diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
index a9d8289..ea1e3b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/inetdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ struct in_ifaddr {
 	unsigned char		ifa_flags;
 	unsigned char		ifa_prefixlen;
 	char			ifa_label[IFNAMSIZ];
+
+	/* In seconds, relative to tstamp. Expiry is at tstamp + HZ * lft. */
+	__u32			ifa_valid_lft;
+	__u32			ifa_preferred_lft;
+	unsigned long		ifa_cstamp; /* created timestamp */
+	unsigned long		ifa_tstamp; /* updated timestamp */
 };
 
 extern int register_inetaddr_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 7cd14c0..0aca314 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
 #define IPV6_MAX_ADDRESSES		16
 
+#define ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MINUS	(HZ > 50 ? HZ / 50 : 1)
+#define ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ		(HZ / 4)
+#define ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MAX		(HZ)
+
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <linux/in6.h>
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index cc06a47..9a9773e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include <net/ip_fib.h>
 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
+#include <net/addrconf.h>
 
 #include "fib_lookup.h"
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifa_ipv4_policy[IFA_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFA_ADDRESS]   	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFA_BROADCAST] 	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFA_LABEL]     	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ - 1 },
+	[IFA_CACHEINFO]		= { .len = sizeof(struct ifa_cacheinfo) },
 };
 
 #define IN4_ADDR_HSIZE_SHIFT	8
@@ -417,6 +419,10 @@ static void inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 	__inet_del_ifa(in_dev, ifap, destroy, NULL, 0);
 }
 
+static void check_lifetime(struct work_struct *work);
+
+static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(check_lifetime_work, check_lifetime);
+
 static int __inet_insert_ifa(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			     u32 portid)
 {
@@ -462,6 +468,9 @@ static int __inet_insert_ifa(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	inet_hash_insert(dev_net(in_dev->dev), ifa);
 
+	cancel_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work, 0);
+
 	/* Send message first, then call notifier.
 	   Notifier will trigger FIB update, so that
 	   listeners of netlink will know about new ifaddr */
@@ -573,6 +582,105 @@ errout:
 	return err;
 }
 
+#define INFINITY_LIFE_TIME	0xFFFFFFFF
+
+static void check_lifetime(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	unsigned long now, next, next_sec, next_sched;
+	struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
+	struct hlist_node *node;
+	int i;
+
+	now = jiffies;
+	next = round_jiffies_up(now + ADDR_CHECK_FREQUENCY);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for (i = 0; i < IN4_ADDR_HSIZE; i++) {
+		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(ifa, node,
+					 &inet_addr_lst[i], hash) {
+			unsigned long age;
+
+			if (ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT)
+				continue;
+
+			/* We try to batch several events at once. */
+			age = (now - ifa->ifa_tstamp +
+			       ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MINUS) / HZ;
+
+			if (ifa->ifa_valid_lft != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME &&
+			    age >= ifa->ifa_valid_lft) {
+				struct in_ifaddr **ifap ;
+
+				rtnl_lock();
+				for (ifap = &ifa->ifa_dev->ifa_list;
+				     *ifap != NULL; ifap = &ifa->ifa_next) {
+					if (*ifap == ifa)
+						inet_del_ifa(ifa->ifa_dev,
+							     ifap, 1);
+				}
+				rtnl_unlock();
+			} else if (ifa->ifa_preferred_lft ==
+				   INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {
+				continue;
+			} else if (age >= ifa->ifa_preferred_lft) {
+				if (time_before(ifa->ifa_tstamp +
+						ifa->ifa_valid_lft * HZ, next))
+					next = ifa->ifa_tstamp +
+					       ifa->ifa_valid_lft * HZ;
+
+				if (!(ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_DEPRECATED)) {
+					ifa->ifa_flags |= IFA_F_DEPRECATED;
+					rtmsg_ifa(RTM_NEWADDR, ifa, NULL, 0);
+				}
+			} else if (time_before(ifa->ifa_tstamp +
+					       ifa->ifa_preferred_lft * HZ,
+					       next)) {
+				next = ifa->ifa_tstamp +
+				       ifa->ifa_preferred_lft * HZ;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	next_sec = round_jiffies_up(next);
+	next_sched = next;
+
+	/* If rounded timeout is accurate enough, accept it. */
+	if (time_before(next_sec, next + ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ))
+		next_sched = next_sec;
+
+	now = jiffies;
+	/* And minimum interval is ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MAX. */
+	if (time_before(next_sched, now + ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MAX))
+		next_sched = now + ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MAX;
+
+	schedule_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work, next_sched - now);
+}
+
+static void set_ifa_lifetime(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, __u32 valid_lft,
+			     __u32 prefered_lft)
+{
+	unsigned long timeout;
+
+	ifa->ifa_flags &= ~(IFA_F_PERMANENT | IFA_F_DEPRECATED);
+
+	timeout = addrconf_timeout_fixup(valid_lft, HZ);
+	if (addrconf_finite_timeout(timeout))
+		ifa->ifa_valid_lft = timeout;
+	else
+		ifa->ifa_flags |= IFA_F_PERMANENT;
+
+	timeout = addrconf_timeout_fixup(prefered_lft, HZ);
+	if (addrconf_finite_timeout(timeout)) {
+		if (timeout == 0)
+			ifa->ifa_flags |= IFA_F_DEPRECATED;
+		ifa->ifa_preferred_lft = timeout;
+	}
+	ifa->ifa_tstamp = jiffies;
+	if (!ifa->ifa_cstamp)
+		ifa->ifa_cstamp = ifa->ifa_tstamp;
+}
+
 static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
 	struct nlattr *tb[IFA_MAX+1];
@@ -633,6 +741,19 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	else
 		memcpy(ifa->ifa_label, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 
+	if (tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]) {
+		struct ifa_cacheinfo *ci;
+
+		ci = nla_data(tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]);
+		if (!ci->ifa_valid || ci->ifa_prefered > ci->ifa_valid) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto errout;
+		}
+		set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, ci->ifa_valid, ci->ifa_prefered);
+	} else {
+		set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, INFINITY_LIFE_TIME, INFINITY_LIFE_TIME);
+	}
+
 	return ifa;
 
