--- linux-2.6.18-128.7.1.orig/include/linux/ext3_fs.h	2006-09-19 23:42:06.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-128.7.1/include/linux/ext3_fs.h	2009-10-12 19:37:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ extern void ext3_discard_reservation (st
 extern void ext3_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *, int);
 extern int ext3_get_inode_loc(struct inode *, struct ext3_iloc *);
+extern int ext3_can_truncate(struct inode *inode);
 extern void ext3_truncate (struct inode *);
 extern void ext3_set_inode_flags(struct inode *);
 extern void ext3_set_aops(struct inode *inode);
--- linux-2.6.18-128.7.1.orig/fs/ext3/inode.c	2009-09-15 10:38:31.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-128.7.1/fs/ext3/inode.c	2009-10-12 18:49:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -2194,6 +2194,19 @@ static void ext3_free_branches(handle_t 
 	}
 }
 
+int ext3_can_truncate(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+		return 0;
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return 1;
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		return 1;
+	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+		return !ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * ext3_truncate()
  *
@@ -2238,12 +2251,7 @@ void ext3_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	unsigned blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	struct page *page;
 
-	if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
-	    S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
-		return;
-	if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
-		return;
-	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+	if (!ext3_can_truncate(inode))
 		return;
 
 	/*
--- linux-2.6.18-128.7.1.orig/fs/ext3/ialloc.c	2009-09-15 10:24:17.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-128.7.1/fs/ext3/ialloc.c	2009-10-14 15:36:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -645,54 +645,71 @@ struct inode *ext3_orphan_get(struct sup
 	unsigned long max_ino = le32_to_cpu(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count);
 	unsigned long block_group;
 	int bit;
-	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 
 	/* Error cases - e2fsck has already cleaned up for us */
 	if (ino > max_ino) {
-		ext3_warning(sb, __FUNCTION__,
+		ext3_warning(sb, __func__,
 			     "bad orphan ino %lu!  e2fsck was run?", ino);
-		goto out;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	block_group = (ino - 1) / EXT3_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 	bit = (ino - 1) % EXT3_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 	bitmap_bh = read_inode_bitmap(sb, block_group);
 	if (!bitmap_bh) {
-		ext3_warning(sb, __FUNCTION__,
+		ext3_warning(sb, __func__,
 			     "inode bitmap error for orphan %lu", ino);
-		goto out;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	/* Having the inode bit set should be a 100% indicator that this
 	 * is a valid orphan (no e2fsck run on fs).  Orphans also include
 	 * inodes that were being truncated, so we can't check i_nlink==0.
 	 */
-	if (!ext3_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data) ||
-			!(inode = iget(sb, ino)) || is_bad_inode(inode) ||
-			NEXT_ORPHAN(inode) > max_ino) {
-		ext3_warning(sb, __FUNCTION__,
-			     "bad orphan inode %lu!  e2fsck was run?", ino);
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "ext3_test_bit(bit=%d, block=%llu) = %d\n",
-		       bit, (unsigned long long)bitmap_bh->b_blocknr,
-		       ext3_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data));
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "inode=%p\n", inode);
-		if (inode) {
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE "is_bad_inode(inode)=%d\n",
-			       is_bad_inode(inode));
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE "NEXT_ORPHAN(inode)=%u\n",
-			       NEXT_ORPHAN(inode));
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE "max_ino=%lu\n", max_ino);
-		}
+	if (!ext3_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data))
+		goto bad_orphan;
+
+	inode = iget(sb, ino);
+	if ((inode == NULL) || is_bad_inode(inode))
+		goto bad_orphan;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the orphan has i_nlinks > 0 then it should be able to be
+	 * truncated, otherwise it won't be removed from the orphan list
+	 * during processing and an infinite loop will result.
+	 */
+	if (inode->i_nlink && !ext3_can_truncate(inode))
+		goto bad_orphan;
+
+	if (NEXT_ORPHAN(inode) > max_ino)
+		goto bad_orphan;
+	brelse(bitmap_bh);
+	return inode;
+
+bad_orphan:
+	ext3_warning(sb, __func__,
+		     "bad orphan inode %lu!  e2fsck was run?", ino);
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE "ext3_test_bit(bit=%d, block=%llu) = %d\n",
+	       bit, (unsigned long long)bitmap_bh->b_blocknr,
+	       ext3_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data));
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE "inode=%p\n", inode);
+	if (inode) {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "is_bad_inode(inode)=%d\n",
+		       is_bad_inode(inode));
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "NEXT_ORPHAN(inode)=%u\n",
+		       NEXT_ORPHAN(inode));
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "max_ino=%lu\n", max_ino);
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "i_nlink=%u\n", inode->i_nlink);
 		/* Avoid freeing blocks if we got a bad deleted inode */
-		if (inode && inode->i_nlink == 0)
+		if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 			inode->i_blocks = 0;
 		iput(inode);
-		inode = NULL;
 	}
-out:
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
-	return inode;
+error:
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 unsigned long ext3_count_free_inodes (struct super_block * sb)