struct sctp_bind_hashbucket *port_hashtable;
 
        /* This is the global local address list.
-        * We actively maintain this complete list of interfaces on
-        * the system by catching routing events.
+        * We actively maintain this complete list of addresses on
+        * the system by catching address add/delete events.
         *
         * It is a list of sctp_sockaddr_entry.
         */
        struct list_head local_addr_list;
-       spinlock_t local_addr_lock;
        
        /* Flag to indicate if addip is enabled. */
        int addip_enable;
 #define sctp_port_alloc_lock           (sctp_globals.port_alloc_lock)
 #define sctp_port_hashtable            (sctp_globals.port_hashtable)
 #define sctp_local_addr_list           (sctp_globals.local_addr_list)
-#define sctp_local_addr_lock           (sctp_globals.local_addr_lock)
 #define sctp_addip_enable              (sctp_globals.addip_enable)
 #define sctp_prsctp_enable             (sctp_globals.prsctp_enable)
 
 
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
+/* Event handler for inet6 address addition/deletion events.  */
+int sctp_inet6addr_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long ev,
+                        void *ptr)
+{
+       struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa = (struct inet6_ifaddr *)ptr;
+       struct sctp_sockaddr_entry *addr;
+       struct list_head *pos, *temp;
+
+       switch (ev) {
+       case NETDEV_UP:
+               addr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sctp_sockaddr_entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
+               if (addr) {
+                       addr->a.v6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+                       addr->a.v6.sin6_port = 0;
+                       memcpy(&addr->a.v6.sin6_addr, &ifa->addr,
+                                sizeof(struct in6_addr));
+                       addr->a.v6.sin6_scope_id = ifa->idev->dev->ifindex;
+                       list_add_tail(&addr->list, &sctp_local_addr_list);
+               }
+               break;
+       case NETDEV_DOWN:
+               list_for_each_safe(pos, temp, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
+                       addr = list_entry(pos, struct sctp_sockaddr_entry, list);
+                       if (ipv6_addr_equal(&addr->a.v6.sin6_addr, &ifa->addr)) {
+                               list_del(pos);
+                               kfree(addr);
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               break;
+       }
+
+       return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
 static struct notifier_block sctp_inet6addr_notifier = {
-       .notifier_call = sctp_inetaddr_event,
+       .notifier_call = sctp_inet6addr_event,
 };
 
 /* ICMP error handler. */
 
 /* Extract our IP addresses from the system and stash them in the
  * protocol structure.
  */
-static void __sctp_get_local_addr_list(void)
+static void sctp_get_local_addr_list(void)
 {
        struct net_device *dev;
        struct list_head *pos;
        read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
 }
 
-static void sctp_get_local_addr_list(void)
-{
-       unsigned long flags;
-
-       sctp_spin_lock_irqsave(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-       __sctp_get_local_addr_list();
-       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-}
-
 /* Free the existing local addresses.  */
-static void __sctp_free_local_addr_list(void)
+static void sctp_free_local_addr_list(void)
 {
        struct sctp_sockaddr_entry *addr;
        struct list_head *pos, *temp;
        }
 }
 
-/* Free the existing local addresses.  */
-static void sctp_free_local_addr_list(void)
-{
-       unsigned long flags;
-
-       sctp_spin_lock_irqsave(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-       __sctp_free_local_addr_list();
-       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-}
-
 /* Copy the local addresses which are valid for 'scope' into 'bp'.  */
 int sctp_copy_local_addr_list(struct sctp_bind_addr *bp, sctp_scope_t scope,
                              gfp_t gfp, int copy_flags)
 {
        struct sctp_sockaddr_entry *addr;
        int error = 0;
-       struct list_head *pos;
-       unsigned long flags;
+       struct list_head *pos, *temp;
 
-       sctp_spin_lock_irqsave(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-       list_for_each(pos, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
+       list_for_each_safe(pos, temp, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
                addr = list_entry(pos, struct sctp_sockaddr_entry, list);
                if (sctp_in_scope(&addr->a, scope)) {
                        /* Now that the address is in scope, check to see if
        }
 
 end_copy:
-       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
        return error;
 }
 
        seq_printf(seq, "%d.%d.%d.%d ", NIPQUAD(addr->v4.sin_addr));
 }
 
-/* Event handler for inet address addition/deletion events.
- * Basically, whenever there is an event, we re-build our local address list.
- */
+/* Event handler for inet address addition/deletion events.  */
 int sctp_inetaddr_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long ev,
                         void *ptr)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
+       struct in_ifaddr *ifa = (struct in_ifaddr *)ptr;
+       struct sctp_sockaddr_entry *addr;
+       struct list_head *pos, *temp;
 
