog_rcv =	ping_queue_rcv_skb,
+	.hash =		ping_hash,
+	.unhash =	ping_unhash,
+	.get_port =	ping_get_port,
+	.obj_size =	sizeof(struct raw6_sock),
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pingv6_prot);
+
+static struct inet_protosw pingv6_protosw = {
+	.type =      SOCK_DGRAM,
+	.protocol =  IPPROTO_ICMPV6,
+	.prot =      &pingv6_prot,
+	.ops =       &inet6_dgram_ops,
+	.no_check =  UDP_CSUM_DEFAULT,
+	.flags =     INET_PROTOSW_REUSE,
+};
+
+
+/* Compatibility glue so we can support IPv6 when it's compiled as a module */
+int dummy_ipv6_recv_error(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len)
+{
+	return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+}
+int dummy_datagram_recv_ctl(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
+				 struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+}
+int dummy_icmpv6_err_convert(u8 type, u8 code, int *err)
+{
+	return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+}
+void dummy_ipv6_icmp_error(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int err,
+			    __be16 port, u32 info, u8 *payload) {}
+int dummy_ipv6_chk_addr(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
+			struct net_device *dev, int strict)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int __init pingv6_init(void)
+{
+	pingv6_ops.ipv6_recv_error = ipv6_recv_error;
+	pingv6_ops.datagram_recv_ctl = datagram_recv_ctl;
+	pingv6_ops.icmpv6_err_convert = icmpv6_err_convert;
+	pingv6_ops.ipv6_icmp_error = ipv6_icmp_error;
+	pingv6_ops.ipv6_chk_addr = ipv6_chk_addr;
+	return inet6_register_protosw(&pingv6_protosw);
+}
+
+/* This never gets called because it's not possible to unload the ipv6 module,
+ * but just in case.
+ */
+void pingv6_exit(void)
+{
+	pingv6_ops.ipv6_recv_error = dummy_ipv6_recv_error;
+	pingv6_ops.datagram_recv_ctl = dummy_datagram_recv_ctl;
+	pingv6_ops.icmpv6_err_convert = dummy_icmpv6_err_convert;
+	pingv6_ops.ipv6_icmp_error = dummy_ipv6_icmp_error;
+	pingv6_ops.ipv6_chk_addr = dummy_ipv6_chk_addr;
+	inet6_unregister_protosw(&pingv6_protosw);
+}
+
+int ping_v6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
+		    size_t len)
+{
+	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
+	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+	struct icmp6hdr user_icmph;
+	int addr_type;
+	struct in6_addr *daddr;
+	int iif = 0;
+	struct flowi6 fl6;
+	int err;
+	int hlimit;
+	struct dst_entry *dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt;
+	struct pingfakehdr pfh;
+
+	pr_debug("ping_v6_sendmsg(sk=%p,sk->num=%u)\n", inet, inet->inet_num);
+
+	err = ping_common_sendmsg(AF_INET6, msg, len, &user_icmph,
+				  sizeof(user_icmph));
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_in6 *u = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) msg->msg_name;
+		if (msg->msg_namelen < sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6) ||
+		    u->sin6_family != AF_INET6) {
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		if (sk->sk_bound_dev_if &&
+		    sk->sk_bound_dev_if != u->sin6_scope_id) {
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		daddr = &(u->sin6_addr);
+		iif = u->sin6_scope_id;
+	} else {
+		if (sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED)
+			return -EDESTADDRREQ;
+		daddr = &np->daddr;
+	}
+
+	if (!iif)
+		iif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
+
+	addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(daddr);
+	if (__ipv6_addr_needs_scope_id(addr_type) && !iif)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MAPPED)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* TODO: use ip6_datagram_send_ctl to get options from cmsg */
+
+	memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6));
+
+	fl6.flowi6_proto = IPPROTO_ICMPV6;
+	fl6.saddr = np->saddr;
+	fl6.daddr = *daddr;
+	fl6.fl6_icmp_type = user_icmph.icmp6_type;
+	fl6.fl6_icmp_code = user_icmph.icmp6_code;
+	security_sk_classify_flow(sk, flowi6_to_flowi(&fl6));
+
+	if (!fl6.flowi6_oif && ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
+		fl6.flowi6_oif = np->mcast_oif;
+	else if (!fl6.flowi6_oif)
+		fl6.flowi6_oif = np->ucast_oif;
+
+	dst = ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow(sk, &fl6,  daddr, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(dst))
+		return PTR_ERR(dst);
+	rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+
+	np = inet6_sk(sk);
+	if (!np)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	if (!fl6.flowi6_oif && ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
+		fl6.flowi6_oif = np->mcast_oif;
+	else if (!fl6.flowi6_oif)
+		fl6.flowi6_oif = np->ucast_oif;
+
+	pfh.icmph.type = user_icmph.icmp6_type;
+	pfh.icmph.code = user_icmph.icmp6_code;
+	pfh.icmph.checksum = 0;
+	pfh.icmph.un.echo.id = inet->inet_sport;
+	pfh.icmph.un.echo.sequence = user_icmph.icmp6_sequence;
+	pfh.iov = msg->msg_iov;
+	pfh.wcheck = 0;
+	pfh.family = AF_INET6;
+
+	if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
+		hlimit = np->mcast_hops;
+	else
+		hlimit = np->hop_limit;
+	if (hlimit < 0)
+		hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
+
+	err = ip6_append_data(sk, ping_getfrag, &pfh, len,
+			      0, hlimit,
+			      np->tclass, NULL, &fl6, rt,
+			      MSG_DONTWAIT, np->dontfrag);
+
+	if (err) {
+		ICMP6_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), rt->rt6i_idev,
+				   ICMP6_MIB_OUTERRORS);
+		ip6_flush_pending_frames(sk);
+	} else {
+		err = icmpv6_push_pending_frames(sk, &fl6,
+						 (struct icmp6hdr *) &pfh.icmph,
+						 len);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}