diff --git a/fs/ext4/Makefile b/fs/ext4/Makefile
index c947e36..0410946 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ext4/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS) += ext4.o
 
 ext4-y	:= balloc.o bitmap.o dir.o file.o fsync.o ialloc.o inode.o page-io.o \
 		ioctl.o namei.o super.o symlink.o hash.o resize.o extents.o \
-		ext4_jbd2.o migrate.o mballoc.o block_validity.o move_extent.o
+		ext4_jbd2.o migrate.o mballoc.o block_validity.o move_extent.o \
+		mmp.o
 
 ext4-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR)		+= xattr.o xattr_user.o xattr_trusted.o
 ext4-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL)	+= acl.o
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 4daaf2b..5e1ce1d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ struct ext4_super_block {
 	__le16	s_want_extra_isize; 	/* New inodes should reserve # bytes */
 	__le32	s_flags;		/* Miscellaneous flags */
 	__le16  s_raid_stride;		/* RAID stride */
-	__le16  s_mmp_interval;         /* # seconds to wait in MMP checking */
+	__le16  s_mmp_update_interval;  /* # seconds to wait in MMP checking */
 	__le64  s_mmp_block;            /* Block for multi-mount protection */
 	__le32  s_raid_stripe_width;    /* blocks on all data disks (N*stride)*/
 	__u8	s_log_groups_per_flex;  /* FLEX_BG group size */
@@ -1201,6 +1201,9 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 	struct ext4_li_request *s_li_request;
 	/* Wait multiplier for lazy initialization thread */
 	unsigned int s_li_wait_mult;
+
+	/* Kernel thread for multiple mount protection */
+	struct task_struct *s_mmp_tsk;
 };
 
 static inline struct ext4_sb_info *EXT4_SB(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -1357,7 +1360,8 @@ static inline void ext4_clear_state_flags(struct ext4_inode_info *ei)
 					 EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG| \
 					 EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS| \
 					 EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT| \
-					 EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG)
+					 EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG| \
+					 EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MMP)
 #define EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SUPP	(EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER| \
 					 EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE| \
 					 EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM| \
@@ -1615,6 +1619,67 @@ struct ext4_features {
 };
 
 /*
+ * This structure will be used for multiple mount protection. It will be
+ * written into the block number saved in the s_mmp_block field in the
+ * superblock. Programs that check MMP should assume that if
+ * SEQ_FSCK (or any unknown code above SEQ_MAX) is present then it is NOT safe
+ * to use the filesystem, regardless of how old the timestamp is.
+ */
+#define EXT4_MMP_MAGIC     0x004D4D50U /* ASCII for MMP */
+#define EXT4_MMP_SEQ_CLEAN 0xFF4D4D50U /* mmp_seq value for clean unmount */
+#define EXT4_MMP_SEQ_FSCK  0xE24D4D50U /* mmp_seq value when being fscked */
+#define EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX   0xE24D4D4FU /* maximum valid mmp_seq value */
+
+struct mmp_struct {
+	__le32	mmp_magic;		/* Magic number for MMP */
+	__le32	mmp_seq;		/* Sequence no. updated periodically */
+
+	/*
+	 * mmp_time, mmp_nodename & mmp_bdevname are only used for information
+	 * purposes and do not affect the correctness of the algorithm
+	 */
+	__le64	mmp_time;		/* Time last updated */
+	char	mmp_nodename[64];	/* Node which last updated MMP block */
+	char	mmp_bdevname[32];	/* Bdev which last updated MMP block */
+
+	/*
+	 * mmp_check_interval is used to verify if the MMP block has been
+	 * updated on the block device. The value is updated based on the
+	 * maximum time to write the MMP block during an update cycle.
+	 */
+	__le16	mmp_check_interval;
+
+	__le16	mmp_pad1;
+	__le32	mmp_pad2[227];
+};
+
+/* arguments passed to the mmp thread */
+struct mmpd_data {
+	struct buffer_head *bh; /* bh from initial read_mmp_block() */
+	struct super_block *sb;  /* super block of the fs */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Check interval multiplier
+ * The MMP block is written every update interval and initially checked every
+ * update interval x the multiplier (the value is then adapted based on the
+ * write latency). The reason is that writes can be delayed under load and we
+ * don't want readers to incorrectly assume that the filesystem is no longer
+ * in use.
+ */
+#define EXT4_MMP_CHECK_MULT		2UL
+
+/*
+ * Minimum interval for MMP checking in seconds.
+ */
+#define EXT4_MMP_MIN_CHECK_INTERVAL	5UL
+
+/*
+ * Maximum interval for MMP checking in seconds.
+ */
+#define EXT4_MMP_MAX_CHECK_INTERVAL	300UL
+
+/*
  * Function prototypes
  */
 
