diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
index 06edfef..082355f 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 /* O_NONBLOCK clashes with the bits used for socket types.  Therefore we
  * have to define SOCK_NONBLOCK to a different value here.
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
index 23061f7..d97caad 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 #define SO_DOMAIN		39
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
-#define SO_RXQ_ALLOC		41
+#define SO_RXQ_ALLOC		101  /* non-upstreamed sockopt */
+
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
 
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
index c8d1fae..247b88c 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* __ASM_AVR32_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
index 1a4a619..e269264 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
 
 
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
index a6b2688..ce80fda 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -62,5 +62,8 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
 
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
index 04c0f45..cf1daab 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
index 51427ea..4b03664 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -71,4 +71,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
index 469787c3..e8b8c5b 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* _ASM_M32R_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
index 9bf49c8..d4708ce 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
index 9de5190..ad5c0a7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 /** sock_type - Socket types
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
index 4e60c42..876356d 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
index 225b7d6..d28c51b 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             0x4021
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		0x4022
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 /* O_NONBLOCK clashes with the bits used for socket types.  Therefore we
  * have to define SOCK_NONBLOCK to a different value here.
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
index 866f760..2fc2af8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -69,4 +69,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
index fdff1e9..67b5c1b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -70,4 +70,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
index 9d3fefc..8af1b64 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             0x0024
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		0x0025
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 /* Security levels - as per NRL IPv6 - don't actually do anything */
 #define SO_SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION		0x5001
 #define SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_TRANSPORT	0x5002
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
index cbdf2ff..bb06968 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -73,4 +73,7 @@
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
 
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS		SO_WIFI_STATUS
+
 #endif	/* _XTENSA_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/socket.h b/include/asm-generic/socket.h
index 56d2b13..22d4e36d 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/socket.h
@@ -64,5 +64,8 @@
 #define SO_DOMAIN		39
 
 #define SO_RXQ_OVFL             40
-#define SO_RXQ_ALLOC		41
+#define SO_RXQ_ALLOC		101  /* non-upstreamed sockopt */
+
+#define SO_WIFI_STATUS		41
+#define SCM_WIFI_STATUS	SO_WIFI_STATUS
 #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/errqueue.h b/include/linux/errqueue.h
index 034072c..c9f522b 100644
--- a/include/linux/errqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/errqueue.h
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 #define SO_EE_ORIGIN_LOCAL	1
 #define SO_EE_ORIGIN_ICMP	2
 #define SO_EE_ORIGIN_ICMP6	3
-#define SO_EE_ORIGIN_TIMESTAMPING 4
+#define SO_EE_ORIGIN_TXSTATUS	4
+#define SO_EE_ORIGIN_TIMESTAMPING SO_EE_ORIGIN_TXSTATUS
 
 #define SO_EE_OFFENDER(ee)	((struct sockaddr*)((ee)+1))
 
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 4b42eb7..e131195 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -213,8 +213,14 @@
 	/* device driver is going to provide hardware time stamp */
 	SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS = 1 << 2,
 
+	/* ensure the originating sk reference is available on driver level */
+	SKBTX_DRV_NEEDS_SK_REF = 1 << 3,
+
 	/* device driver supports TX zero-copy buffers */
-	SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY = 1 << 3,
+	SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY = 1 << 4,
+
+	/* generate wifi status information (where possible) */
+	SKBTX_WIFI_STATUS = 1 << 5,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -349,6 +355,8 @@
  *	@ooo_okay: allow the mapping of a socket to a queue to be changed
  *	@l4_rxhash: indicate rxhash is a canonical 4-tuple hash over transport
  *		ports.
+ *	@wifi_acked_valid: wifi_acked was set
+ *	@wifi_acked: whether frame was acked on wifi or not
  *	@dma_cookie: a cookie to one of several possible DMA operations
  *		done by skb DMA functions
  *	@secmark: security marking
@@ -445,10 +453,11 @@
 #endif
 	__u8			ooo_okay:1;
 	__u8			l4_rxhash:1;
+	__u8			wifi_acked_valid:1;
+	__u8			wifi_acked:1;
+	/* 10/12 bit hole (depending on ndisc_nodetype presence) */
 	kmemcheck_bitfield_end(flags2);
 
-	/* 0/13 bit hole */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
 	dma_cookie_t		dma_cookie;
 #endif
@@ -2305,6 +2314,15 @@
 	sw_tx_timestamp(skb);
 }
 
