diff --git a/cmds-filesystem.c b/cmds-filesystem.c
index be8afde..508ba90 100644
--- a/cmds-filesystem.c
+++ b/cmds-filesystem.c
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <mntent.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 
 #include "kerncompat.h"
 #include "ctree.h"
@@ -251,8 +254,124 @@ static void print_one_uuid(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices)
 	printf("\n");
 }
 
+/* adds up all the used spaces as reported by the space info ioctl
+ */
+static u64 cal_used_bytes(struct btrfs_ioctl_space_args *si)
+{
+	u64 ret = 0;
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < si->total_spaces; i++)
+		ret += si->spaces[i].used_bytes;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int print_one_fs(struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args *fi,
+		struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_info_args *di_n,
+		struct btrfs_ioctl_space_args *si_n, char *label, char *path)
+{
+	int i;
+	char uuidbuf[37];
+	struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_info_args *di = di_n;
+	u64 flags;
+
+	uuid_unparse(fi->fsid, uuidbuf);
+	printf("Label: %s  uuid: %s mounted: %s\n",
+		strlen(label)?label:"none", uuidbuf, path);
+	printf("\tGroup profile:");
+	for (i = si_n->total_spaces - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		flags = si_n->spaces[i].flags;
+		if (flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM)
+			continue;
+		printf(" %s: %s", group_type_str(flags),
+					group_profile_str(flags));
+		printf(" ");
+	}
+	printf("\n");
+
+	printf("\tTotal devices %llu FS bytes used %s\n",
+				fi->num_devices,
+			pretty_size(cal_used_bytes(si_n)));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < fi->num_devices; i++) {
+		di = (struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_info_args *)&di_n[i];
+		printf("\tdevid    %llu size %s used %s path %s\n",
+			di->devid,
+			pretty_size(di->total_bytes),
+			pretty_size(di->bytes_used),
+			di->path);
+	}
+
+	printf("\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* This function checks if the given input parameter is
+ * an uuid or a path
+ * return -1: some error in the given input
+ * return 0: unknow input
+ * return 1: given input is uuid
+ * return 2: given input is path
+ */
+static int check_arg_type(char *input, u8 *processed)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	if (!uuid_parse(input, processed))
+		ret = 1;
+	else if (realpath(input, (char *)processed))
+		ret = 2;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int btrfs_scan_kernel(void *input, int type)
+{
+	int ret = 0, fd;
+	FILE *f;
+	struct mntent *mnt;
+	struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args fi;
+	struct btrfs_ioctl_dev_info_args *di = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_ioctl_space_args *si;
+	char label[BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE];
+
+	if ((f = setmntent ("/proc/mounts", "r")) == NULL)
+		return -errno;
+
+	while ((mnt = getmntent (f)) != NULL) {
+		if (strcmp(mnt->mnt_type, "btrfs"))
+			continue;
+		ret = get_fs_info(mnt->mnt_dir, &fi, &di);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		switch (type) {
+		case 0:
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			if (uuid_compare(fi.fsid, (u8 *)input))
+				continue;
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			if (strcmp(input, mnt->mnt_dir))
+				continue;
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+
+		fd = open(mnt->mnt_dir, O_RDONLY);
+		if (fd > 0 && !get_df(fd, &si)) {
+			get_label_mounted(mnt->mnt_dir, label);
+			print_one_fs(&fi, di, si, label, mnt->mnt_dir);
+			free(si);
+		}
+		if (fd > 0)
+			close(fd);
+		free(di);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static const char * const cmd_show_usage[] = {
-	"btrfs filesystem show [--all-devices|<uuid>]",
+	"btrfs filesystem show [--all-devices|--mapper|--kernel|<uuid>]",
 	"Show the structure of a filesystem",
 	"If no argument is given, structure of all present filesystems is shown.",
 	NULL
@@ -264,23 +383,52 @@ static int cmd_show(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices;
 	struct list_head *cur_uuid;
 	char *search = 0;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	int where = BTRFS_SCAN_PROC;
 	int searchstart = 1;
+	u8 processed[PATH_MAX];
 
-	if( argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1],"--all-devices")){
+	if( argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--all-devices")){
 		where = BTRFS_SCAN_DEV;
 		searchstart += 1;
+	} else if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--kernel")) {
+		where = 0;
+		searchstart += 1;
 	}
 
-	if (check_argc_max(argc, searchstart + 1))
-		usage(cmd_show_usage);
+	if (!where) {
+		/* option --kernel*/
+		if (! (searchstart < argc))
+			ret = btrfs_scan_kernel(NULL, 0);
+
+		while (searchstart < argc) {
+			ret = check_arg_type(argv[searchstart], processed);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "ERROR at input %s\n",
+							argv[searchstart]);
+				return 1;
+			}
+			if (!ret) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "ERROR unknown %s\n",
+					argv[searchstart]);
+				return 1;
+			}
 
-	ret = scan_for_btrfs(where, 0);
+			ret = btrfs_scan_kernel(processed, ret);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+			searchstart++;
+		}
+		if (ret)
+			fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: scan kernel failed, %d\n",
+				ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
-	if (ret){
-		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: error %d while scanning\n", ret);
-		return 18;
+	ret = scan_for_btrfs(where, 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %d while scanning\n", ret);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	
 	if(searchstart < argc)
