diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag_mp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag_mp.c
index 5633f8572800..8212bfd05733 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag_mp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag_mp.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void mlx5_lag_fib_route_event(struct mlx5_lag *ldev,
 	/* Handle add/replace event */
 	if (fi->fib_nhs == 1) {
 		if (__mlx5_lag_is_active(ldev)) {
-			struct net_device *nh_dev = fi->fib_nh[0].nh_dev;
+			struct net_device *nh_dev = fi->fib_nh[0].fib_nh_dev;
 			int i = mlx5_lag_dev_get_netdev_idx(ldev, nh_dev);
 
 			mlx5_lag_set_port_affinity(ldev, ++i);
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ static void mlx5_lag_fib_route_event(struct mlx5_lag *ldev,
 		return;
 
 	/* Verify next hops are ports of the same hca */
-	if (!(fi->fib_nh[0].nh_dev == ldev->pf[0].netdev &&
-	      fi->fib_nh[1].nh_dev == ldev->pf[1].netdev) &&
-	    !(fi->fib_nh[0].nh_dev == ldev->pf[1].netdev &&
-	      fi->fib_nh[1].nh_dev == ldev->pf[0].netdev)) {
+	if (!(fi->fib_nh[0].fib_nh_dev == ldev->pf[0].netdev &&
+	      fi->fib_nh[1].fib_nh_dev == ldev->pf[1].netdev) &&
+	    !(fi->fib_nh[0].fib_nh_dev == ldev->pf[1].netdev &&
+	      fi->fib_nh[1].fib_nh_dev == ldev->pf[0].netdev)) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(ldev->pf[0].dev, "Multipath offload require two ports of the same HCA\n");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void mlx5_lag_fib_nexthop_event(struct mlx5_lag *ldev,
 
 	/* nh added/removed */
 	if (event == FIB_EVENT_NH_DEL) {
-		int i = mlx5_lag_dev_get_netdev_idx(ldev, fib_nh->nh_dev);
+		int i = mlx5_lag_dev_get_netdev_idx(ldev, fib_nh->fib_nh_dev);
 
 		if (i >= 0) {
 			i = (i + 1) % 2 + 1; /* peer port */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index 52fed8c7bf1e..0ba9daa05a52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -2873,12 +2873,13 @@ mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_group_cmp(const struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group *nh_grp,
 		return false;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(mlxsw_sp_rt6, &fib6_entry->rt6_list, list) {
+		struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh = &mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh;
 		struct in6_addr *gw;
 		int ifindex, weight;
 
-		ifindex = mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev->ifindex;
-		weight = mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh.nh_weight;
-		gw = &mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw;
+		ifindex = fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev->ifindex;
+		weight = fib6_nh->fib_nh_weight;
+		gw = &fib6_nh->fib_nh_gw6;
 		if (!mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_group_has_nexthop(nh_grp, gw, ifindex,
 							 weight))
 			return false;
@@ -2944,7 +2945,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_group_hash(struct mlxsw_sp_fib6_entry *fib6_entry, u32 seed)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(mlxsw_sp_rt6, &fib6_entry->rt6_list, list) {
-		dev = mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+		dev = mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 		val ^= dev->ifindex;
 	}
 
@@ -3610,7 +3611,7 @@ static bool mlxsw_sp_nexthop4_ipip_type(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 					const struct fib_nh *fib_nh,
 					enum mlxsw_sp_ipip_type *p_ipipt)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = fib_nh->nh_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = fib_nh->fib_nh_dev;
 
 	return dev &&
 	       fib_nh->nh_parent->fib_type == RTN_UNICAST &&
@@ -3637,7 +3638,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop4_type_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				       struct fib_nh *fib_nh)
 {
 	const struct mlxsw_sp_ipip_ops *ipip_ops;
-	struct net_device *dev = fib_nh->nh_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = fib_nh->fib_nh_dev;
 	struct mlxsw_sp_ipip_entry *ipip_entry;
 	struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif;
 	int err;
@@ -3681,18 +3682,18 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop4_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				  struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop *nh,
 				  struct fib_nh *fib_nh)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = fib_nh->nh_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = fib_nh->fib_nh_dev;
 	struct in_device *in_dev;
 	int err;
 
 	nh->nh_grp = nh_grp;
 	nh->key.fib_nh = fib_nh;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
-	nh->nh_weight = fib_nh->nh_weight;
+	nh->nh_weight = fib_nh->fib_nh_weight;
 #else
 	nh->nh_weight = 1;
 #endif
-	memcpy(&nh->gw_addr, &fib_nh->nh_gw, sizeof(fib_nh->nh_gw));
+	memcpy(&nh->gw_addr, &fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4, sizeof(fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4));
 	err = mlxsw_sp_nexthop_insert(mlxsw_sp, nh);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -3705,7 +3706,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop4_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 
 	in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
 	if (in_dev && IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev) &&
-	    fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN)
+	    fib_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN)
 		return 0;
 
 	err = mlxsw_sp_nexthop4_type_init(mlxsw_sp, nh, fib_nh);
@@ -3804,7 +3805,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_nexthop_rif_gone_sync(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 static bool mlxsw_sp_fi_is_gateway(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				   const struct fib_info *fi)
 {
-	return fi->fib_nh->nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK ||
+	return fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK ||
 	       mlxsw_sp_nexthop4_ipip_type(mlxsw_sp, fi->fib_nh, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -3946,9 +3947,9 @@ mlxsw_sp_rt6_nexthop(struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group *nh_grp,
 		struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop *nh = &nh_grp->nexthops[i];
 		struct fib6_info *rt = mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt;
 
-		if (nh->rif && nh->rif->dev == rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev &&
+		if (nh->rif && nh->rif->dev == rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev &&
 		    ipv6_addr_equal((const struct in6_addr *) &nh->gw_addr,
-				    &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw))
+				    &rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6))
 			return nh;
 		continue;
 	}
@@ -3966,7 +3967,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_fib4_entry_offload_set(struct mlxsw_sp_fib_entry *fib_entry)
 	    fib_entry->type == MLXSW_SP_FIB_ENTRY_TYPE_BLACKHOLE ||
 	    fib_entry->type == MLXSW_SP_FIB_ENTRY_TYPE_IPIP_DECAP ||
 	    fib_entry->type == MLXSW_SP_FIB_ENTRY_TYPE_NVE_DECAP) {
-		nh_grp->nexthops->key.fib_nh->nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+		nh_grp->nexthops->key.fib_nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -3974,9 +3975,9 @@ mlxsw_sp_fib4_entry_offload_set(struct mlxsw_sp_fib_entry *fib_entry)
 		struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop *nh = &nh_grp->nexthops[i];
 
 		if (nh->offloaded)
-			nh->key.fib_nh->nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+			nh->key.fib_nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 		else
-			nh->key.fib_nh->nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+			nh->key.fib_nh->fib_nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3992,7 +3993,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_fib4_entry_offload_unset(struct mlxsw_sp_fib_entry *fib_entry)
 	for (i = 0; i < nh_grp->count; i++) {
 		struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop *nh = &nh_grp->nexthops[i];
 
-		nh->key.fib_nh->nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+		nh->key.fib_nh->fib_nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4008,19 +4009,20 @@ mlxsw_sp_fib6_entry_offload_set(struct mlxsw_sp_fib_entry *fib_entry)
 	if (fib_entry->type == MLXSW_SP_FIB_ENTRY_TYPE_LOCAL ||
 	    fib_entry->type == MLXSW_SP_FIB_ENTRY_TYPE_BLACKHOLE) {
 		list_first_entry(&fib6_entry->rt6_list, struct mlxsw_sp_rt6,
-				 list)->rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+				 list)->rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 		return;
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry(mlxsw_sp_rt6, &fib6_entry->rt6_list, list) {
 		struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group *nh_grp = fib_entry->nh_group;
+		struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh = &mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh;
 		struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop *nh;
 
 		nh = mlxsw_sp_rt6_nexthop(nh_grp, mlxsw_sp_rt6);
 		if (nh && nh->offloaded)
-			mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+			fib6_nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 		else
-			mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+			fib6_nh->fib_nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4035,7 +4037,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_fib6_entry_offload_unset(struct mlxsw_sp_fib_entry *fib_entry)
 	list_for_each_entry(mlxsw_sp_rt6, &fib6_entry->rt6_list, list) {
 		struct fib6_info *rt = mlxsw_sp_rt6->rt;
 
-		rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+		rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4913,7 +4915,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_rt6_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp_rt6 *mlxsw_sp_rt6)
 static bool mlxsw_sp_fib6_rt_can_mp(const struct fib6_info *rt)
 {
 	/* RTF_CACHE routes are ignored */
-	return (rt->fib6_flags & (RTF_GATEWAY | RTF_ADDRCONF)) == RTF_GATEWAY;
+	return !(rt->fib6_flags & RTF_ADDRCONF) && rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw;
 }
 
 static struct fib6_info *
@@ -4972,8 +4974,8 @@ static bool mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_ipip_type(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 					const struct fib6_info *rt,
 					enum mlxsw_sp_ipip_type *ret)
 {
-	return rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev &&
-	       mlxsw_sp_netdev_ipip_type(mlxsw_sp, rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev, ret);
+	return rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev &&
+	       mlxsw_sp_netdev_ipip_type(mlxsw_sp, rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev, ret);
 }
 
 static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_type_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
@@ -4983,7 +4985,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_type_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 {
 	const struct mlxsw_sp_ipip_ops *ipip_ops;
 	struct mlxsw_sp_ipip_entry *ipip_entry;
-	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 	struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif;
 	int err;
 
@@ -5026,11 +5028,11 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				  struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop *nh,
 				  const struct fib6_info *rt)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 
 	nh->nh_grp = nh_grp;
-	nh->nh_weight = rt->fib6_nh.nh_weight;
-	memcpy(&nh->gw_addr, &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw, sizeof(nh->gw_addr));
+	nh->nh_weight = rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_weight;
+	memcpy(&nh->gw_addr, &rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6, sizeof(nh->gw_addr));
 	mlxsw_sp_nexthop_counter_alloc(mlxsw_sp, nh);
 
 	list_add_tail(&nh->router_list_node, &mlxsw_sp->router->nexthop_list);
@@ -5053,7 +5055,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_fini(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 static bool mlxsw_sp_rt6_is_gateway(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				    const struct fib6_info *rt)
 {
-	return rt->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY ||
+	return rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw ||
 	       mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_ipip_type(mlxsw_sp, rt, NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
index fa296a7c255d..30a49802fb51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_ofdpa.c
@@ -2288,11 +2288,11 @@ static int ofdpa_port_fib_ipv4(struct ofdpa_port *ofdpa_port,  __be32 dst,
 
 	nh = fi->fib_nh;
 	nh_on_port = (fi->fib_dev == ofdpa_port->dev);
-	has_gw = !!nh->nh_gw;
+	has_gw = !!nh->fib_nh_gw4;
 
 	if (has_gw && nh_on_port) {
 		err = ofdpa_port_ipv4_nh(ofdpa_port, flags,
-					 nh->nh_gw, &index);
+					 nh->fib_nh_gw4, &index);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@ static int ofdpa_fib4_add(struct rocker *rocker,
 				  fen_info->tb_id, 0);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	fen_info->fi->fib_nh->nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+	fen_info->fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2764,7 +2764,7 @@ static int ofdpa_fib4_del(struct rocker *rocker,
 	ofdpa_port = ofdpa_port_dev_lower_find(fen_info->fi->fib_dev, rocker);
 	if (!ofdpa_port)
 		return 0;
-	fen_info->fi->fib_nh->nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+	fen_info->fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 	return ofdpa_port_fib_ipv4(ofdpa_port, htonl(fen_info->dst),
 				   fen_info->dst_len, fen_info->fi,
 				   fen_info->tb_id, OFDPA_OP_FLAG_REMOVE);
@@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@ static void ofdpa_fib4_abort(struct rocker *rocker)
 						       rocker);
 		if (!ofdpa_port)
 			continue;
-		flow_entry->fi->fib_nh->nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
+		flow_entry->fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_flags &= ~RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 		ofdpa_flow_tbl_del(ofdpa_port, OFDPA_OP_FLAG_REMOVE,
 				   flow_entry);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
index a64f21a97369..367dc2a0f84a 100644
--- a/include/linux/inetdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
@@ -237,6 +237,20 @@ static inline struct in_device *__in_dev_get_rtnl(const struct net_device *dev)
 	return rtnl_dereference(dev->ip_ptr);
 }
 
