1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index 59c5d18cc385..ff4da42fcfc6 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ struct dst_entry {
         struct net_device       *dev;
         struct  dst_ops         *ops;
         unsigned long           _metrics;
-        unsigned long           expires;
+        union {
+                unsigned long           expires;
+                /* point to where the dst_entry copied from */
+                struct dst_entry        *from;
+        };
         struct dst_entry        *path;
         struct neighbour __rcu  *_neighbour;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM