diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
index ffad7f20342f..4cffc1729bf8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 		 * Try near allocation first, then anywhere-in-ag after
 		 * the first a.g. fails.
 		 */
-		if ((args->userdata  == XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA) &&
+		if ((args->userdata & XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA) &&
 		    (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_32BITINODES)) {
 			args->fsbno = XFS_AGB_TO_FSB(mp,
 					((mp->m_agfrotor / rotorstep) %
@@ -2634,6 +2634,14 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 		XFS_AG_CHECK_DADDR(mp, XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, args->fsbno),
 			args->len);
 #endif
+
+		/* Zero the extent if we were asked to do so */
+		if (args->userdata & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO) {
+			error = xfs_zero_extent(args->ip, args->fsbno, args->len);
+			if (error)
+				goto error0;
+		}
+
 	}
 	xfs_perag_put(args->pag);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.h
index ca1c8168373a..0ecde4d5cac8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_alloc_arg {
 	struct xfs_mount *mp;		/* file system mount point */
 	struct xfs_buf	*agbp;		/* buffer for a.g. freelist header */
 	struct xfs_perag *pag;		/* per-ag struct for this agno */
+	struct xfs_inode *ip;		/* for userdata zeroing method */
 	xfs_fsblock_t	fsbno;		/* file system block number */
 	xfs_agnumber_t	agno;		/* allocation group number */
 	xfs_agblock_t	agbno;		/* allocation group-relative block # */
@@ -120,15 +121,16 @@ typedef struct xfs_alloc_arg {
 	char		wasdel;		/* set if allocation was prev delayed */
 	char		wasfromfl;	/* set if allocation is from freelist */
 	char		isfl;		/* set if is freelist blocks - !acctg */
-	char		userdata;	/* set if this is user data */
+	char		userdata;	/* mask defining userdata treatment */
 	xfs_fsblock_t	firstblock;	/* io first block allocated */
 } xfs_alloc_arg_t;
 
 /*
  * Defines for userdata
  */
-#define XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA		1	/* allocation is for user data*/
-#define XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA	2	/* special case start of file */
+#define XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA		(1 << 0)/* allocation is for user data*/
+#define XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA	(1 << 1)/* special case start of file */
+#define XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO		(1 << 2)/* zero extent on allocation */
 
 xfs_extlen_t xfs_alloc_longest_free_extent(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 		struct xfs_perag *pag, xfs_extlen_t need);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 8e2010d53b07..9390b7c8b5ef 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -3800,8 +3800,13 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 	args.wasdel = ap->wasdel;
 	args.isfl = 0;
 	args.userdata = ap->userdata;
-	if ((error = xfs_alloc_vextent(&args)))
+	if (ap->userdata & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO)
+		args.ip = ap->ip;
+
+	error = xfs_alloc_vextent(&args);
+	if (error)
 		return error;
+
 	if (tryagain && args.fsbno == NULLFSBLOCK) {
 		/*
 		 * Exact allocation failed. Now try with alignment
@@ -4300,11 +4305,14 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
 
 	/*
 	 * Indicate if this is the first user data in the file, or just any
-	 * user data.
+	 * user data. And if it is userdata, indicate whether it needs to
+	 * be initialised to zero during allocation.
 	 */
 	if (!(bma->flags & XFS_BMAPI_METADATA)) {
 		bma->userdata = (bma->offset == 0) ?
 			XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA : XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA;
+		if (bma->flags & XFS_BMAPI_ZERO)
+			bma->userdata |= XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO;
 	}
 
 	bma->minlen = (bma->flags & XFS_BMAPI_CONTIG) ? bma->length : 1;
@@ -4419,6 +4427,17 @@ xfs_bmapi_convert_unwritten(
 	mval->br_state = (mval->br_state == XFS_EXT_UNWRITTEN)
 				? XFS_EXT_NORM : XFS_EXT_UNWRITTEN;
 
+	/*
+	 * Before insertion into the bmbt, zero the range being converted
+	 * if required.
+	 */
+	if (flags & XFS_BMAPI_ZERO) {
+		error = xfs_zero_extent(bma->ip, mval->br_startblock,
+					mval->br_blockcount);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
 	error = xfs_bmap_add_extent_unwritten_real(bma->tp, bma->ip, &bma->idx,
 			&bma->cur, mval, bma->firstblock, bma->flist,
 			&tmp_logflags);
@@ -4512,6 +4531,18 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 	ASSERT(XFS_IFORK_FORMAT(ip, whichfork) != XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL);
 	ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL));
 
