+Index: linux-stage/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext4/ext4.h 2011-05-20 11:01:37.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-stage/fs/ext4/ext4.h 2011-05-20 11:01:44.000000000 +0300
+@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ struct ext4_inode_info {
+ #define EXT4_MOUNT_QUOTA 0x80000 /* Some quota option set */
+ #define EXT4_MOUNT_USRQUOTA 0x100000 /* "old" user quota */
+ #define EXT4_MOUNT_GRPQUOTA 0x200000 /* "old" group quota */
++#define EXT4_MOUNT_EXTENTS 0x400000 /* Extents support */
+ #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM 0x800000 /* Journal checksums */
+ #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT 0x1000000 /* Journal Async Commit */
+ #define EXT4_MOUNT_I_VERSION 0x2000000 /* i_version support */
+Index: linux-stage/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h 2011-05-20 11:00:01.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-stage/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h 2011-05-20 11:01:44.000000000 +0300
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
+
+ #define EXT4_SINGLEDATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb) \
+ (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS) \
+- ? 27U : 8U)
++ || test_opt(sb, EXTENTS) ? 27U : 8U)
+
+ #define ext4_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh) \
+ ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh)
+Index: linux-stage/fs/ext4/extents.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext4/extents.c 2011-05-20 11:00:01.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-stage/fs/ext4/extents.c 2011-05-20 11:01:44.000000000 +0300
+@@ -2555,7 +2555,7 @@ void ext4_ext_init(struct super_block *s
+ * possible initialization would be here
+ */
+
+- if (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS)) {
++ if (test_opt(sb, EXTENTS)) {
+ #if defined(AGGRESSIVE_TEST) || defined(CHECK_BINSEARCH) || defined(EXTENTS_STATS)
+ printk(KERN_INFO "EXT4-fs: file extents enabled");
+ #ifdef AGGRESSIVE_TEST
+@@ -2582,7 +2582,7 @@ void ext4_ext_init(struct super_block *s
+ */
+ void ext4_ext_release(struct super_block *sb)
+ {
+- if (!EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS))
++ if (!test_opt(sb, EXTENTS))
+ return;
+
+ #ifdef EXTENTS_STATS
+Index: linux-stage/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext4/ialloc.c 2011-05-20 11:01:36.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-stage/fs/ext4/ialloc.c 2011-05-20 11:01:44.000000000 +0300
+@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ got:
+ if (err)
+ goto fail_free_drop;
+
+- if (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS)) {
++ if (test_opt(sb, EXTENTS)) {
+ /* set extent flag only for directory, file and normal symlink*/
+ if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
+ ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS);
+Index: linux-stage/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext4/migrate.c 2011-05-20 10:59:29.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-stage/fs/ext4/migrate.c 2011-05-20 11:03:22.000000000 +0300
+@@ -459,13 +459,10 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode
+ unsigned long max_entries;
+ __u32 goal;
+
+- /*
+- * If the filesystem does not support extents, or the inode
+- * already is extent-based, error out.
+- */
+- if (!EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(inode->i_sb,
+- EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS) ||
+- (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS)))
++ if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, EXTENTS))
++ /*
++ * if mounted with noextents we don't allow the migrate
++ */
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_blocks == 0)
+Index: linux-stage/fs/ext4/super.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext4/super.c 2011-05-20 11:01:37.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-stage/fs/ext4/super.c 2011-05-20 11:01:44.000000000 +0300
+@@ -945,6 +945,8 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_
+ seq_puts(seq, ",journal_async_commit");
+ if (test_opt(sb, NOBH))
+ seq_puts(seq, ",nobh");
++ if (!test_opt(sb, EXTENTS))
++ seq_puts(seq, ",noextents");
+ if (test_opt(sb, I_VERSION))
+ seq_puts(seq, ",i_version");
+ if (!test_opt(sb, DELALLOC))
+@@ -1515,6 +1517,7 @@ enum {
+ Opt_stripe, Opt_delalloc, Opt_nodelalloc,
+ Opt_inode_readahead_blks, Opt_journal_ioprio,
+ Opt_mballoc, Opt_bigendian_extents, Opt_force_over_128tb,
++ Opt_extents, Opt_noextents,
+ Opt_discard, Opt_nodiscard,
+ Opt_init_inode_table, Opt_noinit_inode_table,
+ };
+@@ -1589,6 +1592,8 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
+ {Opt_noauto_da_alloc, "noauto_da_alloc"},
+ {Opt_bigendian_extents, "bigendian_extents"},
+ {Opt_mballoc, "mballoc"},
++ {Opt_extents, "extents"},
++ {Opt_noextents, "noextents"},
+ {Opt_discard, "discard"},
+ {Opt_nodiscard, "nodiscard"},
+ {Opt_init_inode_table, "init_itable=%u"},
+@@ -1631,6 +1636,7 @@ static int parse_options(char *options,
+ int qtype, qfmt;
+ char *qname;
+ #endif
++ ext4_fsblk_t last_block;
+
+ if (!options)
+ return 1;
+@@ -2039,6 +2045,32 @@ set_qf_format:
+ case Opt_force_over_128tb:
+ force_over_128tb = 1;
+ break;
++ case Opt_extents:
++ if (!EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
++ EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS)) {
++ ext4_warning(sb, "extents feature not enabled "
++ "on this filesystem, use tune2fs");
++ return 0;
++ }
++ set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, EXTENTS);
++ break;
++ case Opt_noextents:
++ /*
++ * When e2fsprogs support resizing an already existing
++ * ext4 file system to greater than 2**32 we need to
++ * add support to block allocator to handle growing
++ * already existing block mapped inode so that blocks
++ * allocated for them fall within 2**32
++ */
++ last_block = ext4_blocks_count(sbi->s_es) - 1;
++ if (last_block > 0xffffffffULL) {
++ printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: Filesystem too "
++ "large to mount with "
++ "-o noextents options\n");
++ return 0;
++ }
++ clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, EXTENTS);
++ break;
+ default:
+ ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+ "Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" "
+@@ -2901,6 +2933,14 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_
+ set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, BARRIER);
+
+ /*
++ * turn on extents feature by default in ext4 filesystem
++ * only if feature flag already set by mkfs or tune2fs.
++ * Use -o noextents to turn it off
++ */
++ if (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS))
++ set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, EXTENTS);
++
++ /*
+ * enable delayed allocation by default
+ * Use -o nodelalloc to turn it off
+ */