-       sctp_spin_lock_irqsave(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-       __sctp_free_local_addr_list();
-       __sctp_get_local_addr_list();
-       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
+       switch (ev) {
+       case NETDEV_UP:
+               addr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sctp_sockaddr_entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
+               if (addr) {
+                       addr->a.v4.sin_family = AF_INET;
+                       addr->a.v4.sin_port = 0;
+                       addr->a.v4.sin_addr.s_addr = ifa->ifa_local;
+                       list_add_tail(&addr->list, &sctp_local_addr_list);
+               }
+               break;
+       case NETDEV_DOWN:
+               list_for_each_safe(pos, temp, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
+                       addr = list_entry(pos, struct sctp_sockaddr_entry, list);
+                       if (addr->a.v4.sin_addr.s_addr == ifa->ifa_local) {
+                               list_del(pos);
+                               kfree(addr);
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               break;
+       }
 
        return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
        /* Initialize the local address list. */
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sctp_local_addr_list);
-       spin_lock_init(&sctp_local_addr_lock);
+
+       sctp_get_local_addr_list();
 
        /* Register notifier for inet address additions/deletions. */
        register_inetaddr_notifier(&sctp_inetaddr_notifier);
 
-       sctp_get_local_addr_list();
-
        __unsafe(THIS_MODULE);
        status = 0;
 out:
 
        sctp_assoc_t id;
        struct sctp_bind_addr *bp;
        struct sctp_association *asoc;
-       struct list_head *pos;
+       struct list_head *pos, *temp;
        struct sctp_sockaddr_entry *addr;
        rwlock_t *addr_lock;
-       unsigned long flags;
        int cnt = 0;
 
        if (len != sizeof(sctp_assoc_t))
                addr = list_entry(bp->address_list.next,
                                  struct sctp_sockaddr_entry, list);
                if (sctp_is_any(&addr->a)) {
-                       sctp_spin_lock_irqsave(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-                       list_for_each(pos, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
+                       list_for_each_safe(pos, temp, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
                                addr = list_entry(pos,
                                                  struct sctp_sockaddr_entry,
                                                  list);
                                        continue;
                                cnt++;
                        }
-                       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock,
-                                                   flags);
                } else {
                        cnt = 1;
                }
 static int sctp_copy_laddrs_to_user_old(struct sock *sk, __u16 port, int max_addrs,
                                        void __user *to)
 {
-       struct list_head *pos;
+       struct list_head *pos, *next;
        struct sctp_sockaddr_entry *addr;
-       unsigned long flags;
        union sctp_addr temp;
        int cnt = 0;
        int addrlen;
 
-       sctp_spin_lock_irqsave(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-       list_for_each(pos, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
+       list_for_each_safe(pos, next, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
                addr = list_entry(pos, struct sctp_sockaddr_entry, list);
                if ((PF_INET == sk->sk_family) && 
                    (AF_INET6 == addr->a.sa.sa_family))
                sctp_get_pf_specific(sk->sk_family)->addr_v4map(sctp_sk(sk),
                                                                &temp);
                addrlen = sctp_get_af_specific(temp.sa.sa_family)->sockaddr_len;
-               if (copy_to_user(to, &temp, addrlen)) {
-                       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock,
-                                                   flags);
+               if (copy_to_user(to, &temp, addrlen))
                        return -EFAULT;
-               }
+
                to += addrlen;
                cnt ++;
                if (cnt >= max_addrs) break;
        }
-       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
 
        return cnt;
 }
 static int sctp_copy_laddrs_to_user(struct sock *sk, __u16 port,
                                    void __user **to, size_t space_left)
 {
-       struct list_head *pos;
+       struct list_head *pos, *next;
        struct sctp_sockaddr_entry *addr;
-       unsigned long flags;
        union sctp_addr temp;
        int cnt = 0;
        int addrlen;
 
-       sctp_spin_lock_irqsave(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
-       list_for_each(pos, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
+       list_for_each_safe(pos, next, &sctp_local_addr_list) {
                addr = list_entry(pos, struct sctp_sockaddr_entry, list);
                if ((PF_INET == sk->sk_family) && 
                    (AF_INET6 == addr->a.sa.sa_family))
                addrlen = sctp_get_af_specific(temp.sa.sa_family)->sockaddr_len;
                if(space_left<addrlen)
                        return -ENOMEM;
-               if (copy_to_user(*to, &temp, addrlen)) {
-                       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock,
-                                                   flags);
+               if (copy_to_user(*to, &temp, addrlen))
                        return -EFAULT;
-               }
+
                *to += addrlen;
                cnt ++;
                space_left -= addrlen;
        }
-       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
 
        return cnt;
 }