--- /dev/null
+Index: linux-2.6.5-7.283/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.5-7.283.orig/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
++++ linux-2.6.5-7.283/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+@@ -613,7 +613,8 @@ got:
+ /* This is the optimal IO size (for stat), not the fs block size */
+ inode->i_blksize = PAGE_SIZE;
+ inode->i_blocks = 0;
+- inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
++ inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = ei->i_crtime =
++ CURRENT_TIME;
+
+ memset(ei->i_data, 0, sizeof(ei->i_data));
+ ei->i_next_alloc_block = 0;
+@@ -651,9 +652,8 @@ got:
+ spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
+
+ ei->i_state = EXT3_STATE_NEW;
+- ei->i_extra_isize =
+- (EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) ?
+- sizeof(struct ext3_inode) - EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE : 0;
++
++ ei->i_extra_isize = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_want_extra_isize;
+
+ ret = inode;
+ if(DQUOT_ALLOC_INODE(inode)) {
+Index: linux-2.6.5-7.283/fs/ext3/inode.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.5-7.283.orig/fs/ext3/inode.c
++++ linux-2.6.5-7.283/fs/ext3/inode.c
+@@ -2459,7 +2459,11 @@ void ext3_read_inode(struct inode * inod
+ inode->i_atime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
+ inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_ctime);
+ inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
+- inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
++ if (EXT3_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, ei, i_crtime)) {
++ ei->i_crtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_crtime);
++ }
++ inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec =
++ ei->i_crtime.tv_nsec = 0;
+
+ ei->i_state = 0;
+ ei->i_next_alloc_block = 0;
+@@ -2603,6 +2607,10 @@ static int ext3_do_update_inode(handle_t
+ raw_inode->i_atime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_atime.tv_sec);
+ raw_inode->i_ctime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+ raw_inode->i_mtime = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
++ if (EXT3_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, ei, i_crtime)) {
++ raw_inode->i_crtime = cpu_to_le32(ei->i_crtime.tv_sec);
++ }
++
+ raw_inode->i_blocks = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_blocks);
+ raw_inode->i_dtime = cpu_to_le32(ei->i_dtime);
+ raw_inode->i_flags = cpu_to_le32(ei->i_flags);
+Index: linux-2.6.5-7.283/fs/ext3/super.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.5-7.283.orig/fs/ext3/super.c
++++ linux-2.6.5-7.283/fs/ext3/super.c
+@@ -1515,6 +1515,32 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super
+ }
+
+ ext3_setup_super (sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY);
++
++ /* determine the minimum size of new large inodes, if present */
++ if (sbi->s_inode_size > EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
++ sbi->s_want_extra_isize = sizeof(struct ext3_inode) -
++ EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE;
++ if (EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
++ EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_EXTRA_ISIZE)) {
++ if (sbi->s_want_extra_isize <
++ le16_to_cpu(es->s_want_extra_isize))
++ sbi->s_want_extra_isize =
++ le16_to_cpu(es->s_want_extra_isize);
++ if (sbi->s_want_extra_isize <
++ le16_to_cpu(es->s_min_extra_isize))
++ sbi->s_want_extra_isize =
++ le16_to_cpu(es->s_min_extra_isize);
++ }
++ }
++ /* Check if enough inode space is available */
++ if (EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + sbi->s_want_extra_isize >
++ sbi->s_inode_size) {
++ sbi->s_want_extra_isize = sizeof(struct ext3_inode) -
++ EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE;
++ printk(KERN_INFO "EXT3-fs: required extra inode space not"
++ "available.\n");
++ }
++
+ /*
+ * akpm: core read_super() calls in here with the superblock locked.
