diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 5f3ef7f7fcec079bd7baa911f99a12f73c3e26b6..406a5226220d2d9e985bb549a972d354c59f0181 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1440,6 +1440,20 @@ path_max_retrans - INTEGER
 
 	Default: 5
 
+pf_retrans - INTEGER
+	The number of retransmissions that will be attempted on a given path
+	before traffic is redirected to an alternate transport (should one
+	exist).  Note this is distinct from path_max_retrans, as a path that
+	passes the pf_retrans threshold can still be used.  Its only
+	deprioritized when a transmission path is selected by the stack.  This
+	setting is primarily used to enable fast failover mechanisms without
+	having to reduce path_max_retrans to a very low value.  See:
+	http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-nishida-tsvwg-sctp-failover-05.txt
+	for details.  Note also that a value of pf_retrans > path_max_retrans
+	disables this feature
+
+	Default: 0
+
 rto_initial - INTEGER
 	The initial round trip timeout value in milliseconds that will be used
 	in calculating round trip times.  This is the initial time interval
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/constants.h b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
index 942b864f6135197d624f379340de5c78cb00edfa..d053d2e9987613cea680ea433c3e3ae54b2906cf 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/constants.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ typedef enum {
 typedef enum {
 	SCTP_TRANSPORT_UP,
 	SCTP_TRANSPORT_DOWN,
+	SCTP_TRANSPORT_PF,
 } sctp_transport_cmd_t;
 
 /* These are the address scopes defined mainly for IPv4 addresses
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 536e439ddf1dd12b451f218a04f0ac84dd531ded..fc5e60016e37422e9408d9ca0c0b00136aaf2bb6 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
 	int max_retrans_path;
 	int max_retrans_init;
 
+	/* Potentially-Failed.Max.Retrans sysctl value
+	 * taken from:
+	 * http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nishida-tsvwg-sctp-failover-05
+	 */
+	int pf_retrans;
+
 	/*
 	 * Policy for preforming sctp/socket accounting
 	 * 0   - do socket level accounting, all assocs share sk_sndbuf
@@ -258,6 +264,7 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
 #define sctp_sndbuf_policy	 	(sctp_globals.sndbuf_policy)
 #define sctp_rcvbuf_policy	 	(sctp_globals.rcvbuf_policy)
 #define sctp_max_retrans_path		(sctp_globals.max_retrans_path)
+#define sctp_pf_retrans			(sctp_globals.pf_retrans)
 #define sctp_max_retrans_init		(sctp_globals.max_retrans_init)
 #define sctp_sack_timeout		(sctp_globals.sack_timeout)
 #define sctp_hb_interval		(sctp_globals.hb_interval)
@@ -990,10 +997,15 @@ struct sctp_transport {
 
 	/* This is the max_retrans value for the transport and will
 	 * be initialized from the assocs value.  This can be changed
-	 * using SCTP_SET_PEER_ADDR_PARAMS socket option.
+	 * using the SCTP_SET_PEER_ADDR_PARAMS socket option.
 	 */
 	__u16 pathmaxrxt;
 
+	/* This is the partially failed retrans value for the transport
+	 * and will be initialized from the assocs value.  This can be changed
+	 * using the SCTP_PEER_ADDR_THLDS socket option
+	 */
+	int pf_retrans;
 	/* PMTU	      : The current known path MTU.  */
 	__u32 pathmtu;
 
@@ -1664,6 +1676,12 @@ struct sctp_association {
 	 */
 	int max_retrans;
 
+	/* This is the partially failed retrans value for the transport
+	 * and will be initialized from the assocs value.  This can be
+	 * changed using the SCTP_PEER_ADDR_THLDS socket option
+	 */
+	int pf_retrans;
+
 	/* Maximum number of times the endpoint will retransmit INIT  */
 	__u16 max_init_attempts;
 