+/* called with rcu_read_lock or rtnl held */
+static inline bool ip_ignore_linkdown(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct in_device *in_dev;
+	bool rc = false;
+
+	in_dev = rcu_dereference_rtnl(dev->ip_ptr);
+	if (in_dev &&
+	    IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev))
+		rc = true;
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static inline struct neigh_parms *__in_dev_arp_parms_get_rcu(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev);
diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 269ec27385e9..ec8e6784a6f7 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -425,6 +425,14 @@ static inline void in6_dev_hold(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 	refcount_inc(&idev->refcnt);
 }
 
+/* called with rcu_read_lock held */
+static inline bool ip6_ignore_linkdown(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	const struct inet6_dev *idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
+
+	return !!idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown;
+}
+
 void inet6_ifa_finish_destroy(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp);
 
 static inline void in6_ifa_put(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 2acb78a762ee..58dbb4e82908 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <net/dst.h>
 #include <net/flow.h>
+#include <net/ip_fib.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 #include <net/inetpeer.h>
 #include <net/fib_notifier.h>
@@ -125,13 +126,7 @@ struct rt6_exception {
 #define FIB6_MAX_DEPTH 5
 
 struct fib6_nh {
-	struct in6_addr		nh_gw;
-	struct net_device	*nh_dev;
-	struct lwtunnel_state	*nh_lwtstate;
-
-	unsigned int		nh_flags;
-	atomic_t		nh_upper_bound;
-	int			nh_weight;
+	struct fib_nh_common	nh_common;
 };
 
 struct fib6_info {
@@ -441,13 +436,18 @@ void rt6_get_prefsrc(const struct rt6_info *rt, struct in6_addr *addr)
 
 static inline struct net_device *fib6_info_nh_dev(const struct fib6_info *f6i)
 {
-	return f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	return f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 }
 
+int fib6_nh_init(struct net *net, struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh,
+		 struct fib6_config *cfg, gfp_t gfp_flags,
+		 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+void fib6_nh_release(struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh);
+
 static inline
 struct lwtunnel_state *fib6_info_nh_lwt(const struct fib6_info *f6i)
 {
-	return f6i->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate;
+	return f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_lws;
 }
 
 void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 7ab119936e69..342180a7285c 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ static inline bool rt6_need_strict(const struct in6_addr *daddr)
 
 static inline bool rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(const struct fib6_info *f6i)
 {
-	return (f6i->fib6_flags & (RTF_GATEWAY|RTF_ADDRCONF|RTF_DYNAMIC)) ==
-	       RTF_GATEWAY;
+	return !(f6i->fib6_flags & (RTF_ADDRCONF|RTF_DYNAMIC)) &&
+		f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw;
 }
 
 void ip6_route_input(struct sk_buff *skb);
@@ -274,9 +274,11 @@ static inline struct in6_addr *rt6_nexthop(struct rt6_info *rt,
 
 static inline bool rt6_duplicate_nexthop(struct fib6_info *a, struct fib6_info *b)
 {
-	return a->fib6_nh.nh_dev == b->fib6_nh.nh_dev &&
-	       ipv6_addr_equal(&a->fib6_nh.nh_gw, &b->fib6_nh.nh_gw) &&
-	       !lwtunnel_cmp_encap(a->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate, b->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate);
+	struct fib6_nh *nha = &a->fib6_nh, *nhb = &b->fib6_nh;
+
+	return nha->fib_nh_dev == nhb->fib_nh_dev &&
+	       ipv6_addr_equal(&nha->fib_nh_gw6, &nhb->fib_nh_gw6) &&
+	       !lwtunnel_cmp_encap(nha->fib_nh_lws, nhb->fib_nh_lws);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int ip6_dst_mtu_forward(const struct dst_entry *dst)
diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 9c8214d2116d..12a6d759cf57 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -76,27 +76,48 @@ struct fnhe_hash_bucket {
 #define FNHE_HASH_SIZE		(1 << FNHE_HASH_SHIFT)
 #define FNHE_RECLAIM_DEPTH	5
 
+struct fib_nh_common {
+	struct net_device	*nhc_dev;
+	int			nhc_oif;
+	unsigned int		nhc_flags;
+	struct lwtunnel_state	*nhc_lwtstate;
+	unsigned char		nhc_scope;
+	u8			nhc_family;
+	u8			nhc_has_gw:1,
+				unused:7;
+	union {
+		__be32          ipv4;
+		struct in6_addr ipv6;
+	} nhc_gw;
+
+	int			nhc_weight;
+	atomic_t		nhc_upper_bound;
+};
+
 struct fib_nh {
-	struct net_device	*nh_dev;
+	struct fib_nh_common	nh_common;
 	struct hlist_node	nh_hash;
 	struct fib_info		*nh_parent;
-	unsigned int		nh_flags;
-	unsigned char		nh_scope;
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
-	int			nh_weight;
-	atomic_t		nh_upper_bound;
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 	__u32			nh_tclassid;
 #endif
-	int			nh_oif;
-	__be32			nh_gw;
 	__be32			nh_saddr;
 	int			nh_saddr_genid;
 	struct rtable __rcu * __percpu *nh_pcpu_rth_output;
 	struct rtable __rcu	*nh_rth_input;
 	struct fnhe_hash_bucket	__rcu *nh_exceptions;
-	struct lwtunnel_state	*nh_lwtstate;
+#define fib_nh_family		nh_common.nhc_family
+#define fib_nh_dev		nh_common.nhc_dev
+#define fib_nh_oif		nh_common.nhc_oif
+#define fib_nh_flags		nh_common.nhc_flags
+#define fib_nh_lws		nh_common.nhc_lwtstate
+#define fib_nh_scope		nh_common.nhc_scope
+#define fib_nh_family		nh_common.nhc_family
+#define fib_nh_has_gw		nh_common.nhc_has_gw
+#define fib_nh_gw4		nh_common.nhc_gw.ipv4
+#define fib_nh_gw6		nh_common.nhc_gw.ipv6
+#define fib_nh_weight		nh_common.nhc_weight
+#define fib_nh_upper_bound	nh_common.nhc_upper_bound
 };
 
 /*
@@ -125,7 +146,7 @@ struct fib_info {
 	int			fib_nhs;
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 	struct fib_nh		fib_nh[0];
-#define fib_dev		fib_nh[0].nh_dev
+#define fib_dev		fib_nh[0].fib_nh_dev
 };
 
 
@@ -180,9 +201,9 @@ __be32 fib_info_update_nh_saddr(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *nh);
 	  atomic_read(&(net)->ipv4.dev_addr_genid)) ?	\
 	 FIB_RES_NH(res).nh_saddr :			\
 	 fib_info_update_nh_saddr((net), &FIB_RES_NH(res)))
-#define FIB_RES_GW(res)			(FIB_RES_NH(res).nh_gw)
-#define FIB_RES_DEV(res)		(FIB_RES_NH(res).nh_dev)
-#define FIB_RES_OIF(res)		(FIB_RES_NH(res).nh_oif)
+#define FIB_RES_GW(res)			(FIB_RES_NH(res).fib_nh_gw4)
+#define FIB_RES_DEV(res)		(FIB_RES_NH(res).fib_nh_dev)
+#define FIB_RES_OIF(res)		(FIB_RES_NH(res).fib_nh_oif)
 
 #define FIB_RES_PREFSRC(net, res)	((res).fi->fib_prefsrc ? : \
 					 FIB_RES_SADDR(net, res))
@@ -416,6 +437,15 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash);
 void fib_select_path(struct net *net, struct fib_result *res,
 		     struct flowi4 *fl4, const struct sk_buff *skb);
 
+int fib_nh_init(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *fib_nh,
+		struct fib_config *cfg, int nh_weight,
+		struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+void fib_nh_release(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *fib_nh);
+int fib_nh_common_init(struct fib_nh_common *nhc, struct nlattr *fc_encap,
+		       u16 fc_encap_type, void *cfg, gfp_t gfp_flags,
+		       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+void fib_nh_common_release(struct fib_nh_common *nhc);
+
 /* Exported by fib_trie.c */
 void fib_trie_init(void);
 struct fib_table *fib_trie_table(u32 id, struct fib_table *alias);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/fib.h b/include/trace/events/fib.h
index 6271bab63bfb..61ea7a24c8e5 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/fib.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/fib.h
@@ -63,13 +63,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib_table_lookup,
 		}
 
 		if (nh) {
+			struct net_device *dev;
+
 			p32 = (__be32 *) __entry->saddr;
 			*p32 = nh->nh_saddr;
 
 			p32 = (__be32 *) __entry->gw;
-			*p32 = nh->nh_gw;
+			*p32 = nh->fib_nh_gw4;
 
-			__assign_str(name, nh->nh_dev ? nh->nh_dev->name : "-");
+			dev = nh->fib_nh_dev;
+			__assign_str(name, dev ? dev->name : "-");
 		} else {
 			p32 = (__be32 *) __entry->saddr;
 			*p32 = 0;
diff --git a/include/trace/events/fib6.h b/include/trace/events/fib6.h
index b088b54d699c..6d05ebdd669c 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/fib6.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/fib6.h
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib6_table_lookup,
 			__entry->dport = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev) {
-			__assign_str(name, f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev);
+		if (f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev) {
+			__assign_str(name, f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev);
 		} else {
 			__assign_str(name, "-");
 		}
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib6_table_lookup,
 
 		} else if (f6i) {
 			in6 = (struct in6_addr *)__entry->gw;
-			*in6 = f6i->fib6_nh.nh_gw;
+			*in6 = f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6;
 		}
 	),
 
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 22eb2edf5573..887ab073a0ea 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -4634,12 +4634,12 @@ static int bpf_ipv4_fib_lookup(struct net *net, struct bpf_fib_lookup *params,
 	nh = &res.fi->fib_nh[res.nh_sel];
 
 	/* do not handle lwt encaps right now */
-	if (nh->nh_lwtstate)
+	if (nh->fib_nh_lws)
 		return BPF_FIB_LKUP_RET_UNSUPP_LWT;
 
-	dev = nh->nh_dev;
-	if (nh->nh_gw)
-		params->ipv4_dst = nh->nh_gw;
+	dev = nh->fib_nh_dev;
+	if (nh->fib_nh_gw4)
+		params->ipv4_dst = nh->fib_nh_gw4;
 
 	params->rt_metric = res.fi->fib_priority;
 
@@ -4748,13 +4748,13 @@ static int bpf_ipv6_fib_lookup(struct net *net, struct bpf_fib_lookup *params,
 			return BPF_FIB_LKUP_RET_FRAG_NEEDED;
 	}
 
-	if (f6i->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate)
+	if (f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_lws)
 		return BPF_FIB_LKUP_RET_UNSUPP_LWT;
 
-	if (f6i->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY)
-		*dst = f6i->fib6_nh.nh_gw;
+	if (f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw)
+		*dst = f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6;
 
-	dev = f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	dev = f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 	params->rt_metric = f6i->fib6_metric;
 
 	/* xdp and cls_bpf programs are run in RCU-bh so rcu_read_lock_bh is
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index ed14ec245584..ffbe24397dbe 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -324,16 +324,16 @@ bool fib_info_nh_uses_dev(struct fib_info *fi, const struct net_device *dev)
 	for (ret = 0; ret < fi->fib_nhs; ret++) {
 		struct fib_nh *nh = &fi->fib_nh[ret];
 