+ * That deadlocks, because orphan cleanup needs to lock the superblock
+Index: linux-2.6.5-7.283/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.5-7.283.orig/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
++++ linux-2.6.5-7.283/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ struct ext3_inode {
+ __u16 i_uid; /* Low 16 bits of Owner Uid */
+ __u32 i_size; /* Size in bytes */
+ __u32 i_atime; /* Access time */
+- __u32 i_ctime; /* Creation time */
++ __u32 i_ctime; /* Inode Change time */
+ __u32 i_mtime; /* Modification time */
+ __u32 i_dtime; /* Deletion Time */
+ __u16 i_gid; /* Low 16 bits of Group Id */
+@@ -281,10 +281,25 @@ struct ext3_inode {
+ } osd2; /* OS dependent 2 */
+ __u16 i_extra_isize;
+ __u16 i_pad1;
++ __le32 i_ctime_extra; /* extra Change time (nsec << 2 | epoch) */
++ __le32 i_mtime_extra; /* extra Modification time(nsec << 2 | epoch) */
++ __le32 i_atime_extra; /* extra Access time (nsec << 2 | epoch) */
++ __le32 i_crtime; /* File Creation time */
++ __le32 i_crtime_extra; /* extra File Creation time (nsec << 2 | epoch) */
+ };
+
+ #define i_size_high i_dir_acl
+
++#define EXT3_EPOCH_BITS 2
++#define EXT3_EPOCH_MASK ((1 << EXT3_EPOCH_BITS) - 1)
++#define EXT3_NSEC_MASK (~0UL << EXT3_EPOCH_BITS)
++
++#define EXT3_FITS_IN_INODE(ext3_inode, einode, field) \
++ ((offsetof(typeof(*ext3_inode), field) + \
++ sizeof((ext3_inode)->field)) \
++ <= (EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + \
++ (einode)->i_extra_isize)) \
++
+ #if defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(__linux__)
+ #define i_reserved1 osd1.linux1.l_i_reserved1
+ #define i_frag osd2.linux2.l_i_frag
+@@ -464,7 +479,9 @@ struct ext3_super_block {
+ __u16 s_reserved_word_pad;
+ __u32 s_default_mount_opts;
+ __u32 s_first_meta_bg; /* First metablock block group */
+- __u32 s_reserved[190]; /* Padding to the end of the block */
++ __le16 s_min_extra_isize; /* All inodes have at least # bytes */
++ __le16 s_want_extra_isize; /* New inodes should reserve # bytes */
++ __u32 s_reserved[189]; /* Padding to the end of the block */
+ };
+
+ #ifdef __KERNEL__
+@@ -539,6 +556,7 @@ static inline struct ext3_inode_info *EX
+ #define EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE 0x0002
+ #define EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_BTREE_DIR 0x0004
+ #define EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_DIR_NLINK 0x0020
++#define EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_EXTRA_ISIZE 0x0040
+
+ #define EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_COMPRESSION 0x0001
+ #define EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE 0x0002
+@@ -555,6 +573,7 @@ static inline struct ext3_inode_info *EX
+ #define EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SUPP (EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER| \
+ EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE| \
+ EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_DIR_NLINK| \
++ EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_EXTRA_ISIZE| \
+ EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_BTREE_DIR)
+
+ /*
+Index: linux-2.6.5-7.283/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.5-7.283.orig/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
++++ linux-2.6.5-7.283/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
+@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ struct ext3_inode_info {
+ struct inode vfs_inode;
+
+ struct ext3_ext_cache i_cached_extent;
++ struct timespec i_crtime;
+ };
+
+ #endif /* _LINUX_EXT3_FS_I */
+Index: linux-2.6.5-7.283/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.5-7.283.orig/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
++++ linux-2.6.5-7.283/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
+@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ struct ext3_sb_info {
+ spinlock_t s_bal_lock;
+ unsigned long s_mb_buddies_generated;
+ unsigned long long s_mb_generation_time;
++
++ unsigned int s_want_extra_isize; /* New inodes should reserve # bytes */
+ };
+
+ #define EXT3_GROUP_INFO(sb, group) \