partially overwritten pages, if needed. And lock the pages,
                   so that nobody else can access these until we are done.
                   We get number of actual blocks needed as a result. */
-               blocks_to_allocate =
-                   reiserfs_prepare_file_region_for_write(inode, pos,
-                                                          num_pages,
-                                                          write_bytes,
-                                                          prepared_pages);
-               if (blocks_to_allocate < 0) {
-                       res = blocks_to_allocate;
+               res = reiserfs_prepare_file_region_for_write(inode, pos,
+                                                            num_pages,
+                                                            write_bytes,
+                                                            prepared_pages);
+               if (res < 0) {
                        reiserfs_release_claimed_blocks(inode->i_sb,
                                                        num_pages <<
                                                        (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT -
                        break;
                }
 
+               blocks_to_allocate = res;
+
                /* First we correct our estimate of how many blocks we need */
                reiserfs_release_claimed_blocks(inode->i_sb,
                                                (num_pages <<
 
        reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
        version = get_inode_item_key_version(inode);
 
-       if (block < 0) {
-               reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
-               return -EIO;
-       }
-
        if (!file_capable(inode, block)) {
                reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
                return -EFBIG;
                                     //pos_in_item * inode->i_sb->s_blocksize,
                                     TYPE_INDIRECT, 3); // key type is unimportant
 
+                       RFALSE(cpu_key_k_offset(&tmp_key) > cpu_key_k_offset(&key),
+                              "green-805: invalid offset");
                        blocks_needed =
                            1 +
                            ((cpu_key_k_offset(&key) -
                              cpu_key_k_offset(&tmp_key)) >> inode->i_sb->
                             s_blocksize_bits);
-                       RFALSE(blocks_needed < 0, "green-805: invalid offset");
 
                        if (blocks_needed == 1) {
                                un = &unf_single;
 
                return 1;
        }
        jh = (struct reiserfs_journal_header *)(journal->j_header_bh->b_data);
-       if (le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) >= 0 &&
-           le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) <
+       if (le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) <
            SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb)
            && le32_to_cpu(jh->j_last_flush_trans_id) > 0) {
                oldest_start =