bh = NULL;
                }
        }
+       if (!bh && !(*err)) {
+               *err = -EIO;
+               ext4_error(inode->i_sb,
+                          "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                          inode->i_ino);
+       }
        return bh;
 }
 
        u32 hash;
 
        frame->bh = NULL;
-       if (!(bh = ext4_bread (NULL,dir, 0, 0, err)))
+       if (!(bh = ext4_bread(NULL, dir, 0, 0, err))) {
+               if (*err == 0)
+                       *err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
                goto fail;
+       }
        root = (struct dx_root *) bh->b_data;
        if (root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_TEA &&
            root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_HALF_MD4 &&
                frame->entries = entries;
                frame->at = at;
                if (!indirect--) return frame;
-               if (!(bh = ext4_bread (NULL,dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err)))
+               if (!(bh = ext4_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err))) {
+                       if (!(*err))
+                               *err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
                        goto fail2;
+               }
                at = entries = ((struct dx_node *) bh->b_data)->entries;
 
                if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
         */
        while (num_frames--) {
                if (!(bh = ext4_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(p->at),
-                                     0, &err)))
+                                     0, &err))) {
+                       if (!err) {
+                               ext4_error(dir->i_sb,
+                                          "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                                          dir->i_ino);
+                               return -EIO;
+                       }
                        return err; /* Failure */
+               }
 
                if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
                    !ext4_dx_csum_verify(dir,
 
        dxtrace(printk(KERN_INFO "In htree dirblock_to_tree: block %lu\n",
                                                        (unsigned long)block));
-       if (!(bh = ext4_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
+       if (!(bh = ext4_bread(NULL, dir, block, 0, &err))) {
+               if (!err) {
+                       err = -EIO;
+                       ext4_error(dir->i_sb,
+                                  "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                                  dir->i_ino);
+               }
                return err;
+       }
 
        if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
            !ext4_dirent_csum_verify(dir, (struct ext4_dir_entry *)bh->b_data))
                return NULL;
        do {
                block = dx_get_block(frame->at);
-               if (!(bh = ext4_bread(NULL, dir, block, 0, err)))
+               if (!(bh = ext4_bread(NULL, dir, block, 0, err))) {
+                       if (!(*err)) {
+                               *err = -EIO;
+                               ext4_error(dir->i_sb,
+                                          "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                                          dir->i_ino);
+                       }
                        goto errout;
+               }
 
                if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
                    !ext4_dirent_csum_verify(dir,
        }
        blocks = dir->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
        for (block = 0; block < blocks; block++) {
-               bh = ext4_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval);
-               if(!bh)
+               if (!(bh = ext4_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval))) {
+                       if (!retval) {
+                               retval = -EIO;
+                               ext4_error(inode->i_sb,
+                                          "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                                          inode->i_ino);
+                       }
                        return retval;
+               }
                if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
                    !ext4_dirent_csum_verify(dir,
                                (struct ext4_dir_entry *)bh->b_data))
        entries = frame->entries;
        at = frame->at;
 
-       if (!(bh = ext4_bread(handle,dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err)))
+       if (!(bh = ext4_bread(handle, dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err))) {
+               if (!err) {
+                       err = -EIO;
+                       ext4_error(dir->i_sb,
+                                  "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                                  dir->i_ino);
+               }
                goto cleanup;
+       }
 
        if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
            !ext4_dirent_csum_verify(dir, (struct ext4_dir_entry *)bh->b_data))
        inode->i_op = &ext4_dir_inode_operations;
        inode->i_fop = &ext4_dir_operations;
        inode->i_size = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
-       dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
-       if (!dir_block)
+       if (!(dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err))) {
+               if (!err) {
+                       err = -EIO;
+                       ext4_error(inode->i_sb,
+                                  "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                                  inode->i_ino);
+               }
                goto out_clear_inode;
+       }
        BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
        err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_block);
        if (err)
                                        EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
                                                "error %d reading directory "
                                                "lblock %u", err, lblock);
+                               else
+                                       ext4_warning(inode->i_sb,
+                                               "bad directory (dir #%lu) - no data block",
+                                               inode->i_ino);
+
                                offset += sb->s_blocksize;
                                continue;
                        }
                                goto end_rename;
                }
                retval = -EIO;
-               dir_bh = ext4_bread(handle, old_inode, 0, 0, &retval);
-               if (!dir_bh)
+               if (!(dir_bh = ext4_bread(handle, old_inode, 0, 0, &retval))) {
+                       if (!retval) {
+                               retval = -EIO;
+                               ext4_error(old_inode->i_sb,
+                                          "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+                                          old_inode->i_ino);
+                       }
                        goto end_rename;
+               }
                if (!buffer_verified(dir_bh) &&
                    !ext4_dirent_csum_verify(old_inode,
                                (struct ext4_dir_entry *)dir_bh->b_data))