@@ -1788,6 +1853,10 @@ extern void __ext4_warning(struct super_block *, const char *, unsigned int,
 						       __LINE__, ## message)
 extern void ext4_msg(struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
+extern void __dump_mmp_msg(struct super_block *, struct mmp_struct *mmp,
+			   const char *, unsigned int, const char *);
+#define dump_mmp_msg(sb, mmp, msg)	__dump_mmp_msg(sb, mmp, __func__, \
+						       __LINE__, msg)
 extern void __ext4_grp_locked_error(const char *, unsigned int, \
 				    struct super_block *, ext4_group_t, \
 				    unsigned long, ext4_fsblk_t, \
@@ -2092,6 +2161,9 @@ extern int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
 			       int len,
 			       struct writeback_control *wbc);
 
+/* mmp.c */
+extern int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *, ext4_fsblk_t);
+
 /* BH_Uninit flag: blocks are allocated but uninitialized on disk */
 enum ext4_state_bits {
 	BH_Uninit	/* blocks are allocated but uninitialized on disk */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0832fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+
+#include "ext4.h"
+
+/*
+ * Write the MMP block using WRITE_SYNC to try to get the block on-disk
+ * faster.
+ */
+static int write_mmp_block(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	lock_buffer(bh);
+	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
+	get_bh(bh);
+	submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
+	wait_on_buffer(bh);
+	if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh)))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read the MMP block. It _must_ be read from disk and hence we clear the
+ * uptodate flag on the buffer.
+ */
+static int read_mmp_block(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head **bh,
+			  ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block)
+{
+	struct mmp_struct *mmp;
+
+	if (*bh)
+		clear_buffer_uptodate(*bh);
+
+	/* This would be sb_bread(sb, mmp_block), except we need to be sure
+	 * that the MD RAID device cache has been bypassed, and that the read
+	 * is not blocked in the elevator. */
+	if (!*bh)
+		*bh = sb_getblk(sb, mmp_block);
+	if (*bh) {
+		get_bh(*bh);
+		lock_buffer(*bh);
+		(*bh)->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
+		submit_bh(READ_SYNC, *bh);
+		wait_on_buffer(*bh);
+		if (!buffer_uptodate(*bh)) {
+			brelse(*bh);
+			*bh = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!*bh) {
+		ext4_warning(sb, "Error while reading MMP block %llu",
+		             mmp_block);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	mmp = (struct mmp_struct *)((*bh)->b_data);
+	if (le32_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_magic) != EXT4_MMP_MAGIC)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dump as much information as possible to help the admin.
+ */
+void __dump_mmp_msg(struct super_block *sb, struct mmp_struct *mmp,
+		    const char *function, unsigned int line, const char *msg)
+{
+	__ext4_warning(sb, function, line, msg);
+	__ext4_warning(sb, function, line,
+		       "MMP failure info: last update time: %llu, last update "
+		       "node: %s, last update device: %s\n",
+		       (long long unsigned int) le64_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_time),
+		       mmp->mmp_nodename, mmp->mmp_bdevname);
+}
+
+/*
+ * kmmpd will update the MMP sequence every s_mmp_update_interval seconds
+ */
+static int kmmpd(void *data)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->sb;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->bh;
+	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
+	struct mmp_struct *mmp;
+	ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block;
+	u32 seq = 0;
+	unsigned long failed_writes = 0;
+	int mmp_update_interval = le16_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_update_interval);
+	unsigned mmp_check_interval;
+	unsigned long last_update_time;
+	unsigned long diff;
+	int retval;
+
+	mmp_block = le64_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_block);
+	mmp = (struct mmp_struct *)(bh->b_data);
+	mmp->mmp_time = cpu_to_le64(get_seconds());
+	/*
+	 * Start with the higher mmp_check_interval and reduce it if
+	 * the MMP block is being updated on time.
+	 */
+	mmp_check_interval = max(EXT4_MMP_CHECK_MULT * mmp_update_interval,
+				 EXT4_MMP_MIN_CHECK_INTERVAL);
+	mmp->mmp_check_interval = cpu_to_le16(mmp_check_interval);
+	bdevname(bh->b_bdev, mmp->mmp_bdevname);
+
+	memcpy(mmp->mmp_nodename, init_utsname()->sysname,
+	       sizeof(mmp->mmp_nodename));
