percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
        if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
-               ext4_group_t f = ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group);
+               struct flex_groups *fg;
 
-               atomic_inc(&sbi->s_flex_groups[f].free_inodes);
+               fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+                                        ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group));
+               atomic_inc(&fg->free_inodes);
                if (is_directory)
-                       atomic_dec(&sbi->s_flex_groups[f].used_dirs);
+                       atomic_dec(&fg->used_dirs);
        }
        BUFFER_TRACE(bh2, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
        fatal = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh2);
                            int flex_size, struct orlov_stats *stats)
 {
        struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
-       struct flex_groups *flex_group = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_flex_groups;
 
        if (flex_size > 1) {
-               stats->free_inodes = atomic_read(&flex_group[g].free_inodes);
-               stats->free_clusters = atomic64_read(&flex_group[g].free_clusters);
-               stats->used_dirs = atomic_read(&flex_group[g].used_dirs);
+               struct flex_groups *fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(EXT4_SB(sb),
+                                                            s_flex_groups, g);
+               stats->free_inodes = atomic_read(&fg->free_inodes);
+               stats->free_clusters = atomic64_read(&fg->free_clusters);
+               stats->used_dirs = atomic_read(&fg->used_dirs);
                return;
        }
 
                if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
                        ext4_group_t f = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);
 
-                       atomic_inc(&sbi->s_flex_groups[f].used_dirs);
+                       atomic_inc(&sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+                                                       f)->used_dirs);
                }
        }
        if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb)) {
 
        if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
                flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);
-               atomic_dec(&sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_inodes);
+               atomic_dec(&sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+                                               flex_group)->free_inodes);
        }
 
        inode->i_ino = ino + group * EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 
                ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi,
                                                          ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group);
                atomic64_sub(ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len,
-                            &sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_clusters);
+                            &sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+                                                 flex_group)->free_clusters);
        }
 
        err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bitmap_bh);
        if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
                ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group);
                atomic64_add(count_clusters,
-                            &sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_clusters);
+                            &sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+                                                 flex_group)->free_clusters);
        }
 
        /*
        if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
                ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group);
                atomic64_add(clusters_freed,
-                            &sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_clusters);
+                            &sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
+                                                 flex_group)->free_clusters);
        }
 
        ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
 
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
        struct buffer_head **group_desc;
+       struct flex_groups **flex_groups;
        int aborted = 0;
        int i, err;
 
        for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_gdb_count; i++)
                brelse(group_desc[i]);
        kvfree(group_desc);
+       flex_groups = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+       if (flex_groups) {
+               for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated; i++)
+                       kvfree(flex_groups[i]);
+               kvfree(flex_groups);
+       }
        rcu_read_unlock();
-       kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
        percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter);
        percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
        percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
 int ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t ngroup)
 {
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
-       struct flex_groups *new_groups;
-       int size;
+       struct flex_groups **old_groups, **new_groups;
+       int size, i;
 
        if (!sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex)
                return 0;
        if (size <= sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated)
                return 0;
 
-       size = roundup_pow_of_two(size * sizeof(struct flex_groups));
-       new_groups = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       new_groups = kvzalloc(roundup_pow_of_two(size *
+                             sizeof(*sbi->s_flex_groups)), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!new_groups) {
-               ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "not enough memory for %d flex groups",
-                        size / (int) sizeof(struct flex_groups));
+               ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+                        "not enough memory for %d flex group pointers", size);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
-
-       if (sbi->s_flex_groups) {
-               memcpy(new_groups, sbi->s_flex_groups,
-                      (sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated *
-                       sizeof(struct flex_groups)));
-               kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+       for (i = sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated; i < size; i++) {
+               new_groups[i] = kvzalloc(roundup_pow_of_two(
+                                        sizeof(struct flex_groups)),
+                                        GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!new_groups[i]) {
+                       for (i--; i >= sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated; i--)
+                               kvfree(new_groups[i]);
+                       kvfree(new_groups);
+                       ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+                                "not enough memory for %d flex groups", size);
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+               }
        }
-       sbi->s_flex_groups = new_groups;
-       sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated = size / sizeof(struct flex_groups);
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       old_groups = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+       if (old_groups)
+               memcpy(new_groups, old_groups,
+                      (sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated *
+                       sizeof(struct flex_groups *)));
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+       rcu_assign_pointer(sbi->s_flex_groups, new_groups);
+       sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated = size;
+       if (old_groups)
+               ext4_kvfree_array_rcu(old_groups);
        return 0;
 }
 
 {
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = NULL;
+       struct flex_groups *fg;
        ext4_group_t flex_group;
        int i, err;
 
                gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
 
                flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, i);
-               atomic_add(ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp),
-                          &sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_inodes);
+               fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups, flex_group);
+               atomic_add(ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp), &fg->free_inodes);
                atomic64_add(ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp),
-                            &sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_clusters);
-               atomic_add(ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, gdp),
-                          &sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].used_dirs);
+                            &fg->free_clusters);
+               atomic_add(ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, gdp), &fg->used_dirs);
        }
 
        return 1;
        struct buffer_head *bh, **group_desc;
        struct ext4_super_block *es = NULL;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
+       struct flex_groups **flex_groups;
        ext4_fsblk_t block;
        ext4_fsblk_t sb_block = get_sb_block(&data);
        ext4_fsblk_t logical_sb_block;
        ext4_unregister_li_request(sb);
 failed_mount6:
        ext4_mb_release(sb);
-       if (sbi->s_flex_groups)
-               kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       flex_groups = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_flex_groups);
+       if (flex_groups) {
+               for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_flex_groups_allocated; i++)
+                       kvfree(flex_groups[i]);
+               kvfree(flex_groups);
+       }
+       rcu_read_unlock();
        percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter);
        percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
        percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);