--- /dev/null
+Index: linux-2.6.9-full/include/linux/ext3_extents.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.9-full.orig/include/linux/ext3_extents.h 2007-03-23 15:57:00.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-2.6.9-full/include/linux/ext3_extents.h 2007-03-26 22:08:16.000000000 +0400
+@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ struct ext3_extent_tree_stats {
+ int leaf_num;
+ };
+
++extern int ext3_ext_search_left(struct ext3_extents_tree *, struct ext3_ext_path *, unsigned long *, unsigned long *);
++extern int ext3_ext_search_right(struct ext3_extents_tree *, struct ext3_ext_path *, unsigned long *, unsigned long *);
+ extern void ext3_init_tree_desc(struct ext3_extents_tree *, struct inode *);
+ extern int ext3_extent_tree_init(handle_t *, struct ext3_extents_tree *);
+ extern int ext3_ext_calc_credits_for_insert(struct ext3_extents_tree *, struct ext3_ext_path *);
+Index: linux-2.6.9-full/fs/ext3/extents.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.9-full.orig/fs/ext3/extents.c 2007-03-23 15:57:00.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-2.6.9-full/fs/ext3/extents.c 2007-03-26 22:07:37.000000000 +0400
+@@ -929,6 +929,150 @@ repeat:
+ }
+
+ /*
++ * search the closest allocated block to the left for *logical
++ * and returns it at @logical + it's physical address at @phys
++ * if *logical is the smallest allocated block, the function
++ * returns 0 at @phys
++ * return value contains 0 (success) or error code
++ */
++int
++ext3_ext_search_left(struct ext3_extents_tree *tree, struct ext3_ext_path *path,
++ unsigned long *logical, unsigned long *phys)
++{
++ struct ext3_extent_idx *ix;
++ struct ext3_extent *ex;
++ int depth;
++
++ BUG_ON(path == NULL);
++ depth = path->p_depth;
++ *phys = 0;
++
++ if (depth == 0 && path->p_ext == NULL)
++ return 0;
++
++ /* usually extent in the path covers blocks smaller
++ * then *logical, but it can be that extent is the
++ * first one in the file */
++
++ ex = path[depth].p_ext;
++ if (*logical < ex->ee_block) {
++ BUG_ON(EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr) != ex);
++ while (--depth >= 0) {
++ ix = path[depth].p_idx;
++ BUG_ON(ix != EXT_FIRST_INDEX(path[depth].p_hdr));
++ }
++ return 0;
++ }
++
++ BUG_ON(*logical < ex->ee_block + ex->ee_len);
++
++ *logical = ex->ee_block + ex->ee_len - 1;
++ *phys = ex->ee_start + ex->ee_len - 1;
++ return 0;
++}
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext3_ext_search_left);
++
++/*
++ * search the closest allocated block to the right for *logical
++ * and returns it at @logical + it's physical address at @phys
++ * if *logical is the smallest allocated block, the function
++ * returns 0 at @phys
++ * return value contains 0 (success) or error code
++ */
++int
++ext3_ext_search_right(struct ext3_extents_tree *tree, struct ext3_ext_path *path,
++ unsigned long *logical, unsigned long *phys)
++{
++ struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
++ struct ext3_extent_header *eh;
++ struct ext3_extent_idx *ix;
++ struct ext3_extent *ex;
++ unsigned long block;
++ int depth;
++
++ BUG_ON(path == NULL);
++ depth = path->p_depth;
++ *phys = 0;
++
++ if (depth == 0 && path->p_ext == NULL)
++ return 0;
++
++ /* usually extent in the path covers blocks smaller
++ * then *logical, but it can be that extent is the
++ * first one in the file */
++
++ ex = path[depth].p_ext;
++ if (*logical < ex->ee_block) {
++ BUG_ON(EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr) != ex);
++ while (--depth >= 0) {
++ ix = path[depth].p_idx;
++ BUG_ON(ix != EXT_FIRST_INDEX(path[depth].p_hdr));
++ }
++ *logical = ex->ee_block;
++ *phys = ex->ee_start;
++ return 0;
++ }
++
++ BUG_ON(*logical < ex->ee_block + ex->ee_len);
++
++ if (ex != EXT_LAST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr)) {
++ /* next allocated block in this leaf */
++ ex++;
++ *logical = ex->ee_block;
++ *phys = ex->ee_start;
++ return 0;
++ }
++
++ /* go up and search for index to the right */
++ while (--depth >= 0) {
++ ix = path[depth].p_idx;
++ if (ix != EXT_LAST_INDEX(path[depth].p_hdr))
++ break;
++ }
++
++ if (depth < 0) {
++ /* we've gone up to the root and
++ * found no index to the right */
++ return 0;
++ }
++
++ /* we've found index to the right, let's
++ * follow it and find the closest allocated
++ * block to the right */
++ ix++;
++ block = ix->ei_leaf;
++ while (++depth < path->p_depth) {
++ bh = sb_bread(tree->inode->i_sb, block);
++ if (bh == NULL)
++ return -EIO;
++ eh = EXT_BLOCK_HDR(bh);
++ if (ext3_ext_check_header(eh)) {
++ brelse(bh);
++ return -EIO;
++ }
++ ix = EXT_FIRST_INDEX(eh);
++ block = ix->ei_leaf;
++ brelse(bh);
++ }
++
++ bh = sb_bread(tree->inode->i_sb, block);
++ if (bh == NULL)
++ return -EIO;
++ eh = EXT_BLOCK_HDR(bh);
++ if (ext3_ext_check_header(eh)) {
++ brelse(bh);
++ return -EIO;
++ }
++ ex = EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh);
++ *logical = ex->ee_block;
++ *phys = ex->ee_start;
++ brelse(bh);
++ return 0;
++
++}
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext3_ext_search_right);
++
++/*
+ * returns allocated block in subsequent extent or EXT_MAX_BLOCK
+ * NOTE: it consider block number from index entry as
+ * allocated block. thus, index entries have to be consistent