2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index cc4c9190b7fd..77f02f86346e 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ struct sock_common {
   *     @sk_callback_lock: used with the callbacks in the end of this struct
   *     @sk_error_queue: rarely used
   *     @sk_prot: protocol handlers inside a network family
+  *     @sk_prot_creator: sk_prot of original sock creator (see ipv6_setsockopt, IPV6_ADDRFORM for instance)
   *     @sk_err: last error
   *     @sk_err_soft: errors that don't cause failure but are the cause of a persistent failure not just 'timed out'
   *     @sk_ack_backlog: current listen backlog
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ struct sock {
         } sk_backlog;
         struct sk_buff_head     sk_error_queue;
         struct proto            *sk_prot;
+        struct proto            *sk_prot_creator;
         rwlock_t                sk_callback_lock;
         int                     sk_err,
                                 sk_err_soft;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 98171ddd7e7d..92c0676e4708 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -635,7 +635,11 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(int family, int priority, struct proto *prot, int zero_it)
                 if (zero_it) {
                         memset(sk, 0, prot->obj_size);
                         sk->sk_family = family;
-                        sk->sk_prot = prot;
+                        /*
+                         * See comment in struct sock definition to understand
+                         * why we need sk_prot_creator -acme
+                         */
+                        sk->sk_prot = sk->sk_prot_creator = prot;
                         sock_lock_init(sk);
                 }
                 
@@ -654,7 +658,7 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(int family, int priority, struct proto *prot, int zero_it)
 void sk_free(struct sock *sk)
 {
         struct sk_filter *filter;
-        struct module *owner = sk->sk_prot->owner;
+        struct module *owner = sk->sk_prot_creator->owner;
 
         if (sk->sk_destruct)
                 sk->sk_destruct(sk);
@@ -672,8 +676,8 @@ void sk_free(struct sock *sk)
                        __FUNCTION__, atomic_read(&sk->sk_omem_alloc));
 
         security_sk_free(sk);
-        if (sk->sk_prot->slab != NULL)
-                kmem_cache_free(sk->sk_prot->slab, sk);
+        if (sk->sk_prot_creator->slab != NULL)
+                kmem_cache_free(sk->sk_prot_creator->slab, sk);
         else
                 kfree(sk);
         module_put(owner);