+static int ext3_ext_find_goal(struct inode *inode, struct ext3_ext_path *path,
+ unsigned long block)
+{
+ struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
+ unsigned long bg_start;
+ unsigned long colour;
+ int depth;
+
+ if (path) {
+ struct ext3_extent *ex;
+ depth = path->p_depth;
+
+ /* try to predict block placement */
+ if ((ex = path[depth].p_ext))
+ return ex->ee_start + (block - ex->ee_block);
+
+ /* it looks index is empty
+ * try to find starting from index itself */
+ if (path[depth].p_bh)
+ return path[depth].p_bh->b_blocknr;
+ }
+
+ /* OK. use inode's group */
+ bg_start = (ei->i_block_group * EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb)) +
+ le32_to_cpu(EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block);
+ colour = (current->pid % 16) *
+ (EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb) / 16);
+ return bg_start + colour + block;
+}
+