diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 9cf5583..cac7366 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ struct hd_struct *disk_part_iter_next(struct disk_part_iter *piter)
 		part = rcu_dereference(ptbl->part[piter->idx]);
 		if (!part)
 			continue;
-		if (!part->nr_sects &&
+		if (!part_nr_sects_read(part) &&
 		    !(piter->flags & DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY) &&
 		    !(piter->flags & DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY_PART0 &&
 		      piter->idx == 0))
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(disk_part_iter_exit);
 static inline int sector_in_part(struct hd_struct *part, sector_t sector)
 {
 	return part->start_sect <= sector &&
-		sector < part->start_sect + part->nr_sects;
+		sector < part->start_sect + part_nr_sects_read(part);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -769,8 +769,8 @@ void __init printk_all_partitions(void)
 
 			printk("%s%s %10llu %s %s", is_part0 ? "" : "  ",
 			       bdevt_str(part_devt(part), devt_buf),
-			       (unsigned long long)part->nr_sects >> 1,
-			       disk_name(disk, part->partno, name_buf),
+			       (unsigned long long)part_nr_sects_read(part) >> 1
+			       , disk_name(disk, part->partno, name_buf),
 			       uuid_buf);
 			if (is_part0) {
 				if (disk->driverfs_dev != NULL &&
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static int show_partition(struct seq_file *seqf, void *v)
 	while ((part = disk_part_iter_next(&piter)))
 		seq_printf(seqf, "%4d  %7d %10llu %s\n",
 			   MAJOR(part_devt(part)), MINOR(part_devt(part)),
-			   (unsigned long long)part->nr_sects >> 1,
+			   (unsigned long long)part_nr_sects_read(part) >> 1,
 			   disk_name(sgp, part->partno, buf));
 	disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
 
@@ -1268,6 +1268,16 @@ struct gendisk *alloc_disk_node(int minors, int node_id)
 		}
 		disk->part_tbl->part[0] = &disk->part0;
 
+		/*
+		 * set_capacity() and get_capacity() currently don't use
+		 * seqcounter to read/update the part0->nr_sects. Still init
+		 * the counter as we can read the sectors in IO submission
+		 * patch using seqence counters.
+		 *
+		 * TODO: Ideally set_capacity() and get_capacity() should be
+		 * converted to make use of bd_mutex and sequence counters.
+		 */
+		seqcount_init(&disk->part0.nr_sects_seq);
 		hd_ref_init(&disk->part0);
 
 		disk->minors = minors;
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index ba15b2d..4476e0e8 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
 {
 	struct block_device *bdevp;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
-	struct hd_struct *part;
+	struct hd_struct *part, *lpart;
 	struct blkpg_ioctl_arg a;
 	struct blkpg_partition p;
 	struct disk_part_iter piter;
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
 		case BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION:
 			start = p.start >> 9;
 			length = p.length >> 9;
-			/* check for fit in a hd_struct */ 
-			if (sizeof(sector_t) == sizeof(long) && 
+			/* check for fit in a hd_struct */
+			if (sizeof(sector_t) == sizeof(long) &&
 			    sizeof(long long) > sizeof(long)) {
 				long pstart = start, plength = length;
 				if (pstart != start || plength != length
@@ -92,6 +92,59 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
 			bdput(bdevp);
 
