4 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 9a50b8052dc..de9459b4cb9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -609,7 +609,9 @@ int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
  */
 int ext4_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries)
 {
-	if (!ext4_has_free_blocks(EXT4_SB(sb), 1) || (*retries)++ > 3)
+	if (!ext4_has_free_blocks(EXT4_SB(sb), 1) ||
+	    (*retries)++ > 3 ||
+	    !EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal)
 		return 0;
 
 	jbd_debug(1, "%s: retrying operation after ENOSPC\n", sb->s_id);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 4fb86a0061d..f18a919be70 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -715,6 +715,13 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode)
 
 	if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
 		ret2 = find_group_flex(sb, dir, &group);
+		if (ret2 == -1) {
+			ret2 = find_group_other(sb, dir, &group);
+			if (ret2 == 0 && printk_ratelimit())
+				printk(KERN_NOTICE "ext4: find_group_flex "
+				       "failed, fallback succeeded dir %lu\n",
+				       dir->i_ino);
+		}
 		goto got_group;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index cbd2ca99d11..c7fed5b1874 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1368,6 +1368,10 @@ retry:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* We cannot recurse into the filesystem as the transaction is already
+	 * started */
+	flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
+
 	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page) {
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
@@ -1377,7 +1381,7 @@ retry:
 	*pagep = page;
 
 	ret = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-							ext4_get_block);
+				ext4_get_block);
 
 	if (!ret && ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
 		ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_buffers(page),
@@ -2540,7 +2544,7 @@ retry:
 
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 
-		if (mpd.retval == -ENOSPC) {
+		if ((mpd.retval == -ENOSPC) && sbi->s_journal) {
 			/* commit the transaction which would
 			 * free blocks released in the transaction
 			 * and try again
@@ -2667,6 +2671,9 @@ retry:
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
 	}
+	/* We cannot recurse into the filesystem as the transaction is already
+	 * started */
+	flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
 
 	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index a5732c58f67..39d1993cfa1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3091,7 +3091,6 @@ static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 
 		/* Journal blocked and flushed, clear needs_recovery flag. */
 		EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
-		ext4_commit_super(sb, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es, 1);
 		error = ext4_commit_super(sb, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es, 1);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;