-		if (nh->nh_dev == dev) {
+		if (nh->fib_nh_dev == dev) {
 			dev_match = true;
 			break;
-		} else if (l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(nh->nh_dev) == dev->ifindex) {
+		} else if (l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(nh->fib_nh_dev) == dev->ifindex) {
 			dev_match = true;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 #else
-	if (fi->fib_nh[0].nh_dev == dev)
+	if (fi->fib_nh[0].fib_nh_dev == dev)
 		dev_match = true;
 #endif
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int __fib_validate_source(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 src, __be32 dst,
 
 	dev_match = fib_info_nh_uses_dev(res.fi, dev);
 	if (dev_match) {
-		ret = FIB_RES_NH(res).nh_scope >= RT_SCOPE_HOST;
+		ret = FIB_RES_NH(res).fib_nh_scope >= RT_SCOPE_HOST;
 		return ret;
 	}
 	if (no_addr)
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static int __fib_validate_source(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 src, __be32 dst,
 	ret = 0;
 	if (fib_lookup(net, &fl4, &res, FIB_LOOKUP_IGNORE_LINKSTATE) == 0) {
 		if (res.type == RTN_UNICAST)
-			ret = FIB_RES_NH(res).nh_scope >= RT_SCOPE_HOST;
+			ret = FIB_RES_NH(res).fib_nh_scope >= RT_SCOPE_HOST;
 	}
 	return ret;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 8e185b5a2bf6..df777af7e278 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -204,18 +204,34 @@ static void rt_fibinfo_free_cpus(struct rtable __rcu * __percpu *rtp)
 	free_percpu(rtp);
 }
 
+void fib_nh_common_release(struct fib_nh_common *nhc)
+{
+	if (nhc->nhc_dev)
+		dev_put(nhc->nhc_dev);
+
+	lwtstate_put(nhc->nhc_lwtstate);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fib_nh_common_release);
+
+void fib_nh_release(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *fib_nh)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
+	if (fib_nh->nh_tclassid)
+		net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users--;
+#endif
+	fib_nh_common_release(&fib_nh->nh_common);
+	free_nh_exceptions(fib_nh);
+	rt_fibinfo_free_cpus(fib_nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output);
+	rt_fibinfo_free(&fib_nh->nh_rth_input);
+}
+
 /* Release a nexthop info record */
 static void free_fib_info_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct fib_info *fi = container_of(head, struct fib_info, rcu);
 
 	change_nexthops(fi) {
-		if (nexthop_nh->nh_dev)
-			dev_put(nexthop_nh->nh_dev);
-		lwtstate_put(nexthop_nh->nh_lwtstate);
-		free_nh_exceptions(nexthop_nh);
-		rt_fibinfo_free_cpus(nexthop_nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output);
-		rt_fibinfo_free(&nexthop_nh->nh_rth_input);
+		fib_nh_release(fi->fib_net, nexthop_nh);
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi);
 
 	ip_fib_metrics_put(fi->fib_metrics);
@@ -230,12 +246,7 @@ void free_fib_info(struct fib_info *fi)
 		return;
 	}
 	fib_info_cnt--;
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
-	change_nexthops(fi) {
-		if (nexthop_nh->nh_tclassid)
-			fi->fib_net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users--;
-	} endfor_nexthops(fi);
-#endif
+
 	call_rcu(&fi->rcu, free_fib_info_rcu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(free_fib_info);
@@ -248,7 +259,7 @@ void fib_release_info(struct fib_info *fi)
 		if (fi->fib_prefsrc)
 			hlist_del(&fi->fib_lhash);
 		change_nexthops(fi) {
-			if (!nexthop_nh->nh_dev)
+			if (!nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev)
 				continue;
 			hlist_del(&nexthop_nh->nh_hash);
 		} endfor_nexthops(fi)
@@ -263,17 +274,17 @@ static inline int nh_comp(const struct fib_info *fi, const struct fib_info *ofi)
 	const struct fib_nh *onh = ofi->fib_nh;
 
 	for_nexthops(fi) {
-		if (nh->nh_oif != onh->nh_oif ||
-		    nh->nh_gw  != onh->nh_gw ||
-		    nh->nh_scope != onh->nh_scope ||
+		if (nh->fib_nh_oif != onh->fib_nh_oif ||
+		    nh->fib_nh_gw4 != onh->fib_nh_gw4 ||
+		    nh->fib_nh_scope != onh->fib_nh_scope ||
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
-		    nh->nh_weight != onh->nh_weight ||
+		    nh->fib_nh_weight != onh->fib_nh_weight ||
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 		    nh->nh_tclassid != onh->nh_tclassid ||
 #endif
-		    lwtunnel_cmp_encap(nh->nh_lwtstate, onh->nh_lwtstate) ||
-		    ((nh->nh_flags ^ onh->nh_flags) & ~RTNH_COMPARE_MASK))
+		    lwtunnel_cmp_encap(nh->fib_nh_lws, onh->fib_nh_lws) ||
+		    ((nh->fib_nh_flags ^ onh->fib_nh_flags) & ~RTNH_COMPARE_MASK))
 			return -1;
 		onh++;
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi);
@@ -298,7 +309,7 @@ static inline unsigned int fib_info_hashfn(const struct fib_info *fi)
 	val ^= (__force u32)fi->fib_prefsrc;
 	val ^= fi->fib_priority;
 	for_nexthops(fi) {
-		val ^= fib_devindex_hashfn(nh->nh_oif);
+		val ^= fib_devindex_hashfn(nh->fib_nh_oif);
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi)
 
 	return (val ^ (val >> 7) ^ (val >> 12)) & mask;
@@ -347,9 +358,9 @@ int ip_fib_check_default(__be32 gw, struct net_device *dev)
 	hash = fib_devindex_hashfn(dev->ifindex);
 	head = &fib_info_devhash[hash];
 	hlist_for_each_entry(nh, head, nh_hash) {
-		if (nh->nh_dev == dev &&
-		    nh->nh_gw == gw &&
-		    !(nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)) {
+		if (nh->fib_nh_dev == dev &&
+		    nh->fib_nh_gw4 == gw &&
+		    !(nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)) {
 			spin_unlock(&fib_info_lock);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -384,10 +395,10 @@ static inline size_t fib_nlmsg_size(struct fib_info *fi)
 
 		/* grab encap info */
 		for_nexthops(fi) {
-			if (nh->nh_lwtstate) {
+			if (nh->fib_nh_lws) {
 				/* RTA_ENCAP_TYPE */
 				nh_encapsize += lwtunnel_get_encap_size(
-						nh->nh_lwtstate);
+						nh->fib_nh_lws);
 				/* RTA_ENCAP */
 				nh_encapsize +=  nla_total_size(2);
 			}
@@ -438,7 +449,7 @@ static int fib_detect_death(struct fib_info *fi, int order,
 	struct neighbour *n;
 	int state = NUD_NONE;
 
-	n = neigh_lookup(&arp_tbl, &fi->fib_nh[0].nh_gw, fi->fib_dev);
+	n = neigh_lookup(&arp_tbl, &fi->fib_nh[0].fib_nh_gw4, fi->fib_dev);
 	if (n) {
 		state = n->nud_state;
 		neigh_release(n);
@@ -457,6 +468,71 @@ static int fib_detect_death(struct fib_info *fi, int order,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+int fib_nh_common_init(struct fib_nh_common *nhc, struct nlattr *encap,
+		       u16 encap_type, void *cfg, gfp_t gfp_flags,
+		       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	if (encap) {
+		struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate;
+		int err;
+
+		if (encap_type == LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "LWT encap type not specified");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		err = lwtunnel_build_state(encap_type, encap, nhc->nhc_family,
+					   cfg, &lwtstate, extack);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		nhc->nhc_lwtstate = lwtstate_get(lwtstate);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fib_nh_common_init);
+
+int fib_nh_init(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *nh,
+		struct fib_config *cfg, int nh_weight,
+		struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	nh->fib_nh_family = AF_INET;
+
+	nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output = alloc_percpu(struct rtable __rcu *);
+	if (!nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	err = fib_nh_common_init(&nh->nh_common, cfg->fc_encap,
+				 cfg->fc_encap_type, cfg, GFP_KERNEL, extack);
+	if (err)
+		goto init_failure;
+
+	nh->fib_nh_oif = cfg->fc_oif;
+	if (cfg->fc_gw) {
+		nh->fib_nh_gw4 = cfg->fc_gw;
+		nh->fib_nh_has_gw = 1;
+	}
+	nh->fib_nh_flags = cfg->fc_flags;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
+	nh->nh_tclassid = cfg->fc_flow;
+	if (nh->nh_tclassid)
+		net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users++;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
+	nh->fib_nh_weight = nh_weight;
+#endif
+	return 0;
+
+init_failure:
+	rt_fibinfo_free_cpus(nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output);
+	nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output = NULL;
+err_out:
+	return err;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
 
 static int fib_count_nexthops(struct rtnexthop *rtnh, int remaining,
@@ -483,11 +559,15 @@ static int fib_get_nhs(struct fib_info *fi, struct rtnexthop *rtnh,
 		       int remaining, struct fib_config *cfg,
 		       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
+	struct net *net = fi->fib_net;
+	struct fib_config fib_cfg;
 	int ret;
 
 	change_nexthops(fi) {
 		int attrlen;
 
+		memset(&fib_cfg, 0, sizeof(fib_cfg));
+
 		if (!rtnh_ok(rtnh, remaining)) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
 				       "Invalid nexthop configuration - extra data after nexthop");
@@ -500,56 +580,54 @@ static int fib_get_nhs(struct fib_info *fi, struct rtnexthop *rtnh,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		nexthop_nh->nh_flags =
-			(cfg->fc_flags & ~0xFF) | rtnh->rtnh_flags;
-		nexthop_nh->nh_oif = rtnh->rtnh_ifindex;
-		nexthop_nh->nh_weight = rtnh->rtnh_hops + 1;
+		fib_cfg.fc_flags = (cfg->fc_flags & ~0xFF) | rtnh->rtnh_flags;
+		fib_cfg.fc_oif = rtnh->rtnh_ifindex;
 
 		attrlen = rtnh_attrlen(rtnh);
 		if (attrlen > 0) {
 			struct nlattr *nla, *attrs = rtnh_attrs(rtnh);
 
 			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_GATEWAY);
-			nexthop_nh->nh_gw = nla ? nla_get_in_addr(nla) : 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
+			if (nla)
+				fib_cfg.fc_gw = nla_get_in_addr(nla);
+
 			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_FLOW);
-			nexthop_nh->nh_tclassid = nla ? nla_get_u32(nla) : 0;
-			if (nexthop_nh->nh_tclassid)
-				fi->fib_net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users++;
-#endif
-			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_ENCAP);
-			if (nla) {
-				struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate;
-				struct nlattr *nla_entype;
+			if (nla)
+				fib_cfg.fc_flow = nla_get_u32(nla);
 
-				nla_entype = nla_find(attrs, attrlen,
-						      RTA_ENCAP_TYPE);
-				if (!nla_entype) {
-					NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, nla);
-					NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
-						       "Encap type is missing");
-					goto err_inval;
-				}
-
-				ret = lwtunnel_build_state(nla_get_u16(
-							   nla_entype),
-							   nla,  AF_INET, cfg,
-							   &lwtstate, extack);
-				if (ret)
-					goto errout;
-				nexthop_nh->nh_lwtstate =
-					lwtstate_get(lwtstate);
-			}
+			fib_cfg.fc_encap = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_ENCAP);
+			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_ENCAP_TYPE);
+			if (nla)
+				fib_cfg.fc_encap_type = nla_get_u16(nla);
 		}
 
+		ret = fib_nh_init(net, nexthop_nh, &fib_cfg,
+				  rtnh->rtnh_hops + 1, extack);
+		if (ret)
+			goto errout;
+
 		rtnh = rtnh_next(rtnh, &remaining);
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi);
 
-	return 0;
-
-err_inval:
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-
+	if (cfg->fc_oif && fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_oif != cfg->fc_oif) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Nexthop device index does not match RTA_OIF");
+		goto errout;
+	}
+	if (cfg->fc_gw && fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4 != cfg->fc_gw) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Nexthop gateway does not match RTA_GATEWAY");
+		goto errout;
+	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
+	if (cfg->fc_flow && fi->fib_nh->nh_tclassid != cfg->fc_flow) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Nexthop class id does not match RTA_FLOW");
+		goto errout;
+	}
+#endif
+	ret = 0;
 errout:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -558,49 +636,51 @@ static void fib_rebalance(struct fib_info *fi)
 {
 	int total;
 	int w;
-	struct in_device *in_dev;
 
 	if (fi->fib_nhs < 2)
 		return;
 
 	total = 0;
 	for_nexthops(fi) {
-		if (nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+		if (nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 			continue;
 
-		in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(nh->nh_dev);
-
-		if (in_dev &&
-		    IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev) &&
-		    nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN)
+		if (ip_ignore_linkdown(nh->fib_nh_dev) &&
+		    nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN)
 			continue;
 
