diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index fe16a56..b10d68f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@
 #define BFIRST(bh) ENTRY(BHDR(bh)+1)
 #define IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry) (*(__u32 *)(entry) == 0)
 
-#define IHDR(inode, raw_inode) \
-	((struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *) \
-		((void *)raw_inode + \
-		 EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + \
-		 EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize))
-#define IFIRST(hdr) ((struct ext4_xattr_entry *)((hdr)+1))
-
 #ifdef EXT4_XATTR_DEBUG
 # define ea_idebug(inode, f...) do { \
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "inode %s:%lu: ", \
@@ -508,6 +501,24 @@
 	return;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Find the available free space for EAs. This also returns the total number of
+ * bytes used by EA entries.
+ */
+static size_t ext4_xattr_free_space(struct ext4_xattr_entry *last,
+				    size_t *min_offs, void *base, int *total)
+{
+	for (; !IS_LAST_ENTRY(last); last = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(last)) {
+		*total += EXT4_XATTR_LEN(last->e_name_len);
+		if (!last->e_value_block && last->e_value_size) {
+			size_t offs = le16_to_cpu(last->e_value_offs);
+			if (offs < *min_offs)
+				*min_offs = offs;
+		}
+	}
+	return (*min_offs - ((void *)last - base) - sizeof(__u32));
+}
+
 struct ext4_xattr_info {
 	int name_index;
 	const char *name;
@@ -1014,6 +1025,8 @@
 	if (!error) {
 		ext4_xattr_update_super_block(handle, inode->i_sb);
 		inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
+		if (!value)
+			EXT4_I(inode)->i_state &= ~EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND;
 		error = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &is.iloc);
 		/*
 		 * The bh is consumed by ext4_mark_iloc_dirty, even with
@@ -1067,6 +1080,253 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Shift the EA entries in the inode to create space for the increased
+ * i_extra_isize.
+ */
+static void ext4_xattr_shift_entries(struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry,
+				     int value_offs_shift, void *to,
+				     void *from, size_t n, int blocksize)
+{
+	struct ext4_xattr_entry *last = entry;
+	int new_offs;
+
+	/* Adjust the value offsets of the entries */
+	for (; !IS_LAST_ENTRY(last); last = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(last)) {
+		if (!last->e_value_block && last->e_value_size) {
+			new_offs = le16_to_cpu(last->e_value_offs) +
+							value_offs_shift;
+			BUG_ON(new_offs + le32_to_cpu(last->e_value_size)
+				 > blocksize);
+			last->e_value_offs = cpu_to_le16(new_offs);
+		}
+	}
+	/* Shift the entries by n bytes */
+	memmove(to, from, n);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Expand an inode by new_extra_isize bytes when EAs are present.
+ * Returns 0 on success or negative error number on failure.
+ */
+int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct inode *inode, int new_extra_isize,
+			       struct ext4_inode *raw_inode, handle_t *handle)
+{
+	struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header;
+	struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry, *last, *first;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find *is = NULL;
+	struct ext4_xattr_block_find *bs = NULL;
+	char *buffer = NULL, *b_entry_name = NULL;
+	size_t min_offs, free;
+	int total_ino, total_blk;
+	void *base, *start, *end;
+	int extra_isize = 0, error = 0, tried_min_extra_isize = 0;
+	int s_min_extra_isize = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es->s_min_extra_isize;
+
+	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+retry:
+	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize >= new_extra_isize) {
+		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
+	entry = IFIRST(header);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if enough free space is available in the inode to shift the
+	 * entries ahead by new_extra_isize.
+	 */
+
+	base = start = entry;
+	end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
+	min_offs = end - base;
+	last = entry;
+	total_ino = sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header);
+
+	free = ext4_xattr_free_space(last, &min_offs, base, &total_ino);
+	if (free >= new_extra_isize) {
+		entry = IFIRST(header);
+		ext4_xattr_shift_entries(entry,	EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize
+				- new_extra_isize, (void *)raw_inode +
+				EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + new_extra_isize,
+				(void *)header, total_ino,
+				inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+		EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize = new_extra_isize;
+		error = 0;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Enough free space isn't available in the inode, check if
+	 * EA block can hold new_extra_isize bytes.
