diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index f049a1ca186f..b8867061fce4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ neigh/default/gc_thresh3 - INTEGER
 	when using large numbers of interfaces and when communicating
 	with large numbers of directly-connected peers.
 
+neigh/default/unres_qlen_bytes - INTEGER
+	The maximum number of bytes which may be used by packets
+	queued for each	unresolved address by other network layers.
+	(added in linux 3.3)
+
+neigh/default/unres_qlen - INTEGER
+	The maximum number of packets which may be queued for each
+	unresolved address by other network layers.
+	(deprecated in linux 3.3) : use unres_qlen_bytes instead.
+
 mtu_expires - INTEGER
 	Time, in seconds, that cached PMTU information is kept.
 
diff --git a/include/linux/neighbour.h b/include/linux/neighbour.h
index a7003b7a695d..b188f68a08c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/linux/neighbour.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ enum {
 	NDTPA_PROXY_DELAY,		/* u64, msecs */
 	NDTPA_PROXY_QLEN,		/* u32 */
 	NDTPA_LOCKTIME,			/* u64, msecs */
+	NDTPA_QUEUE_LENBYTES,		/* u32 */
 	__NDTPA_MAX
 };
 #define NDTPA_MAX (__NDTPA_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index 2720884287c3..7ae5acff96e9 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct neigh_parms {
 	int	reachable_time;
 	int	delay_probe_time;
 
-	int	queue_len;
+	int	queue_len_bytes;
 	int	ucast_probes;
 	int	app_probes;
 	int	mcast_probes;
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct neighbour {
 	rwlock_t		lock;
 	atomic_t		refcnt;
 	struct sk_buff_head	arp_queue;
+	unsigned int		arp_queue_len_bytes;
 	struct timer_list	timer;
 	unsigned long		used;
 	atomic_t		probes;
diff --git a/net/atm/clip.c b/net/atm/clip.c
index 852394072fa1..32c41b8a803e 100644
--- a/net/atm/clip.c
+++ b/net/atm/clip.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static struct neigh_table clip_tbl = {
 		.gc_staletime 		= 60 * HZ,
 		.reachable_time 	= 30 * HZ,
 		.delay_probe_time 	= 5 * HZ,
-		.queue_len 		= 3,
+		.queue_len_bytes 	= 64 * 1024,
 		.ucast_probes 		= 3,
 		.mcast_probes 		= 3,
 		.anycast_delay 		= 1 * HZ,
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 039d51e6c284..2684794458ca 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ static void neigh_flush_dev(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct net_device *dev)
 				   it to safe state.
 				 */
 				skb_queue_purge(&n->arp_queue);
+				n->arp_queue_len_bytes = 0;
 				n->output = neigh_blackhole;
 				if (n->nud_state & NUD_VALID)
 					n->nud_state = NUD_NOARP;
@@ -702,6 +703,7 @@ void neigh_destroy(struct neighbour *neigh)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Impossible event.\n");
 
 	skb_queue_purge(&neigh->arp_queue);
+	neigh->arp_queue_len_bytes = 0;
 
 	dev_put(neigh->dev);
 	neigh_parms_put(neigh->parms);
@@ -842,6 +844,7 @@ static void neigh_invalidate(struct neighbour *neigh)
 		write_lock(&neigh->lock);
 	}
 	skb_queue_purge(&neigh->arp_queue);
+	neigh->arp_queue_len_bytes = 0;
 }
 
 static void neigh_probe(struct neighbour *neigh)
@@ -980,15 +983,20 @@ int __neigh_event_send(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	if (neigh->nud_state == NUD_INCOMPLETE) {
 		if (skb) {
-			if (skb_queue_len(&neigh->arp_queue) >=
-			    neigh->parms->queue_len) {
+			while (neigh->arp_queue_len_bytes + skb->truesize >
+			       neigh->parms->queue_len_bytes) {
 				struct sk_buff *buff;
+
 				buff = __skb_dequeue(&neigh->arp_queue);
+				if (!buff)
+					break;
+				neigh->arp_queue_len_bytes -= buff->truesize;
 				kfree_skb(buff);
 				NEIGH_CACHE_STAT_INC(neigh->tbl, unres_discards);
 			}
 			skb_dst_force(skb);
 			__skb_queue_tail(&neigh->arp_queue, skb);
+			neigh->arp_queue_len_bytes += skb->truesize;
 		}
 		rc = 1;
 	}
@@ -1175,6 +1183,7 @@ int neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr, u8 new,
 			write_lock_bh(&neigh->lock);
 		}
 		skb_queue_purge(&neigh->arp_queue);
+		neigh->arp_queue_len_bytes = 0;
 	}
 out:
 	if (update_isrouter) {
@@ -1747,7 +1756,11 @@ static int neightbl_fill_parms(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neigh_parms *parms)
 		NLA_PUT_U32(skb, NDTPA_IFINDEX, parms->dev->ifindex);
 