+	/* zeroing is for currently only for data extents, not metadata */
+	ASSERT((flags & (XFS_BMAPI_METADATA | XFS_BMAPI_ZERO)) !=
+			(XFS_BMAPI_METADATA | XFS_BMAPI_ZERO));
+	/*
+	 * we can allocate unwritten extents or pre-zero allocated blocks,
+	 * but it makes no sense to do both at once. This would result in
+	 * zeroing the unwritten extent twice, but it still being an
+	 * unwritten extent....
+	 */
+	ASSERT((flags & (XFS_BMAPI_PREALLOC | XFS_BMAPI_ZERO)) !=
+			(XFS_BMAPI_PREALLOC | XFS_BMAPI_ZERO));
+
 	if (unlikely(XFS_TEST_ERROR(
 	    (XFS_IFORK_FORMAT(ip, whichfork) != XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS &&
 	     XFS_IFORK_FORMAT(ip, whichfork) != XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE),
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
index 6aaa0c1c7200..a160f8a5a3fc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ struct xfs_bmalloca {
 	xfs_extlen_t		minleft; /* amount must be left after alloc */
 	bool			eof;	/* set if allocating past last extent */
 	bool			wasdel;	/* replacing a delayed allocation */
-	bool			userdata;/* set if is user data */
 	bool			aeof;	/* allocated space at eof */
 	bool			conv;	/* overwriting unwritten extents */
+	char			userdata;/* userdata mask */
 	int			flags;
 };
 
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ typedef	struct xfs_bmap_free
  */
 #define XFS_BMAPI_CONVERT	0x040
 
+/*
+ * allocate zeroed extents - this requires all newly allocated user data extents
+ * to be initialised to zero. It will be ignored if XFS_BMAPI_METADATA is set.
+ * Use in conjunction with XFS_BMAPI_CONVERT to convert unwritten extents found
+ * during the allocation range to zeroed written extents.
+ */
+#define XFS_BMAPI_ZERO		0x080
+
 #define XFS_BMAPI_FLAGS \
 	{ XFS_BMAPI_ENTIRE,	"ENTIRE" }, \
 	{ XFS_BMAPI_METADATA,	"METADATA" }, \
@@ -116,7 +124,8 @@ typedef	struct xfs_bmap_free
 	{ XFS_BMAPI_PREALLOC,	"PREALLOC" }, \
 	{ XFS_BMAPI_IGSTATE,	"IGSTATE" }, \
 	{ XFS_BMAPI_CONTIG,	"CONTIG" }, \
-	{ XFS_BMAPI_CONVERT,	"CONVERT" }
+	{ XFS_BMAPI_CONVERT,	"CONVERT" }, \
+	{ XFS_BMAPI_ZERO,	"ZERO" }
 
 
 static inline int xfs_bmapi_aflag(int w)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
index 3bf4ad0d19e4..3f59698ecfd8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
@@ -56,6 +56,35 @@ xfs_fsb_to_db(struct xfs_inode *ip, xfs_fsblock_t fsb)
 		 XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR((ip)->i_mount, (fsb)));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Routine to zero an extent on disk allocated to the specific inode.
+ *
+ * The VFS functions take a linearised filesystem block offset, so we have to
+ * convert the sparse xfs fsb to the right format first.
+ * VFS types are real funky, too.
+ */
+int
+xfs_zero_extent(
+	struct xfs_inode *ip,
+	xfs_fsblock_t	start_fsb,
+	xfs_off_t	count_fsb)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
+	xfs_daddr_t	sector = xfs_fsb_to_db(ip, start_fsb);
+	sector_t	block = XFS_BB_TO_FSBT(mp, sector);
+	ssize_t		size = XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, count_fsb);
+
+	if (IS_DAX(VFS_I(ip)))
+		return dax_clear_blocks(VFS_I(ip), block, size);
+
+	/*
+	 * let the block layer decide on the fastest method of
+	 * implementing the zeroing.
+	 */
+	return sb_issue_zeroout(mp->m_super, block, count_fsb, GFP_NOFS);
+
+}
+
 /*
  * Routine to be called at transaction's end by xfs_bmapi, xfs_bunmapi
  * caller.  Frees all the extents that need freeing, which must be done
@@ -229,6 +258,13 @@ xfs_bmap_rtalloc(
 		xfs_trans_mod_dquot_byino(ap->tp, ap->ip,
 			ap->wasdel ? XFS_TRANS_DQ_DELRTBCOUNT :
 					XFS_TRANS_DQ_RTBCOUNT, (long) ralen);
+
+		/* Zero the extent if we were asked to do so */
+		if (ap->userdata & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO) {
+			error = xfs_zero_extent(ap->ip, ap->blkno, ap->length);
+			if (error)
+				return error;
+		}
 	} else {
 		ap->length = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 7999e91cd49a..404bfa50468f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -336,4 +336,7 @@ extern int	xfs_dev_is_read_only(struct xfs_mount *, char *);
 
 extern void	xfs_set_low_space_thresholds(struct xfs_mount *);
 
+int	xfs_zero_extent(struct xfs_inode *ip, xfs_fsblock_t start_fsb,
+			xfs_off_t count_fsb);
+
 #endif	/* __XFS_MOUNT_H__ */