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/user.h b/include/net/sctp/user.h
index 0842ef00b2fede7bc5a365f3c28adc4ed086e4f4..1b02d7ad453ba9cd0de1e566cd5220bf4333944e 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/user.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/user.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ typedef __s32 sctp_assoc_t;
 #define SCTP_GET_ASSOC_NUMBER	28	/* Read only */
 #define SCTP_GET_ASSOC_ID_LIST	29	/* Read only */
 #define SCTP_AUTO_ASCONF       30
+#define SCTP_PEER_ADDR_THLDS	31
 
 /* Internal Socket Options. Some of the sctp library functions are
  * implemented using these socket options.
@@ -649,6 +650,7 @@ struct sctp_paddrinfo {
  */
 enum sctp_spinfo_state {
 	SCTP_INACTIVE,
+	SCTP_PF,
 	SCTP_ACTIVE,
 	SCTP_UNCONFIRMED,
 	SCTP_UNKNOWN = 0xffff  /* Value used for transport state unknown */
@@ -741,4 +743,13 @@ typedef struct {
 	int sd;
 } sctp_peeloff_arg_t;
 
+/*
+ *  Peer Address Thresholds socket option
+ */
+struct sctp_paddrthlds {
+	sctp_assoc_t spt_assoc_id;
+	struct sockaddr_storage spt_address;
+	__u16 spt_pathmaxrxt;
+	__u16 spt_pathpfthld;
+};
 #endif /* __net_sctp_user_h__ */
diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index 8cf348e62e74442025a1e8a8a1091797576b271c..ebaef3ed6065bee6d49880cde701ee49b26585e4 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ static struct sctp_association *sctp_association_init(struct sctp_association *a
 	 * socket values.
 	 */
 	asoc->max_retrans = sp->assocparams.sasoc_asocmaxrxt;
+	asoc->pf_retrans  = sctp_pf_retrans;
+
 	asoc->rto_initial = msecs_to_jiffies(sp->rtoinfo.srto_initial);
 	asoc->rto_max = msecs_to_jiffies(sp->rtoinfo.srto_max);
 	asoc->rto_min = msecs_to_jiffies(sp->rtoinfo.srto_min);
@@ -686,6 +688,9 @@ struct sctp_transport *sctp_assoc_add_peer(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	/* Set the path max_retrans.  */
 	peer->pathmaxrxt = asoc->pathmaxrxt;
 
+	/* And the partial failure retrnas threshold */
+	peer->pf_retrans = asoc->pf_retrans;
+
 	/* Initialize the peer's SACK delay timeout based on the
 	 * association configured value.
 	 */
@@ -841,6 +846,7 @@ void sctp_assoc_control_transport(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	struct sctp_ulpevent *event;
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
 	int spc_state = 0;
+	bool ulp_notify = true;
 
 	/* Record the transition on the transport.  */
 	switch (command) {
@@ -854,6 +860,14 @@ void sctp_assoc_control_transport(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 			spc_state = SCTP_ADDR_CONFIRMED;
 		else
 			spc_state = SCTP_ADDR_AVAILABLE;
+		/* Don't inform ULP about transition from PF to
+		 * active state and set cwnd to 1, see SCTP
+		 * Quick failover draft section 5.1, point 5
+		 */
+		if (transport->state == SCTP_PF) {
+			ulp_notify = false;
+			transport->cwnd = 1;
+		}
 		transport->state = SCTP_ACTIVE;
 		break;
 
@@ -872,6 +886,11 @@ void sctp_assoc_control_transport(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 		spc_state = SCTP_ADDR_UNREACHABLE;
 		break;
 