-		total += nh->nh_weight;
+		total += nh->fib_nh_weight;
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi);
 
 	w = 0;
 	change_nexthops(fi) {
 		int upper_bound;
 
-		in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(nexthop_nh->nh_dev);
-
-		if (nexthop_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD) {
+		if (nexthop_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD) {
 			upper_bound = -1;
-		} else if (in_dev &&
-			   IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev) &&
-			   nexthop_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
+		} else if (ip_ignore_linkdown(nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev) &&
+			   nexthop_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
 			upper_bound = -1;
 		} else {
-			w += nexthop_nh->nh_weight;
+			w += nexthop_nh->fib_nh_weight;
 			upper_bound = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL((u64)w << 31,
 							    total) - 1;
 		}
 
-		atomic_set(&nexthop_nh->nh_upper_bound, upper_bound);
+		atomic_set(&nexthop_nh->fib_nh_upper_bound, upper_bound);
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi);
 }
 #else /* CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH */
 
+static int fib_get_nhs(struct fib_info *fi, struct rtnexthop *rtnh,
+		       int remaining, struct fib_config *cfg,
+		       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Multipath support not enabled in kernel");
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 #define fib_rebalance(fi) do { } while (0)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH */
@@ -620,7 +700,7 @@ static int fib_encap_match(u16 encap_type,
 	ret = lwtunnel_build_state(encap_type, encap, AF_INET,
 				   cfg, &lwtstate, extack);
 	if (!ret) {
-		result = lwtunnel_cmp_encap(lwtstate, nh->nh_lwtstate);
+		result = lwtunnel_cmp_encap(lwtstate, nh->fib_nh_lws);
 		lwtstate_free(lwtstate);
 	}
 
@@ -649,8 +729,8 @@ int fib_nh_match(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_info *fi,
 		    cfg->fc_flow != fi->fib_nh->nh_tclassid)
 			return 1;
 #endif
-		if ((!cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_oif == fi->fib_nh->nh_oif) &&
-		    (!cfg->fc_gw  || cfg->fc_gw == fi->fib_nh->nh_gw))
+		if ((!cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_oif == fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_oif) &&
+		    (!cfg->fc_gw  || cfg->fc_gw == fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4))
 			return 0;
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -668,7 +748,7 @@ int fib_nh_match(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_info *fi,
 		if (!rtnh_ok(rtnh, remaining))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (rtnh->rtnh_ifindex && rtnh->rtnh_ifindex != nh->nh_oif)
+		if (rtnh->rtnh_ifindex && rtnh->rtnh_ifindex != nh->fib_nh_oif)
 			return 1;
 
 		attrlen = rtnh_attrlen(rtnh);
@@ -676,7 +756,7 @@ int fib_nh_match(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_info *fi,
 			struct nlattr *nla, *attrs = rtnh_attrs(rtnh);
 
 			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_GATEWAY);
-			if (nla && nla_get_in_addr(nla) != nh->nh_gw)
+			if (nla && nla_get_in_addr(nla) != nh->fib_nh_gw4)
 				return 1;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_FLOW);
@@ -783,10 +863,10 @@ static int fib_check_nh(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_nh *nh,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
 	net = cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net;
-	if (nh->nh_gw) {
+	if (nh->fib_nh_gw4) {
 		struct fib_result res;
 
-		if (nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK) {
+		if (nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK) {
 			unsigned int addr_type;
 
 			if (cfg->fc_scope >= RT_SCOPE_LINK) {
@@ -794,7 +874,7 @@ static int fib_check_nh(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_nh *nh,
 					       "Nexthop has invalid scope");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
-			dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, nh->nh_oif);
+			dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, nh->fib_nh_oif);
 			if (!dev) {
 				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop device required for onlink");
 				return -ENODEV;
@@ -804,26 +884,27 @@ static int fib_check_nh(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_nh *nh,
 					       "Nexthop device is not up");
 				return -ENETDOWN;
 			}
-			addr_type = inet_addr_type_dev_table(net, dev, nh->nh_gw);
+			addr_type = inet_addr_type_dev_table(net, dev,
+							     nh->fib_nh_gw4);
 			if (addr_type != RTN_UNICAST) {
 				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
 					       "Nexthop has invalid gateway");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 			if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev))
-				nh->nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
-			nh->nh_dev = dev;
+				nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
+			nh->fib_nh_dev = dev;
 			dev_hold(dev);
-			nh->nh_scope = RT_SCOPE_LINK;
+			nh->fib_nh_scope = RT_SCOPE_LINK;
 			return 0;
 		}
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		{
 			struct fib_table *tbl = NULL;
 			struct flowi4 fl4 = {
-				.daddr = nh->nh_gw,
+				.daddr = nh->fib_nh_gw4,
 				.flowi4_scope = cfg->fc_scope + 1,
-				.flowi4_oif = nh->nh_oif,
+				.flowi4_oif = nh->fib_nh_oif,
 				.flowi4_iif = LOOPBACK_IFINDEX,
 			};
 
@@ -860,9 +941,9 @@ static int fib_check_nh(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_nh *nh,
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop has invalid gateway");
 			goto out;
 		}
-		nh->nh_scope = res.scope;
-		nh->nh_oif = FIB_RES_OIF(res);
-		nh->nh_dev = dev = FIB_RES_DEV(res);
+		nh->fib_nh_scope = res.scope;
+		nh->fib_nh_oif = FIB_RES_OIF(res);
+		nh->fib_nh_dev = dev = FIB_RES_DEV(res);
 		if (!dev) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
 				       "No egress device for nexthop gateway");
@@ -870,19 +951,19 @@ static int fib_check_nh(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_nh *nh,
 		}
 		dev_hold(dev);
 		if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev))
-			nh->nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
+			nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
 		err = (dev->flags & IFF_UP) ? 0 : -ENETDOWN;
 	} else {
 		struct in_device *in_dev;
 
-		if (nh->nh_flags & (RTNH_F_PERVASIVE | RTNH_F_ONLINK)) {
+		if (nh->fib_nh_flags & (RTNH_F_PERVASIVE | RTNH_F_ONLINK)) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
 				       "Invalid flags for nexthop - PERVASIVE and ONLINK can not be set");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		err = -ENODEV;
-		in_dev = inetdev_by_index(net, nh->nh_oif);
+		in_dev = inetdev_by_index(net, nh->fib_nh_oif);
 		if (!in_dev)
 			goto out;
 		err = -ENETDOWN;
@@ -890,11 +971,11 @@ static int fib_check_nh(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_nh *nh,
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Device for nexthop is not up");
 			goto out;
 		}
-		nh->nh_dev = in_dev->dev;
-		dev_hold(nh->nh_dev);
-		nh->nh_scope = RT_SCOPE_HOST;
-		if (!netif_carrier_ok(nh->nh_dev))
-			nh->nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
+		nh->fib_nh_dev = in_dev->dev;
+		dev_hold(nh->fib_nh_dev);
+		nh->fib_nh_scope = RT_SCOPE_HOST;
+		if (!netif_carrier_ok(nh->fib_nh_dev))
+			nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
 		err = 0;
 	}
 out:
@@ -986,8 +1067,8 @@ static void fib_info_hash_move(struct hlist_head *new_info_hash,
 
 __be32 fib_info_update_nh_saddr(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *nh)
 {
-	nh->nh_saddr = inet_select_addr(nh->nh_dev,
-					nh->nh_gw,
+	nh->nh_saddr = inet_select_addr(nh->fib_nh_dev,
+					nh->fib_nh_gw4,
 					nh->nh_parent->fib_scope);
 	nh->nh_saddr_genid = atomic_read(&net->ipv4.dev_addr_genid);
 
@@ -1096,69 +1177,15 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg,
 	fi->fib_nhs = nhs;
 	change_nexthops(fi) {
 		nexthop_nh->nh_parent = fi;
-		nexthop_nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output = alloc_percpu(struct rtable __rcu *);
-		if (!nexthop_nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output)
-			goto failure;
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi)
 
-	if (cfg->fc_mp) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
+	if (cfg->fc_mp)
 		err = fib_get_nhs(fi, cfg->fc_mp, cfg->fc_mp_len, cfg, extack);
-		if (err != 0)
-			goto failure;
-		if (cfg->fc_oif && fi->fib_nh->nh_oif != cfg->fc_oif) {
-			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
-				       "Nexthop device index does not match RTA_OIF");
-			goto err_inval;
-		}
-		if (cfg->fc_gw && fi->fib_nh->nh_gw != cfg->fc_gw) {
-			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
-				       "Nexthop gateway does not match RTA_GATEWAY");
-			goto err_inval;
-		}
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
-		if (cfg->fc_flow && fi->fib_nh->nh_tclassid != cfg->fc_flow) {
-			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
-				       "Nexthop class id does not match RTA_FLOW");
-			goto err_inval;
-		}
-#endif
-#else
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
-			       "Multipath support not enabled in kernel");
-		goto err_inval;
-#endif
-	} else {
-		struct fib_nh *nh = fi->fib_nh;
+	else
+		err = fib_nh_init(net, fi->fib_nh, cfg, 1, extack);
 
-		if (cfg->fc_encap) {
-			struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate;
-
-			if (cfg->fc_encap_type == LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE) {
-				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
-					       "LWT encap type not specified");
-				goto err_inval;
-			}
-			err = lwtunnel_build_state(cfg->fc_encap_type,
-						   cfg->fc_encap, AF_INET, cfg,
-						   &lwtstate, extack);
-			if (err)
-				goto failure;
-
-			nh->nh_lwtstate = lwtstate_get(lwtstate);
-		}
-		nh->nh_oif = cfg->fc_oif;
-		nh->nh_gw = cfg->fc_gw;
-		nh->nh_flags = cfg->fc_flags;
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
-		nh->nh_tclassid = cfg->fc_flow;
-		if (nh->nh_tclassid)
-			fi->fib_net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users++;
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
-		nh->nh_weight = 1;
-#endif
-	}
+	if (err != 0)
+		goto failure;
 
 	if (fib_props[cfg->fc_type].error) {
 		if (cfg->fc_gw || cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_mp) {
@@ -1195,15 +1222,15 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg,
 				       "Route with host scope can not have multiple nexthops");
 			goto err_inval;
 		}
-		if (nh->nh_gw) {
+		if (nh->fib_nh_gw4) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
 				       "Route with host scope can not have a gateway");
 			goto err_inval;
 		}
-		nh->nh_scope = RT_SCOPE_NOWHERE;
-		nh->nh_dev = dev_get_by_index(net, fi->fib_nh->nh_oif);
+		nh->fib_nh_scope = RT_SCOPE_NOWHERE;
+		nh->fib_nh_dev = dev_get_by_index(net, fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_oif);
 		err = -ENODEV;
-		if (!nh->nh_dev)
+		if (!nh->fib_nh_dev)
 			goto failure;
 	} else {
 		int linkdown = 0;
@@ -1212,7 +1239,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg,
 			err = fib_check_nh(cfg, nexthop_nh, extack);
 			if (err != 0)
 				goto failure;
-			if (nexthop_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN)
+			if (nexthop_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN)
 				linkdown++;
 		} endfor_nexthops(fi)
 		if (linkdown == fi->fib_nhs)
@@ -1254,9 +1281,9 @@ link_it:
 		struct hlist_head *head;
 		unsigned int hash;
 
-		if (!nexthop_nh->nh_dev)
+		if (!nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev)
 			continue;
-		hash = fib_devindex_hashfn(nexthop_nh->nh_dev->ifindex);
+		hash = fib_devindex_hashfn(nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev->ifindex);
 		head = &fib_info_devhash[hash];
 		hlist_add_head(&nexthop_nh->nh_hash, head);
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi)
@@ -1315,31 +1342,27 @@ int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
 	    nla_put_in_addr(skb, RTA_PREFSRC, fi->fib_prefsrc))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (fi->fib_nhs == 1) {
-		if (fi->fib_nh->nh_gw &&
-		    nla_put_in_addr(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, fi->fib_nh->nh_gw))
+		if (fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4 &&
+		    nla_put_in_addr(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
-		if (fi->fib_nh->nh_oif &&
-		    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_OIF, fi->fib_nh->nh_oif))
+		if (fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_oif &&
+		    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_OIF, fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_oif))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
-		if (fi->fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
-			struct in_device *in_dev;
-
+		if (fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
 			rcu_read_lock();
-			in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(fi->fib_nh->nh_dev);
-			if (in_dev &&
-			    IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev))
+			if (ip_ignore_linkdown(fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_dev))
 				rtm->rtm_flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 		}
-		if (fi->fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_OFFLOAD)
+		if (fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_OFFLOAD)
 			rtm->rtm_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 		if (fi->fib_nh[0].nh_tclassid &&
 		    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_FLOW, fi->fib_nh[0].nh_tclassid))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 #endif
-		if (fi->fib_nh->nh_lwtstate &&
-		    lwtunnel_fill_encap(skb, fi->fib_nh->nh_lwtstate) < 0)
+		if (fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_lws &&
+		    lwtunnel_fill_encap(skb, fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_lws) < 0)
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
@@ -1356,30 +1379,26 @@ int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
 			if (!rtnh)
 				goto nla_put_failure;
 
