Index: linux-stage/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
===================================================================
--- linux-stage.orig/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ linux-stage/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ extern unsigned ext3_list_backups(struct
 				  unsigned *five, unsigned *seven);
 
 /* super.c */
+extern void ext3_commit_super (struct super_block *, struct ext3_super_block *, int);
 extern void ext3_error (struct super_block *, const char *, const char *, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
 extern void __ext3_std_error (struct super_block *, const char *, int);
Index: linux-stage/fs/ext3/super.c
===================================================================
--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ linux-stage/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ static int ext3_load_journal(struct supe
 			     unsigned long journal_devnum);
 static int ext3_create_journal(struct super_block *, struct ext3_super_block *,
 			       int);
-static void ext3_commit_super (struct super_block * sb,
-			       struct ext3_super_block * es,
-			       int sync);
 static void ext3_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block * sb,
 					struct ext3_super_block * es);
 static void ext3_clear_journal_err(struct super_block * sb,
@@ -2175,7 +2172,7 @@ static int ext3_create_journal(struct su
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void ext3_commit_super (struct super_block * sb,
+void ext3_commit_super (struct super_block * sb,
 			       struct ext3_super_block * es,
 			       int sync)
 {
Index: linux-stage/fs/ext3/namei.c
===================================================================
--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ linux-stage/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ static int ext3_delete_entry (handle_t *
 			      struct buffer_head * bh)
 {
 	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de, * pde;
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 
 	i = 0;
 	pde = NULL;
@@ -1601,7 +1601,9 @@ static int ext3_delete_entry (handle_t *
 			return -EIO;
 		if (de == de_del)  {
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get_write_access");
-			ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
+			err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
 			if (pde)
 				pde->rec_len =
 					cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(pde->rec_len) +
Index: linux-stage/fs/ext3/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-stage.orig/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ linux-stage/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1838,8 +1838,18 @@ ext3_clear_blocks(handle_t *handle, stru
 		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		ext3_journal_test_restart(handle, inode);
 		if (bh) {
+			int err;
 			BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "retaking write access");
-			ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
+			err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
+			if (err) {
+				struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+				struct ext3_super_block *es = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es;
+				printk (KERN_CRIT"EXT3-fs: can't continue truncate\n");
+				EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT3_ERROR_FS;
+				es->s_state |= cpu_to_le16(EXT3_ERROR_FS);
+				ext3_commit_super(sb, es, 1);
+				return;
+			}
 		}
 	}