--- /dev/null
+--- ./fs/ext3/namei.c.orig 2004-08-19 12:53:21.000000000 +0800
++++ ./fs/ext3/namei.c 2004-08-19 12:44:18.000000000 +0800
+@@ -1541,11 +1541,16 @@
+ static inline void ext3_inc_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
+ {
+ inode->i_nlink++;
++ if (is_dx(inode) && inode->i_nlink > 1) {
++ if (inode->i_nlink >= 65000) /* limit is 16-bit i_links_count */
++ inode->i_nlink = 1;
++ }
+ }
+
+ static inline void ext3_dec_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
+ {
+- inode->i_nlink--;
++ if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || inode->i_nlink > 2)
++ inode->i_nlink--;
+ }
+
+ static int ext3_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
+@@ -1646,7 +1651,7 @@
+ struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de;
+ int err;
+
+- if (dir->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX)
++ if (EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAXED(dir))
+ return -EMLINK;
+
+ handle = ext3_journal_start(dir, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS +
+@@ -1668,7 +1673,7 @@
+ inode->i_size = EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+ dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
+ if (!dir_block) {
+- inode->i_nlink--; /* is this nlink == 0? */
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, inode); /* is this nlink == 0? */
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+ iput (inode);
+ goto out_stop;
+@@ -1700,7 +1705,7 @@
+ iput (inode);
+ goto out_stop;
+ }
+- dir->i_nlink++;
++ ext3_inc_count(handle, dir);
+ ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
+ d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+@@ -1761,10 +1766,11 @@
+ }
+ de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
+ }
+- if (!ext3_check_dir_entry ("empty_dir", inode, de, bh,
+- offset)) {
+- brelse (bh);
+- return 1;
++ if (!ext3_check_dir_entry("empty_dir", inode, de, bh, offset)) {
++ /* On error skip the de and offset to the next block. */
++ de = (void *)(bh->b_data + sb->s_blocksize);
++ offset = (offset | (sb->s_blocksize - 1)) + 1;
++ continue;
+ }
+ if (le32_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
+ brelse (bh);
+@@ -1957,14 +1963,14 @@
+ retval = ext3_delete_entry(handle, dir, de, bh);
+ if (retval)
+ goto end_rmdir;
+- if (inode->i_nlink != 2)
+- ext3_warning (inode->i_sb, "ext3_rmdir",
+- "empty directory has nlink!=2 (%d)",
+- inode->i_nlink);
++ if (!EXT3_DIR_LINK_EMPTY(inode))
++ ext3_warning(inode->i_sb, __FUNCTION__,
++ "empty directory has too many links (%d)",
++ inode->i_nlink);
+ inode->i_version = ++event;
+ inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
+- dir->i_nlink--;
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, dir);
+ inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+ ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
+@@ -2046,7 +2052,7 @@
+ dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
+ ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
+- inode->i_nlink--;
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, inode);
+ if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+ ext3_try_to_delay_deletion(inode);
+ ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
+@@ -2140,9 +2146,8 @@
+ if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+- if (inode->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX) {
++ if (EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAXED(inode))
+ return -EMLINK;
+- }
+
+ handle = ext3_journal_start(dir, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS +
+ EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS);
+@@ -2226,8 +2231,8 @@
+ if (le32_to_cpu(PARENT_INO(dir_bh->b_data)) != old_dir->i_ino)
+ goto end_rename;
+ retval = -EMLINK;
+- if (!new_inode && new_dir!=old_dir &&
+- new_dir->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX)
++ if (!new_inode && new_dir != old_dir &&
++ EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAXED(new_dir))
+ goto end_rename;
+ }
+ if (!new_bh) {
+@@ -2285,7 +2290,7 @@
+ }
+
+ if (new_inode) {
+- new_inode->i_nlink--;
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, new_inode);
+ new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+ }
+ old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
+@@ -2296,11 +2301,11 @@
+ PARENT_INO(dir_bh->b_data) = le32_to_cpu(new_dir->i_ino);
+ BUFFER_TRACE(dir_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
+ ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, dir_bh);
+- old_dir->i_nlink--;
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, old_dir);
+ if (new_inode) {
+- new_inode->i_nlink--;
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, new_inode);
+ } else {
+- new_dir->i_nlink++;
++ ext3_inc_count(handle, new_dir);
+ ext3_update_dx_flag(new_dir);
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir);
+ }
+--- ./include/linux/ext3_fs.h.orig 2004-08-19 12:53:52.000000000 +0800
++++ ./include/linux/ext3_fs.h 2004-08-19 11:06:33.000000000 +0800
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+ /*
+ * Always enable hashed directories
+ */
+-#define CONFIG_EXT3_INDEX
++#define CONFIG_EXT3_INDEX 1
+
+ /*
+ * Debug code
+@@ -581,14 +581,15 @@
+ */
+
+ #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_INDEX
+- #define is_dx(dir) (EXT3_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(dir->i_sb, \
+- EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX) && \
++#define is_dx(dir) (EXT3_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(dir->i_sb, \
++ EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX) && \
+ (EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT3_INDEX_FL))
+-#define EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAX(dir) (!is_dx(dir) && (dir)->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX)
+-#define EXT3_DIR_LINK_EMPTY(dir) ((dir)->i_nlink == 2 || (dir)->i_nlink == 1)
++#define EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAXED(dir) (!is_dx(dir) && (dir)->i_nlink >=EXT3_LINK_MAX)
++#define EXT3_DIR_LINK_EMPTY(dir) ((dir)->i_nlink == 2 || \
++ (is_dx(dir) && (dir)->i_nlink == 1))
+ #else
+ #define is_dx(dir) 0
+-#define EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAX(dir) ((dir)->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX)
++#define EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAXED(dir) ((dir)->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX)
+ #define EXT3_DIR_LINK_EMPTY(dir) ((dir)->i_nlink == 2)
+ #endif
+