 errout:
@@ -852,6 +973,7 @@ int devinet_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 			ifa->ifa_prefixlen = 32;
 			ifa->ifa_mask = inet_make_mask(32);
 		}
+		set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, INFINITY_LIFE_TIME, INFINITY_LIFE_TIME);
 		ret = inet_set_ifa(dev, ifa);
 		break;
 
@@ -1190,6 +1312,8 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 				ifa->ifa_dev = in_dev;
 				ifa->ifa_scope = RT_SCOPE_HOST;
 				memcpy(ifa->ifa_label, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
+				set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, INFINITY_LIFE_TIME,
+						 INFINITY_LIFE_TIME);
 				inet_insert_ifa(ifa);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1246,11 +1370,30 @@ static size_t inet_nlmsg_size(void)
 	       + nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ); /* IFA_LABEL */
 }
 
+static inline u32 cstamp_delta(unsigned long cstamp)
+{
+	return (cstamp - INITIAL_JIFFIES) * 100UL / HZ;
+}
+
+static int put_cacheinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long cstamp,
+			 unsigned long tstamp, u32 preferred, u32 valid)
+{
+	struct ifa_cacheinfo ci;
+
+	ci.cstamp = cstamp_delta(cstamp);
+	ci.tstamp = cstamp_delta(tstamp);
+	ci.ifa_prefered = preferred;
+	ci.ifa_valid = valid;
+
+	return nla_put(skb, IFA_CACHEINFO, sizeof(ci), &ci);
+}
+
 static int inet_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct in_ifaddr *ifa,
 			    u32 portid, u32 seq, int event, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct ifaddrmsg *ifm;
 	struct nlmsghdr  *nlh;
+	u32 preferred, valid;
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, portid, seq, event, sizeof(*ifm), flags);
 	if (nlh == NULL)
@@ -1259,10 +1402,31 @@ static int inet_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct in_ifaddr *ifa,
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	ifm->ifa_family = AF_INET;
 	ifm->ifa_prefixlen = ifa->ifa_prefixlen;
-	ifm->ifa_flags = ifa->ifa_flags|IFA_F_PERMANENT;
+	ifm->ifa_flags = ifa->ifa_flags;
 	ifm->ifa_scope = ifa->ifa_scope;
 	ifm->ifa_index = ifa->ifa_dev->dev->ifindex;
 
+	if (!(ifm->ifa_flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT)) {
+		preferred = ifa->ifa_preferred_lft;
+		valid = ifa->ifa_valid_lft;
+		if (preferred != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {
+			long tval = (jiffies - ifa->ifa_tstamp) / HZ;
+
+			if (preferred > tval)
+				preferred -= tval;
+			else
+				preferred = 0;
+			if (valid != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {
+				if (valid > tval)
+					valid -= tval;
+				else
+					valid = 0;
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		preferred = INFINITY_LIFE_TIME;
+		valid = INFINITY_LIFE_TIME;
+	}
 	if ((ifa->ifa_address &&
 	     nla_put_be32(skb, IFA_ADDRESS, ifa->ifa_address)) ||
 	    (ifa->ifa_local &&
@@ -1270,7 +1434,9 @@ static int inet_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct in_ifaddr *ifa,
 	    (ifa->ifa_broadcast &&
 	     nla_put_be32(skb, IFA_BROADCAST, ifa->ifa_broadcast)) ||
 	    (ifa->ifa_label[0] &&
-	     nla_put_string(skb, IFA_LABEL, ifa->ifa_label)))
+	     nla_put_string(skb, IFA_LABEL, ifa->ifa_label)) ||
+	    put_cacheinfo(skb, ifa->ifa_cstamp, ifa->ifa_tstamp,
+			  preferred, valid))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
@@ -1988,6 +2154,8 @@ void __init devinet_init(void)
 	register_gifconf(PF_INET, inet_gifconf);
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&ip_netdev_notifier);
 
+	schedule_delayed_work(&check_lifetime_work, 0);
+
 	rtnl_af_register(&inet_af_ops);
 
 	rtnl_register(PF_INET, RTM_NEWADDR, inet_rtm_newaddr, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 408cac4a..64c3ed6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ static inline u32 cstamp_delta(unsigned long cstamp)
 	return (cstamp - INITIAL_JIFFIES) * 100UL / HZ;
 }
 
-#define ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MINUS	(HZ > 50 ? HZ/50 : 1)
-#define ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ		(HZ / 4)
-#define ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MAX		(HZ)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static void addrconf_sysctl_register(struct inet6_dev *idev);
 static void addrconf_sysctl_unregister(struct inet6_dev *idev);
