diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index be5a0d4..94a8c23 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -40,24 +40,10 @@
 	struct rcu_head		rcu_head;
 	struct dst_entry	*child;
 	struct net_device       *dev;
-	short			error;
-	short			obsolete;
-	int			flags;
-#define DST_HOST		0x0001
-#define DST_NOXFRM		0x0002
-#define DST_NOPOLICY		0x0004
-#define DST_NOHASH		0x0008
-#define DST_NOCACHE		0x0010
+	struct  dst_ops	        *ops;
+	unsigned long		_metrics;
 	unsigned long		expires;
-
-	unsigned short		header_len;	/* more space at head required */
-	unsigned short		trailer_len;	/* space to reserve at tail */
-
-	unsigned int		rate_tokens;
-	unsigned long		rate_last;	/* rate limiting for ICMP */
-
 	struct dst_entry	*path;
-
 	struct neighbour	*neighbour;
 	struct hh_cache		*hh;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
@@ -68,17 +54,16 @@
 	int			(*input)(struct sk_buff*);
 	int			(*output)(struct sk_buff*);
 
-	struct  dst_ops	        *ops;
-
-	u32			_metrics[RTAX_MAX];
-
+	short			error;
+	short			obsolete;
+	unsigned short		header_len;	/* more space at head required */
+	unsigned short		trailer_len;	/* space to reserve at tail */
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 	__u32			tclassid;
 #else
 	__u32			__pad2;
 #endif
 
-
 	/*
 	 * Align __refcnt to a 64 bytes alignment
 	 * (L1_CACHE_SIZE would be too much)
@@ -93,6 +78,14 @@
 	atomic_t		__refcnt;	/* client references	*/
 	int			__use;
 	unsigned long		lastuse;
+	unsigned long		rate_last;	/* rate limiting for ICMP */
+	unsigned int		rate_tokens;
+	int			flags;
+#define DST_HOST		0x0001
+#define DST_NOXFRM		0x0002
+#define DST_NOPOLICY		0x0004
+#define DST_NOHASH		0x0008
+#define DST_NOCACHE		0x0010
 	union {
 		struct dst_entry	*next;
 		struct rtable __rcu	*rt_next;
@@ -103,10 +96,69 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+extern u32 *dst_cow_metrics_generic(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old);
+
+#define DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY	0x1UL
+#define __DST_METRICS_PTR(Y)	\
+	((u32 *)((Y) & ~DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY))
+#define DST_METRICS_PTR(X)	__DST_METRICS_PTR((X)->_metrics)
+
+static inline bool dst_metrics_read_only(const struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+	return dst->_metrics & DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY;
+}
+
+extern void __dst_destroy_metrics_generic(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old);
+
+static inline void dst_destroy_metrics_generic(struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+	unsigned long val = dst->_metrics;
+	if (!(val & DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY))
+		__dst_destroy_metrics_generic(dst, val);
+}
+
+static inline u32 *dst_metrics_write_ptr(struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+	unsigned long p = dst->_metrics;
+
+	if (p & DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY)
+		return dst->ops->cow_metrics(dst, p);
+	return __DST_METRICS_PTR(p);
+}
+
+/* This may only be invoked before the entry has reached global
+ * visibility.
+ */
+static inline void dst_init_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst,
+				    const u32 *src_metrics,
+				    bool read_only)
+{
+	dst->_metrics = ((unsigned long) src_metrics) |
+		(read_only ? DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY : 0);
+}
+
+static inline void dst_copy_metrics(struct dst_entry *dest, const struct dst_entry *src)
+{
+	u32 *dst_metrics = dst_metrics_write_ptr(dest);
+
+	if (dst_metrics) {
+		u32 *src_metrics = DST_METRICS_PTR(src);
+
+		memcpy(dst_metrics, src_metrics, RTAX_MAX * sizeof(u32));
+	}
+}
+
+static inline u32 *dst_metrics_ptr(struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+	return DST_METRICS_PTR(dst);
+}
+
 static inline u32
 dst_metric_raw(const struct dst_entry *dst, const int metric)
 {
-	return dst->_metrics[metric-1];
+	u32 *p = DST_METRICS_PTR(dst);
+
+	return p[metric-1];
 }
 
 static inline u32
@@ -131,22 +183,10 @@
 
 static inline void dst_metric_set(struct dst_entry *dst, int metric, u32 val)
 {
-	dst->_metrics[metric-1] = val;
-}
+	u32 *p = dst_metrics_write_ptr(dst);
 
-static inline void dst_import_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst, const u32 *src_metrics)
-{
-	memcpy(dst->_metrics, src_metrics, RTAX_MAX * sizeof(u32));
-}
-
-static inline void dst_copy_metrics(struct dst_entry *dest, const struct dst_entry *src)
-{
-	dst_import_metrics(dest, src->_metrics);
-}
-
-static inline u32 *dst_metrics_ptr(struct dst_entry *dst)
-{
-	return dst->_metrics;
+	if (p)
+		p[metric-1] = val;
 }
 
 static inline u32