diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
index 61f51becff4f..b48cd75d34a6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ xfs_sb_has_compat_feature(
 #define XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_RMAPBT   (1 << 1)		/* reverse map btree */
 #define XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_REFLINK  (1 << 2)		/* reflinked files */
 #define XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_INOBTCNT (1 << 3)		/* inobt block counts */
+#define XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_FORCEALIGN (1 << 30)	/* aligned file data extents */
 #define XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_ALL \
 		(XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_FINOBT | \
 		 XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_RMAPBT | \
@@ -1094,16 +1095,19 @@ static inline void xfs_dinode_put_rdev(struct xfs_dinode *dip, xfs_dev_t rdev)
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE_BIT   2  /* copy on write extent size hint */
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_BIGTIME_BIT	3	/* big timestamps */
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_NREXT64_BIT 4	/* large extent counters */
+/* data extent mappings for regular files must be aligned to extent size hint */
+#define XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN_BIT 5
 
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX		(1 << XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX_BIT)
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_REFLINK     (1 << XFS_DIFLAG2_REFLINK_BIT)
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE  (1 << XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE_BIT)
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_BIGTIME	(1 << XFS_DIFLAG2_BIGTIME_BIT)
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_NREXT64	(1 << XFS_DIFLAG2_NREXT64_BIT)
+#define XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN	(1 << XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN_BIT)
 
 #define XFS_DIFLAG2_ANY \
 	(XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX | XFS_DIFLAG2_REFLINK | XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE | \
-	 XFS_DIFLAG2_BIGTIME | XFS_DIFLAG2_NREXT64)
+	 XFS_DIFLAG2_BIGTIME | XFS_DIFLAG2_NREXT64 | XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN)
 
 static inline bool xfs_dinode_has_bigtime(const struct xfs_dinode *dip)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index e7a7bfbe75b4..b2c5f466c1a9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -644,6 +644,15 @@ xfs_dinode_verify(
 	    !xfs_has_bigtime(mp))
 		return __this_address;
 
+	if (flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN) {
+		fa = xfs_inode_validate_forcealign(mp,
+			be32_to_cpu(dip->di_extsize),
+			be32_to_cpu(dip->di_cowextsize),
+			mode, flags, flags2);
+		if (fa)
+			return fa;
+	}
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -811,3 +820,47 @@ xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+/* Validate the forcealign inode flag */
+xfs_failaddr_t
+xfs_inode_validate_forcealign(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	uint32_t		extsize,
+	uint32_t		cowextsize,
+	uint16_t		mode,
+	uint16_t		flags,
+	uint64_t		flags2)
+{
+	/* superblock rocompat feature flag */
+	if (!xfs_has_forcealign(mp))
+		return __this_address;
+
+	/* Only regular files and directories */
+	if (!S_ISDIR(mode) && !S_ISREG(mode))
+		return __this_address;
+
+	/* We require EXTSIZE or EXTSZINHERIT */
+	if (!(flags & (XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE | XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT)))
+		return __this_address;
+
+	/* We require a non-zero extsize */
+	if (!extsize)
+		return __this_address;
+
+	/* Reflink'ed disallowed */
+	if (flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_REFLINK)
+		return __this_address;
+
+	/* COW extsize disallowed */
+	if (flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE)
+		return __this_address;
+
+	if (cowextsize)
+		return __this_address;
+
+	/* A RT device with sb_rextsize=1 could make use of forcealign */
+	if (flags & XFS_DIFLAG_REALTIME && mp->m_sb.sb_rextsize != 1)
+		return __this_address;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.h
index 585ed5a110af..b8b65287b037 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ xfs_failaddr_t xfs_inode_validate_extsize(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 xfs_failaddr_t xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 		uint32_t cowextsize, uint16_t mode, uint16_t flags,
 		uint64_t flags2);
+xfs_failaddr_t xfs_inode_validate_forcealign(struct xfs_mount *mp,
+		uint32_t extsize, uint32_t cowextsize, uint16_t mode,
+		uint16_t flags, uint64_t flags2);
 
 static inline uint64_t xfs_inode_encode_bigtime(struct timespec64 tv)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index 09e4bf949bf8..515f5dd23b6d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ xfs_sb_version_to_features(
 		features |= XFS_FEAT_REFLINK;
 	if (sbp->sb_features_ro_compat & XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_INOBTCNT)
 		features |= XFS_FEAT_INOBTCNT;
+	if (sbp->sb_features_ro_compat & XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_FORCEALIGN)
+		features |= XFS_FEAT_FORCEALIGN;
 	if (sbp->sb_features_incompat & XFS_SB_FEAT_INCOMPAT_FTYPE)
 		features |= XFS_FEAT_FTYPE;
 	if (sbp->sb_features_incompat & XFS_SB_FEAT_INCOMPAT_SPINODES)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 93ad442f399b..a6cd5f1f2680 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ xfs_ip2xflags(
 			flags |= FS_XFLAG_DAX;
 		if (ip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE)
 			flags |= FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE;
+		if (ip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN)
+			flags |= FS_XFLAG_FORCEALIGN;
 	}
 
 	if (xfs_inode_has_attr_fork(ip))
@@ -737,6 +739,8 @@ xfs_inode_inherit_flags2(
 	}
 	if (pip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX)
 		ip->i_diflags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX;
+	if (pip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN)
+		ip->i_diflags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN;
 
