1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 3f98ee712ff4..2f645732e3b7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ err_ret:
  * group to find a free inode.
  */
 struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
-                             const struct qstr *qstr)
+                             const struct qstr *qstr, __u32 goal)
 {
         struct super_block *sb;
         struct buffer_head *inode_bitmap_bh = NULL;
@@ -830,6 +830,16 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
         ei = EXT4_I(inode);
         sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 
+        if (!goal)
+                goal = sbi->s_inode_goal;
+
+        if (goal && goal < le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count)) {
+                group = (goal - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
+                ino = (goal - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
+                ret2 = 0;
+                goto got_group;
+        }
+
         if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex && test_opt(sb, OLDALLOC)) {
                 ret2 = find_group_flex(sb, dir, &group);
                 if (ret2 == -1) {
@@ -858,7 +868,7 @@ got_group:
         if (ret2 == -1)
                 goto out;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++, ino = 0) {
                 err = -EIO;
 
                 gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, &group_desc_bh);
@@ -870,8 +880,6 @@ got_group:
                 if (!inode_bitmap_bh)
                         goto fail;
 
-                ino = 0;
-
 repeat_in_this_group:
                 ino = ext4_find_next_zero_bit((unsigned long *)
                                               inode_bitmap_bh->b_data,