diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index f27e5378..a966968 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -47,62 +47,230 @@
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
-static int ocfs2_extent_contig(struct inode *inode,
-			       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
-			       u64 blkno);
-
-static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				     handle_t *handle,
-				     struct inode *inode,
-				     int wanted,
-				     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
-				     struct buffer_head *bhs[]);
-
-static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			    handle_t *handle,
-			    struct inode *inode,
-			    struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
-			    struct buffer_head *eb_bh,
-			    struct buffer_head *last_eb_bh,
-			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac);
-
-static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				  handle_t *handle,
-				  struct inode *inode,
-				  struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
-				  struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
-				  struct buffer_head **ret_new_eb_bh);
-
-static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				  handle_t *handle,
-				  struct inode *inode,
-				  struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
-				  u64 blkno,
-				  u32 new_clusters);
-
-static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				    struct inode *inode,
-				    struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
-				    struct buffer_head **target_bh);
-
-static int ocfs2_find_new_last_ext_blk(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				       struct inode *inode,
-				       struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
-				       unsigned int new_i_clusters,
-				       struct buffer_head *old_last_eb,
-				       struct buffer_head **new_last_eb);
-
 static void ocfs2_free_truncate_context(struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc);
 
-static int ocfs2_extent_contig(struct inode *inode,
-			       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
-			       u64 blkno)
+/*
+ * Structures which describe a path through a btree, and functions to
+ * manipulate them.
+ *
+ * The idea here is to be as generic as possible with the tree
+ * manipulation code.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_path_item {
+	struct buffer_head		*bh;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list	*el;
+};
+
+#define OCFS2_MAX_PATH_DEPTH	5
+
+struct ocfs2_path {
+	int			p_tree_depth;
+	struct ocfs2_path_item	p_node[OCFS2_MAX_PATH_DEPTH];
+};
+
+#define path_root_bh(_path) ((_path)->p_node[0].bh)
+#define path_root_el(_path) ((_path)->p_node[0].el)
+#define path_leaf_bh(_path) ((_path)->p_node[(_path)->p_tree_depth].bh)
+#define path_leaf_el(_path) ((_path)->p_node[(_path)->p_tree_depth].el)
+#define path_num_items(_path) ((_path)->p_tree_depth + 1)
+
+/*
+ * Reset the actual path elements so that we can re-use the structure
+ * to build another path. Generally, this involves freeing the buffer
+ * heads.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_reinit_path(struct ocfs2_path *path, int keep_root)
+{
+	int i, start = 0, depth = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_path_item *node;
+
+	if (keep_root)
+		start = 1;
+
+	for(i = start; i < path_num_items(path); i++) {
+		node = &path->p_node[i];
+
+		brelse(node->bh);
+		node->bh = NULL;
+		node->el = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Tree depth may change during truncate, or insert. If we're
+	 * keeping the root extent list, then make sure that our path
+	 * structure reflects the proper depth.
+	 */
+	if (keep_root)
+		depth = le16_to_cpu(path_root_el(path)->l_tree_depth);
+
+	path->p_tree_depth = depth;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_free_path(struct ocfs2_path *path)
+{
+	if (path) {
+		ocfs2_reinit_path(path, 0);
+		kfree(path);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make the *dest path the same as src and re-initialize src path to
+ * have a root only.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_mv_path(struct ocfs2_path *dest, struct ocfs2_path *src)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	BUG_ON(path_root_bh(dest) != path_root_bh(src));
+
+	for(i = 1; i < OCFS2_MAX_PATH_DEPTH; i++) {
+		brelse(dest->p_node[i].bh);
+
+		dest->p_node[i].bh = src->p_node[i].bh;
+		dest->p_node[i].el = src->p_node[i].el;
+
+		src->p_node[i].bh = NULL;
+		src->p_node[i].el = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Insert an extent block at given index.
+ *
+ * This will not take an additional reference on eb_bh.
+ */
+static inline void ocfs2_path_insert_eb(struct ocfs2_path *path, int index,
+					struct buffer_head *eb_bh)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *)eb_bh->b_data;
+
+	/*
+	 * Right now, no root bh is an extent block, so this helps
+	 * catch code errors with dinode trees. The assertion can be
+	 * safely removed if we ever need to insert extent block
+	 * structures at the root.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(index == 0);
+
+	path->p_node[index].bh = eb_bh;
+	path->p_node[index].el = &eb->h_list;
+}
+
+static struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path(struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+					 struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_path *path;
+
+	BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_tree_depth) >= OCFS2_MAX_PATH_DEPTH);
+
+	path = kzalloc(sizeof(*path), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (path) {
+		path->p_tree_depth = le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_tree_depth);
+		get_bh(root_bh);
+		path_root_bh(path) = root_bh;
+		path_root_el(path) = root_el;
+	}
+
+	return path;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Allocate and initialize a new path based on a disk inode tree.
