1 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 31db7e3881b1..f2e2ffbf6c95 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -343,6 +343,31 @@ bail:
         return status;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check whether 'de' has enough room to hold an entry of
+ * 'new_rec_len' bytes.
+ */
+static inline int ocfs2_dirent_would_fit(struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de,
+                                         unsigned int new_rec_len)
+{
+        unsigned int de_really_used;
+
+        /* Check whether this is an empty record with enough space */
+        if (le64_to_cpu(de->inode) == 0 &&
+            le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len) >= new_rec_len)
+                return 1;
+
+        /*
+         * Record might have free space at the end which we can
+         * use.
+         */
+        de_really_used = OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len);
+        if (le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len) >= (de_really_used + new_rec_len))
+            return 1;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
 /* we don't always have a dentry for what we want to add, so people
  * like orphan dir can call this instead.
  *
@@ -385,10 +410,8 @@ int __ocfs2_add_entry(handle_t *handle,
                         retval = -EEXIST;
                         goto bail;
                 }
-                if (((le64_to_cpu(de->inode) == 0) &&
-                     (le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len) >= rec_len)) ||
-                    (le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len) >=
-                     (OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len) + rec_len))) {
+
+                if (ocfs2_dirent_would_fit(de, rec_len)) {
                         dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
                         retval = ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir, parent_fe_bh);
                         if (retval < 0) {
@@ -1078,10 +1101,7 @@ int ocfs2_prepare_dir_for_insert(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                         status = -EEXIST;
                         goto bail;
                 }
-                if (((le64_to_cpu(de->inode) == 0) &&
-                     (le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len) >= rec_len)) ||
-                    (le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len) >=
-                     (OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len) + rec_len))) {
+                if (ocfs2_dirent_would_fit(de, rec_len)) {
                         /* Ok, we found a spot. Return this bh and let
                          * the caller actually fill it in. */
                         *ret_de_bh = bh;