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);