+ */
+static struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_inode_path(struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &di->id2.i_list;
+
+	return ocfs2_new_path(di_bh, el);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Convenience function to journal all components in a path.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_journal_access_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_path *path)
+{
+	int i, ret = 0;
+
+	if (!path)
+		goto out;
+
+	for(i = 0; i < path_num_items(path); i++) {
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, path->p_node[i].bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+enum ocfs2_contig_type {
+	CONTIG_NONE = 0,
+	CONTIG_LEFT,
+	CONTIG_RIGHT
+};
+
+static int ocfs2_block_extent_contig(struct super_block *sb,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
+				     u64 blkno)
 {
 	return blkno == (le64_to_cpu(ext->e_blkno) +
-			 ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb,
+			 ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb,
 						  le32_to_cpu(ext->e_clusters)));
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_extents_adjacent(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *right)
+{
+	return (le32_to_cpu(left->e_cpos) + le32_to_cpu(left->e_clusters) ==
+		le32_to_cpu(right->e_cpos));
+}
+
+static enum ocfs2_contig_type
+	ocfs2_extent_contig(struct inode *inode,
+			    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
+			    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
+{
+	u64 blkno = le64_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_blkno);
+
+	if (ocfs2_extents_adjacent(ext, insert_rec) &&
+	    ocfs2_block_extent_contig(inode->i_sb, ext, blkno))
+			return CONTIG_RIGHT;
+
+	blkno = le64_to_cpu(ext->e_blkno);
+	if (ocfs2_extents_adjacent(insert_rec, ext) &&
+	    ocfs2_block_extent_contig(inode->i_sb, insert_rec, blkno))
+		return CONTIG_LEFT;
+
+	return CONTIG_NONE;
+}
+
+/*
+ * NOTE: We can have pretty much any combination of contiguousness and
+ * appending.
+ *
+ * The usefulness of APPEND_TAIL is more in that it lets us know that
+ * we'll have to update the path to that leaf.
+ */
+enum ocfs2_append_type {
+	APPEND_NONE = 0,
+	APPEND_TAIL,
+};
+
+struct ocfs2_insert_type {
+	enum ocfs2_append_type	ins_appending;
+	enum ocfs2_contig_type	ins_contig;
+	int			ins_contig_index;
+	int			ins_free_records;
+	int			ins_tree_depth;
+};
+
 /*
  * How many free extents have we got before we need more meta data?
  */
@@ -242,6 +410,28 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Helper function for ocfs2_add_branch() and ocfs2_shift_tree_depth().
+ *
+ * Returns the sum of the rightmost extent rec logical offset and
+ * cluster count.
+ *
+ * ocfs2_add_branch() uses this to determine what logical cluster
+ * value should be populated into the leftmost new branch records.
+ *
+ * ocfs2_shift_tree_depth() uses this to determine the # clusters
+ * value for the new topmost tree record.
+ */
+static inline u32 ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec(struct ocfs2_extent_list  *el)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
+
+	return le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos) +
+		le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters);
+}
+
+/*
  * Add an entire tree branch to our inode. eb_bh is the extent block
  * to start at, if we don't want to start the branch at the dinode
  * structure.
@@ -268,6 +458,7 @@
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *eb_el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *el;
+	u32 new_cpos;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
@@ -302,6 +493,9 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *)last_eb_bh->b_data;
+	new_cpos = ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec(&eb->h_list);
+
 	/* Note: new_eb_bhs[new_blocks - 1] is the guy which will be
 	 * linked with the rest of the tree.
 	 * conversly, new_eb_bhs[0] is the new bottommost leaf.