+	case SCTP_TRANSPORT_PF:
+		transport->state = SCTP_PF;
+		ulp_notify = false;
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		return;
 	}
@@ -879,12 +898,15 @@ void sctp_assoc_control_transport(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	/* Generate and send a SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE notification to the
 	 * user.
 	 */
-	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
-	memcpy(&addr, &transport->ipaddr, transport->af_specific->sockaddr_len);
-	event = sctp_ulpevent_make_peer_addr_change(asoc, &addr,
-				0, spc_state, error, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (event)
-		sctp_ulpq_tail_event(&asoc->ulpq, event);
+	if (ulp_notify) {
+		memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
+		memcpy(&addr, &transport->ipaddr,
+		       transport->af_specific->sockaddr_len);
+		event = sctp_ulpevent_make_peer_addr_change(asoc, &addr,
+					0, spc_state, error, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (event)
+			sctp_ulpq_tail_event(&asoc->ulpq, event);
+	}
 
 	/* Select new active and retran paths. */
 
@@ -900,7 +922,8 @@ void sctp_assoc_control_transport(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 			transports) {
 
 		if ((t->state == SCTP_INACTIVE) ||
-		    (t->state == SCTP_UNCONFIRMED))
+		    (t->state == SCTP_UNCONFIRMED) ||
+		    (t->state == SCTP_PF))
 			continue;
 		if (!first || t->last_time_heard > first->last_time_heard) {
 			second = first;
diff --git a/net/sctp/outqueue.c b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
index a0fa19f5650cc6037dcbade82a94b498da6f4f49..e7aa177c9522a232c1f1b58c6e5a40df2db03a29 100644
--- a/net/sctp/outqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
@@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ static int sctp_outq_flush(struct sctp_outq *q, int rtx_timeout)
 			if (!new_transport)
 				new_transport = asoc->peer.active_path;
 		} else if ((new_transport->state == SCTP_INACTIVE) ||
-			   (new_transport->state == SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)) {
+			   (new_transport->state == SCTP_UNCONFIRMED) ||
+			   (new_transport->state == SCTP_PF)) {
 			/* If the chunk is Heartbeat or Heartbeat Ack,
 			 * send it to chunk->transport, even if it's
 			 * inactive.
@@ -987,7 +988,8 @@ static int sctp_outq_flush(struct sctp_outq *q, int rtx_timeout)
 			new_transport = chunk->transport;
 			if (!new_transport ||
 			    ((new_transport->state == SCTP_INACTIVE) ||
-			     (new_transport->state == SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)))
+			     (new_transport->state == SCTP_UNCONFIRMED) ||
+			     (new_transport->state == SCTP_PF)))
 				new_transport = asoc->peer.active_path;
 			if (new_transport->state == SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)
 				continue;
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
index 8716da1a859221dc96d206ed517190e9e9cfa2ca..fe99628e1257bd1173dadfa1826a0f2d5f35c7f6 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ static int sctp_side_effects(sctp_event_t event_type, sctp_subtype_t subtype,
 			     sctp_cmd_seq_t *commands,
 			     gfp_t gfp);
 
+static void sctp_cmd_hb_timer_update(sctp_cmd_seq_t *cmds,
+				     struct sctp_transport *t);
 /********************************************************************
  * Helper functions
  ********************************************************************/
@@ -470,7 +472,8 @@ sctp_timer_event_t *sctp_timer_events[SCTP_NUM_TIMEOUT_TYPES] = {
  * notification SHOULD be sent to the upper layer.
  *
  */
-static void sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(struct sctp_association *asoc,
+static void sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(sctp_cmd_seq_t *commands,
+					 struct sctp_association *asoc,
 					 struct sctp_transport *transport,
 					 int is_hb)
 {
@@ -495,6 +498,23 @@ static void sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 			transport->error_count++;
 	}
 
