--- /dev/null
+diff -Nur orig/fs/ext3/namei.c patch/fs/ext3/namei.c
+--- orig/fs/ext3/namei.c 2005-10-12 13:58:19.000000000 -0700
++++ patch/fs/ext3/namei.c 2005-10-12 14:00:33.000000000 -0700
+@@ -1603,11 +1603,17 @@
+ static inline void ext3_inc_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
+ {
+ inode->i_nlink++;
++ if (is_dx(inode) && inode->i_nlink > 1) {
++ /* limit is 16-bit i_links_count */
++ if (inode->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX || inode->i_nlink == 2)
++ 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,
+@@ -1706,7 +1712,7 @@ static int ext3_add_nondir(handle_t
+ struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de;
+ int err, retries = 0;
+
+- if (dir->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX)
++ if (EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAX(dir))
+ return -EMLINK;
+
+ retry:
+@@ -1729,7 +1735,7 @@ static int ext3_mkdir(struct inode
+ 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;
+@@ -1761,7 +1767,7 @@ static int ext3_mkdir(struct inode
+ 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);
+@@ -2026,10 +2032,10 @@ static int ext3_rmdir (struct inode
+ 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, "ext3_rmdir",
++ "empty directory has too many links (%d)",
++ inode->i_nlink);
+ inode->i_version++;
+ inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ /* There's no need to set i_disksize: the fact that i_nlink is
+@@ -2039,7 +2045,7 @@ static int ext3_rmdir (struct inode
+ ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
+ inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+- dir->i_nlink--;
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, dir);
+ ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
+
+@@ -2090,7 +2096,7 @@ static int ext3_unlink(struct inode
+ dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+ ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
+- inode->i_nlink--;
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, inode);
+ if (!inode->i_nlink)
+ ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
+ inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
+@@ -2165,7 +2171,7 @@ static int ext3_link (struct dentry
+ struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+ int err, retries = 0;
+
+- if (inode->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX)
++ if (EXT3_DIR_LINK_MAX(inode))
+ return -EMLINK;
+
+ retry:
+@@ -2252,8 +2258,8 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode
+ 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_MAX(new_dir))
+ goto end_rename;
+ }
+ if (!new_bh) {
+@@ -2310,7 +2316,7 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode
+ }
+
+ if (new_inode) {
+- new_inode->i_nlink--;
++ ext3_dec_count(handle, new_inode);
+ new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+ }
+ old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+@@ -2321,11 +2327,13 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode
+ PARENT_INO(dir_bh->b_data) = cpu_to_le32(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--;
++ /* checked empty_dir above, can't have another parent,
++ * ext3_dec_count() won't work for many-linked dirs */
++ new_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+ } else {
+- new_dir->i_nlink++;
++ ext3_inc_count(handle, new_dir);
+ ext3_update_dx_flag(new_dir);
+ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir);
+ }
+
+Index: linux-2.6.7/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.7.orig/include/linux/ext3_fs.h 2004-06-15 23:19:36.000000000 -0600
++++ linux-2.6.7/include/linux/ext3_fs.h 2004-08-20 17:41:27.000000000 -0600
+@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@
+ /*
+ * Maximal count of links to a file
+ */
+-#define EXT3_LINK_MAX 32000
++#define EXT3_LINK_MAX 65000
+
+ /*
+ * Macro-instructions used to manage several block sizes