-			rtnh->rtnh_flags = nh->nh_flags & 0xFF;
-			if (nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
-				struct in_device *in_dev;
-
+			rtnh->rtnh_flags = nh->fib_nh_flags & 0xFF;
+			if (nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
 				rcu_read_lock();
-				in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(nh->nh_dev);
-				if (in_dev &&
-				    IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev))
+				if (ip_ignore_linkdown(nh->fib_nh_dev))
 					rtnh->rtnh_flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 			}
-			rtnh->rtnh_hops = nh->nh_weight - 1;
-			rtnh->rtnh_ifindex = nh->nh_oif;
+			rtnh->rtnh_hops = nh->fib_nh_weight - 1;
+			rtnh->rtnh_ifindex = nh->fib_nh_oif;
 
-			if (nh->nh_gw &&
-			    nla_put_in_addr(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, nh->nh_gw))
+			if (nh->fib_nh_gw4 &&
+			    nla_put_in_addr(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, nh->fib_nh_gw4))
 				goto nla_put_failure;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 			if (nh->nh_tclassid &&
 			    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_FLOW, nh->nh_tclassid))
 				goto nla_put_failure;
 #endif
-			if (nh->nh_lwtstate &&
-			    lwtunnel_fill_encap(skb, nh->nh_lwtstate) < 0)
+			if (nh->fib_nh_lws &&
+			    lwtunnel_fill_encap(skb, nh->fib_nh_lws) < 0)
 				goto nla_put_failure;
 
 			/* length of rtnetlink header + attributes */
@@ -1427,28 +1446,26 @@ int fib_sync_down_addr(struct net_device *dev, __be32 local)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int call_fib_nh_notifiers(struct fib_nh *fib_nh,
+static int call_fib_nh_notifiers(struct fib_nh *nh,
 				 enum fib_event_type event_type)
 {
-	struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(fib_nh->nh_dev);
+	bool ignore_link_down = ip_ignore_linkdown(nh->fib_nh_dev);
 	struct fib_nh_notifier_info info = {
-		.fib_nh = fib_nh,
+		.fib_nh = nh,
 	};
 
 	switch (event_type) {
 	case FIB_EVENT_NH_ADD:
-		if (fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+		if (nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 			break;
-		if (IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev) &&
-		    fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN)
+		if (ignore_link_down && nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN)
 			break;
-		return call_fib4_notifiers(dev_net(fib_nh->nh_dev), event_type,
+		return call_fib4_notifiers(dev_net(nh->fib_nh_dev), event_type,
 					   &info.info);
 	case FIB_EVENT_NH_DEL:
-		if ((in_dev && IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev) &&
-		     fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) ||
-		    (fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD))
-			return call_fib4_notifiers(dev_net(fib_nh->nh_dev),
+		if ((ignore_link_down && nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) ||
+		    (nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD))
+			return call_fib4_notifiers(dev_net(nh->fib_nh_dev),
 						   event_type, &info.info);
 	default:
 		break;
@@ -1502,7 +1519,7 @@ void fib_sync_mtu(struct net_device *dev, u32 orig_mtu)
 	struct fib_nh *nh;
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry(nh, head, nh_hash) {
-		if (nh->nh_dev == dev)
+		if (nh->fib_nh_dev == dev)
 			nh_update_mtu(nh, dev->mtu, orig_mtu);
 	}
 }
@@ -1530,22 +1547,22 @@ int fib_sync_down_dev(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event, bool force)
 		int dead;
 
 		BUG_ON(!fi->fib_nhs);
-		if (nh->nh_dev != dev || fi == prev_fi)
+		if (nh->fib_nh_dev != dev || fi == prev_fi)
 			continue;
 		prev_fi = fi;
 		dead = 0;
 		change_nexthops(fi) {
-			if (nexthop_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+			if (nexthop_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 				dead++;
-			else if (nexthop_nh->nh_dev == dev &&
-				 nexthop_nh->nh_scope != scope) {
+			else if (nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev == dev &&
+				 nexthop_nh->fib_nh_scope != scope) {
 				switch (event) {
 				case NETDEV_DOWN:
 				case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-					nexthop_nh->nh_flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
+					nexthop_nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
 					/* fall through */
 				case NETDEV_CHANGE:
-					nexthop_nh->nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
+					nexthop_nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
 					break;
 				}
 				call_fib_nh_notifiers(nexthop_nh,
@@ -1554,7 +1571,7 @@ int fib_sync_down_dev(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event, bool force)
 			}
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
 			if (event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER &&
-			    nexthop_nh->nh_dev == dev) {
+			    nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev == dev) {
 				dead = fi->fib_nhs;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1614,8 +1631,8 @@ static void fib_select_default(const struct flowi4 *flp, struct fib_result *res)
 		if (next_fi->fib_scope != res->scope ||
 		    fa->fa_type != RTN_UNICAST)
 			continue;
-		if (!next_fi->fib_nh[0].nh_gw ||
-		    next_fi->fib_nh[0].nh_scope != RT_SCOPE_LINK)
+		if (!next_fi->fib_nh[0].fib_nh_gw4 ||
+		    next_fi->fib_nh[0].fib_nh_scope != RT_SCOPE_LINK)
 			continue;
 
 		fib_alias_accessed(fa);
@@ -1686,24 +1703,24 @@ int fib_sync_up(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int nh_flags)
 		int alive;
 
 		BUG_ON(!fi->fib_nhs);
-		if (nh->nh_dev != dev || fi == prev_fi)
+		if (nh->fib_nh_dev != dev || fi == prev_fi)
 			continue;
 
 		prev_fi = fi;
 		alive = 0;
 		change_nexthops(fi) {
-			if (!(nexthop_nh->nh_flags & nh_flags)) {
+			if (!(nexthop_nh->fib_nh_flags & nh_flags)) {
 				alive++;
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (!nexthop_nh->nh_dev ||
-			    !(nexthop_nh->nh_dev->flags & IFF_UP))
+			if (!nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev ||
+			    !(nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev->flags & IFF_UP))
 				continue;
-			if (nexthop_nh->nh_dev != dev ||
+			if (nexthop_nh->fib_nh_dev != dev ||
 			    !__in_dev_get_rtnl(dev))
 				continue;
 			alive++;
-			nexthop_nh->nh_flags &= ~nh_flags;
+			nexthop_nh->fib_nh_flags &= ~nh_flags;
 			call_fib_nh_notifiers(nexthop_nh, FIB_EVENT_NH_ADD);
 		} endfor_nexthops(fi)
 
@@ -1723,13 +1740,13 @@ static bool fib_good_nh(const struct fib_nh *nh)
 {
 	int state = NUD_REACHABLE;
 
-	if (nh->nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK) {
+	if (nh->fib_nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK) {
 		struct neighbour *n;
 
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
 
-		n = __ipv4_neigh_lookup_noref(nh->nh_dev,
-					      (__force u32)nh->nh_gw);
+		n = __ipv4_neigh_lookup_noref(nh->fib_nh_dev,
+					      (__force u32)nh->fib_nh_gw4);
 		if (n)
 			state = n->nud_state;
 
@@ -1755,7 +1772,7 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (hash > atomic_read(&nh->nh_upper_bound))
+		if (hash > atomic_read(&nh->fib_nh_upper_bound))
 			continue;
 
 		res->nh_sel = nhsel;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 1704f432de1f..1e3b492690f9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1471,18 +1471,16 @@ found:
 			continue;
 		for (nhsel = 0; nhsel < fi->fib_nhs; nhsel++) {
 			const struct fib_nh *nh = &fi->fib_nh[nhsel];
-			struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(nh->nh_dev);
 
-			if (nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+			if (nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 				continue;
-			if (in_dev &&
-			    IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev) &&
-			    nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN &&
+			if (ip_ignore_linkdown(nh->fib_nh_dev) &&
+			    nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN &&
 			    !(fib_flags & FIB_LOOKUP_IGNORE_LINKSTATE))
 				continue;
 			if (!(flp->flowi4_flags & FLOWI_FLAG_SKIP_NH_OIF)) {
 				if (flp->flowi4_oif &&
-				    flp->flowi4_oif != nh->nh_oif)
+				    flp->flowi4_oif != nh->fib_nh_oif)
 					continue;
 			}
 
@@ -2653,7 +2651,7 @@ static unsigned int fib_flag_trans(int type, __be32 mask, const struct fib_info
 
 	if (type == RTN_UNREACHABLE || type == RTN_PROHIBIT)
 		flags = RTF_REJECT;
-	if (fi && fi->fib_nh->nh_gw)
+	if (fi && fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4)
 		flags |= RTF_GATEWAY;
 	if (mask == htonl(0xFFFFFFFF))
 		flags |= RTF_HOST;
@@ -2704,7 +2702,7 @@ static int fib_route_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 				   "%d\t%08X\t%d\t%u\t%u",
 				   fi->fib_dev ? fi->fib_dev->name : "*",
 				   prefix,
-				   fi->fib_nh->nh_gw, flags, 0, 0,
+				   fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4, flags, 0, 0,
 				   fi->fib_priority,
 				   mask,
 				   (fi->fib_advmss ?
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index f2688fce39e1..7977514d90f5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ static void update_or_create_fnhe(struct fib_nh *nh, __be32 daddr, __be32 gw,
 	unsigned int i;
 	int depth;
 
-	genid = fnhe_genid(dev_net(nh->nh_dev));
+	genid = fnhe_genid(dev_net(nh->fib_nh_dev));
 	hval = fnhe_hashfun(daddr);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&fnhe_lock);
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ u32 ip_mtu_from_fib_result(struct fib_result *res, __be32 daddr)
 {
 	struct fib_info *fi = res->fi;
 	struct fib_nh *nh = &fi->fib_nh[res->nh_sel];
-	struct net_device *dev = nh->nh_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = nh->fib_nh_dev;
 	u32 mtu = 0;
 
 	if (dev_net(dev)->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu ||
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ u32 ip_mtu_from_fib_result(struct fib_result *res, __be32 daddr)
 	if (likely(!mtu))
 		mtu = min(READ_ONCE(dev->mtu), IP_MAX_MTU);
 
-	return mtu - lwtunnel_headroom(nh->nh_lwtstate, mtu);
+	return mtu - lwtunnel_headroom(nh->fib_nh_lws, mtu);
 }
 
 static bool rt_bind_exception(struct rtable *rt, struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe,
@@ -1531,8 +1531,8 @@ static void rt_set_nexthop(struct rtable *rt, __be32 daddr,
 	if (fi) {
 		struct fib_nh *nh = &FIB_RES_NH(*res);
 
-		if (nh->nh_gw && nh->nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK) {
-			rt->rt_gateway = nh->nh_gw;
+		if (nh->fib_nh_gw4 && nh->fib_nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK) {
+			rt->rt_gateway = nh->fib_nh_gw4;
 			rt->rt_uses_gateway = 1;
 		}
 		ip_dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, fi->fib_metrics);
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ static void rt_set_nexthop(struct rtable *rt, __be32 daddr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 		rt->dst.tclassid = nh->nh_tclassid;
 #endif
-		rt->dst.lwtstate = lwtstate_get(nh->nh_lwtstate);
+		rt->dst.lwtstate = lwtstate_get(nh->fib_nh_lws);
 		if (unlikely(fnhe))
 			cached = rt_bind_exception(rt, fnhe, daddr, do_cache);
 		else if (do_cache)
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ local_input:
 	if (do_cache) {
 		struct fib_nh *nh = &FIB_RES_NH(*res);
 