 	/* Don't let invalid cowextsize hints propagate. */
 	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(ip->i_mount, ip->i_cowextsize,
@@ -745,6 +749,15 @@ xfs_inode_inherit_flags2(
 		ip->i_diflags2 &= ~XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE;
 		ip->i_cowextsize = 0;
 	}
+
+	if (ip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN) {
+		failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_forcealign(ip->i_mount,
+				ip->i_extsize, ip->i_cowextsize,
+				VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, ip->i_diflags,
+				ip->i_diflags2);
+		if (failaddr)
+			ip->i_diflags2 &= ~XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index 805a8cf522c6..7005ea29bf11 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -301,6 +301,16 @@ static inline bool xfs_inode_has_cow_data(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 	return ip->i_cowfp && ip->i_cowfp->if_bytes;
 }
 
+static inline bool xfs_is_always_cow_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip)
+{
+	return ip->i_mount->m_always_cow && xfs_has_reflink(ip->i_mount);
+}
+
+static inline bool xfs_is_cow_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip)
+{
+	return xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip) || xfs_is_always_cow_inode(ip);
+}
+
 static inline bool xfs_inode_has_bigtime(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 {
 	return ip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_BIGTIME;
@@ -313,7 +323,15 @@ static inline bool xfs_inode_has_large_extent_counts(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 
 static inline bool xfs_inode_has_forcealign(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 {
-	return false;
+	if (!(ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE))
+		return false;
+	if (ip->i_extsize <= 1)
+		return false;
+	if (xfs_is_cow_inode(ip))
+		return false;
+	if (ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_REALTIME)
+		return false;
+	return ip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index f0117188f302..5eff8fd9fa3e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -525,10 +525,48 @@ xfs_flags2diflags2(
 		di_flags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX;
 	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE)
 		di_flags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE;
+	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_FORCEALIGN)
+		di_flags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_FORCEALIGN;
 
 	return di_flags2;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Forcealign requires a non-zero extent size hint and a zero cow
+ * extent size hint.  Don't allow set for RT files yet.
+ */
+static int
+xfs_ioctl_setattr_forcealign(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
+	struct fileattr		*fa)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
+
+	if (!xfs_has_forcealign(mp))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!(fa->fsx_xflags & (FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE |
+				FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!fa->fsx_extsize)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (fa->fsx_cowextsize)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_REALTIME)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 xfs_ioctl_setattr_xflags(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
@@ -537,10 +575,12 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_xflags(
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	bool			rtflag = (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_REALTIME);
+	bool			forcealign = fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_FORCEALIGN;
 	uint64_t		i_flags2;
 
-	if (rtflag != XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip)) {
-		/* Can't change realtime flag if any extents are allocated. */
+	/* Can't change RT or forcealign flags if any extents are allocated. */
+	if (rtflag != XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) ||
+	    forcealign != xfs_inode_has_forcealign(ip)) {
 		if (ip->i_df.if_nextents || ip->i_delayed_blks)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -561,6 +601,9 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_xflags(
 	if (i_flags2 && !xfs_has_v3inodes(mp))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (forcealign && (xfs_ioctl_setattr_forcealign(ip, fa) < 0))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ip->i_diflags = xfs_flags2diflags(ip, fa->fsx_xflags);
 	ip->i_diflags2 = i_flags2;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index d0567dfbc036..30228fea908d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
 #define XFS_FEAT_NEEDSREPAIR	(1ULL << 25)	/* needs xfs_repair */
 #define XFS_FEAT_NREXT64	(1ULL << 26)	/* large extent counters */
 #define XFS_FEAT_EXCHANGE_RANGE	(1ULL << 27)	/* exchange range */
+#define XFS_FEAT_FORCEALIGN	(1ULL << 28)	/* aligned file data extents */
 
 /* Mount features */
 #define XFS_FEAT_NOATTR2	(1ULL << 48)	/* disable attr2 creation */
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ __XFS_ADD_V4_FEAT(projid32, PROJID32)
 __XFS_HAS_V4_FEAT(v3inodes, V3INODES)
 __XFS_HAS_V4_FEAT(crc, CRC)
 __XFS_HAS_V4_FEAT(pquotino, PQUOTINO)
+__XFS_HAS_FEAT(forcealign, FORCEALIGN)
 
 /*
  * Mount features
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
index 65c5dfe17ecf..fb55e4ce49fa 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@
 #ifndef __XFS_REFLINK_H
 #define __XFS_REFLINK_H 1
 
-static inline bool xfs_is_always_cow_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip)
-{
-	return ip->i_mount->m_always_cow && xfs_has_reflink(ip->i_mount);
-}
-
-static inline bool xfs_is_cow_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip)
-{
-	return xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip) || xfs_is_always_cow_inode(ip);
-}
-
 extern int xfs_reflink_trim_around_shared(struct xfs_inode *ip,
 		struct xfs_bmbt_irec *irec, bool *shared);
 int xfs_bmap_trim_cow(struct xfs_inode *ip, struct xfs_bmbt_irec *imap,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 27e9f749c4c7..852bbfb21506 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1721,6 +1721,10 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 		mp->m_features &= ~XFS_FEAT_DISCARD;
 	}
 
+	if (xfs_has_forcealign(mp))
+		xfs_warn(mp,
+"EXPERIMENTAL forced data extent alignment feature in use. Use at your own risk!");
+
 	if (xfs_has_reflink(mp)) {
 		if (mp->m_sb.sb_rblocks) {
 			xfs_alert(mp,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 191a7e88a8ab..6a6bcb53594a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ struct fsxattr {
 #define FS_XFLAG_FILESTREAM	0x00004000	/* use filestream allocator */
 #define FS_XFLAG_DAX		0x00008000	/* use DAX for IO */
 #define FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE	0x00010000	/* CoW extent size allocator hint */
+/* data extent mappings for regular files must be aligned to extent size hint */
+#define FS_XFLAG_FORCEALIGN	0x00020000
 #define FS_XFLAG_HASATTR	0x80000000	/* no DIFLAG for this	*/
 
 /* the read-only stuff doesn't really belong here, but any other place is