@@ -330,7 +524,11 @@
 		eb->h_next_leaf_blk = 0;
 		eb_el->l_tree_depth = cpu_to_le16(i);
 		eb_el->l_next_free_rec = cpu_to_le16(1);
-		eb_el->l_recs[0].e_cpos = fe->i_clusters;
+		/*
+		 * This actually counts as an empty extent as
+		 * c_clusters == 0
+		 */
+		eb_el->l_recs[0].e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(new_cpos);
 		eb_el->l_recs[0].e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(next_blkno);
 		eb_el->l_recs[0].e_clusters = cpu_to_le32(0);
 		if (!eb_el->l_tree_depth)
@@ -376,7 +574,7 @@
 	 * either be on the fe, or the extent block passed in. */
 	i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
 	el->l_recs[i].e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(next_blkno);
-	el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = fe->i_clusters;
+	el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(new_cpos);
 	el->l_recs[i].e_clusters = 0;
 	le16_add_cpu(&el->l_next_free_rec, 1);
 
@@ -425,6 +623,7 @@
 				  struct buffer_head **ret_new_eb_bh)
 {
 	int status, i;
+	u32 new_clusters;
 	struct buffer_head *new_eb_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
@@ -480,11 +679,13 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	new_clusters = ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec(eb_el);
+
 	/* update fe now */
 	le16_add_cpu(&fe_el->l_tree_depth, 1);
 	fe_el->l_recs[0].e_cpos = 0;
 	fe_el->l_recs[0].e_blkno = eb->h_blkno;
-	fe_el->l_recs[0].e_clusters = fe->i_clusters;
+	fe_el->l_recs[0].e_clusters = cpu_to_le32(new_clusters);
 	for(i = 1; i < le16_to_cpu(fe_el->l_next_free_rec); i++) {
 		fe_el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = 0;
 		fe_el->l_recs[i].e_clusters = 0;
@@ -515,199 +716,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Expects the tree to already have room in the rightmost leaf for the
- * extent.  Updates all the extent blocks (and the dinode) on the way
- * down.
- */
-static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				  handle_t *handle,
-				  struct inode *inode,
-				  struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
-				  u64 start_blk,
-				  u32 new_clusters)
-{
-	int status, i, num_bhs = 0;
-	u64 next_blkno;
-	u16 next_free;
-	struct buffer_head **eb_bhs = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *el;
-
-	mlog_entry_void();
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, fe_bh,
-				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
-
-	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
-	el = &fe->id2.i_list;
-	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
-		/* This is another operation where we want to be
-		 * careful about our tree updates. An error here means
-		 * none of the previous changes we made should roll
-		 * forward. As a result, we have to record the buffers
-		 * for this part of the tree in an array and reserve a
-		 * journal write to them before making any changes. */
-		num_bhs = le16_to_cpu(fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth);
-		eb_bhs = kcalloc(num_bhs, sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-				 GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!eb_bhs) {
-			status = -ENOMEM;
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
-
-		i = 0;
-		while(el->l_tree_depth) {
-			next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
-			if (next_free == 0) {
-				ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-					    "Dinode %llu has a bad extent list",
-					    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
-				status = -EIO;
-				goto bail;
-			}
-			next_blkno = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[next_free - 1].e_blkno);
-
-			BUG_ON(i >= num_bhs);
-			status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, next_blkno, &eb_bhs[i],
-						  OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
-			if (status < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(status);
-				goto bail;
-			}
-			eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) eb_bhs[i]->b_data;
-			if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(eb)) {
-				OCFS2_RO_ON_INVALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(inode->i_sb,
-								 eb);
-				status = -EIO;
-				goto bail;
-			}
-
-			status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, eb_bhs[i],
-						      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
-			if (status < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(status);
-				goto bail;
-			}
-
-			el = &eb->h_list;
-			i++;
-			/* When we leave this loop, eb_bhs[num_bhs - 1] will
-			 * hold the bottom-most leaf extent block. */
-		}
-		BUG_ON(el->l_tree_depth);
-
-		el = &fe->id2.i_list;
-		/* If we have tree depth, then the fe update is
-		 * trivial, and we want to switch el out for the
-		 * bottom-most leaf in order to update it with the
-		 * actual extent data below. */
-		next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
-		if (next_free == 0) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Dinode %llu has a bad extent list",
-				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
-			status = -EIO;
-			goto bail;
-		}
-		le32_add_cpu(&el->l_recs[next_free - 1].e_clusters,
-			     new_clusters);
-		/* (num_bhs - 1) to avoid the leaf */
-		for(i = 0; i < (num_bhs - 1); i++) {