 			return 0;
+		case BLKPG_RESIZE_PARTITION:
+			start = p.start >> 9;
+			/* new length of partition in bytes */
+			length = p.length >> 9;
+			/* check for fit in a hd_struct */
+			if (sizeof(sector_t) == sizeof(long) &&
+			    sizeof(long long) > sizeof(long)) {
+				long pstart = start, plength = length;
+				if (pstart != start || plength != length
+				    || pstart < 0 || plength < 0)
+					return -EINVAL;
+			}
+			part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
+			if (!part)
+				return -ENXIO;
+			bdevp = bdget(part_devt(part));
+			if (!bdevp) {
+				disk_put_part(part);
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
+			mutex_lock(&bdevp->bd_mutex);
+			mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_mutex, 1);
+			if (start != part->start_sect) {
+				mutex_unlock(&bdevp->bd_mutex);
+				mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+				bdput(bdevp);
+				disk_put_part(part);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+			/* overlap? */
+			disk_part_iter_init(&piter, disk,
+					    DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY);
+			while ((lpart = disk_part_iter_next(&piter))) {
+				if (lpart->partno != partno &&
+				   !(start + length <= lpart->start_sect ||
+				   start >= lpart->start_sect + lpart->nr_sects)
+				   ) {
+					disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
+					mutex_unlock(&bdevp->bd_mutex);
+					mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+					bdput(bdevp);
+					disk_put_part(part);
+					return -EBUSY;
+				}
+			}
+			disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
+			part_nr_sects_write(part, (sector_t)length);
+			i_size_write(bdevp->bd_inode, p.length);
+			mutex_unlock(&bdevp->bd_mutex);
+			mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+			bdput(bdevp);
+			disk_put_part(part);
+			return 0;
 		default:
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index 6df5d69..f1d1451 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ssize_t part_size_show(struct device *dev,
 		       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
-	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n",(unsigned long long)p->nr_sects);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n",(unsigned long long)part_nr_sects_read(p));
 }
 
 static ssize_t part_ro_show(struct device *dev,
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free;
 	}
+
+	seqcount_init(&p->nr_sects_seq);
 	pdev = part_to_dev(p);
 
 	p->start_sect = start;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkpg.h b/include/linux/blkpg.h
index faf8a45..a851944 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkpg.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkpg.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct blkpg_ioctl_arg {
 /* The subfunctions (for the op field) */
 #define BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION	1
 #define BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION	2
+#define BLKPG_RESIZE_PARTITION	3
 
 /* Sizes of name fields. Unused at present. */
 #define BLKPG_DEVNAMELTH	64
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 017a7fb..ee8e688 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -98,7 +98,13 @@ struct partition_meta_info {
 
 struct hd_struct {
 	sector_t start_sect;
+	/*
+	 * nr_sects is protected by sequence counter. One might extend a
+	 * partition while IO is happening to it and update of nr_sects
+	 * can be non-atomic on 32bit machines with 64bit sector_t.
+	 */
 	sector_t nr_sects;
+	seqcount_t nr_sects_seq;
 	sector_t alignment_offset;
 	unsigned int discard_alignment;
 	struct device __dev;
@@ -648,6 +654,57 @@ static inline void hd_struct_put(struct hd_struct *part)
 		__delete_partition(part);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Any access of part->nr_sects which is not protected by partition
+ * bd_mutex or gendisk bdev bd_mutex, should be done using this
+ * accessor function.
+ *
+ * Code written along the lines of i_size_read() and i_size_write().
+ * CONFIG_PREEMPT case optimizes the case of UP kernel with preemption
+ * on.
+ */
+static inline sector_t part_nr_sects_read(struct hd_struct *part)
+{
+#if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_LBDAF) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	sector_t nr_sects;
+	unsigned seq;
+	do {
+		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&part->nr_sects_seq);
+		nr_sects = part->nr_sects;
+	} while (read_seqcount_retry(&part->nr_sects_seq, seq));
+	return nr_sects;
+#elif BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT)
+	sector_t nr_sects;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	nr_sects = part->nr_sects;
+	preempt_enable();
+	return nr_sects;
+#else
+	return part->nr_sects;
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * Should be called with mutex lock held (typically bd_mutex) of partition
+ * to provide mutual exlusion among writers otherwise seqcount might be
+ * left in wrong state leaving the readers spinning infinitely.
+ */
+static inline void part_nr_sects_write(struct hd_struct *part, sector_t size)
+{
+#if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_LBDAF) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	write_seqcount_begin(&part->nr_sects_seq);
+	part->nr_sects = size;
+	write_seqcount_end(&part->nr_sects_seq);
+#elif BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_LBDAF) && defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT)
+	preempt_disable();
+	part->nr_sects = size;
+	preempt_enable();
+#else
+	part->nr_sects = size;
+#endif
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 
 static inline void printk_all_partitions(void) { }
