diff --git a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
index 848e85cb5c61..5976bdecf58b 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ struct inet_connection_sock {
 	const struct tcp_congestion_ops *icsk_ca_ops;
 	const struct inet_connection_sock_af_ops *icsk_af_ops;
 	unsigned int		  (*icsk_sync_mss)(struct sock *sk, u32 pmtu);
-	__u8			  icsk_ca_state;
+	__u8			  icsk_ca_state:7,
+				  icsk_ca_dst_locked:1;
 	__u8			  icsk_retransmits;
 	__u8			  icsk_pending;
 	__u8			  icsk_backoff;
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index f50f29faf76f..135b70c9a734 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -787,6 +787,8 @@ enum tcp_ca_ack_event_flags {
 #define TCP_CA_MAX	128
 #define TCP_CA_BUF_MAX	(TCP_CA_NAME_MAX*TCP_CA_MAX)
 
+#define TCP_CA_UNSPEC	0
+
 /* Algorithm can be set on socket without CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges */
 #define TCP_CONG_NON_RESTRICTED 0x1
 /* Requires ECN/ECT set on all packets */
@@ -794,7 +796,8 @@ enum tcp_ca_ack_event_flags {
 
 struct tcp_congestion_ops {
 	struct list_head	list;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	u32 key;
+	u32 flags;
 
 	/* initialize private data (optional) */
 	void (*init)(struct sock *sk);
@@ -841,6 +844,10 @@ u32 tcp_reno_ssthresh(struct sock *sk);
 void tcp_reno_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked);
 extern struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_reno;
 
+struct tcp_congestion_ops *tcp_ca_find_key(u32 key);
+u32 tcp_ca_get_key_by_name(const char *name);
+char *tcp_ca_get_name_by_key(u32 key, char *buffer);
+
 static inline bool tcp_ca_needs_ecn(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index 38f2f8aa4ceb..63c29dba68a8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/jhash.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tcp_cong_list_lock);
@@ -31,6 +32,34 @@ static struct tcp_congestion_ops *tcp_ca_find(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Must be called with rcu lock held */
+static const struct tcp_congestion_ops *__tcp_ca_find_autoload(const char *name)
+{
+	const struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+	if (!ca && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		request_module("tcp_%s", name);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
+	}
+#endif
+	return ca;
+}
+
+/* Simple linear search, not much in here. */
+struct tcp_congestion_ops *tcp_ca_find_key(u32 key)
+{
+	struct tcp_congestion_ops *e;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, &tcp_cong_list, list) {
+		if (e->key == key)
+			return e;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Attach new congestion control algorithm to the list
  * of available options.
@@ -45,9 +74,12 @@ int tcp_register_congestion_control(struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	ca->key = jhash(ca->name, sizeof(ca->name), strlen(ca->name));
+
 	spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
-	if (tcp_ca_find(ca->name)) {
-		pr_notice("%s already registered\n", ca->name);
+	if (ca->key == TCP_CA_UNSPEC || tcp_ca_find_key(ca->key)) {
+		pr_notice("%s already registered or non-unique key\n",
+			  ca->name);
 		ret = -EEXIST;
 	} else {
 		list_add_tail_rcu(&ca->list, &tcp_cong_list);
@@ -70,9 +102,50 @@ void tcp_unregister_congestion_control(struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca)
 	spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
 	list_del_rcu(&ca->list);
 	spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+
+	/* Wait for outstanding readers to complete before the
+	 * module gets removed entirely.
+	 *
+	 * A try_module_get() should fail by now as our module is
+	 * in "going" state since no refs are held anymore and
+	 * module_exit() handler being called.
+	 */
+	synchronize_rcu();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_unregister_congestion_control);
 
+u32 tcp_ca_get_key_by_name(const char *name)
+{
+	const struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
+	u32 key;
+
+	might_sleep();
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ca = __tcp_ca_find_autoload(name);
+	key = ca ? ca->key : TCP_CA_UNSPEC;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return key;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_ca_get_key_by_name);
+
+char *tcp_ca_get_name_by_key(u32 key, char *buffer)
+{
+	const struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
+	char *ret = NULL;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ca = tcp_ca_find_key(key);
+	if (ca)
+		ret = strncpy(buffer, ca->name,
+			      TCP_CA_NAME_MAX);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_ca_get_name_by_key);
+
 /* Assign choice of congestion control. */
 void tcp_assign_congestion_control(struct sock *sk)
 {
@@ -253,25 +326,17 @@ out:
 int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
-	struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
+	const struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
+	if (icsk->icsk_ca_dst_locked)
+		return -EPERM;
 
-	/* no change asking for existing value */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ca = __tcp_ca_find_autoload(name);
+	/* No change asking for existing value */
 	if (ca == icsk->icsk_ca_ops)
 		goto out;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
-	/* not found attempt to autoload module */
-	if (!ca && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		request_module("tcp_%s", name);
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
-	}
-#endif
 	if (!ca)
 		err = -ENOENT;
 	else if (!((ca->flags & TCP_CONG_NON_RESTRICTED) ||