-			eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) eb_bhs[i]->b_data;
-			el = &eb->h_list;
-
-			/* finally, make our actual change to the
-			 * intermediate extent blocks. */
-			next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
-			le32_add_cpu(&el->l_recs[next_free - 1].e_clusters,
-				     new_clusters);
-
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, eb_bhs[i]);
-			if (status < 0)
-				mlog_errno(status);
-		}
-		BUG_ON(i != (num_bhs - 1));
-		/* note that the leaf block wasn't touched in
-		 * the loop above */
-		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) eb_bhs[num_bhs - 1]->b_data;
-		el = &eb->h_list;
-		BUG_ON(el->l_tree_depth);
-	}
-
-	/* yay, we can finally add the actual extent now! */
-	i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
-	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) &&
-	    ocfs2_extent_contig(inode, &el->l_recs[i], start_blk)) {
-		le32_add_cpu(&el->l_recs[i].e_clusters, new_clusters);
-	} else if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) &&
-		   (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters) == 0)) {
-		/* having an empty extent at eof is legal. */
-		if (el->l_recs[i].e_cpos != fe->i_clusters) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Dinode %llu trailing extent is bad: "
-				    "cpos (%u) != number of clusters (%u)",
-				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				    le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos),
-				    le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters));
-			status = -EIO;
-			goto bail;
-		}
-		el->l_recs[i].e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(start_blk);
-		el->l_recs[i].e_clusters = cpu_to_le32(new_clusters);
-	} else {
-		/* No contiguous record, or no empty record at eof, so
-		 * we add a new one. */
-
-		BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) >=
-		       le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
-		i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
-
-		el->l_recs[i].e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(start_blk);
-		el->l_recs[i].e_clusters = cpu_to_le32(new_clusters);
-		el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = fe->i_clusters;
-		le16_add_cpu(&el->l_next_free_rec, 1);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * extent_map errors are not fatal, so they are ignored outside
-	 * of flushing the thing.
-	 */
-	status = ocfs2_extent_map_append(inode, &el->l_recs[i],
-					 new_clusters);
-	if (status) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		ocfs2_extent_map_drop(inode, le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters));
-	}
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-	if (fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth) {
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, eb_bhs[num_bhs - 1]);
-		if (status < 0)
-			mlog_errno(status);
-	}
-
-	status = 0;
-bail:
-	if (eb_bhs) {
-		for (i = 0; i < num_bhs; i++)
-			if (eb_bhs[i])
-				brelse(eb_bhs[i]);
-		kfree(eb_bhs);
-	}
-
-	mlog_exit(status);
-	return status;
-}
-
-/*
  * Should only be called when there is no space left in any of the
  * leaf nodes. What we want to do is find the lowest tree depth
  * non-leaf extent block with room for new records. There are three
@@ -807,53 +815,1523 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
-/* the caller needs to update fe->i_clusters */
+static inline int ocfs2_is_empty_extent(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec)
+{
+	return !rec->e_clusters;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function will discard the rightmost extent record.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_shift_records_right(struct ocfs2_extent_list *el)
+{
+	int next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
+	int count = le16_to_cpu(el->l_count);
+	unsigned int num_bytes;
+
+	BUG_ON(!next_free);
+	/* This will cause us to go off the end of our extent list. */
+	BUG_ON(next_free >= count);
+
+	num_bytes = sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec) * next_free;
+
+	memmove(&el->l_recs[1], &el->l_recs[0], num_bytes);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_rotate_leaf(struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+			      struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
+{
+	int i, insert_index, next_free, has_empty, num_bytes;
+	u32 insert_cpos = le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos);
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
+
+	next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
+	has_empty = ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]);
+
+	BUG_ON(!next_free);
+
+	/* The tree code before us didn't allow enough room in the leaf. */
+	if (el->l_next_free_rec == el->l_count && !has_empty)
+		BUG();
+
+	/*
+	 * The easiest way to approach this is to just remove the
+	 * empty extent and temporarily decrement next_free.
+	 */
+	if (has_empty) {
+		/*
+		 * If next_free was 1 (only an empty extent), this
+		 * loop won't execute, which is fine. We still want
+		 * the decrement above to happen.
+		 */
+		for(i = 0; i < (next_free - 1); i++)
+			el->l_recs[i] = el->l_recs[i+1];
+
+		next_free--;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Figure out what the new record index should be.
