--- /dev/null
+Index: linux-stage/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
++++ linux-stage/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+@@ -520,12 +520,15 @@ struct inode *ext3_new_inode(handle_t *h
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+
+ sb = dir->i_sb;
++ sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
++ if (sbi->s_max_dir_size > 0 && i_size_read(dir) >= sbi->s_max_dir_size)
++ return ERR_PTR(-EFBIG);
++
+ inode = new_inode(sb);
+ if (!inode)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ ei = EXT3_I(inode);
+
+- sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
+ es = sbi->s_es;
+ if (goal) {
+ group = (goal - 1) / EXT3_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
+Index: linux-stage/fs/ext3/super.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext3/super.c
++++ linux-stage/fs/ext3/super.c
+@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
+ #include "acl.h"
+ #include "group.h"
+
++/*
++ * max directory size tunable
++ */
++#define EXT3_DEFAULT_MAX_DIR_SIZE 0
++#define EXT3_MAX_DIR_SIZE_NAME "max_dir_size"
++
+ static int ext3_load_journal(struct super_block *, struct ext3_super_block *,
+ unsigned long journal_devnum);
+ static int ext3_create_journal(struct super_block *, struct ext3_super_block *,
+@@ -431,6 +437,7 @@ void ext3_put_super (struct super_block
+ invalidate_bdev(sbi->journal_bdev, 0);
+ ext3_blkdev_remove(sbi);
+ }
++ remove_proc_entry(EXT3_MAX_DIR_SIZE_NAME, sbi->s_dev_proc);
+ remove_proc_entry(sb->s_id, proc_root_ext3);
+ sbi->s_dev_proc = NULL;
+ sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
+@@ -1251,6 +1258,45 @@ static unsigned long descriptor_loc(stru
+ return (first_data_block + has_super + (bg * sbi->s_blocks_per_group));
+ }
+
++static int ext3_max_dir_size_read(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
++ int count, int *eof, void *data)
++{
++ struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = data;
++ int len;
++
++ *eof = 1;
++ if (off != 0)
++ return 0;
++
++ len = sprintf(page, "%lu\n", sbi->s_max_dir_size);
++ *start = page;
++ return len;
++}
++
++static int ext3_max_dir_size_write(struct file *file, const char *buffer,
++ unsigned long count, void *data)
++{
++ struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = data;
++ char str[32];
++ unsigned long value;
++ char *end;
++
++ if (count >= sizeof(str)) {
++ printk(KERN_ERR "EXT3-fs: %s string too long, max %u bytes\n",
++ EXT3_MAX_DIR_SIZE_NAME, (int)sizeof(str));
++ return -EOVERFLOW;
++ }
++
++ if (copy_from_user(str, buffer, count))
++ return -EFAULT;
++
++ value = simple_strtol(str, &end, 0);
++ if (value < 0)
++ return -ERANGE;
++
++ sbi->s_max_dir_size = value;
++ return count;
++}
+
+ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
+ {
+@@ -1270,6 +1316,7 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super
+ int db_count;
+ int i;
+ int needs_recovery;
++ struct proc_dir_entry *proc;
+
+ sbi = kmalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!sbi)
+@@ -1287,6 +1334,23 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
++ sbi->s_max_dir_size = EXT3_DEFAULT_MAX_DIR_SIZE;
++ proc = create_proc_entry(EXT3_MAX_DIR_SIZE_NAME,
++ S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, sbi->s_dev_proc);
++ if (proc == NULL) {
++ printk(KERN_ERR "EXT3-fs: unable to create %s\n",
++ EXT3_MAX_DIR_SIZE_NAME);
++ remove_proc_entry(EXT3_MAX_DIR_SIZE_NAME, sbi->s_dev_proc);
++ remove_proc_entry(sb->s_id, proc_root_ext3);
++ sbi->s_dev_proc = NULL;
++ sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
++ kfree(sbi);
++ return -ENOMEM;
++ }
++ proc->data = sbi;
++ proc->read_proc = ext3_max_dir_size_read;
++ proc->write_proc = ext3_max_dir_size_write;
++
+ blocksize = sb_min_blocksize(sb, EXT3_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
+ if (!blocksize) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "EXT3-fs: unable to set blocksize\n");
+@@ -1701,6 +1765,7 @@ failed_mount:
+ ext3_blkdev_remove(sbi);
+ brelse(bh);
+ out_fail:
++ remove_proc_entry(EXT3_MAX_DIR_SIZE_NAME, sbi->s_dev_proc);
+ remove_proc_entry(sb->s_id, proc_root_ext3);
+ sbi->s_dev_proc = NULL;
+ sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
+Index: linux-stage/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-stage.orig/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
++++ linux-stage/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
+@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ struct ext3_sb_info {
+ unsigned long s_mb_max_groups_to_scan;
+ unsigned long s_mb_stats;
+ unsigned long s_mb_order2_reqs;
++ unsigned long s_max_dir_size;
+
+ /* history to debug policy */
+ struct ext3_mb_history *s_mb_history;