--- /dev/null
+--- iputils/ping.c.addrcache 2002-09-20 17:08:11.000000000 +0200
++++ iputils/ping.c 2003-05-15 16:41:19.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1124,6 +1124,12 @@
+ {
+ struct hostent *hp;
+ static char buf[4096];
++ static __u32 addr_cache = 0;
++
++ if ( addr == addr_cache )
++ return buf;
++
++ addr_cache = addr;
+
+ if ((options & F_NUMERIC) ||
+ !(hp = gethostbyaddr((char *)&addr, 4, AF_INET)))
+--- iputils/ping6.c.addrcache 2002-09-20 17:08:11.000000000 +0200
++++ iputils/ping6.c 2003-05-15 16:41:19.000000000 +0200
+@@ -893,7 +893,12 @@
+ */
+ char * pr_addr(struct in6_addr *addr)
+ {
+- struct hostent *hp = NULL;
++ static struct hostent *hp;
++ static struct in6_addr addr_cache;
++
++ if (memcmp(addr, &addr_cache, sizeof(addr_cache)) == 0)
++ return hp ? hp->h_name : pr_addr_n(addr);
++ memcpy(&addr_cache, addr, sizeof(addr_cache));
+
+ if (!(options&F_NUMERIC))
+ hp = gethostbyaddr((__u8*)addr, sizeof(struct in6_addr), AF_INET6);