+	/* If the transport error count is greater than the pf_retrans
+	 * threshold, and less than pathmaxrtx, then mark this transport
+	 * as Partially Failed, ee SCTP Quick Failover Draft, secon 5.1,
+	 * point 1
+	 */
+	if ((transport->state != SCTP_PF) &&
+	   (asoc->pf_retrans < transport->pathmaxrxt) &&
+	   (transport->error_count > asoc->pf_retrans)) {
+
+		sctp_assoc_control_transport(asoc, transport,
+					     SCTP_TRANSPORT_PF,
+					     0);
+
+		/* Update the hb timer to resend a heartbeat every rto */
+		sctp_cmd_hb_timer_update(commands, transport);
+	}
+
 	if (transport->state != SCTP_INACTIVE &&
 	    (transport->error_count > transport->pathmaxrxt)) {
 		SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK_IPADDR("transport_strike:association %p",
@@ -699,6 +719,10 @@ static void sctp_cmd_transport_on(sctp_cmd_seq_t *cmds,
 					     SCTP_HEARTBEAT_SUCCESS);
 	}
 
+	if (t->state == SCTP_PF)
+		sctp_assoc_control_transport(asoc, t, SCTP_TRANSPORT_UP,
+					     SCTP_HEARTBEAT_SUCCESS);
+
 	/* The receiver of the HEARTBEAT ACK should also perform an
 	 * RTT measurement for that destination transport address
 	 * using the time value carried in the HEARTBEAT ACK chunk.
@@ -1565,8 +1589,8 @@ static int sctp_cmd_interpreter(sctp_event_t event_type,
 
 		case SCTP_CMD_STRIKE:
 			/* Mark one strike against a transport.  */
-			sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(asoc, cmd->obj.transport,
-						    0);
+			sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(commands, asoc,
+						    cmd->obj.transport, 0);
 			break;
 
 		case SCTP_CMD_TRANSPORT_IDLE:
@@ -1576,7 +1600,8 @@ static int sctp_cmd_interpreter(sctp_event_t event_type,
 