-		rth->dst.lwtstate = lwtstate_get(nh->nh_lwtstate);
+		rth->dst.lwtstate = lwtstate_get(nh->fib_nh_lws);
 		if (lwtunnel_input_redirect(rth->dst.lwtstate)) {
 			WARN_ON(rth->dst.input == lwtunnel_input);
 			rth->dst.lwtstate->orig_input = rth->dst.input;
@@ -2264,8 +2264,8 @@ static struct rtable *__mkroute_output(const struct fib_result *res,
 		} else {
 			if (unlikely(fl4->flowi4_flags &
 				     FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH &&
-				     !(nh->nh_gw &&
-				       nh->nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK))) {
+				     !(nh->fib_nh_gw4 &&
+				       nh->fib_nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK))) {
 				do_cache = false;
 				goto add;
 			}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 4ae17a966ae3..2e8d1d2d8d3d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how);
 static struct fib6_info *addrconf_get_prefix_route(const struct in6_addr *pfx,
 						  int plen,
 						  const struct net_device *dev,
-						  u32 flags, u32 noflags);
+						  u32 flags, u32 noflags,
+						  bool no_gw);
 
 static void addrconf_dad_start(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp);
 static void addrconf_dad_work(struct work_struct *w);
@@ -1230,10 +1231,8 @@ cleanup_prefix_route(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp, unsigned long expires, bool del_r
 {
 	struct fib6_info *f6i;
 
-	f6i = addrconf_get_prefix_route(&ifp->addr,
-				       ifp->prefix_len,
-				       ifp->idev->dev,
-				       0, RTF_GATEWAY | RTF_DEFAULT);
+	f6i = addrconf_get_prefix_route(&ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len,
+					ifp->idev->dev, 0, RTF_DEFAULT, true);
 	if (f6i) {
 		if (del_rt)
 			ip6_del_rt(dev_net(ifp->idev->dev), f6i);
@@ -2402,7 +2401,8 @@ addrconf_prefix_route(struct in6_addr *pfx, int plen, u32 metric,
 static struct fib6_info *addrconf_get_prefix_route(const struct in6_addr *pfx,
 						  int plen,
 						  const struct net_device *dev,
-						  u32 flags, u32 noflags)
+						  u32 flags, u32 noflags,
+						  bool no_gw)
 {
 	struct fib6_node *fn;
 	struct fib6_info *rt = NULL;
@@ -2419,7 +2419,9 @@ static struct fib6_info *addrconf_get_prefix_route(const struct in6_addr *pfx,
 		goto out;
 
 	for_each_fib6_node_rt_rcu(fn) {
-		if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev->ifindex != dev->ifindex)
+		if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev->ifindex != dev->ifindex)
+			continue;
+		if (no_gw && rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw)
 			continue;
 		if ((rt->fib6_flags & flags) != flags)
 			continue;
@@ -2717,7 +2719,7 @@ void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len, bool sllao)
 					       pinfo->prefix_len,
 					       dev,
 					       RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_PREFIX_RT,
-					       RTF_GATEWAY | RTF_DEFAULT);
+					       RTF_DEFAULT, true);
 
 		if (rt) {
 			/* Autoconf prefix route */
@@ -4588,10 +4590,8 @@ static int modify_prefix_route(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp,
 	struct fib6_info *f6i;
 	u32 prio;
 
-	f6i = addrconf_get_prefix_route(&ifp->addr,
-					ifp->prefix_len,
-					ifp->idev->dev,
-					0, RTF_GATEWAY | RTF_DEFAULT);
+	f6i = addrconf_get_prefix_route(&ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len,
+					ifp->idev->dev, 0, RTF_DEFAULT, true);
 	if (!f6i)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
@@ -5972,7 +5972,8 @@ static void __ipv6_ifa_notify(int event, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 			struct fib6_info *rt;
 
 			rt = addrconf_get_prefix_route(&ifp->peer_addr, 128,
-						       ifp->idev->dev, 0, 0);
+						       ifp->idev->dev, 0, 0,
+						       false);
 			if (rt)
 				ip6_del_rt(net, rt);
 		}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 6613d8dbb0e5..8c00609a1513 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -199,10 +199,7 @@ void fib6_info_destroy_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 		free_percpu(f6i->rt6i_pcpu);
 	}
 
-	lwtstate_put(f6i->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate);
-
-	if (f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev)
-		dev_put(f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev);
+	fib6_nh_release(&f6i->fib6_nh);
 
 	ip_fib_metrics_put(f6i->fib6_metrics);
 
@@ -2297,6 +2294,7 @@ static int ipv6_route_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	struct fib6_info *rt = v;
 	struct ipv6_route_iter *iter = seq->private;
+	unsigned int flags = rt->fib6_flags;
 	const struct net_device *dev;
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "%pi6 %02x ", &rt->fib6_dst.addr, rt->fib6_dst.plen);
@@ -2306,15 +2304,17 @@ static int ipv6_route_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 #else
 	seq_puts(seq, "00000000000000000000000000000000 00 ");
 #endif
-	if (rt->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY)
-		seq_printf(seq, "%pi6", &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw);
-	else
+	if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw) {
+		flags |= RTF_GATEWAY;
+		seq_printf(seq, "%pi6", &rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6);
+	} else {
 		seq_puts(seq, "00000000000000000000000000000000");
+	}
 
-	dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	dev = rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 	seq_printf(seq, " %08x %08x %08x %08x %8s\n",
 		   rt->fib6_metric, atomic_read(&rt->fib6_ref), 0,
-		   rt->fib6_flags, dev ? dev->name : "");
+		   flags, dev ? dev->name : "");
 	iter->w.leaf = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 659ecf4e4b3c..66c8b294e02b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1276,8 +1276,8 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	rt = rt6_get_dflt_router(net, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr, skb->dev);
 
 	if (rt) {
-		neigh = ip6_neigh_lookup(&rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw,
-					 rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev, NULL,
+		neigh = ip6_neigh_lookup(&rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6,
+					 rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev, NULL,
 					  &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
 		if (!neigh) {
 			ND_PRINTK(0, err,
@@ -1306,8 +1306,8 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		neigh = ip6_neigh_lookup(&rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw,
-					 rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev, NULL,
+		neigh = ip6_neigh_lookup(&rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6,
+					 rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev, NULL,
 					  &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
 		if (!neigh) {
 			ND_PRINTK(0, err,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 61f231f58da5..e0ee30cbd079 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -441,14 +441,14 @@ struct fib6_info *fib6_multipath_select(const struct net *net,
 	if (!fl6->mp_hash)
 		fl6->mp_hash = rt6_multipath_hash(net, fl6, skb, NULL);
 
-	if (fl6->mp_hash <= atomic_read(&match->fib6_nh.nh_upper_bound))
+	if (fl6->mp_hash <= atomic_read(&match->fib6_nh.fib_nh_upper_bound))
 		return match;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sibling, next_sibling, &match->fib6_siblings,
 				 fib6_siblings) {
 		int nh_upper_bound;
 
-		nh_upper_bound = atomic_read(&sibling->fib6_nh.nh_upper_bound);
+		nh_upper_bound = atomic_read(&sibling->fib6_nh.fib_nh_upper_bound);
 		if (fl6->mp_hash > nh_upper_bound)
 			continue;
 		if (rt6_score_route(sibling, oif, strict) < 0)
@@ -473,13 +473,13 @@ static inline struct fib6_info *rt6_device_match(struct net *net,
 	struct fib6_info *sprt;
 
 	if (!oif && ipv6_addr_any(saddr) &&
-	    !(rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD))
+	    !(rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD))
 		return rt;
 
 	for (sprt = rt; sprt; sprt = rcu_dereference(sprt->fib6_next)) {
-		const struct net_device *dev = sprt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+		const struct net_device *dev = sprt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 
-		if (sprt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+		if (sprt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 			continue;
 
 		if (oif) {
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static inline struct fib6_info *rt6_device_match(struct net *net,
 	if (oif && flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE)
 		return net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry;
 
-	return rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD ? net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry : rt;
+	return rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD ? net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry : rt;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
@@ -533,11 +533,11 @@ static void rt6_probe(struct fib6_info *rt)
 	 * Router Reachability Probe MUST be rate-limited
 	 * to no more than one per minute.
 	 */
-	if (!rt || !(rt->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY))
+	if (!rt || !rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw)
 		return;
 
-	nh_gw = &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw;
-	dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	nh_gw = &rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6;
+	dev = rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
 	neigh = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(dev, nh_gw);
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static inline void rt6_probe(struct fib6_info *rt)
  */
 static inline int rt6_check_dev(struct fib6_info *rt, int oif)
 {
-	const struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	const struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 
 	if (!oif || dev->ifindex == oif)
 		return 2;
@@ -595,12 +595,12 @@ static inline enum rt6_nud_state rt6_check_neigh(struct fib6_info *rt)
 	struct neighbour *neigh;
 
 	if (rt->fib6_flags & RTF_NONEXTHOP ||
-	    !(rt->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY))
+	    !rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw)
 		return RT6_NUD_SUCCEED;
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
-	neigh = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev,
-					  &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw);
+	neigh = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev,
+					  &rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6);
 	if (neigh) {
 		read_lock(&neigh->lock);
 		if (neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID)
@@ -639,21 +639,6 @@ static int rt6_score_route(struct fib6_info *rt, int oif, int strict)
 	return m;
 }
 
-/* called with rc_read_lock held */
-static inline bool fib6_ignore_linkdown(const struct fib6_info *f6i)
-{
-	const struct net_device *dev = fib6_info_nh_dev(f6i);
-	bool rc = false;
-
-	if (dev) {
-		const struct inet6_dev *idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
-
-		rc = !!idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown;
-	}
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
 static struct fib6_info *find_match(struct fib6_info *rt, int oif, int strict,
 				   int *mpri, struct fib6_info *match,
 				   bool *do_rr)
@@ -661,11 +646,11 @@ static struct fib6_info *find_match(struct fib6_info *rt, int oif, int strict,
 	int m;
 	bool match_do_rr = false;
 
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+	if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (fib6_ignore_linkdown(rt) &&
-	    rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN &&
+	if (ip6_ignore_linkdown(rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev) &&
+	    rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN &&
 	    !(strict & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -784,7 +769,7 @@ static struct fib6_info *rt6_select(struct net *net, struct fib6_node *fn,
 
 static bool rt6_is_gw_or_nonexthop(const struct fib6_info *rt)
 {
-	return (rt->fib6_flags & (RTF_NONEXTHOP | RTF_GATEWAY));
+	return (rt->fib6_flags & RTF_NONEXTHOP) || rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTE_INFO
@@ -870,7 +855,7 @@ int rt6_route_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len,
 /* called with rcu_lock held */
 static struct net_device *ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu(struct fib6_info *rt)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 
 	if (rt->fib6_flags & (RTF_LOCAL | RTF_ANYCAST)) {
 		/* for copies of local routes, dst->dev needs to be the
@@ -964,8 +949,8 @@ static void ip6_rt_init_dst(struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_info *ort)
 		rt->dst.input = ip6_forward;
 	}
 
-	if (ort->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate) {
-		rt->dst.lwtstate = lwtstate_get(ort->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate);
+	if (ort->fib6_nh.fib_nh_lws) {
+		rt->dst.lwtstate = lwtstate_get(ort->fib6_nh.fib_nh_lws);
 		lwtunnel_set_redirect(&rt->dst);
 	}
 
@@ -989,8 +974,11 @@ static void ip6_rt_copy_init(struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_info *ort)
 
 	rt->rt6i_dst = ort->fib6_dst;
 	rt->rt6i_idev = dev ? in6_dev_get(dev) : NULL;
-	rt->rt6i_gateway = ort->fib6_nh.nh_gw;
 	rt->rt6i_flags = ort->fib6_flags;
+	if (ort->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw) {
+		rt->rt6i_gateway = ort->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6;
+		rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_GATEWAY;
+	}
 	rt6_set_from(rt, ort);
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
 	rt->rt6i_src = ort->fib6_src;
@@ -1035,7 +1023,7 @@ static bool ip6_hold_safe(struct net *net, struct rt6_info **prt)
 static struct rt6_info *ip6_create_rt_rcu(struct fib6_info *rt)
 {
 	unsigned short flags = fib6_info_dst_flags(rt);
-	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev;
 	struct rt6_info *nrt;
 
 	if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
@@ -1419,7 +1407,7 @@ static unsigned int fib6_mtu(const struct fib6_info *rt)
 
 	mtu = min_t(unsigned int, mtu, IP6_MAX_MTU);
 
