diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index a2297edfdde88d1a6390cf22211fe4bbb863105a..03886d1053018e9b0b7bec5c11069ec3f22b5fa3 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ config BLK_CGROUP_IOLATENCY
 
 	Note, this is an experimental interface and could be changed someday.
 
+config BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID
+	bool "Enable support to track FC I/O Traffic across cgroup applications"
+	depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
+	help
+	  Enabling this option enables the support to track FC I/O traffic across
+	  cgroup applications. It enables the Fabric and the storage targets to
+	  identify, monitor, and handle FC traffic based on VM tags by inserting
+	  application specific identification into the FC frame.
+
 config BLK_CGROUP_IOCOST
 	bool "Enable support for cost model based cgroup IO controller"
 	depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index 23e015af0e930fd427a7e96591c8bf3cfd97ea48..cd5fbd9d46ba3e9f3df625fffcd45058db219136 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -235,6 +235,19 @@ config SCSI_FC_ATTRS
 	  each attached FiberChannel device to sysfs, say Y.
 	  Otherwise, say N.
 
+config FC_APPID
+	bool "Enable support to track FC I/O Traffic"
+	depends on BLOCK && BLK_CGROUP
+	depends on SCSI
+	select BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID
+	default y
+	help
+	  If you say Y here, it enables the support to track
+	  FC I/O traffic over fabric. It enables the Fabric and the
+	  storage targets to identify, monitor, and handle FC traffic
+	  based on VM tags by inserting application specific
+	  identification into the FC frame.
+
 config SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS
 	tristate "iSCSI Transport Attributes"
 	depends on SCSI && NET
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
index b9f3c246c3c908b1145e41fb95cc050922c85f2f..37048438872c86f9c52ddc1b31ea30fd89e0b155 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 /* Max limits for throttle policy */
 #define THROTL_IOPS_MAX		UINT_MAX
+#define FC_APPID_LEN              129
+
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
 
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ struct blkcg {
 	struct blkcg_policy_data	*cpd[BLKCG_MAX_POLS];
 
 	struct list_head		all_blkcgs_node;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID
+	char                            fc_app_id[FC_APPID_LEN];
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 	struct list_head		cgwb_list;
 #endif
@@ -660,4 +665,62 @@ static inline void blk_cgroup_bio_start(struct bio *bio) { }
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 #endif	/* CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID
+/*
+ * Sets the fc_app_id field associted to blkcg
+ * @app_id: application identifier
+ * @cgrp_id: cgroup id
+ * @app_id_len: size of application identifier
+ */
+static inline int blkcg_set_fc_appid(char *app_id, u64 cgrp_id, size_t app_id_len)
+{
+	struct cgroup *cgrp;
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+	struct blkcg *blkcg;
+	int ret  = 0;
+
+	if (app_id_len > FC_APPID_LEN)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	cgrp = cgroup_get_from_id(cgrp_id);
+	if (!cgrp)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	css = cgroup_get_e_css(cgrp, &io_cgrp_subsys);
+	if (!css) {
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto out_cgrp_put;
+	}
+	blkcg = css_to_blkcg(css);
+	/*
+	 * There is a slight race condition on setting the appid.
+	 * Worst case an I/O may not find the right id.
+	 * This is no different from the I/O we let pass while obtaining
+	 * the vmid from the fabric.
+	 * Adding the overhead of a lock is not necessary.
+	 */
+	strlcpy(blkcg->fc_app_id, app_id, app_id_len);
+	css_put(css);
+out_cgrp_put:
+	cgroup_put(cgrp);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * blkcg_get_fc_appid - get the fc app identifier associated with a bio
+ * @bio: target bio
+ *
+ * On success return the fc_app_id, on failure return NULL
+ */
+static inline char *blkcg_get_fc_appid(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	if (bio && bio->bi_blkg &&
+		(bio->bi_blkg->blkcg->fc_app_id[0] != '\0'))
+		return bio->bi_blkg->blkcg->fc_app_id;
+	return NULL;
+}
+#else
+static inline int blkcg_set_fc_appid(char *buf, u64 id, size_t len) { return -EINVAL; }
+static inline char *blkcg_get_fc_appid(struct bio *bio) { return NULL; }
+#endif /*CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID*/
 #endif	/* _BLK_CGROUP_H */