 	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, NDTPA_REFCNT, atomic_read(&parms->refcnt));
-	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, NDTPA_QUEUE_LEN, parms->queue_len);
+	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, NDTPA_QUEUE_LENBYTES, parms->queue_len_bytes);
+	/* approximative value for deprecated QUEUE_LEN (in packets) */
+	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, NDTPA_QUEUE_LEN,
+		    DIV_ROUND_UP(parms->queue_len_bytes,
+				 SKB_TRUESIZE(ETH_FRAME_LEN)));
 	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, NDTPA_PROXY_QLEN, parms->proxy_qlen);
 	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, NDTPA_APP_PROBES, parms->app_probes);
 	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, NDTPA_UCAST_PROBES, parms->ucast_probes);
@@ -1974,7 +1987,11 @@ static int neightbl_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
 
 			switch (i) {
 			case NDTPA_QUEUE_LEN:
-				p->queue_len = nla_get_u32(tbp[i]);
+				p->queue_len_bytes = nla_get_u32(tbp[i]) *
+						     SKB_TRUESIZE(ETH_FRAME_LEN);
+				break;
+			case NDTPA_QUEUE_LENBYTES:
+				p->queue_len_bytes = nla_get_u32(tbp[i]);
 				break;
 			case NDTPA_PROXY_QLEN:
 				p->proxy_qlen = nla_get_u32(tbp[i]);
@@ -2635,117 +2652,158 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(neigh_app_ns);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 
-#define NEIGH_VARS_MAX 19
+static int proc_unres_qlen(ctl_table *ctl, int write, void __user *buffer,
+			   size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int size, ret;
+	ctl_table tmp = *ctl;
+
+	tmp.data = &size;
+	size = DIV_ROUND_UP(*(int *)ctl->data, SKB_TRUESIZE(ETH_FRAME_LEN));
+	ret = proc_dointvec(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (write && !ret)
+		*(int *)ctl->data = size * SKB_TRUESIZE(ETH_FRAME_LEN);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+enum {
+	NEIGH_VAR_MCAST_PROBE,
+	NEIGH_VAR_UCAST_PROBE,
+	NEIGH_VAR_APP_PROBE,
+	NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME,
+	NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME,
+	NEIGH_VAR_DELAY_PROBE_TIME,
+	NEIGH_VAR_GC_STALETIME,
+	NEIGH_VAR_QUEUE_LEN,
+	NEIGH_VAR_QUEUE_LEN_BYTES,
+	NEIGH_VAR_PROXY_QLEN,
+	NEIGH_VAR_ANYCAST_DELAY,
+	NEIGH_VAR_PROXY_DELAY,
+	NEIGH_VAR_LOCKTIME,
+	NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME_MS,
+	NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME_MS,
+	NEIGH_VAR_GC_INTERVAL,
+	NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH1,
+	NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH2,
+	NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH3,
+	NEIGH_VAR_MAX
+};
 
 static struct neigh_sysctl_table {
 	struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_header;
-	struct ctl_table neigh_vars[NEIGH_VARS_MAX];
+	struct ctl_table neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_MAX + 1];
 	char *dev_name;
 } neigh_sysctl_template __read_mostly = {
 	.neigh_vars = {
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_MCAST_PROBE] = {
 			.procname	= "mcast_solicit",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_UCAST_PROBE] = {
 			.procname	= "ucast_solicit",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_APP_PROBE] = {
 			.procname	= "app_solicit",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME] = {
 			.procname	= "retrans_time",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME] = {
 			.procname	= "base_reachable_time",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_DELAY_PROBE_TIME] = {
 			.procname	= "delay_first_probe_time",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_GC_STALETIME] = {
 			.procname	= "gc_stale_time",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_QUEUE_LEN] = {
 			.procname	= "unres_qlen",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
+			.proc_handler	= proc_unres_qlen,
+		},
+		[NEIGH_VAR_QUEUE_LEN_BYTES] = {
+			.procname	= "unres_qlen_bytes",
+			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_PROXY_QLEN] = {
 			.procname	= "proxy_qlen",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_ANYCAST_DELAY] = {
 			.procname	= "anycast_delay",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_PROXY_DELAY] = {
 			.procname	= "proxy_delay",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_LOCKTIME] = {
 			.procname	= "locktime",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME_MS] = {
 			.procname	= "retrans_time_ms",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME_MS] = {
 			.procname	= "base_reachable_time_ms",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_GC_INTERVAL] = {
 			.procname	= "gc_interval",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH1] = {
 			.procname	= "gc_thresh1",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH2] = {
 			.procname	= "gc_thresh2",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		},
-		{
+		[NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH3] = {
 			.procname	= "gc_thresh3",
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
@@ -2778,47 +2836,49 @@ int neigh_sysctl_register(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *p,
 	if (!t)
 		goto err;
 
