diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
index 69bed64e895b73fb95220c558d3c8e6c6911b326..87eef4c88d4812175651c3f4c38c78d9a45d997b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
@@ -1289,6 +1289,7 @@ void lustre_swab_ptlrpc_body(struct ptlrpc_body *pb);
 #define OBD_CONNECT_OPEN_BY_FID	0x20000000000000ULL	/* open by fid won't pack
 							 * name in request
 							 */
+#define OBD_CONNECT_LFSCK	0x40000000000000ULL/* support online LFSCK */
 
 /* XXX README XXX:
  * Please DO NOT add flag values here before first ensuring that this same
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_user.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_user.h
index 8398c4fc4cab71f2145c9d4a426b0a55a538278e..9e38ed38681f52e1a6323ae9b73f4d7c90bcfd5c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_user.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_user.h
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ struct ost_id {
 #define LOV_PATTERN_CMOBD	0x200
 
 #define LOV_PATTERN_F_MASK	0xffff0000
+#define LOV_PATTERN_F_HOLE	0x40000000 /* there is hole in LOV EA */
 #define LOV_PATTERN_F_RELEASED	0x80000000 /* HSM released file */
 
-
 #define LOV_MAXPOOLNAME 16
 #define LOV_POOLNAMEF "%.16s"
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index ac59cd6c344b8d3a307ae6d658ffc7e5fcc45fdf..dd44ee8408db8f836332f6aaf2437f1fef0e69a5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int client_common_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, char *md, char *dt,
 				  OBD_CONNECT_PINGLESS |
 				  OBD_CONNECT_MAX_EASIZE |
 				  OBD_CONNECT_FLOCK_DEAD |
-				  OBD_CONNECT_DISP_STRIPE;
+				  OBD_CONNECT_DISP_STRIPE | OBD_CONNECT_LFSCK;
 
 	if (sbi->ll_flags & LL_SBI_SOM_PREVIEW)
 		data->ocd_connect_flags |= OBD_CONNECT_SOM;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_io.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_io.c
index 84032a51025423aa78ee2786e307b2e3c183ea49..95126c34952423b6036f58dfe44716e492adde5c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_io.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_io.c
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ static int lov_io_subio_init(const struct lu_env *env, struct lov_io *lio,
 	return result;
 }
 
-static void lov_io_slice_init(struct lov_io *lio,
-			      struct lov_object *obj, struct cl_io *io)
+static int lov_io_slice_init(struct lov_io *lio, struct lov_object *obj,
+			     struct cl_io *io)
 {
 	io->ci_result = 0;
 	lio->lis_object = obj;
@@ -314,6 +314,15 @@ static void lov_io_slice_init(struct lov_io *lio,
 		lio->lis_io_endpos = lio->lis_endpos;
 		if (cl_io_is_append(io)) {
 			LASSERT(io->ci_type == CIT_WRITE);
+
+			/*
+			 * If there is LOV EA hole, then we may cannot locate
+			 * the current file-tail exactly.
+			 */
+			if (unlikely(obj->lo_lsm->lsm_pattern &
+				     LOV_PATTERN_F_HOLE))
+				return -EIO;
+
 			lio->lis_pos = 0;
 			lio->lis_endpos = OBD_OBJECT_EOF;
 		}
@@ -349,6 +358,7 @@ static void lov_io_slice_init(struct lov_io *lio,
 	default:
 		LBUG();
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void lov_io_fini(const struct lu_env *env, const struct cl_io_slice *ios)
@@ -870,7 +880,7 @@ int lov_io_init_raid0(const struct lu_env *env, struct cl_object *obj,
 	struct lov_object   *lov = cl2lov(obj);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lio->lis_active);
-	lov_io_slice_init(lio, lov, io);
+	io->ci_result = lov_io_slice_init(lio, lov, io);
 	if (io->ci_result == 0) {
 		io->ci_result = lov_io_subio_init(env, lio, io);
 		if (io->ci_result == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index c83d28e7e763c154c5713df7fb186422898dec89..f42ed17996d736add2ddfbe3cb67efeb2679b0d4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ static const char * const obd_connect_names[] = {
 	"flock_deadlock",
 	"disp_stripe",
 	"unknown",
+	"lfsck",
+	"unknown",
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/wiretest.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/wiretest.c
index bc27f8d61e290da8c6705869e80a934e66397ec6..9d5d2c8c6acb9c977eb3dabc11827efd3d04537d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/wiretest.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/wiretest.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,8 @@ void lustre_assert_wire_constants(void)
 		 "found 0x%.16llxULL\n", OBD_CONNECT_FLOCK_DEAD);
 	LASSERTF(OBD_CONNECT_OPEN_BY_FID == 0x20000000000000ULL,
 		 "found 0x%.16llxULL\n", OBD_CONNECT_OPEN_BY_FID);
+	LASSERTF(OBD_CONNECT_LFSCK == 0x40000000000000ULL, "found 0x%.16llxULL\n",
+		 OBD_CONNECT_LFSCK);
 	LASSERTF(OBD_CKSUM_CRC32 == 0x00000001UL, "found 0x%.8xUL\n",
 		(unsigned)OBD_CKSUM_CRC32);
 	LASSERTF(OBD_CKSUM_ADLER == 0x00000002UL, "found 0x%.8xUL\n",