 		case SCTP_CMD_TRANSPORT_HB_SENT:
 			t = cmd->obj.transport;
-			sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(asoc, t, 1);
+			sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(commands, asoc,
+						     t, 1);
 			t->hb_sent = 1;
 			break;
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 5d488cdcf679421360a60d274c3e5163751056d7..5e259817a7f34cd4a183139fe9c4bf5ee2ab6689 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -3478,6 +3478,56 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_auto_asconf(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * SCTP_PEER_ADDR_THLDS
+ *
+ * This option allows us to alter the partially failed threshold for one or all
+ * transports in an association.  See Section 6.1 of:
+ * http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-nishida-tsvwg-sctp-failover-05.txt
+ */
+static int sctp_setsockopt_paddr_thresholds(struct sock *sk,
+					    char __user *optval,
+					    unsigned int optlen)
+{
+	struct sctp_paddrthlds val;
+	struct sctp_transport *trans;
+	struct sctp_association *asoc;
+
+	if (optlen < sizeof(struct sctp_paddrthlds))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (copy_from_user(&val, (struct sctp_paddrthlds __user *)optval,
+			   sizeof(struct sctp_paddrthlds)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+
+	if (sctp_is_any(sk, (const union sctp_addr *)&val.spt_address)) {
+		asoc = sctp_id2assoc(sk, val.spt_assoc_id);
+		if (!asoc)
+			return -ENOENT;
+		list_for_each_entry(trans, &asoc->peer.transport_addr_list,
+				    transports) {
+			if (val.spt_pathmaxrxt)
+				trans->pathmaxrxt = val.spt_pathmaxrxt;
+			trans->pf_retrans = val.spt_pathpfthld;
+		}
+
+		if (val.spt_pathmaxrxt)
+			asoc->pathmaxrxt = val.spt_pathmaxrxt;
+		asoc->pf_retrans = val.spt_pathpfthld;
+	} else {
+		trans = sctp_addr_id2transport(sk, &val.spt_address,
+					       val.spt_assoc_id);
+		if (!trans)
+			return -ENOENT;
+
+		if (val.spt_pathmaxrxt)
+			trans->pathmaxrxt = val.spt_pathmaxrxt;
+		trans->pf_retrans = val.spt_pathpfthld;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* API 6.2 setsockopt(), getsockopt()
  *
  * Applications use setsockopt() and getsockopt() to set or retrieve
@@ -3627,6 +3677,9 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 	case SCTP_AUTO_ASCONF:
 		retval = sctp_setsockopt_auto_asconf(sk, optval, optlen);
 		break;
+	case SCTP_PEER_ADDR_THLDS:
+		retval = sctp_setsockopt_paddr_thresholds(sk, optval, optlen);
+		break;
 	default:
 		retval = -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		break;
@@ -5498,6 +5551,51 @@ static int sctp_getsockopt_assoc_ids(struct sock *sk, int len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * SCTP_PEER_ADDR_THLDS
+ *
+ * This option allows us to fetch the partially failed threshold for one or all
+ * transports in an association.  See Section 6.1 of:
+ * http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-nishida-tsvwg-sctp-failover-05.txt
+ */
+static int sctp_getsockopt_paddr_thresholds(struct sock *sk,
+					    char __user *optval,
+					    int len,
+					    int __user *optlen)
+{
+	struct sctp_paddrthlds val;
+	struct sctp_transport *trans;
+	struct sctp_association *asoc;
+
+	if (len < sizeof(struct sctp_paddrthlds))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	len = sizeof(struct sctp_paddrthlds);
+	if (copy_from_user(&val, (struct sctp_paddrthlds __user *)optval, len))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (sctp_is_any(sk, (const union sctp_addr *)&val.spt_address)) {
+		asoc = sctp_id2assoc(sk, val.spt_assoc_id);
+		if (!asoc)
+			return -ENOENT;
+
+		val.spt_pathpfthld = asoc->pf_retrans;
+		val.spt_pathmaxrxt = asoc->pathmaxrxt;
+	} else {
+		trans = sctp_addr_id2transport(sk, &val.spt_address,
+					       val.spt_assoc_id);
+		if (!trans)
+			return -ENOENT;
+
+		val.spt_pathmaxrxt = trans->pathmaxrxt;
+		val.spt_pathpfthld = trans->pf_retrans;
+	}
+
+	if (put_user(len, optlen) || copy_to_user(optval, &val, len))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 SCTP_STATIC int sctp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 				char __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
 {
@@ -5636,6 +5734,9 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 	case SCTP_AUTO_ASCONF:
 		retval = sctp_getsockopt_auto_asconf(sk, len, optval, optlen);
 		break;
+	case SCTP_PEER_ADDR_THLDS:
+		retval = sctp_getsockopt_paddr_thresholds(sk, optval, len, optlen);
+		break;
 	default:
 		retval = -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		break;
diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index e5fe639c89e7f748885af7725acdc8663d6e9286..2b2bfe933ff14413aa4970391eb25d038ff3d90a 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ static ctl_table sctp_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= &one,
 		.extra2		= &int_max
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "pf_retrans",
+		.data		= &sctp_pf_retrans,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &int_max
+	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "max_init_retransmits",
 		.data		= &sctp_max_retrans_init,
diff --git a/net/sctp/transport.c b/net/sctp/transport.c
index a6b7ee9ce28a5e41fd7bd88389823e265637b16a..d1c652ed2f3dc83e39d2282babd554041dc3f7b4 100644
--- a/net/sctp/transport.c
+++ b/net/sctp/transport.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct sctp_transport *peer,
 
 	/* Initialize the default path max_retrans.  */
 	peer->pathmaxrxt  = sctp_max_retrans_path;
+	peer->pf_retrans  = sctp_pf_retrans;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&peer->transmitted);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&peer->send_ready);
@@ -595,7 +596,8 @@ unsigned long sctp_transport_timeout(struct sctp_transport *t)
 {
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	timeout = t->rto + sctp_jitter(t->rto);
-	if (t->state != SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)
+	if ((t->state != SCTP_UNCONFIRMED) &&
+	    (t->state != SCTP_PF))
 		timeout += t->hbinterval;
 	timeout += jiffies;
 	return timeout;