diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index 4f619850ccf7..1b46505e1e36 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define OCFS2_INODE_SIGNATURE		"INODE01"
 #define OCFS2_EXTENT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE	"EXBLK01"
 #define OCFS2_GROUP_DESC_SIGNATURE      "GROUP01"
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE	"XATTR01"
 
 /* Compatibility flags */
 #define OCFS2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,mask)			\
@@ -715,6 +716,123 @@ struct ocfs2_group_desc
 /*40*/	__u8    bg_bitmap[0];
 };
 
+/*
+ * On disk extended attribute structure for OCFS2.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_entry indicates one extend attribute.
+ *
+ * Note that it can be stored in inode, one block or one xattr bucket.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_entry {
+	__le32	xe_name_hash;    /* hash value of xattr prefix+suffix. */
+	__le16	xe_name_offset;  /* byte offset from the 1st etnry in the local
+				    local xattr storage(inode, xattr block or
+				    xattr bucket). */
+	__u8	xe_name_len;	 /* xattr name len, does't include prefix. */
+	__u8	xe_type;         /* the low 7 bits indicates the name prefix's
+				  * type and the highest 1 bits indicate whether
+				  * the EA is stored in the local storage. */
+	__le64	xe_value_size;	 /* real xattr value length. */
+};
+
+/*
+ * On disk structure for xattr header.
+ *
+ * One ocfs2_xattr_header describes how many ocfs2_xattr_entry records in
+ * the local xattr storage.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_header {
+	__le16	xh_count;                       /* contains the count of how
+						   many records are in the
+						   local xattr storage. */
+	__le16	xh_reserved1;
+	__le32	xh_reserved2;
+	__le64  xh_csum;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry xh_entries[0]; /* xattr entry list. */
+};
+
+/*
+ * On disk structure for xattr value root.
+ *
+ * It is used when one extended attribute's size is larger, and we will save it
+ * in an outside cluster. It will stored in a b-tree like file content.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root {
+/*00*/	__le32	xr_clusters;              /* clusters covered by xattr value. */
+	__le32	xr_reserved0;
+	__le64	xr_last_eb_blk;           /* Pointer to last extent block */
+/*10*/	struct ocfs2_extent_list xr_list; /* Extent record list */
+};
+
+/*
+ * On disk structure for xattr tree root.
+ *
+ * It is used when there are too many extended attributes for one file. These
+ * attributes will be organized and stored in an indexed-btree.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root {
+/*00*/	__le32	xt_clusters;              /* clusters covered by xattr. */
+	__le32	xt_reserved0;
+	__le64	xt_last_eb_blk;           /* Pointer to last extent block */
+/*10*/	struct ocfs2_extent_list xt_list; /* Extent record list */
+};
+
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED 0x1
+
+/*
+ * On disk structure for xattr block.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_block {
+/*00*/	__u8	xb_signature[8];     /* Signature for verification */
+	__le16	xb_suballoc_slot;    /* Slot suballocator this
+					block belongs to. */
+	__le16	xb_suballoc_bit;     /* Bit offset in suballocator
+					block group */
+	__le32	xb_fs_generation;    /* Must match super block */
+/*10*/	__le64	xb_blkno;            /* Offset on disk, in blocks */
+	__le64	xb_csum;
+/*20*/	__le16	xb_flags;            /* Indicates whether this block contains
+					real xattr or a xattr tree. */
+	__le16	xb_reserved0;
+	__le32  xb_reserved1;
+	__le64	xb_reserved2;
+/*30*/	union {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_header xb_header; /* xattr header if this
+							block contains xattr */
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root xb_root;/* xattr tree root if this
+							block cotains xattr
+							tree. */
+	} xb_attrs;
+};
+
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL		0x80
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_TYPE_MASK		0x7F
+static inline void ocfs2_xattr_set_local(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe,
+					 int local)
+{
+	if (local)
+		xe->xe_type |= OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL;
+	else
+		xe->xe_type &= ~OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL;
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_xattr_is_local(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe)
+{
+	return xe->xe_type & OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL;
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_xattr_set_type(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe, int type)
+{
+	xe->xe_type |= type & OCFS2_XATTR_TYPE_MASK;
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_xattr_get_type(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe)
+{
+	return xe->xe_type & OCFS2_XATTR_TYPE_MASK;
+}
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 static inline int ocfs2_fast_symlink_chars(struct super_block *sb)
 {