---

yaml
---
r: 251712
b: refs/heads/master
c: 7ad8e4e
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 74e4e6db38918620bdf8a46e94982ead2b228d43
+refs/heads/master: 7ad8e4e6ae2a7c95445ee1715b1714106fb95037

trunk/fs/ext4/namei.c

@@ -1414,9 +1414,19 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	frame->bh = bh;
 	bh = bh2;
 	de = do_split(handle,dir, &bh, frame, &hinfo, &retval);
-	dx_release (frames);
-	if (!(de))
+	if (!de) {
+		/*
+		 * Even if the block split failed, we have to properly write
+		 * out all the changes we did so far. Otherwise we can end up
+		 * with corrupted filesystem.
+		 */
+		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
+		ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh);
+		ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh);
+		dx_release(frames);
 		return retval;
+	}
+	dx_release(frames);
 
 	retval = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, de, bh);
 	brelse(bh);