+	 */
+	for(i = 0; i < next_free; i++) {
+		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+
+		if (insert_cpos < le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos))
+			break;
+	}
+	insert_index = i;
+
+	mlog(0, "ins %u: index %d, has_empty %d, next_free %d, count %d\n",
+	     insert_cpos, insert_index, has_empty, next_free, le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
+
+	BUG_ON(insert_index < 0);
+	BUG_ON(insert_index >= le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
+	BUG_ON(insert_index > next_free);
+
+	/*
+	 * No need to memmove if we're just adding to the tail.
+	 */
+	if (insert_index != next_free) {
+		BUG_ON(next_free >= le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
+
+		num_bytes = next_free - insert_index;
+		num_bytes *= sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec);
+		memmove(&el->l_recs[insert_index + 1],
+			&el->l_recs[insert_index],
+			num_bytes);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Either we had an empty extent, and need to re-increment or
+	 * there was no empty extent on a non full rightmost leaf node,
+	 * in which case we still need to increment.
+	 */
+	next_free++;
+	el->l_next_free_rec = cpu_to_le16(next_free);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure none of the math above just messed up our tree.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) > le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
+
+	el->l_recs[insert_index] = *insert_rec;
+
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create an empty extent record .
+ *
+ * l_next_free_rec may be updated.
+ *
+ * If an empty extent already exists do nothing.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_create_empty_extent(struct ocfs2_extent_list *el)
+{
+	int next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
+
+	if (next_free == 0)
+		goto set_and_inc;
+
+	if (ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]))
+		return;
+
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(el->l_count == el->l_next_free_rec,
+			"Asked to create an empty extent in a full list:\n"
+			"count = %u, tree depth = %u",
+			le16_to_cpu(el->l_count),
+			le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth));
+
+	ocfs2_shift_records_right(el);
+
+set_and_inc:
+	le16_add_cpu(&el->l_next_free_rec, 1);
+	memset(&el->l_recs[0], 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec));
+}
+
+/*
+ * For a rotation which involves two leaf nodes, the "root node" is
+ * the lowest level tree node which contains a path to both leafs. This
+ * resulting set of information can be used to form a complete "subtree"
+ *
+ * This function is passed two full paths from the dinode down to a
+ * pair of adjacent leaves. It's task is to figure out which path
+ * index contains the subtree root - this can be the root index itself
+ * in a worst-case rotation.
+ *
+ * The array index of the subtree root is passed back.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_find_subtree_root(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ocfs2_path *left,
+				   struct ocfs2_path *right)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check that the caller passed in two paths from the same tree.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(path_root_bh(left) != path_root_bh(right));
+
+	do {
+		i++;
+
+		/*
+		 * The caller didn't pass two adjacent paths.
+		 */
+		mlog_bug_on_msg(i > left->p_tree_depth,
+				"Inode %lu, left depth %u, right depth %u\n"
+				"left leaf blk %llu, right leaf blk %llu\n",
+				inode->i_ino, left->p_tree_depth,
+				right->p_tree_depth,
+				(unsigned long long)path_leaf_bh(left)->b_blocknr,
+				(unsigned long long)path_leaf_bh(right)->b_blocknr);
+	} while (left->p_node[i].bh->b_blocknr ==
+		 right->p_node[i].bh->b_blocknr);
+
+	return i - 1;
+}
+
+typedef void (path_insert_t)(void *, struct buffer_head *);
+
+/*
+ * Traverse a btree path in search of cpos, starting at root_el.
+ *
+ * This code can be called with a cpos larger than the tree, in which
+ * case it will return the rightmost path.
+ */
+static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode,
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el, u32 cpos,
+			     path_insert_t *func, void *data)
+{
+	int i, ret = 0;
+	u32 range;
+	u64 blkno;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+
+	el = root_el;
+	while (el->l_tree_depth) {
+		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Inode %llu has empty extent list at "
+				    "depth %u\n",
+				    (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+				    le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth));
+			ret = -EROFS;
+			goto out;
+
+		}
+
+		for(i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1; i++) {
+			rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+
+			/*
+			 * In the case that cpos is off the allocation
+			 * tree, this should just wind up returning the
+			 * rightmost record.