+	 */
+	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl) {
+		bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
+		error = -EIO;
+		if (!bh)
+			goto cleanup;
+		if (ext4_xattr_check_block(bh)) {
+			ext4_error(inode->i_sb, __FUNCTION__,
+				"inode %lu: bad block %llu", inode->i_ino,
+				EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
+			error = -EIO;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+		base = BHDR(bh);
+		first = BFIRST(bh);
+		end = bh->b_data + bh->b_size;
+		min_offs = end - base;
+		free = ext4_xattr_free_space(first, &min_offs, base,
+					     &total_blk);
+		if (free < new_extra_isize) {
+			if (!tried_min_extra_isize && s_min_extra_isize) {
+				tried_min_extra_isize++;
+				new_extra_isize = s_min_extra_isize;
+				brelse(bh);
+				goto retry;
+			}
+			error = -1;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+	} else {
+		free = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	}
+
+	while (new_extra_isize > 0) {
+		size_t offs, size, entry_size;
+		struct ext4_xattr_entry *small_entry = NULL;
+		struct ext4_xattr_info i = {
+			.value = NULL,
+			.value_len = 0,
+		};
+		unsigned int total_size;  /* EA entry size + value size */
+		unsigned int shift_bytes; /* No. of bytes to shift EAs by? */
+		unsigned int min_total_size = ~0U;
+
+		is = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find), GFP_NOFS);
+		bs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_block_find), GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!is || !bs) {
+			error = -ENOMEM;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+
+		is->s.not_found = -ENODATA;
+		bs->s.not_found = -ENODATA;
+		is->iloc.bh = NULL;
+		bs->bh = NULL;
+
+		last = IFIRST(header);
+		/* Find the entry best suited to be pushed into EA block */
+		entry = NULL;
+		for (; !IS_LAST_ENTRY(last); last = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(last)) {
+			total_size =
+			EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(le32_to_cpu(last->e_value_size)) +
+					EXT4_XATTR_LEN(last->e_name_len);
+			if (total_size <= free && total_size < min_total_size) {
+				if (total_size < new_extra_isize) {
+					small_entry = last;
+				} else {
+					entry = last;
+					min_total_size = total_size;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (entry == NULL) {
+			if (small_entry) {
+				entry = small_entry;
+			} else {
+				if (!tried_min_extra_isize &&
+				    s_min_extra_isize) {
+					tried_min_extra_isize++;
+					new_extra_isize = s_min_extra_isize;
+					goto retry;
+				}
+				error = -1;
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
+		}
+		offs = le16_to_cpu(entry->e_value_offs);
+		size = le32_to_cpu(entry->e_value_size);
+		entry_size = EXT4_XATTR_LEN(entry->e_name_len);
+		i.name_index = entry->e_name_index,
+		buffer = kmalloc(EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(size), GFP_NOFS);
+		b_entry_name = kmalloc(entry->e_name_len + 1, GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!buffer || !b_entry_name) {
+			error = -ENOMEM;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+		/* Save the entry name and the entry value */
+		memcpy(buffer, (void *)IFIRST(header) + offs,
+		       EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(size));
+		memcpy(b_entry_name, entry->e_name, entry->e_name_len);
+		b_entry_name[entry->e_name_len] = '\0';
+		i.name = b_entry_name;
+
+		error = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &is->iloc);
+		if (error)
+			goto cleanup;
+
+		error = ext4_xattr_ibody_find(inode, &i, is);
+		if (error)
+			goto cleanup;
+
+		/* Remove the chosen entry from the inode */
+		error = ext4_xattr_ibody_set(handle, inode, &i, is);
+
+		entry = IFIRST(header);
+		if (entry_size + EXT4_XATTR_SIZE(size) >= new_extra_isize)
+			shift_bytes = new_extra_isize;
+		else
+			shift_bytes = entry_size + size;
+		/* Adjust the offsets and shift the remaining entries ahead */
+		ext4_xattr_shift_entries(entry, EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize -
+			shift_bytes, (void *)raw_inode +
+			EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + extra_isize + shift_bytes,
+			(void *)header, total_ino - entry_size,
+			inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+
+		extra_isize += shift_bytes;
+		new_extra_isize -= shift_bytes;
+		EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize = extra_isize;
+
+		i.name = b_entry_name;
+		i.value = buffer;
+		i.value_len = cpu_to_le32(size);
+		error = ext4_xattr_block_find(inode, &i, bs);
+		if (error)
+			goto cleanup;
+
+		/* Add entry which was removed from the inode into the block */
+		error = ext4_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, bs);
+		if (error)
+			goto cleanup;
+		kfree(b_entry_name);
+		kfree(buffer);
+		brelse(is->iloc.bh);
+		kfree(is);
+		kfree(bs);
+	}
+	brelse(bh);
+	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	return 0;
+
+cleanup:
+	kfree(b_entry_name);
+	kfree(buffer);
+	if (is)
+		brelse(is->iloc.bh);
+	kfree(is);
+	kfree(bs);
+	brelse(bh);
+	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	return error;
+}
+
+
+
+/*
  * ext4_xattr_delete_inode()
  *
  * Free extended attribute resources associated with this inode. This