Index: linux-2.6.32.i386/fs/ext4/namei.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.32.i386.orig/fs/ext4/namei.c	2010-04-07 00:16:32.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.32.i386/fs/ext4/namei.c	2010-04-07 00:17:09.000000000 +0530
@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@
 	u16 size;
 };
 
+/*
+ * dentry_param used by ext4_new_inode_wantedi()
+ */
+#define LVFS_DENTRY_PARAM_MAGIC		20070216UL
+struct lvfs_dentry_params
+{
+	unsigned long   ldp_inum;
+	unsigned long	ldp_flags;
+	u32		ldp_magic;
+};
+
 static inline ext4_lblk_t dx_get_block(struct dx_entry *entry);
 static void dx_set_block(struct dx_entry *entry, ext4_lblk_t value);
 static inline unsigned dx_get_hash(struct dx_entry *entry);
@@ -1751,6 +1762,19 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
+static unsigned ext4_dentry_goal(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	unsigned inum = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_inode_goal;
+
+	if (dentry->d_fsdata != NULL) {
+		struct lvfs_dentry_params *param = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+		if (param->ldp_magic == LVFS_DENTRY_PARAM_MAGIC)
+			inum = param->ldp_inum;
+	}
+	return inum;
+}
+
 /*
  * By the time this is called, we already have created
  * the directory cache entry for the new file, but it
@@ -1745,7 +1769,8 @@ retry:
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
-	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0);
+	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name,
+				ext4_dentry_goal(dir->i_sb, dentry));
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_file_inode_operations;
@@ -1779,7 +1804,8 @@ retry:
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
-	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0);
+	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name,
+				ext4_dentry_goal(dir->i_sb, dentry));
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
@@ -1817,7 +1843,7 @@ retry:
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
 	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, S_IFDIR | mode,
-			       &dentry->d_name, 0);
+			       &dentry->d_name, ext4_dentry_goal(dir->i_sb, dentry));
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto out_stop;
@@ -2238,7 +2264,7 @@ retry:
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
 	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
-			       &dentry->d_name, 0);
+			       &dentry->d_name, ext4_dentry_goal(dir->i_sb, dentry));
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto out_stop;