-	return mtu - lwtunnel_headroom(rt->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate, mtu);
+	return mtu - lwtunnel_headroom(rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_lws, mtu);
 }
 
 static int rt6_insert_exception(struct rt6_info *nrt,
@@ -1872,7 +1860,7 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table,
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return rt;
 	} else if (unlikely((fl6->flowi6_flags & FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH) &&
-			    !(f6i->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY))) {
+			    !f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw)) {
 		/* Create a RTF_CACHE clone which will not be
 		 * owned by the fib6 tree.  It is for the special case where
 		 * the daddr in the skb during the neighbor look-up is different
@@ -2436,22 +2424,22 @@ static struct rt6_info *__ip6_route_redirect(struct net *net,
 	fn = fib6_node_lookup(&table->tb6_root, &fl6->daddr, &fl6->saddr);
 restart:
 	for_each_fib6_node_rt_rcu(fn) {
-		if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+		if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 			continue;
 		if (fib6_check_expired(rt))
 			continue;
 		if (rt->fib6_flags & RTF_REJECT)
 			break;
-		if (!(rt->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY))
+		if (!rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw)
 			continue;
-		if (fl6->flowi6_oif != rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev->ifindex)
+		if (fl6->flowi6_oif != rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev->ifindex)
 			continue;
 		/* rt_cache's gateway might be different from its 'parent'
 		 * in the case of an ip redirect.
 		 * So we keep searching in the exception table if the gateway
 		 * is different.
 		 */
-		if (!ipv6_addr_equal(&rdfl->gateway, &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw)) {
+		if (!ipv6_addr_equal(&rdfl->gateway, &rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6)) {
 			rt_cache = rt6_find_cached_rt(rt,
 						      &fl6->daddr,
 						      &fl6->saddr);
@@ -2898,17 +2886,143 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static bool fib6_is_reject(u32 flags, struct net_device *dev, int addr_type)
+{
+	if ((flags & RTF_REJECT) ||
+	    (dev && (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) &&
+	     !(addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK) &&
+	     !(flags & RTF_LOCAL)))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+int fib6_nh_init(struct net *net, struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh,
+		 struct fib6_config *cfg, gfp_t gfp_flags,
+		 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
+	struct inet6_dev *idev = NULL;
+	int addr_type;
+	int err;
+
+	fib6_nh->fib_nh_family = AF_INET6;
+
+	err = -ENODEV;
+	if (cfg->fc_ifindex) {
+		dev = dev_get_by_index(net, cfg->fc_ifindex);
+		if (!dev)
+			goto out;
+		idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
+		if (!idev)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK) {
+		if (!dev) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+				       "Nexthop device required for onlink");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop device is not up");
+			err = -ENETDOWN;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		fib6_nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_ONLINK;
+	}
+
+	fib6_nh->fib_nh_weight = 1;
+
+	/* We cannot add true routes via loopback here,
+	 * they would result in kernel looping; promote them to reject routes
+	 */
+	addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(&cfg->fc_dst);
+	if (fib6_is_reject(cfg->fc_flags, dev, addr_type)) {
+		/* hold loopback dev/idev if we haven't done so. */
+		if (dev != net->loopback_dev) {
+			if (dev) {
+				dev_put(dev);
+				in6_dev_put(idev);
+			}
+			dev = net->loopback_dev;
+			dev_hold(dev);
+			idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
+			if (!idev) {
+				err = -ENODEV;
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+		goto set_dev;
+	}
+
+	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_GATEWAY) {
+		err = ip6_validate_gw(net, cfg, &dev, &idev, extack);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+
+		fib6_nh->fib_nh_gw6 = cfg->fc_gateway;
+		fib6_nh->fib_nh_has_gw = 1;
+	}
+
+	err = -ENODEV;
+	if (!dev)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (idev->cnf.disable_ipv6) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "IPv6 is disabled on nexthop device");
+		err = -EACCES;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) && !cfg->fc_ignore_dev_down) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop device is not up");
+		err = -ENETDOWN;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!(cfg->fc_flags & (RTF_LOCAL | RTF_ANYCAST)) &&
+	    !netif_carrier_ok(dev))
+		fib6_nh->fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
+
+	err = fib_nh_common_init(&fib6_nh->nh_common, cfg->fc_encap,
+				 cfg->fc_encap_type, cfg, gfp_flags, extack);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+set_dev:
+	fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev = dev;
+	fib6_nh->fib_nh_oif = dev->ifindex;
+	err = 0;
+out:
+	if (idev)
+		in6_dev_put(idev);
+
+	if (err) {
+		lwtstate_put(fib6_nh->fib_nh_lws);
+		fib6_nh->fib_nh_lws = NULL;
+		if (dev)
+			dev_put(dev);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void fib6_nh_release(struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh)
+{
+	fib_nh_common_release(&fib6_nh->nh_common);
+}
+
 static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 					      gfp_t gfp_flags,
 					      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct net *net = cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net;
 	struct fib6_info *rt = NULL;
-	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
-	struct inet6_dev *idev = NULL;
 	struct fib6_table *table;
-	int addr_type;
 	int err = -EINVAL;
+	int addr_type;
 
 	/* RTF_PCPU is an internal flag; can not be set by userspace */
 	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_PCPU) {
@@ -2942,30 +3056,6 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 		goto out;
 	}
 #endif
-	if (cfg->fc_ifindex) {
-		err = -ENODEV;
-		dev = dev_get_by_index(net, cfg->fc_ifindex);
-		if (!dev)
-			goto out;
-		idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
-		if (!idev)
-			goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK) {
-		if (!dev) {
-			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
-				       "Nexthop device required for onlink");
-			err = -ENODEV;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
-			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop device is not up");
-			err = -ENETDOWN;
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
 
 	err = -ENOBUFS;
 	if (cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh &&
@@ -3009,18 +3099,10 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 		cfg->fc_protocol = RTPROT_BOOT;
 	rt->fib6_protocol = cfg->fc_protocol;
 
-	addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(&cfg->fc_dst);
-
-	if (cfg->fc_encap) {
-		struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate;
-
-		err = lwtunnel_build_state(cfg->fc_encap_type,
-					   cfg->fc_encap, AF_INET6, cfg,
-					   &lwtstate, extack);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-		rt->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate = lwtstate_get(lwtstate);
-	}
+	rt->fib6_table = table;
+	rt->fib6_metric = cfg->fc_metric;
+	rt->fib6_type = cfg->fc_type;
+	rt->fib6_flags = cfg->fc_flags & ~RTF_GATEWAY;
 
 	ipv6_addr_prefix(&rt->fib6_dst.addr, &cfg->fc_dst, cfg->fc_dst_len);
 	rt->fib6_dst.plen = cfg->fc_dst_len;
@@ -3031,62 +3113,20 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 	ipv6_addr_prefix(&rt->fib6_src.addr, &cfg->fc_src, cfg->fc_src_len);
 	rt->fib6_src.plen = cfg->fc_src_len;
 #endif
-
-	rt->fib6_metric = cfg->fc_metric;
-	rt->fib6_nh.nh_weight = 1;
-
-	rt->fib6_type = cfg->fc_type;
+	err = fib6_nh_init(net, &rt->fib6_nh, cfg, gfp_flags, extack);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* We cannot add true routes via loopback here,
-	   they would result in kernel looping; promote them to reject routes
+	 * they would result in kernel looping; promote them to reject routes
 	 */
-	if ((cfg->fc_flags & RTF_REJECT) ||
-	    (dev && (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) &&
-	     !(addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK) &&
-	     !(cfg->fc_flags & RTF_LOCAL))) {
-		/* hold loopback dev/idev if we haven't done so. */
-		if (dev != net->loopback_dev) {
-			if (dev) {
-				dev_put(dev);
-				in6_dev_put(idev);
-			}
-			dev = net->loopback_dev;
-			dev_hold(dev);
-			idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
-			if (!idev) {
-				err = -ENODEV;
-				goto out;
-			}
-		}
-		rt->fib6_flags = RTF_REJECT|RTF_NONEXTHOP;
-		goto install_route;
-	}
-
-	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_GATEWAY) {
-		err = ip6_validate_gw(net, cfg, &dev, &idev, extack);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-
-		rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw = cfg->fc_gateway;
-	}
-
-	err = -ENODEV;
-	if (!dev)
-		goto out;
-
-	if (idev->cnf.disable_ipv6) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "IPv6 is disabled on nexthop device");
-		err = -EACCES;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) && !cfg->fc_ignore_dev_down) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop device is not up");
-		err = -ENETDOWN;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(&cfg->fc_dst);
+	if (fib6_is_reject(cfg->fc_flags, rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev, addr_type))
+		rt->fib6_flags = RTF_REJECT | RTF_NONEXTHOP;
 
 	if (!ipv6_addr_any(&cfg->fc_prefsrc)) {
+		struct net_device *dev = fib6_info_nh_dev(rt);
+
 		if (!ipv6_chk_addr(net, &cfg->fc_prefsrc, dev, 0)) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid source address");
 			err = -EINVAL;
@@ -3097,26 +3137,8 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 	} else
 		rt->fib6_prefsrc.plen = 0;
 
-	rt->fib6_flags = cfg->fc_flags;
-
-install_route:
-	if (!(rt->fib6_flags & (RTF_LOCAL | RTF_ANYCAST)) &&
-	    !netif_carrier_ok(dev))
-		rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
-	rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags |= (cfg->fc_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK);
-	rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev = dev;
-	rt->fib6_table = table;
-
-	if (idev)
-		in6_dev_put(idev);
-
 	return rt;
 out:
-	if (dev)
-		dev_put(dev);
-	if (idev)
-		in6_dev_put(idev);
-
 	fib6_info_release(rt);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
@@ -3257,6 +3279,8 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 
 	if (fn) {
 		for_each_fib6_node_rt_rcu(fn) {
+			struct fib6_nh *nh;
+
 			if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
 				int rc;
 
@@ -3271,12 +3295,14 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 				}
 				continue;
 			}
+
+			nh = &rt->fib6_nh;
 			if (cfg->fc_ifindex &&
-			    (!rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev ||
-			     rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev->ifindex != cfg->fc_ifindex))
+			    (!nh->fib_nh_dev ||
+			     nh->fib_nh_dev->ifindex != cfg->fc_ifindex))
 				continue;
 			if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_GATEWAY &&
-			    !ipv6_addr_equal(&cfg->fc_gateway, &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw))
+			    !ipv6_addr_equal(&cfg->fc_gateway, &nh->fib_nh_gw6))
 				continue;
 			if (cfg->fc_metric && cfg->fc_metric != rt->fib6_metric)
 				continue;
@@ -3447,11 +3473,12 @@ static struct fib6_info *rt6_get_route_info(struct net *net,
 		goto out;
 
 	for_each_fib6_node_rt_rcu(fn) {
-		if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev->ifindex != ifindex)
+		if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev->ifindex != ifindex)
 			continue;
-		if ((rt->fib6_flags & (RTF_ROUTEINFO|RTF_GATEWAY)) != (RTF_ROUTEINFO|RTF_GATEWAY))
+		if (!(rt->fib6_flags & RTF_ROUTEINFO) ||
+		    !rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw)
 			continue;
-		if (!ipv6_addr_equal(&rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw, gwaddr))
+		if (!ipv6_addr_equal(&rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6, gwaddr))
 			continue;
 		if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
 			continue;
@@ -3509,9 +3536,11 @@ struct fib6_info *rt6_get_dflt_router(struct net *net,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_fib6_node_rt_rcu(&table->tb6_root) {
-		if (dev == rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev &&
+		struct fib6_nh *nh = &rt->fib6_nh;
+
+		if (dev == nh->fib_nh_dev &&
 		    ((rt->fib6_flags & (RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_DEFAULT)) == (RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_DEFAULT)) &&
-		    ipv6_addr_equal(&rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw, addr))
+		    ipv6_addr_equal(&nh->fib_nh_gw6, addr))
 			break;
 	}
 	if (rt && !fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
@@ -3748,7 +3777,7 @@ static int fib6_remove_prefsrc(struct fib6_info *rt, void *arg)
 	struct net *net = ((struct arg_dev_net_ip *)arg)->net;
 	struct in6_addr *addr = ((struct arg_dev_net_ip *)arg)->addr;
 
