dx_hash_info *hinfo);
 
 /* ialloc.c */
-extern struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *, umode_t,
-                                   const struct qstr *qstr, __u32 goal,
-                                   uid_t *owner);
+extern struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *, umode_t,
+                                     const struct qstr *qstr, __u32 goal,
+                                     uid_t *owner, int handle_type,
+                                     unsigned int line_no, int nblocks);
+
+#define ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, qstr, goal, owner) \
+       __ext4_new_inode((handle), (dir), (mode), (qstr), (goal), (owner), \
+                        0, 0, 0)
+#define ext4_new_inode_start_handle(dir, mode, qstr, goal, owner, \
+                                   type, nblocks)                  \
+       __ext4_new_inode(NULL, (dir), (mode), (qstr), (goal), (owner), \
+                        (type), __LINE__, (nblocks))
+
+
 extern void ext4_free_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *);
 extern struct inode * ext4_orphan_get(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern unsigned long ext4_count_free_inodes(struct super_block *);
 
 {
        handle_t *handle;
        struct inode *inode;
-       int err, retries = 0;
+       int err, credits, retries = 0;
 
        dquot_initialize(dir);
 
+       credits = (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
+                  EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
+                  EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
 retry:
-       handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
-               (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-                EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-                EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
-       if (IS_ERR(handle))
-               return PTR_ERR(handle);
-
-       if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
-               ext4_handle_sync(handle);
-
-       inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL);
+       inode = ext4_new_inode_start_handle(dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0,
+                                           NULL, EXT4_HT_DIR, credits);
+       handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();
        err = PTR_ERR(inode);
        if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
                inode->i_op = &ext4_file_inode_operations;
                inode->i_fop = &ext4_file_operations;
                ext4_set_aops(inode);
                err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+               if (!err && IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
+                       ext4_handle_sync(handle);
        }
-       ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+       if (handle)
+               ext4_journal_stop(handle);
        if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
                goto retry;
        return err;
 {
        handle_t *handle;
        struct inode *inode;
-       int err, retries = 0;
+       int err, credits, retries = 0;
 
        if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
                return -EINVAL;
 
        dquot_initialize(dir);
 
+       credits = (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
+                  EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
+                  EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
 retry:
-       handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
-               (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-                EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-                EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
-       if (IS_ERR(handle))
-               return PTR_ERR(handle);
-
-       if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
-               ext4_handle_sync(handle);
-
-       inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL);
+       inode = ext4_new_inode_start_handle(dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0,
+                                           NULL, EXT4_HT_DIR, credits);
+       handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();
        err = PTR_ERR(inode);
        if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
                init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
                inode->i_op = &ext4_special_inode_operations;
                err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+               if (!err && IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
+                       ext4_handle_sync(handle);
        }
-       ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+       if (handle)
+               ext4_journal_stop(handle);
        if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
                goto retry;
        return err;
 {
        handle_t *handle;
        struct inode *inode;
-       int err, retries = 0;
+       int err, credits, retries = 0;
 
        if (EXT4_DIR_LINK_MAX(dir))
                return -EMLINK;
 
        dquot_initialize(dir);
 
+       credits = (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
+                  EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
+                  EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
 retry:
-       handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
-               (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-                EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-                EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
-       if (IS_ERR(handle))
-               return PTR_ERR(handle);
-
-       if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
-               ext4_handle_sync(handle);
-
-       inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, S_IFDIR | mode,
-                              &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL);
+       inode = ext4_new_inode_start_handle(dir, S_IFDIR | mode,
+                                           &dentry->d_name,
+                                           0, NULL, EXT4_HT_DIR, credits);
+       handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();
        err = PTR_ERR(inode);
        if (IS_ERR(inode))
                goto out_stop;
                goto out_clear_inode;
        unlock_new_inode(inode);
        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+       if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
+               ext4_handle_sync(handle);
+
 out_stop:
-       ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+       if (handle)
+               ext4_journal_stop(handle);
        if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
                goto retry;
        return err;
                          EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb);
        }
 retry:
-       handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR, credits);
-       if (IS_ERR(handle))
-               return PTR_ERR(handle);
-
-       if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
-               ext4_handle_sync(handle);
-
-       inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
-                              &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL);
+       inode = ext4_new_inode_start_handle(dir, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
+                                           &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL,
+                                           EXT4_HT_DIR, credits);
+       handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();
        err = PTR_ERR(inode);
        if (IS_ERR(inode))
                goto out_stop;
        }
        EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
        err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+       if (!err && IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
+               ext4_handle_sync(handle);
+
 out_stop:
-       ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+       if (handle)
+               ext4_journal_stop(handle);
        if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
                goto retry;
        return err;