+/**
+ * skb_complete_wifi_ack - deliver skb with wifi status
+ *
+ * @skb: the original outgoing packet
+ * @acked: ack status
+ *
+ */
+void skb_complete_wifi_ack(struct sk_buff *skb, bool acked);
+
 extern __sum16 __skb_checksum_complete_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int len);
 extern __sum16 __skb_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 80ed0da..bd8102d 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@
 	SOCK_RXQ_OVFL,
 	SOCK_RXQ_ALLOC,
 	SOCK_ZEROCOPY, /* buffers from userspace */
+	SOCK_WIFI_STATUS, /* push wifi status to userspace */
 };
 
 static inline void sock_copy_flags(struct sock *nsk, struct sock *osk)
@@ -1717,6 +1718,8 @@
 
 extern void __sock_recv_timestamp(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
 	struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern void __sock_recv_wifi_status(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
+	struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 static __inline__ void
 sock_recv_timestamp(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1744,6 +1747,9 @@
 		__sock_recv_timestamp(msg, sk, skb);
 	else
 		sk->sk_stamp = kt;
+
+	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_WIFI_STATUS) && skb->wifi_acked_valid)
+		__sock_recv_wifi_status(msg, sk, skb);
 }
 
 extern void __sock_recv_ts_and_drops(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c
index 46cca3a..cde1b4a 100644
--- a/net/can/raw.c
+++ b/net/can/raw.c
@@ -681,6 +681,9 @@
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto free_skb;
 
+	/* to be able to check the received tx sock reference in raw_rcv() */
+	skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_DRV_NEEDS_SK_REF;
+
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb->sk  = sk;
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 35ac2f6..31ca1a6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2079,6 +2079,25 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Try to orphan skb early, right before transmission by the device.
+ * We cannot orphan skb if tx timestamp is requested or the sk-reference
+ * is needed on driver level for other reasons, e.g. see net/can/raw.c
+ */
+static inline void skb_orphan_try(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
+
+	if (sk && !skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags) {
+		/* skb_tx_hash() wont be able to get sk.
+		 * We copy sk_hash into skb->rxhash
+		 */
+		if (!skb->rxhash)
+			skb->rxhash = sk->sk_hash;
+		skb_orphan(skb);
+	}
+}
+
 static bool can_checksum_protocol(unsigned long features, __be16 protocol)
 {
 	return ((features & NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM) ||
@@ -2163,6 +2182,8 @@
 		if (!list_empty(&ptype_all))
 			dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);
 
+		skb_orphan_try(skb);
+
 		features = netif_skb_features(skb);
 
 		if (vlan_tx_tag_present(skb) &&
@@ -2272,7 +2293,7 @@
 	if (skb->sk && skb->sk->sk_hash)
 		hash = skb->sk->sk_hash;
 	else
-		hash = (__force u16) skb->protocol;
+		hash = (__force u16) skb->protocol ^ skb->rxhash;
 	hash = jhash_1word(hash, hashrnd);
 
 	return (u16) (((u64) hash * qcount) >> 32) + qoffset;
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 9b9be63..e54b3c4 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3343,6 +3343,26 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_tstamp_tx);
 
+void skb_complete_wifi_ack(struct sk_buff *skb, bool acked)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
+	struct sock_exterr_skb *serr;
+	int err;
+
+	skb->wifi_acked_valid = 1;
+	skb->wifi_acked = acked;
+
+	serr = SKB_EXT_ERR(skb);
+	memset(serr, 0, sizeof(*serr));
+	serr->ee.ee_errno = ENOMSG;
+	serr->ee.ee_origin = SO_EE_ORIGIN_TXSTATUS;
+
+	err = sock_queue_err_skb(sk, skb);
+	if (err)
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_complete_wifi_ack);
+
 
 /**
  * skb_partial_csum_set - set up and verify partial csum values for packet
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 2d19e4e..39bde3c 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -736,12 +736,18 @@
 	case SO_RXQ_OVFL:
 		sock_valbool_flag(sk, SOCK_RXQ_OVFL, valbool);
 		break;
+
 	case SO_RXQ_ALLOC:
 		if (valbool)
 			sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_RXQ_ALLOC);
 		else
 			sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_RXQ_ALLOC);
 		break;
+
+	case SO_WIFI_STATUS:
+		sock_valbool_flag(sk, SOCK_WIFI_STATUS, valbool);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		ret = -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		break;
@@ -967,6 +973,10 @@
 		v.val = !!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_RXQ_ALLOC);
 		break;
 
+	case SO_WIFI_STATUS:
+		v.val = !!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_WIFI_STATUS);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 	}
diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index cf98d62..274d150 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@
 			skb_trim(skb, skb->dev->mtu);
 	}
 	skb->protocol = ETH_P_AF_IUCV;
+	skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_DRV_NEEDS_SK_REF;
 	nskb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!nskb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 9ba4f71..1eab220 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -538,6 +538,8 @@
 		*tx_flags |= SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP;
 	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE))
 		*tx_flags |= SKBTX_SW_TSTAMP;
+	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_WIFI_STATUS))
+		*tx_flags |= SKBTX_WIFI_STATUS;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_tx_timestamp);
@@ -674,6 +676,22 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__sock_recv_timestamp);
 
+void __sock_recv_wifi_status(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
+	struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	int ack;
+
+	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_WIFI_STATUS))
+		return;
+	if (!skb->wifi_acked_valid)
+		return;
+
+	ack = skb->wifi_acked;
+
+	put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_WIFI_STATUS, sizeof(ack), &ack);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__sock_recv_wifi_status);
+
 static inline void sock_recv_drops(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
 				   struct sk_buff *skb)
 {