-	if (((void *)rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev || !dev) &&
+	if (((void *)rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev || !dev) &&
 	    rt != net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry &&
 	    ipv6_addr_equal(addr, &rt->fib6_prefsrc.addr)) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&rt6_exception_lock);
@@ -3770,7 +3799,7 @@ void rt6_remove_prefsrc(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 	fib6_clean_all(net, fib6_remove_prefsrc, &adni);
 }
 
-#define RTF_RA_ROUTER		(RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_DEFAULT | RTF_GATEWAY)
+#define RTF_RA_ROUTER		(RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_DEFAULT)
 
 /* Remove routers and update dst entries when gateway turn into host. */
 static int fib6_clean_tohost(struct fib6_info *rt, void *arg)
@@ -3778,7 +3807,8 @@ static int fib6_clean_tohost(struct fib6_info *rt, void *arg)
 	struct in6_addr *gateway = (struct in6_addr *)arg;
 
 	if (((rt->fib6_flags & RTF_RA_ROUTER) == RTF_RA_ROUTER) &&
-	    ipv6_addr_equal(gateway, &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw)) {
+	    rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_has_gw &&
+	    ipv6_addr_equal(gateway, &rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_gw6)) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -3826,9 +3856,9 @@ static struct fib6_info *rt6_multipath_first_sibling(const struct fib6_info *rt)
 
 static bool rt6_is_dead(const struct fib6_info *rt)
 {
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD ||
-	    (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN &&
-	     fib6_ignore_linkdown(rt)))
+	if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD ||
+	    (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN &&
+	     ip6_ignore_linkdown(rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev)))
 		return true;
 
 	return false;
@@ -3840,11 +3870,11 @@ static int rt6_multipath_total_weight(const struct fib6_info *rt)
 	int total = 0;
 
 	if (!rt6_is_dead(rt))
-		total += rt->fib6_nh.nh_weight;
+		total += rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_weight;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(iter, &rt->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings) {
 		if (!rt6_is_dead(iter))
-			total += iter->fib6_nh.nh_weight;
+			total += iter->fib6_nh.fib_nh_weight;
 	}
 
 	return total;
@@ -3855,11 +3885,11 @@ static void rt6_upper_bound_set(struct fib6_info *rt, int *weight, int total)
 	int upper_bound = -1;
 
 	if (!rt6_is_dead(rt)) {
-		*weight += rt->fib6_nh.nh_weight;
+		*weight += rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_weight;
 		upper_bound = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL((u64) (*weight) << 31,
 						    total) - 1;
 	}
-	atomic_set(&rt->fib6_nh.nh_upper_bound, upper_bound);
+	atomic_set(&rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_upper_bound, upper_bound);
 }
 
 static void rt6_multipath_upper_bound_set(struct fib6_info *rt, int total)
@@ -3902,8 +3932,9 @@ static int fib6_ifup(struct fib6_info *rt, void *p_arg)
 	const struct arg_netdev_event *arg = p_arg;
 	struct net *net = dev_net(arg->dev);
 
-	if (rt != net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry && rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev == arg->dev) {
-		rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags &= ~arg->nh_flags;
+	if (rt != net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry &&
+	    rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == arg->dev) {
+		rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags &= ~arg->nh_flags;
 		fib6_update_sernum_upto_root(net, rt);
 		rt6_multipath_rebalance(rt);
 	}
@@ -3931,10 +3962,10 @@ static bool rt6_multipath_uses_dev(const struct fib6_info *rt,
 {
 	struct fib6_info *iter;
 
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev)
+	if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev)
 		return true;
 	list_for_each_entry(iter, &rt->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings)
-		if (iter->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev)
+		if (iter->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev)
 			return true;
 
 	return false;
@@ -3955,12 +3986,12 @@ static unsigned int rt6_multipath_dead_count(const struct fib6_info *rt,
 	struct fib6_info *iter;
 	unsigned int dead = 0;
 
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev == down_dev ||
-	    rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+	if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == down_dev ||
+	    rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 		dead++;
 	list_for_each_entry(iter, &rt->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings)
-		if (iter->fib6_nh.nh_dev == down_dev ||
-		    iter->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+		if (iter->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == down_dev ||
+		    iter->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 			dead++;
 
 	return dead;
@@ -3972,11 +4003,11 @@ static void rt6_multipath_nh_flags_set(struct fib6_info *rt,
 {
 	struct fib6_info *iter;
 
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev)
-		rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags |= nh_flags;
+	if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev)
+		rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags |= nh_flags;
 	list_for_each_entry(iter, &rt->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings)
-		if (iter->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev)
-			iter->fib6_nh.nh_flags |= nh_flags;
+		if (iter->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev)
+			iter->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags |= nh_flags;
 }
 
 /* called with write lock held for table with rt */
@@ -3991,12 +4022,12 @@ static int fib6_ifdown(struct fib6_info *rt, void *p_arg)
 
 	switch (arg->event) {
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-		return rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev ? -1 : 0;
+		return rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev ? -1 : 0;
 	case NETDEV_DOWN:
 		if (rt->should_flush)
 			return -1;
 		if (!rt->fib6_nsiblings)
-			return rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev ? -1 : 0;
+			return rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev ? -1 : 0;
 		if (rt6_multipath_uses_dev(rt, dev)) {
 			unsigned int count;
 
@@ -4012,10 +4043,10 @@ static int fib6_ifdown(struct fib6_info *rt, void *p_arg)
 		}
 		return -2;
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
-		if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev != dev ||
+		if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev != dev ||
 		    rt->fib6_flags & (RTF_LOCAL | RTF_ANYCAST))
 			break;
-		rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
+		rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
 		rt6_multipath_rebalance(rt);
 		break;
 	}
@@ -4071,7 +4102,7 @@ static int rt6_mtu_change_route(struct fib6_info *rt, void *p_arg)
 	   Since RFC 1981 doesn't include administrative MTU increase
 	   update PMTU increase is a MUST. (i.e. jumbo frame)
 	 */
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev == arg->dev &&
+	if (rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == arg->dev &&
 	    !fib6_metric_locked(rt, RTAX_MTU)) {
 		u32 mtu = rt->fib6_pmtu;
 
@@ -4362,7 +4393,7 @@ static int ip6_route_multipath_add(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 
-		rt->fib6_nh.nh_weight = rtnh->rtnh_hops + 1;
+		rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_weight = rtnh->rtnh_hops + 1;
 
 		err = ip6_route_info_append(info->nl_net, &rt6_nh_list,
 					    rt, &r_cfg);
@@ -4529,7 +4560,7 @@ static size_t rt6_nlmsg_size(struct fib6_info *rt)
 		nexthop_len = nla_total_size(0)	 /* RTA_MULTIPATH */
 			    + NLA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct rtnexthop))
 			    + nla_total_size(16) /* RTA_GATEWAY */
-			    + lwtunnel_get_encap_size(rt->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate);
+			    + lwtunnel_get_encap_size(rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_lws);
 
 		nexthop_len *= rt->fib6_nsiblings;
 	}
@@ -4547,41 +4578,41 @@ static size_t rt6_nlmsg_size(struct fib6_info *rt)
 	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rta_cacheinfo))
 	       + nla_total_size(TCP_CA_NAME_MAX) /* RTAX_CC_ALGO */
 	       + nla_total_size(1) /* RTA_PREF */
-	       + lwtunnel_get_encap_size(rt->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate)
+	       + lwtunnel_get_encap_size(rt->fib6_nh.fib_nh_lws)
 	       + nexthop_len;
 }
 
-static int rt6_nexthop_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fib6_info *rt,
+static int rt6_nexthop_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh,
 			    unsigned int *flags, bool skip_oif)
 {
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+	if (fib6_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 		*flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
 
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
+	if (fib6_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
 		*flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		if (fib6_ignore_linkdown(rt))
+		if (ip6_ignore_linkdown(fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev))
 			*flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
-	if (rt->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY) {
-		if (nla_put_in6_addr(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, &rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw) < 0)
+	if (fib6_nh->fib_nh_has_gw) {
+		if (nla_put_in6_addr(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, &fib6_nh->fib_nh_gw6) < 0)
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
-	*flags |= (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK);
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_OFFLOAD)
+	*flags |= (fib6_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_ONLINK);
+	if (fib6_nh->fib_nh_flags & RTNH_F_OFFLOAD)
 		*flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
 
 	/* not needed for multipath encoding b/c it has a rtnexthop struct */
-	if (!skip_oif && rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev &&
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_OIF, rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev->ifindex))
+	if (!skip_oif && fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev &&
+	    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_OIF, fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev->ifindex))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate &&
-	    lwtunnel_fill_encap(skb, rt->fib6_nh.nh_lwtstate) < 0)
+	if (fib6_nh->fib_nh_lws &&
+	    lwtunnel_fill_encap(skb, fib6_nh->fib_nh_lws) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -4591,9 +4622,9 @@ nla_put_failure:
 }
 
 /* add multipath next hop */
-static int rt6_add_nexthop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fib6_info *rt)
+static int rt6_add_nexthop(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh)
 {
-	const struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
+	const struct net_device *dev = fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev;
 	struct rtnexthop *rtnh;
 	unsigned int flags = 0;
 
@@ -4601,10 +4632,10 @@ static int rt6_add_nexthop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fib6_info *rt)
 	if (!rtnh)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	rtnh->rtnh_hops = rt->fib6_nh.nh_weight - 1;
+	rtnh->rtnh_hops = fib6_nh->fib_nh_weight - 1;
 	rtnh->rtnh_ifindex = dev ? dev->ifindex : 0;
 
-	if (rt6_nexthop_info(skb, rt, &flags, true) < 0)
+	if (rt6_nexthop_info(skb, fib6_nh, &flags, true) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	rtnh->rtnh_flags = flags;
@@ -4734,18 +4765,19 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (!mp)
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
-		if (rt6_add_nexthop(skb, rt) < 0)
+		if (rt6_add_nexthop(skb, &rt->fib6_nh) < 0)
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(sibling, next_sibling,
 					 &rt->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings) {
-			if (rt6_add_nexthop(skb, sibling) < 0)
+			if (rt6_add_nexthop(skb, &sibling->fib6_nh) < 0)
 				goto nla_put_failure;
 		}
 
 		nla_nest_end(skb, mp);
 	} else {
-		if (rt6_nexthop_info(skb, rt, &rtm->rtm_flags, false) < 0)
+		if (rt6_nexthop_info(skb, &rt->fib6_nh, &rtm->rtm_flags,
+				     false) < 0)
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
@@ -4772,7 +4804,7 @@ nla_put_failure:
 static bool fib6_info_uses_dev(const struct fib6_info *f6i,
 			       const struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	if (f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev)
+	if (f6i->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev)
 		return true;
 
 	if (f6i->fib6_nsiblings) {
@@ -4780,7 +4812,7 @@ static bool fib6_info_uses_dev(const struct fib6_info *f6i,
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(sibling, next_sibling,
 					 &f6i->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings) {
-			if (sibling->fib6_nh.nh_dev == dev)
+			if (sibling->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev == dev)
 				return true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -5065,7 +5097,7 @@ static int ip6_route_dev_notify(struct notifier_block *this,
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 
 	if (event == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
-		net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry->fib6_nh.nh_dev = dev;
+		net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev = dev;
 		net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst.dev = dev;
 		net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
@@ -5400,7 +5432,7 @@ void __init ip6_route_init_special_entries(void)
 	/* Registering of the loopback is done before this portion of code,
 	 * the loopback reference in rt6_info will not be taken, do it
 	 * manually for init_net */
-	init_net.ipv6.fib6_null_entry->fib6_nh.nh_dev = init_net.loopback_dev;
+	init_net.ipv6.fib6_null_entry->fib6_nh.fib_nh_dev = init_net.loopback_dev;
 	init_net.ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst.dev = init_net.loopback_dev;
 	init_net.ipv6.ip6_null_entry->rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(init_net.loopback_dev);
   #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES