diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h b/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
index f48b8a664b0f..83b9a2e0d8d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ ip_set_put_skbinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_set_skbinfo *skbinfo)
 	return ((skbinfo->skbmark || skbinfo->skbmarkmask) &&
 		nla_put_net64(skb, IPSET_ATTR_SKBMARK,
 			      cpu_to_be64((u64)skbinfo->skbmark << 32 |
-					  skbinfo->skbmarkmask))) ||
+					  skbinfo->skbmarkmask),
+			      IPSET_ATTR_PAD)) ||
 	       (skbinfo->skbprio &&
 		nla_put_net32(skb, IPSET_ATTR_SKBPRIO,
 			      cpu_to_be32(skbinfo->skbprio))) ||
@@ -374,9 +375,11 @@ static inline bool
 ip_set_put_counter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_set_counter *counter)
 {
 	return nla_put_net64(skb, IPSET_ATTR_BYTES,
-			     cpu_to_be64(ip_set_get_bytes(counter))) ||
+			     cpu_to_be64(ip_set_get_bytes(counter)),
+			     IPSET_ATTR_PAD) ||
 	       nla_put_net64(skb, IPSET_ATTR_PACKETS,
-			     cpu_to_be64(ip_set_get_packets(counter)));
+			     cpu_to_be64(ip_set_get_packets(counter)),
+			     IPSET_ATTR_PAD);
 }
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 6f51a8a06498..e589cb3dccee 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@
  *   nla_put_s8(skb, type, value)	add s8 attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_s16(skb, type, value)	add s16 attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_s32(skb, type, value)	add s32 attribute to skb
- *   nla_put_s64(skb, type, value)	add s64 attribute to skb
+ *   nla_put_s64(skb, type, value,
+ *               padattr)		add s64 attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_string(skb, type, str)	add string attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_flag(skb, type)		add flag attribute to skb
- *   nla_put_msecs(skb, type, jiffies)	add msecs attribute to skb
+ *   nla_put_msecs(skb, type, jiffies,
+ *                 padattr)		add msecs attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_in_addr(skb, type, addr)	add IPv4 address attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_in6_addr(skb, type, addr)	add IPv6 address attribute to skb
  *
@@ -856,36 +858,56 @@ static inline int nla_put_u64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u64 value)
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_put_be64 - Add a __be64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
+ * nla_put_u64_64bit - Add a u64 netlink attribute to a skb and align it
  * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @value: numeric value
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  */
-static inline int nla_put_be64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be64 value)
+static inline int nla_put_u64_64bit(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
+				    u64 value, int padattr)
 {
-	return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__be64), &value);
+	return nla_put_64bit(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &value, padattr);
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_put_net64 - Add 64-bit network byte order netlink attribute to a socket buffer
+ * nla_put_be64 - Add a __be64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer and align it
  * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @value: numeric value
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  */
-static inline int nla_put_net64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be64 value)
+static inline int nla_put_be64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be64 value,
+			       int padattr)
 {
-	return nla_put_be64(skb, attrtype | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER, value);
+	return nla_put_64bit(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__be64), &value, padattr);
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_put_le64 - Add a __le64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
+ * nla_put_net64 - Add 64-bit network byte order nlattr to a skb and align it
  * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @value: numeric value
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  */
-static inline int nla_put_le64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __le64 value)
+static inline int nla_put_net64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be64 value,
+				int padattr)
 {
-	return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__le64), &value);
+	return nla_put_be64(skb, attrtype | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER, value,
+			    padattr);
+}
+
+/**
+ * nla_put_le64 - Add a __le64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer and align it
+ * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
+ * @attrtype: attribute type
+ * @value: numeric value
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
+ */
+static inline int nla_put_le64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __le64 value,
+			       int padattr)
+{
+	return nla_put_64bit(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__le64), &value, padattr);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -922,14 +944,16 @@ static inline int nla_put_s32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, s32 value)
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_put_s64 - Add a s64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
+ * nla_put_s64 - Add a s64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer and align it
  * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @value: numeric value
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  */
-static inline int nla_put_s64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, s64 value)
+static inline int nla_put_s64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, s64 value,
+			      int padattr)
 {
-	return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(s64), &value);
+	return nla_put_64bit(skb, attrtype, sizeof(s64), &value, padattr);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -955,16 +979,18 @@ static inline int nla_put_flag(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a socket buffer
+ * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a skb and align it
  * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @njiffies: number of jiffies to convert to msecs
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  */
 static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
-				unsigned long njiffies)
+				unsigned long njiffies, int padattr)
 {
 	u64 tmp = jiffies_to_msecs(njiffies);
-	return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &tmp);
+
+	return nla_put_64bit(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &tmp, padattr);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/net/nl802154.h b/include/net/nl802154.h
index 32cb3e591e07..fcab4de49951 100644
--- a/include/net/nl802154.h
+++ b/include/net/nl802154.h
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ enum nl802154_attrs {
 	NL802154_ATTR_SEC_KEY,
 #endif /* CONFIG_IEEE802154_NL802154_EXPERIMENTAL */
 
+	NL802154_ATTR_PAD,
+
 	__NL802154_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
 	NL802154_ATTR_MAX = __NL802154_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1
 };
@@ -295,6 +297,7 @@ enum nl802154_dev_addr_attrs {
 	NL802154_DEV_ADDR_ATTR_MODE,
 	NL802154_DEV_ADDR_ATTR_SHORT,
 	NL802154_DEV_ADDR_ATTR_EXTENDED,
+	NL802154_DEV_ADDR_ATTR_PAD,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL802154_DEV_ADDR_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -320,6 +323,7 @@ enum nl802154_key_id_attrs {
 	NL802154_KEY_ID_ATTR_IMPLICIT,
 	NL802154_KEY_ID_ATTR_SOURCE_SHORT,
 	NL802154_KEY_ID_ATTR_SOURCE_EXTENDED,
+	NL802154_KEY_ID_ATTR_PAD,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL802154_KEY_ID_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -402,6 +406,7 @@ enum nl802154_dev {
 	NL802154_DEV_ATTR_EXTENDED_ADDR,
 	NL802154_DEV_ATTR_SECLEVEL_EXEMPT,
 	NL802154_DEV_ATTR_KEY_MODE,
+	NL802154_DEV_ATTR_PAD,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL802154_DEV_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -414,6 +419,7 @@ enum nl802154_devkey {
 	NL802154_DEVKEY_ATTR_FRAME_COUNTER,
 	NL802154_DEVKEY_ATTR_EXTENDED_ADDR,
 	NL802154_DEVKEY_ATTR_ID,
+	NL802154_DEVKEY_ATTR_PAD,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL802154_DEVKEY_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h b/include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h
index 96161b8202b5..620c8a5ddc00 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ enum {
 	FRA_TABLE,	/* Extended table id */
 	FRA_FWMASK,	/* mask for netfilter mark */
 	FRA_OIFNAME,
+	FRA_PAD,
 	__FRA_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h b/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
index 347ef22a964e..3386a99e0397 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ enum {
 	L2TP_ATTR_IP6_DADDR,		/* struct in6_addr */
 	L2TP_ATTR_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX,	/* u8 */
 	L2TP_ATTR_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX,	/* u8 */
+	L2TP_ATTR_PAD,
 	__L2TP_ATTR_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/lwtunnel.h b/include/uapi/linux/lwtunnel.h
index f8b01887a495..a478fe80e203 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/lwtunnel.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/lwtunnel.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enum lwtunnel_ip_t {
 	LWTUNNEL_IP_TTL,
 	LWTUNNEL_IP_TOS,
 	LWTUNNEL_IP_FLAGS,
+	LWTUNNEL_IP_PAD,
 	__LWTUNNEL_IP_MAX,
 };
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ enum lwtunnel_ip6_t {
 	LWTUNNEL_IP6_HOPLIMIT,
 	LWTUNNEL_IP6_TC,
 	LWTUNNEL_IP6_FLAGS,
+	LWTUNNEL_IP6_PAD,
 	__LWTUNNEL_IP6_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h b/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
index 788655bfa0f3..bd99a8d80f36 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ enum {
 	NDTPA_LOCKTIME,			/* u64, msecs */
 	NDTPA_QUEUE_LENBYTES,		/* u32 */
 	NDTPA_MCAST_REPROBES,		/* u32 */
+	NDTPA_PAD,
 	__NDTPA_MAX
 };
 #define NDTPA_MAX (__NDTPA_MAX - 1)
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ enum {
 	NDTA_PARMS,			/* nested TLV NDTPA_* */
 	NDTA_STATS,			/* struct ndt_stats, read-only */
 	NDTA_GC_INTERVAL,		/* u64, msecs */
+	NDTA_PAD,
 	__NDTA_MAX
 };
 #define NDTA_MAX (__NDTA_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
index 63b2e34f1b60..ebb5154976de 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ enum {
 	IPSET_ATTR_SKBMARK,
 	IPSET_ATTR_SKBPRIO,
 	IPSET_ATTR_SKBQUEUE,
+	IPSET_ATTR_PAD,
 	__IPSET_ATTR_ADT_MAX,
 };
 #define IPSET_ATTR_ADT_MAX	(__IPSET_ATTR_ADT_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index eeffde196f80..660231363bb5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ enum nft_chain_attributes {
 	NFTA_CHAIN_USE,
 	NFTA_CHAIN_TYPE,
 	NFTA_CHAIN_COUNTERS,
+	NFTA_CHAIN_PAD,
 	__NFTA_CHAIN_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_CHAIN_MAX		(__NFTA_CHAIN_MAX - 1)
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ enum nft_rule_attributes {
 	NFTA_RULE_COMPAT,
 	NFTA_RULE_POSITION,
 	NFTA_RULE_USERDATA,
+	NFTA_RULE_PAD,
 	__NFTA_RULE_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_RULE_MAX		(__NFTA_RULE_MAX - 1)
@@ -308,6 +310,7 @@ enum nft_set_attributes {
 	NFTA_SET_TIMEOUT,
 	NFTA_SET_GC_INTERVAL,
 	NFTA_SET_USERDATA,
+	NFTA_SET_PAD,
 	__NFTA_SET_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_SET_MAX		(__NFTA_SET_MAX - 1)
@@ -341,6 +344,7 @@ enum nft_set_elem_attributes {
 	NFTA_SET_ELEM_EXPIRATION,
 	NFTA_SET_ELEM_USERDATA,
 	NFTA_SET_ELEM_EXPR,
+	NFTA_SET_ELEM_PAD,
 	__NFTA_SET_ELEM_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_SET_ELEM_MAX	(__NFTA_SET_ELEM_MAX - 1)
@@ -584,6 +588,7 @@ enum nft_dynset_attributes {
 	NFTA_DYNSET_SREG_DATA,
 	NFTA_DYNSET_TIMEOUT,
 	NFTA_DYNSET_EXPR,
+	NFTA_DYNSET_PAD,
 	__NFTA_DYNSET_MAX,
 };
 #define NFTA_DYNSET_MAX		(__NFTA_DYNSET_MAX - 1)
@@ -806,6 +811,7 @@ enum nft_limit_attributes {
 	NFTA_LIMIT_BURST,
 	NFTA_LIMIT_TYPE,
 	NFTA_LIMIT_FLAGS,
+	NFTA_LIMIT_PAD,
 	__NFTA_LIMIT_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_LIMIT_MAX		(__NFTA_LIMIT_MAX - 1)
@@ -820,6 +826,7 @@ enum nft_counter_attributes {
 	NFTA_COUNTER_UNSPEC,
 	NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES,
 	NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS,
+	NFTA_COUNTER_PAD,
 	__NFTA_COUNTER_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_COUNTER_MAX	(__NFTA_COUNTER_MAX - 1)
@@ -1055,6 +1062,7 @@ enum nft_trace_attibutes {
 	NFTA_TRACE_MARK,
 	NFTA_TRACE_NFPROTO,
 	NFTA_TRACE_POLICY,
+	NFTA_TRACE_PAD,
 	__NFTA_TRACE_MAX
 };
 #define NFTA_TRACE_MAX (__NFTA_TRACE_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.h
index f3e34dbbf966..36047ec70f37 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ enum nfnl_acct_type {
 	NFACCT_FLAGS,
 	NFACCT_QUOTA,
 	NFACCT_FILTER,
+	NFACCT_PAD,
 	__NFACCT_MAX
 };
 #define NFACCT_MAX (__NFACCT_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_conntrack.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_conntrack.h
index c1a4e1441a25..9df789709abe 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_conntrack.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_conntrack.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ enum ctattr_protoinfo_dccp {
 	CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_STATE,
 	CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_ROLE,
 	CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_HANDSHAKE_SEQ,
+	CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_PAD,
 	__CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_MAX,
 };
 #define CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_MAX (__CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_MAX - 1)
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ enum ctattr_counters {
 	CTA_COUNTERS_BYTES,		/* 64bit counters */
 	CTA_COUNTERS32_PACKETS,		/* old 32bit counters, unused */
 	CTA_COUNTERS32_BYTES,		/* old 32bit counters, unused */
+	CTA_COUNTERS_PAD,
 	__CTA_COUNTERS_MAX
 };
 #define CTA_COUNTERS_MAX (__CTA_COUNTERS_MAX - 1)
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ enum ctattr_tstamp {
 	CTA_TIMESTAMP_UNSPEC,
 	CTA_TIMESTAMP_START,
 	CTA_TIMESTAMP_STOP,
+	CTA_TIMESTAMP_PAD,
 	__CTA_TIMESTAMP_MAX
 };
 #define CTA_TIMESTAMP_MAX (__CTA_TIMESTAMP_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
index 616d04761730..0358f94af86e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ enum ovs_tunnel_key_attr {
 	OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_VXLAN_OPTS,		/* Nested OVS_VXLAN_EXT_* */
 	OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_SRC,		/* struct in6_addr src IPv6 address. */
 	OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV6_DST,		/* struct in6_addr dst IPv6 address. */
+	OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_PAD,
 	__OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tcp_metrics.h b/include/uapi/linux/tcp_metrics.h
index 93533926035c..80ad90d0cfc2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/tcp_metrics.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/tcp_metrics.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ enum {
 	TCP_METRICS_ATTR_FOPEN_COOKIE,		/* binary */
 	TCP_METRICS_ATTR_SADDR_IPV4,		/* u32 */
 	TCP_METRICS_ATTR_SADDR_IPV6,		/* binary */
+	TCP_METRICS_ATTR_PAD,
 
 	__TCP_METRICS_ATTR_MAX,
 };
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
index 2cd9e608d0d1..143338978b48 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ enum xfrm_attr_type_t {
 	XFRMA_SA_EXTRA_FLAGS,	/* __u32 */
 	XFRMA_PROTO,		/* __u8 */
 	XFRMA_ADDRESS_FILTER,	/* struct xfrm_address_filter */
+	XFRMA_PAD,
 	__XFRMA_MAX
 
 #define XFRMA_MAX (__XFRMA_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 21f82c29c914..b3f05ee20d18 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -357,10 +357,6 @@ static int parse(struct nlattr *na, struct cpumask *mask)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && !defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
-#define TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING 1
-#endif
-
 static struct taskstats *mk_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, u32 pid)
 {
 	struct nlattr *na, *ret;
@@ -370,29 +366,6 @@ static struct taskstats *mk_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, u32 pid)
 			? TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_PID
 			: TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_TGID;
 
-	/*
-	 * The taskstats structure is internally aligned on 8 byte
-	 * boundaries but the layout of the aggregrate reply, with
-	 * two NLA headers and the pid (each 4 bytes), actually
-	 * force the entire structure to be unaligned. This causes
-	 * the kernel to issue unaligned access warnings on some
-	 * architectures like ia64. Unfortunately, some software out there
-	 * doesn't properly unroll the NLA packet and assumes that the start
-	 * of the taskstats structure will always be 20 bytes from the start
-	 * of the netlink payload. Aligning the start of the taskstats
-	 * structure breaks this software, which we don't want. So, for now
-	 * the alignment only happens on architectures that require it
-	 * and those users will have to update to fixed versions of those
-	 * packages. Space is reserved in the packet only when needed.
-	 * This ifdef should be removed in several years e.g. 2012 once
-	 * we can be confident that fixed versions are installed on most
-	 * systems. We add the padding before the aggregate since the
-	 * aggregate is already a defined type.
-	 */
-#ifdef TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING
-	if (nla_put(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_NULL, 0, NULL) < 0)
-		goto err;
-#endif
 	na = nla_nest_start(skb, aggr);
 	if (!na)
 		goto err;
@@ -401,7 +374,8 @@ static struct taskstats *mk_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, u32 pid)
 		nla_nest_cancel(skb, na);
 		goto err;
 	}
-	ret = nla_reserve(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS, sizeof(struct taskstats));
+	ret = nla_reserve_64bit(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS,
+				sizeof(struct taskstats), TASKSTATS_TYPE_NULL);
 	if (!ret) {
 		nla_nest_cancel(skb, na);
 		goto err;
@@ -500,10 +474,9 @@ static size_t taskstats_packet_size(void)
 	size_t size;
 
 	size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
-		nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0);
-#ifdef TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING
-	size += nla_total_size(0); /* Padding for alignment */
-#endif
+		nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(struct taskstats)) +
+		nla_total_size(0);
+
 	return size;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index 2b82f1e2ebc2..fce1e9afc6d9 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -359,10 +359,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_reserve);
  * @skb: socket buffer to reserve room on
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  *
  * Adds a netlink attribute header to a socket buffer and reserves
  * room for the payload but does not copy it. It also ensure that this
- * attribute will be 64-bit aign.
+ * attribute will have a 64-bit aligned nla_data() area.
  *
  * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
  * tailroom for the attribute header and payload.
@@ -424,10 +425,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_reserve);
  * @skb: socket buffer to reserve room on
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  *
  * Adds a netlink attribute header to a socket buffer and reserves
  * room for the payload but does not copy it. It also ensure that this
- * attribute will be 64-bit aign.
+ * attribute will have a 64-bit aligned nla_data() area.
  *
  * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
  * the attribute header and payload.
@@ -493,6 +495,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_put);
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
  * @data: head of attribute payload
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  *
  * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
  * tailroom for the attribute header and payload.
@@ -551,6 +554,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_put);
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
  * @data: head of attribute payload
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  *
  * Returns -EMSGSIZE if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
  * the attribute header and payload.
diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 365de66436ac..840acebbb80c 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static inline size_t fib_rule_nlmsg_size(struct fib_rules_ops *ops,
 			 + nla_total_size(4) /* FRA_SUPPRESS_IFGROUP */
 			 + nla_total_size(4) /* FRA_FWMARK */
 			 + nla_total_size(4) /* FRA_FWMASK */
-			 + nla_total_size(8); /* FRA_TUN_ID */
+			 + nla_total_size_64bit(8); /* FRA_TUN_ID */
 
 	if (ops->nlmsg_payload)
 		payload += ops->nlmsg_payload(rule);
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int fib_nl_fill_rule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fib_rule *rule,
 	    (rule->target &&
 	     nla_put_u32(skb, FRA_GOTO, rule->target)) ||
 	    (rule->tun_id &&
-	     nla_put_be64(skb, FRA_TUN_ID, rule->tun_id)))
+	     nla_put_be64(skb, FRA_TUN_ID, rule->tun_id, FRA_PAD)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (rule->suppress_ifgroup != -1) {
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index f18ae91b652e..6a395d440228 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1763,21 +1763,22 @@ static int neightbl_fill_parms(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neigh_parms *parms)
 			NEIGH_VAR(parms, MCAST_PROBES)) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, NDTPA_MCAST_REPROBES,
 			NEIGH_VAR(parms, MCAST_REPROBES)) ||
-	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_REACHABLE_TIME, parms->reachable_time) ||
+	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_REACHABLE_TIME, parms->reachable_time,
+			  NDTPA_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME,
-			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, BASE_REACHABLE_TIME)) ||
+			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, BASE_REACHABLE_TIME), NDTPA_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_GC_STALETIME,
-			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, GC_STALETIME)) ||
+			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, GC_STALETIME), NDTPA_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_DELAY_PROBE_TIME,
-			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, DELAY_PROBE_TIME)) ||
+			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, DELAY_PROBE_TIME), NDTPA_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_RETRANS_TIME,
-			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, RETRANS_TIME)) ||
+			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, RETRANS_TIME), NDTPA_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_ANYCAST_DELAY,
-			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, ANYCAST_DELAY)) ||
+			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, ANYCAST_DELAY), NDTPA_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_PROXY_DELAY,
-			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, PROXY_DELAY)) ||
+			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, PROXY_DELAY), NDTPA_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTPA_LOCKTIME,
-			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, LOCKTIME)))
+			  NEIGH_VAR(parms, LOCKTIME), NDTPA_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	return nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 
@@ -1804,7 +1805,7 @@ static int neightbl_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neigh_table *tbl,
 	ndtmsg->ndtm_pad2   = 0;
 
 	if (nla_put_string(skb, NDTA_NAME, tbl->id) ||
-	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTA_GC_INTERVAL, tbl->gc_interval) ||
+	    nla_put_msecs(skb, NDTA_GC_INTERVAL, tbl->gc_interval, NDTA_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, NDTA_THRESH1, tbl->gc_thresh1) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, NDTA_THRESH2, tbl->gc_thresh2) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, NDTA_THRESH3, tbl->gc_thresh3))
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
index 16ef0d9f566e..614072064d03 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c
@@ -722,7 +722,8 @@ ieee802154_llsec_send_key_id(struct sk_buff *msg,
 			break;
 		case NL802154_DEV_ADDR_EXTENDED:
 			if (nla_put_le64(msg, NL802154_DEV_ADDR_ATTR_EXTENDED,
-					 desc->device_addr.extended_addr))
+					 desc->device_addr.extended_addr,
+					 NL802154_DEV_ADDR_ATTR_PAD))
 				return -ENOBUFS;
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -742,7 +743,8 @@ ieee802154_llsec_send_key_id(struct sk_buff *msg,
 		break;
 	case NL802154_KEY_ID_MODE_INDEX_EXTENDED:
 		if (nla_put_le64(msg, NL802154_KEY_ID_ATTR_SOURCE_EXTENDED,
-				 desc->extended_source))
+				 desc->extended_source,
+				 NL802154_KEY_ID_ATTR_PAD))
 			return -ENOBUFS;
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -819,7 +821,8 @@ nl802154_send_iface(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid, u32 seq, int flags,
 
 	/* address settings */
 	if (nla_put_le64(msg, NL802154_ATTR_EXTENDED_ADDR,
-			 wpan_dev->extended_addr) ||
+			 wpan_dev->extended_addr,
+			 NL802154_ATTR_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_le16(msg, NL802154_ATTR_SHORT_ADDR,
 			 wpan_dev->short_addr) ||
 	    nla_put_le16(msg, NL802154_ATTR_PAN_ID, wpan_dev->pan_id))
@@ -1614,7 +1617,7 @@ static int nl802154_send_device(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
 	    nla_put_le16(msg, NL802154_DEV_ATTR_SHORT_ADDR,
 			 dev_desc->short_addr) ||
 	    nla_put_le64(msg, NL802154_DEV_ATTR_EXTENDED_ADDR,
-			 dev_desc->hwaddr) ||
+			 dev_desc->hwaddr, NL802154_DEV_ATTR_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(msg, NL802154_DEV_ATTR_SECLEVEL_EXEMPT,
 		       dev_desc->seclevel_exempt) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(msg, NL802154_DEV_ATTR_KEY_MODE, dev_desc->key_mode))
@@ -1778,7 +1781,7 @@ static int nl802154_send_devkey(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nla_put_le64(msg, NL802154_DEVKEY_ATTR_EXTENDED_ADDR,
-			 extended_addr) ||
+			 extended_addr, NL802154_DEVKEY_ATTR_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(msg, NL802154_DEVKEY_ATTR_FRAME_COUNTER,
 			devkey->frame_counter))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index f46c5c873831..786fa7ca28e0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ static int ip_tun_fill_encap_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info = lwt_tun_info(lwtstate);
 
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP_ID, tun_info->key.tun_id) ||
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP_ID, tun_info->key.tun_id,
+			 LWTUNNEL_IP_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_in_addr(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP_DST, tun_info->key.u.ipv4.dst) ||
 	    nla_put_in_addr(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP_SRC, tun_info->key.u.ipv4.src) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP_TOS, tun_info->key.tos) ||
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ static int ip_tun_fill_encap_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static int ip_tun_encap_nlsize(struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate)
 {
-	return nla_total_size(8)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP_ID */
+	return nla_total_size_64bit(8)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP_ID */
 		+ nla_total_size(4)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP_DST */
 		+ nla_total_size(4)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP_SRC */
 		+ nla_total_size(1)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP_TOS */
@@ -366,7 +367,8 @@ static int ip6_tun_fill_encap_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info = lwt_tun_info(lwtstate);
 
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP6_ID, tun_info->key.tun_id) ||
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP6_ID, tun_info->key.tun_id,
+			 LWTUNNEL_IP6_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_in6_addr(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP6_DST, &tun_info->key.u.ipv6.dst) ||
 	    nla_put_in6_addr(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP6_SRC, &tun_info->key.u.ipv6.src) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, LWTUNNEL_IP6_TC, tun_info->key.tos) ||
@@ -379,7 +381,7 @@ static int ip6_tun_fill_encap_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static int ip6_tun_encap_nlsize(struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate)
 {
-	return nla_total_size(8)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP6_ID */
+	return nla_total_size_64bit(8)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP6_ID */
 		+ nla_total_size(16)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP6_DST */
 		+ nla_total_size(16)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP6_SRC */
 		+ nla_total_size(1)	/* LWTUNNEL_IP6_HOPLIMIT */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index 7b7eec439906..b617826e2477 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -800,7 +800,8 @@ static int tcp_metrics_fill_info(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	}
 
 	if (nla_put_msecs(msg, TCP_METRICS_ATTR_AGE,
-			  jiffies - tm->tcpm_stamp) < 0)
+			  jiffies - tm->tcpm_stamp,
+			  TCP_METRICS_ATTR_PAD) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (tm->tcpm_ts_stamp) {
 		if (nla_put_s32(msg, TCP_METRICS_ATTR_TW_TS_STAMP,
@@ -864,7 +865,8 @@ static int tcp_metrics_fill_info(struct sk_buff *msg,
 		    (nla_put_u16(msg, TCP_METRICS_ATTR_FOPEN_SYN_DROPS,
 				tfom->syn_loss) < 0 ||
 		     nla_put_msecs(msg, TCP_METRICS_ATTR_FOPEN_SYN_DROP_TS,
-				jiffies - tfom->last_syn_loss) < 0))
+				jiffies - tfom->last_syn_loss,
+				TCP_METRICS_ATTR_PAD) < 0))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 		if (tfom->cookie.len > 0 &&
 		    nla_put(msg, TCP_METRICS_ATTR_FOPEN_COOKIE,
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 2caaa84ce92d..24ed2e875c45 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@ static int l2tp_nl_session_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int fl
 	     nla_put_u8(skb, L2TP_ATTR_USING_IPSEC, 1)) ||
 #endif
 	    (session->reorder_timeout &&
-	     nla_put_msecs(skb, L2TP_ATTR_RECV_TIMEOUT, session->reorder_timeout)))
+	     nla_put_msecs(skb, L2TP_ATTR_RECV_TIMEOUT,
+			   session->reorder_timeout, L2TP_ATTR_PAD)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	nest = nla_nest_start(skb, L2TP_ATTR_STATS);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 355e8552fd5b..3362d65f3285 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -245,8 +245,10 @@ dump_counters(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nf_conn_acct *acct,
 	if (!nest_count)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, CTA_COUNTERS_PACKETS, cpu_to_be64(pkts)) ||
-	    nla_put_be64(skb, CTA_COUNTERS_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(bytes)))
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, CTA_COUNTERS_PACKETS, cpu_to_be64(pkts),
+			 CTA_COUNTERS_PAD) ||
+	    nla_put_be64(skb, CTA_COUNTERS_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(bytes),
+			 CTA_COUNTERS_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest_count);
@@ -287,9 +289,11 @@ ctnetlink_dump_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nf_conn *ct)
 	if (!nest_count)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, CTA_TIMESTAMP_START, cpu_to_be64(tstamp->start)) ||
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, CTA_TIMESTAMP_START, cpu_to_be64(tstamp->start),
+			 CTA_TIMESTAMP_PAD) ||
 	    (tstamp->stop != 0 && nla_put_be64(skb, CTA_TIMESTAMP_STOP,
-					       cpu_to_be64(tstamp->stop))))
+					       cpu_to_be64(tstamp->stop),
+					       CTA_TIMESTAMP_PAD)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest_count);
 
@@ -562,8 +566,8 @@ ctnetlink_acct_size(const struct nf_conn *ct)
 	if (!nf_ct_ext_exist(ct, NF_CT_EXT_ACCT))
 		return 0;
 	return 2 * nla_total_size(0) /* CTA_COUNTERS_ORIG|REPL */
-	       + 2 * nla_total_size(sizeof(uint64_t)) /* CTA_COUNTERS_PACKETS */
-	       + 2 * nla_total_size(sizeof(uint64_t)) /* CTA_COUNTERS_BYTES */
+	       + 2 * nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(uint64_t)) /* CTA_COUNTERS_PACKETS */
+	       + 2 * nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(uint64_t)) /* CTA_COUNTERS_BYTES */
 	       ;
 }
 
@@ -590,7 +594,7 @@ ctnetlink_timestamp_size(const struct nf_conn *ct)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TIMESTAMP
 	if (!nf_ct_ext_exist(ct, NF_CT_EXT_TSTAMP))
 		return 0;
-	return nla_total_size(0) + 2 * nla_total_size(sizeof(uint64_t));
+	return nla_total_size(0) + 2 * nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(uint64_t));
 #else
 	return 0;
 #endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
index fce1b1cca32d..399a38fd685a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
@@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ static int dccp_to_nlattr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *nla,
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_ROLE,
 		       ct->proto.dccp.role[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL]) ||
 	    nla_put_be64(skb, CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_HANDSHAKE_SEQ,
-			 cpu_to_be64(ct->proto.dccp.handshake_seq)))
+			 cpu_to_be64(ct->proto.dccp.handshake_seq),
+			 CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest_parms);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&ct->lock);
@@ -660,6 +661,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy dccp_nla_policy[CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_MAX + 1] = {
 	[CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_STATE]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_ROLE]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_HANDSHAKE_SEQ] = { .type = NLA_U64 },
+	[CTA_PROTOINFO_DCCP_PAD]	= { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
 };
 
 static int nlattr_to_dccp(struct nlattr *cda[], struct nf_conn *ct)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 2011977cd79d..7a85a9dd37ad 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -944,8 +944,10 @@ static int nft_dump_stats(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nft_stats __percpu *stats)
 	if (nest == NULL)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS, cpu_to_be64(total.pkts)) ||
-	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(total.bytes)))
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS, cpu_to_be64(total.pkts),
+			 NFTA_COUNTER_PAD) ||
+	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(total.bytes),
+			 NFTA_COUNTER_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
@@ -975,7 +977,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_chain_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 
 	if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_CHAIN_TABLE, table->name))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_CHAIN_HANDLE, cpu_to_be64(chain->handle)))
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_CHAIN_HANDLE, cpu_to_be64(chain->handle),
+			 NFTA_CHAIN_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_CHAIN_NAME, chain->name))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -1803,13 +1806,15 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_rule_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_RULE_CHAIN, chain->name))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_RULE_HANDLE, cpu_to_be64(rule->handle)))
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_RULE_HANDLE, cpu_to_be64(rule->handle),
+			 NFTA_RULE_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if ((event != NFT_MSG_DELRULE) && (rule->list.prev != &chain->rules)) {
 		prule = list_entry(rule->list.prev, struct nft_rule, list);
 		if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_RULE_POSITION,
-				 cpu_to_be64(prule->handle)))
+				 cpu_to_be64(prule->handle),
+				 NFTA_RULE_PAD))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
@@ -2473,7 +2478,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_set(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	}
 
 	if (set->timeout &&
-	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_SET_TIMEOUT, cpu_to_be64(set->timeout)))
+	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_SET_TIMEOUT, cpu_to_be64(set->timeout),
+			 NFTA_SET_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (set->gc_int &&
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_SET_GC_INTERVAL, htonl(set->gc_int)))
@@ -3076,7 +3082,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_setelem(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (nft_set_ext_exists(ext, NFT_SET_EXT_TIMEOUT) &&
 	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_SET_ELEM_TIMEOUT,
-			 cpu_to_be64(*nft_set_ext_timeout(ext))))
+			 cpu_to_be64(*nft_set_ext_timeout(ext)),
+			 NFTA_SET_ELEM_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nft_set_ext_exists(ext, NFT_SET_EXT_EXPIRATION)) {
@@ -3089,7 +3096,8 @@ static int nf_tables_fill_setelem(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			expires = 0;
 
 		if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_SET_ELEM_EXPIRATION,
-				 cpu_to_be64(jiffies_to_msecs(expires))))
+				 cpu_to_be64(jiffies_to_msecs(expires)),
+				 NFTA_SET_ELEM_PAD))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_trace.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_trace.c
index e9e959f65d91..39eb1cc62e91 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_trace.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_trace.c
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ static int nf_trace_fill_rule_info(struct sk_buff *nlskb,
 		return 0;
 
 	return nla_put_be64(nlskb, NFTA_TRACE_RULE_HANDLE,
-			    cpu_to_be64(info->rule->handle));
+			    cpu_to_be64(info->rule->handle),
+			    NFTA_TRACE_PAD);
 }
 
 void nft_trace_notify(struct nft_traceinfo *info)
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ void nft_trace_notify(struct nft_traceinfo *info)
 	size = nlmsg_total_size(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg)) +
 		nla_total_size(NFT_TABLE_MAXNAMELEN) +
 		nla_total_size(NFT_CHAIN_MAXNAMELEN) +
-		nla_total_size(sizeof(__be64)) +	/* rule handle */
+		nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__be64)) +	/* rule handle */
 		nla_total_size(sizeof(__be32)) +	/* trace type */
 		nla_total_size(0) +			/* VERDICT, nested */
 			nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +	/* verdict code */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
index 4c2b4c0c4d5f..d016066a25e3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
@@ -160,15 +160,18 @@ nfnl_acct_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, u32 type,
 		pkts = atomic64_read(&acct->pkts);
 		bytes = atomic64_read(&acct->bytes);
 	}
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFACCT_PKTS, cpu_to_be64(pkts)) ||
-	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFACCT_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(bytes)) ||
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFACCT_PKTS, cpu_to_be64(pkts),
+			 NFACCT_PAD) ||
+	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFACCT_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(bytes),
+			 NFACCT_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFACCT_USE, htonl(atomic_read(&acct->refcnt))))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (acct->flags & NFACCT_F_QUOTA) {
 		u64 *quota = (u64 *)acct->data;
 