+
+	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+		if (++seq > EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX)
+			seq = 1;
+
+		mmp->mmp_seq = cpu_to_le32(seq);
+		mmp->mmp_time = cpu_to_le64(get_seconds());
+		last_update_time = jiffies;
+
+		retval = write_mmp_block(bh);
+		/*
+		 * Don't spew too many error messages. Print one every
+		 * (s_mmp_update_interval * 60) seconds.
+		 */
+		if (retval && (failed_writes % 60) == 0) {
+			ext4_error(sb, "Error writing to MMP block");
+			failed_writes++;
+		}
+
+		if (!(le32_to_cpu(es->s_feature_incompat) &
+		    EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MMP)) {
+			ext4_warning(sb, "kmmpd being stopped since MMP feature"
+				     " has been disabled.");
+			EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
+			goto failed;
+		}
+
+		if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
+			ext4_warning(sb, "kmmpd being stopped since filesystem "
+				     "has been remounted as readonly.");
+			EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
+			goto failed;
+		}
+
+		diff = jiffies - last_update_time;
+		if (diff < mmp_update_interval * HZ)
+			schedule_timeout_interruptible(mmp_update_interval *
+						       HZ - diff);
+
+		/*
+		 * We need to make sure that more than mmp_check_interval
+		 * seconds have not passed since writing. If that has happened
+		 * we need to check if the MMP block is as we left it.
+		 */
+		diff = jiffies - last_update_time;
+		if (diff > mmp_check_interval * HZ) {
+			struct buffer_head *bh_check = NULL;
+			struct mmp_struct *mmp_check;
+
+			retval = read_mmp_block(sb, &bh_check, mmp_block);
+			if (retval) {
+				ext4_error(sb, "error reading MMP data: %d",
+					   retval);
+
+				EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
+				goto failed;
+			}
+
+			mmp_check = (struct mmp_struct *)(bh_check->b_data);
+			if (mmp->mmp_seq != mmp_check->mmp_seq ||
+			    memcmp(mmp->mmp_nodename, mmp_check->mmp_nodename,
+				   sizeof(mmp->mmp_nodename))) {
+				dump_mmp_msg(sb, mmp_check,
+					     "Error while updating MMP info. "
+					     "The filesystem seems to have been"
+					     " multiply mounted.");
+				ext4_error(sb, "abort");
+				goto failed;
+			}
+			put_bh(bh_check);
+		}
+
+		 /*
+		 * Adjust the mmp_check_interval depending on how much time
+		 * it took for the MMP block to be written.
+		 */
+		mmp_check_interval = max(min(EXT4_MMP_CHECK_MULT * diff / HZ,
+					     EXT4_MMP_MAX_CHECK_INTERVAL),
+					 EXT4_MMP_MIN_CHECK_INTERVAL);
+		mmp->mmp_check_interval = cpu_to_le16(mmp_check_interval);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Unmount seems to be clean.
+	 */
+	mmp->mmp_seq = cpu_to_le32(EXT4_MMP_SEQ_CLEAN);
+	mmp->mmp_time = cpu_to_le64(get_seconds());
+
+	retval = write_mmp_block(bh);
+
+failed:
+	kfree(data);
+	brelse(bh);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get a random new sequence number but make sure it is not greater than
+ * EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX.
+ */
+static unsigned int mmp_new_seq(void)
+{
+	u32 new_seq;
+
+	do {
+		get_random_bytes(&new_seq, sizeof(u32));
+	} while (new_seq > EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX);
+
+	return new_seq;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Protect the filesystem from being mounted more than once.
+ */
+int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
+				    ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block)
+{
+	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct mmp_struct *mmp = NULL;
+	struct mmpd_data *mmpd_data;
+	u32 seq;
+	unsigned int mmp_check_interval = le16_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_update_interval);
+	unsigned int wait_time = 0;
+	int retval;
+
+	if (mmp_block < le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_data_block) ||
+	    mmp_block >= ext4_blocks_count(es)) {
+		ext4_warning(sb, "Invalid MMP block in superblock");
+		goto failed;
+	}
+
+	retval = read_mmp_block(sb, &bh, mmp_block);
+	if (retval)
+		goto failed;
+
+	mmp = (struct mmp_struct *)(bh->b_data);
+
+	if (mmp_check_interval < EXT4_MMP_MIN_CHECK_INTERVAL)
+		mmp_check_interval = EXT4_MMP_MIN_CHECK_INTERVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * If check_interval in MMP block is larger, use that instead of
+	 * update_interval from the superblock.
+	 */
+	if (mmp->mmp_check_interval > mmp_check_interval)
+		mmp_check_interval = mmp->mmp_check_interval;
+
+	seq = le32_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_seq);