-	t->neigh_vars[0].data  = &p->mcast_probes;
-	t->neigh_vars[1].data  = &p->ucast_probes;
-	t->neigh_vars[2].data  = &p->app_probes;
-	t->neigh_vars[3].data  = &p->retrans_time;
-	t->neigh_vars[4].data  = &p->base_reachable_time;
-	t->neigh_vars[5].data  = &p->delay_probe_time;
-	t->neigh_vars[6].data  = &p->gc_staletime;
-	t->neigh_vars[7].data  = &p->queue_len;
-	t->neigh_vars[8].data  = &p->proxy_qlen;
-	t->neigh_vars[9].data  = &p->anycast_delay;
-	t->neigh_vars[10].data = &p->proxy_delay;
-	t->neigh_vars[11].data = &p->locktime;
-	t->neigh_vars[12].data  = &p->retrans_time;
-	t->neigh_vars[13].data  = &p->base_reachable_time;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_MCAST_PROBE].data  = &p->mcast_probes;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_UCAST_PROBE].data  = &p->ucast_probes;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_APP_PROBE].data  = &p->app_probes;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME].data  = &p->retrans_time;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME].data  = &p->base_reachable_time;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_DELAY_PROBE_TIME].data  = &p->delay_probe_time;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_STALETIME].data  = &p->gc_staletime;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_QUEUE_LEN].data  = &p->queue_len_bytes;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_QUEUE_LEN_BYTES].data  = &p->queue_len_bytes;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_PROXY_QLEN].data  = &p->proxy_qlen;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_ANYCAST_DELAY].data  = &p->anycast_delay;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_PROXY_DELAY].data = &p->proxy_delay;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_LOCKTIME].data = &p->locktime;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME_MS].data  = &p->retrans_time;
+	t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME_MS].data  = &p->base_reachable_time;
 
 	if (dev) {
 		dev_name_source = dev->name;
 		/* Terminate the table early */
-		memset(&t->neigh_vars[14], 0, sizeof(t->neigh_vars[14]));
+		memset(&t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_INTERVAL], 0,
+		       sizeof(t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_INTERVAL]));
 	} else {
 		dev_name_source = neigh_path[NEIGH_CTL_PATH_DEV].procname;
-		t->neigh_vars[14].data = (int *)(p + 1);
-		t->neigh_vars[15].data = (int *)(p + 1) + 1;
-		t->neigh_vars[16].data = (int *)(p + 1) + 2;
-		t->neigh_vars[17].data = (int *)(p + 1) + 3;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_INTERVAL].data = (int *)(p + 1);
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH1].data = (int *)(p + 1) + 1;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH2].data = (int *)(p + 1) + 2;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_GC_THRESH3].data = (int *)(p + 1) + 3;
 	}
 
 
 	if (handler) {
 		/* RetransTime */
-		t->neigh_vars[3].proc_handler = handler;
-		t->neigh_vars[3].extra1 = dev;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME].proc_handler = handler;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME].extra1 = dev;
 		/* ReachableTime */
-		t->neigh_vars[4].proc_handler = handler;
-		t->neigh_vars[4].extra1 = dev;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME].proc_handler = handler;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME].extra1 = dev;
 		/* RetransTime (in milliseconds)*/
-		t->neigh_vars[12].proc_handler = handler;
-		t->neigh_vars[12].extra1 = dev;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME_MS].proc_handler = handler;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_RETRANS_TIME_MS].extra1 = dev;
 		/* ReachableTime (in milliseconds) */
-		t->neigh_vars[13].proc_handler = handler;
-		t->neigh_vars[13].extra1 = dev;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME_MS].proc_handler = handler;
+		t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME_MS].extra1 = dev;
 	}
 
 	t->dev_name = kstrdup(dev_name_source, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c b/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c
index 7f0eb087dc11..3532ac64c82d 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct neigh_table dn_neigh_table = {
 		.gc_staletime =	60 * HZ,
 		.reachable_time =		30 * HZ,
 		.delay_probe_time =	5 * HZ,
-		.queue_len =		3,
+		.queue_len_bytes =	64*1024,
 		.ucast_probes =	0,
 		.app_probes =		0,
 		.mcast_probes =	0,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index 96a164aa1367..d732827b32b9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ struct neigh_table arp_tbl = {
 		.gc_staletime		= 60 * HZ,
 		.reachable_time		= 30 * HZ,
 		.delay_probe_time	= 5 * HZ,
-		.queue_len		= 3,
+		.queue_len_bytes	= 64*1024,
 		.ucast_probes		= 3,
 		.mcast_probes		= 3,
 		.anycast_delay		= 1 * HZ,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 44e5b7f2a6c1..4a2098222625 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct neigh_table nd_tbl = {
 		.gc_staletime		= 60 * HZ,
 		.reachable_time		= ND_REACHABLE_TIME,
 		.delay_probe_time	= 5 * HZ,
-		.queue_len		= 3,
+		.queue_len_bytes	= 64*1024,
 		.ucast_probes		= 3,
 		.mcast_probes		= 3,
 		.anycast_delay		= 1 * HZ,