 		if (nla_put_be32(skb, NFACCT_FLAGS, htonl(old_flags)) ||
-		    nla_put_be64(skb, NFACCT_QUOTA, cpu_to_be64(*quota)))
+		    nla_put_be64(skb, NFACCT_QUOTA, cpu_to_be64(*quota),
+				 NFACCT_PAD))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
index c9743f78f219..77db8358ab14 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ static int nft_counter_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_expr *expr)
 
 	nft_counter_fetch(priv->counter, &total);
 
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(total.bytes)) ||
-	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS, cpu_to_be64(total.packets)))
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(total.bytes),
+			 NFTA_COUNTER_PAD) ||
+	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS, cpu_to_be64(total.packets),
+			 NFTA_COUNTER_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c b/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
index 9dec3bd1b63c..78d4914fb39c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_dynset.c
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ static int nft_dynset_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_expr *expr)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (nla_put_string(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_SET_NAME, priv->set->name))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_TIMEOUT, cpu_to_be64(priv->timeout)))
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_TIMEOUT, cpu_to_be64(priv->timeout),
+			 NFTA_DYNSET_PAD))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (priv->expr && nft_expr_dump(skb, NFTA_DYNSET_EXPR, priv->expr))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_limit.c b/net/netfilter/nft_limit.c
index 99d18578afc6..070b98938e02 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_limit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_limit.c
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ static int nft_limit_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_limit *limit,
 	u64 secs = div_u64(limit->nsecs, NSEC_PER_SEC);
 	u64 rate = limit->rate - limit->burst;
 
-	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_LIMIT_RATE, cpu_to_be64(rate)) ||
-	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_LIMIT_UNIT, cpu_to_be64(secs)) ||
+	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_LIMIT_RATE, cpu_to_be64(rate),
+			 NFTA_LIMIT_PAD) ||
+	    nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_LIMIT_UNIT, cpu_to_be64(secs),
+			 NFTA_LIMIT_PAD) ||
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_LIMIT_BURST, htonl(limit->burst)) ||
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_LIMIT_TYPE, htonl(type)) ||
 	    nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_LIMIT_FLAGS, htonl(flags)))
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 689c17264221..0bb650f4f219 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ size_t ovs_tun_key_attr_size(void)
 	/* Whenever adding new OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ FIELDS, we should consider
 	 * updating this function.
 	 */
-	return    nla_total_size(8)    /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_ID */
+	return    nla_total_size_64bit(8) /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_ID */
 		+ nla_total_size(16)   /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV[46]_SRC */
 		+ nla_total_size(16)   /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_IPV[46]_DST */
 		+ nla_total_size(1)    /* OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_TOS */
@@ -720,7 +720,8 @@ static int __ip_tun_to_nlattr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      unsigned short tun_proto)
 {
 	if (output->tun_flags & TUNNEL_KEY &&
-	    nla_put_be64(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_ID, output->tun_id))
+	    nla_put_be64(skb, OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_ID, output->tun_id,
+			 OVS_TUNNEL_KEY_ATTR_PAD))
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	switch (tun_proto) {
 	case AF_INET:
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 2cc7af858c6f..d516845e16e3 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -809,7 +809,8 @@ static int copy_to_user_state_extra(struct xfrm_state *x,
 			goto out;
 	}
 	if (x->lastused) {
-		ret = nla_put_u64(skb, XFRMA_LASTUSED, x->lastused);
+		ret = nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, XFRMA_LASTUSED, x->lastused,
+					XFRMA_PAD);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -1813,7 +1814,7 @@ static inline size_t xfrm_aevent_msgsize(struct xfrm_state *x)
 
 	return NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct xfrm_aevent_id))
 	       + nla_total_size(replay_size)
-	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct xfrm_lifetime_cur))
+	       + nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(struct xfrm_lifetime_cur))
 	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct xfrm_mark))
 	       + nla_total_size(4) /* XFRM_AE_RTHR */
 	       + nla_total_size(4); /* XFRM_AE_ETHR */
@@ -1848,7 +1849,8 @@ static int build_aevent(struct sk_buff *skb, struct xfrm_state *x, const struct
 	}
 	if (err)
 		goto out_cancel;
-	err = nla_put(skb, XFRMA_LTIME_VAL, sizeof(x->curlft), &x->curlft);
+	err = nla_put_64bit(skb, XFRMA_LTIME_VAL, sizeof(x->curlft), &x->curlft,
+			    XFRMA_PAD);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_cancel;
 
@@ -2617,7 +2619,7 @@ static inline size_t xfrm_sa_len(struct xfrm_state *x)
 		l += nla_total_size(sizeof(x->props.extra_flags));
 
 	/* Must count x->lastused as it may become non-zero behind our back. */
-	l += nla_total_size(sizeof(u64));
+	l += nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64));
 
 	return l;
 }