+	if (seq == EXT4_MMP_SEQ_CLEAN)
+		goto skip;
+
+	if (seq == EXT4_MMP_SEQ_FSCK) {
+		dump_mmp_msg(sb, mmp, "fsck is running on the filesystem");
+		goto failed;
+	}
+
+	wait_time = min(mmp_check_interval * 2 + 1,
+			mmp_check_interval + 60);
+
+	/* Print MMP interval if more than 20 secs. */
+	if (wait_time > EXT4_MMP_MIN_CHECK_INTERVAL * 4)
+		ext4_warning(sb, "MMP interval %u higher than expected, please"
+		             " wait.\n", wait_time * 2);
+
+	if (schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ * wait_time) != 0) {
+		ext4_warning(sb, "MMP startup interrupted, failing mount\n");
+		goto failed;
+	}
+
+	retval = read_mmp_block(sb, &bh, mmp_block);
+	if (retval)
+		goto failed;
+	mmp = (struct mmp_struct *)(bh->b_data);
+	if (seq != le32_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_seq)) {
+		dump_mmp_msg(sb, mmp,
+			     "Device is already active on another node.");
+		goto failed;
+	}
+
+skip:
+	/*
+	 * write a new random sequence number.
+	 */
+	mmp->mmp_seq = seq = cpu_to_le32(mmp_new_seq());
+
+	retval = write_mmp_block(bh);
+	if (retval)
+		goto failed;
+
+	/*
+	 * wait for MMP interval and check mmp_seq.
+	 */
+	if (schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ * wait_time) != 0) {
+		ext4_warning(sb, "MMP startup interrupted, failing mount\n");
+		goto failed;
+	}
+
+	retval = read_mmp_block(sb, &bh, mmp_block);
+	if (retval)
+		goto failed;
+	mmp = (struct mmp_struct *)(bh->b_data);
+	if (seq != le32_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_seq)) {
+		dump_mmp_msg(sb, mmp,
+			     "Device is already active on another node.");
+		goto failed;
+	}
+
+	mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mmpd_data) {
+		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for mmpd_data");
+		goto failed;
+	}
+	mmpd_data->sb = sb;
+	mmpd_data->bh = bh;
+
+	/*
+	 * Start a kernel thread to update the MMP block periodically.
+	 */
+	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, mmpd_data, "kmmpd-%s",
+					     bdevname(bh->b_bdev,
+						      mmp->mmp_bdevname));
+	if (IS_ERR(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk)) {
+		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
+		kfree(mmpd_data);
+		ext4_warning(sb, "Unable to create kmmpd thread for %s.",
+			     sb->s_id);
+		goto failed;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+failed:
+	brelse(bh);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8553dfb..c23d328 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -806,6 +806,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		invalidate_bdev(sbi->journal_bdev);
 		ext4_blkdev_remove(sbi);
 	}
+	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
+		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	/*
 	 * Now that we are completely done shutting down the
@@ -3459,6 +3461,11 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			  EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
 				    EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER));
 
+	if (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MMP) &&
+	    !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+		if (ext4_multi_mount_protect(sb, le64_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_block)))
+			goto failed_mount3;
+
 	/*
 	 * The first inode we look at is the journal inode.  Don't try
 	 * root first: it may be modified in the journal!
@@ -3707,6 +3714,8 @@ failed_mount3:
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter);
+	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
+		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
 failed_mount2:
 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
 		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);
@@ -4242,7 +4251,7 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	int enable_quota = 0;
 	ext4_group_t g;
 	unsigned int journal_ioprio = DEFAULT_JOURNAL_IOPRIO;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	int i;
 #endif
@@ -4368,6 +4377,13 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 				goto restore_opts;
 			if (!ext4_setup_super(sb, es, 0))
 				sb->s_flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
+			if (EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
+						     EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MMP))
+				if (ext4_multi_mount_protect(sb,
+						le64_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_block))) {
+					err = -EROFS;
+					goto restore_opts;
+				}
 			enable_quota = 1;
 		}
 	}
