--- /dev/null
+Index: linux-2.6.18-53.1.14/fs/ext3/namei.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.18-53.1.14.org/fs/ext3/namei.c 2008-09-02 13:24:58.000000000 +0530
++++ linux-2.6.18-53.1.14/fs/ext3/namei.c 2008-09-02 15:48:16.000000000 +0530
+@@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ static inline int search_dirblock(struct
+ * The returned buffer_head has ->b_count elevated. The caller is expected
+ * to brelse() it when appropriate.
+ */
+-static struct buffer_head * ext3_find_entry (struct dentry *dentry,
+- struct ext3_dir_entry_2 ** res_dir)
++struct buffer_head * ext3_find_entry (struct dentry *dentry,
++ struct ext3_dir_entry_2 ** res_dir)
+ {
+ struct super_block * sb;
+ struct buffer_head * bh_use[NAMEI_RA_SIZE];
+@@ -932,6 +932,7 @@ cleanup_and_exit:
+ brelse (bh_use[ra_ptr]);
+ return ret;
+ }
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext3_find_entry);
+
+ #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_INDEX
+ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
+@@ -1417,8 +1418,8 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *ha
+ * may not sleep between calling this and putting something into
+ * the entry, as someone else might have used it while you slept.
+ */
+-static int ext3_add_entry (handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
+- struct inode *inode)
++int ext3_add_entry (handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
++ struct inode *inode)
+ {
+ struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+ unsigned long offset;
+@@ -1470,6 +1471,7 @@ static int ext3_add_entry (handle_t *han
+ de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(blocksize);
+ return add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, de, bh);
+ }
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext3_add_entry);
+
+ #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_INDEX
+ /*
+@@ -1612,10 +1614,10 @@ cleanup:
+ * ext3_delete_entry deletes a directory entry by merging it with the
+ * previous entry
+ */
+-static int ext3_delete_entry (handle_t *handle,
+- struct inode * dir,
+- struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de_del,
+- struct buffer_head * bh)
++int ext3_delete_entry (handle_t *handle,
++ struct inode * dir,
++ struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de_del,
++ struct buffer_head * bh)
+ {
+ struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de, * pde;
+ int i;
+@@ -1647,6 +1649,7 @@ static int ext3_delete_entry (handle_t *
+ }
+ return -ENOENT;
+ }
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext3_delete_entry);
+
+ /*
+ * ext3_mark_inode_dirty is somewhat expensive, so unlike ext2 we
+@@ -1751,12 +1754,64 @@ retry:
+ return err;
+ }
+
++/**
++ * This function will add dot & dotdot entries into ext3 directory.
++ * Add considering interoperability (between 1.8 & 2.0) requirement.
++ */
++int ext3_add_dot_dotdot(handle_t *handle, struct inode * dir,
++ struct inode *inode)
++{
++ struct buffer_head * dir_block;
++ struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de;
++ int err = 0;
++
++ if (IS_ERR(handle))
++ return PTR_ERR(handle);
++
++ if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
++ handle->h_sync = 1;
++
++ inode->i_op = &ext3_dir_inode_operations;
++ inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
++ inode->i_size = EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
++ dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
++ if (!dir_block) {
++ inode->i_nlink--; /* is this nlink == 0? */
++ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
++ iput (inode);
++ goto get_out;
++ }
++ BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
++ ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_block);
++ de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) dir_block->b_data;
++ de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
++ de->name_len = 1;
++ de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len));
++ strcpy (de->name, ".");
++ ext3_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
++ de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *)
++ ((char *) de + le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len));
++ de->inode = cpu_to_le32(dir->i_ino);
++ de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize-EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(1));
++ de->name_len = 2;
++ strcpy (de->name, "..");
++ ext3_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
++ inode->i_nlink = 2;
++ BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
++ ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, dir_block);
++ brelse (dir_block);
++ ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
++
++get_out:
++ return err;
++
++}
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext3_add_dot_dotdot);
++
+ static int ext3_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode)
+ {
+ handle_t *handle;
+ struct inode * inode;
+- struct buffer_head * dir_block;
+- struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de;
+ int err, retries = 0;
+
+ if (dir->i_nlink >= EXT3_LINK_MAX)
+@@ -1777,36 +1832,10 @@ retry:
+ if (IS_ERR(inode))
+ goto out_stop;
+
+- inode->i_op = &ext3_dir_inode_operations;
+- inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
+- inode->i_size = EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+- dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
+- if (!dir_block) {
+- inode->i_nlink--; /* is this nlink == 0? */
+- ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+- iput (inode);
++ err = ext3_add_dot_dotdot(handle, dir, inode);
++ if (err)
+ goto out_stop;
+- }
+- BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
+- ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_block);
+- de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) dir_block->b_data;
+- de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
+- de->name_len = 1;
+- de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len));
+- strcpy (de->name, ".");
+- ext3_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
+- de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *)
+- ((char *) de + le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len));
+- de->inode = cpu_to_le32(dir->i_ino);
+- de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize-EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(1));
+- de->name_len = 2;
+- strcpy (de->name, "..");
+- ext3_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
+- inode->i_nlink = 2;
+- BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
+- ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, dir_block);
+- brelse (dir_block);
+- ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
++
+ err = ext3_add_entry (handle, dentry, inode);
+ if (err) {
+ inode->i_nlink = 0;