+			 */
+			range = le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) +
+				le32_to_cpu(rec->e_clusters);
+			if (cpos >= le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) && cpos < range)
+			    break;
+		}
+
+		blkno = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno);
+		if (blkno == 0) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Inode %llu has bad blkno in extent list "
+				    "at depth %u (index %d)\n",
+				    (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+				    le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth), i);
+			ret = -EROFS;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		brelse(bh);
+		bh = NULL;
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), blkno,
+				       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) bh->b_data;
+		el = &eb->h_list;
+		if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(eb)) {
+			OCFS2_RO_ON_INVALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(inode->i_sb, eb);
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) >
+		    le16_to_cpu(el->l_count)) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Inode %llu has bad count in extent list "
+				    "at block %llu (next free=%u, count=%u)\n",
+				    (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+				    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+				    le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec),
+				    le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
+			ret = -EROFS;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (func)
+			func(data, bh);
+	}
+
+out:
+	/*
+	 * Catch any trailing bh that the loop didn't handle.
+	 */
+	brelse(bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given an initialized path (that is, it has a valid root extent
+ * list), this function will traverse the btree in search of the path
+ * which would contain cpos.
+ *
+ * The path traveled is recorded in the path structure.
+ *
+ * Note that this will not do any comparisons on leaf node extent
+ * records, so it will work fine in the case that we just added a tree
+ * branch.
+ */
+struct find_path_data {
+	int index;
+	struct ocfs2_path *path;
+};
+static void find_path_ins(void *data, struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	struct find_path_data *fp = data;
+
+	get_bh(bh);
+	ocfs2_path_insert_eb(fp->path, fp->index, bh);
+	fp->index++;
+}
+static int ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
+			   u32 cpos)
+{
+	struct find_path_data data;
+
+	data.index = 1;
+	data.path = path;
+	return __ocfs2_find_path(inode, path_root_el(path), cpos,
+				 find_path_ins, &data);
+}
+
+static void find_leaf_ins(void *data, struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb =(struct ocfs2_extent_block *)bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &eb->h_list;
+	struct buffer_head **ret = data;
+
+	/* We want to retain only the leaf block. */
+	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth) == 0) {
+		get_bh(bh);
+		*ret = bh;
+	}
+}
+/*
+ * Find the leaf block in the tree which would contain cpos. No
+ * checking of the actual leaf is done.
+ *
+ * Some paths want to call this instead of allocating a path structure
+ * and calling ocfs2_find_path().
+ *
+ * This function doesn't handle non btree extent lists.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_find_leaf(struct inode *inode,
+			   struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el, u32 cpos,
+			   struct buffer_head **leaf_bh)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+
+	ret = __ocfs2_find_path(inode, root_el, cpos, find_leaf_ins, &bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	*leaf_bh = bh;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Adjust the adjacent records (left_rec, right_rec) involved in a rotation.
+ *
+ * Basically, we've moved stuff around at the bottom of the tree and
+ * we need to fix up the extent records above the changes to reflect
+ * the new changes.
+ *
+ * left_rec: the record on the left.
+ * left_child_el: is the child list pointed to by left_rec
+ * right_rec: the record to the right of left_rec
+ * right_child_el: is the child list pointed to by right_rec
+ *
+ * By definition, this only works on interior nodes.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_adjust_adjacent_records(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_list *left_child_el,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *right_rec,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_list *right_child_el)
+{
+	u32 left_clusters, right_end;
+
+	/*
+	 * Interior nodes never have holes. Their cpos is the cpos of
+	 * the leftmost record in their child list. Their cluster
+	 * count covers the full theoretical range of their child list
+	 * - the range between their cpos and the cpos of the record
+	 * immediately to their right.
+	 */
+	left_clusters = le32_to_cpu(right_child_el->l_recs[0].e_cpos);
+	left_clusters -= le32_to_cpu(left_rec->e_cpos);
+	left_rec->e_clusters = cpu_to_le32(left_clusters);
+
+	/*
+	 * Calculate the rightmost cluster count boundary before
+	 * moving cpos - we will need to adjust e_clusters after
+	 * updating e_cpos to keep the same highest cluster count.
+	 */
+	right_end = le32_to_cpu(right_rec->e_cpos);
+	right_end += le32_to_cpu(right_rec->e_clusters);
+
+	right_rec->e_cpos = left_rec->e_cpos;
+	le32_add_cpu(&right_rec->e_cpos, left_clusters);
+
+	right_end -= le32_to_cpu(right_rec->e_cpos);
+	right_rec->e_clusters = cpu_to_le32(right_end);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Adjust the adjacent root node records involved in a
+ * rotation. left_el_blkno is passed in as a key so that we can easily
+ * find it's index in the root list.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_adjust_root_records(struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el,
+				      struct ocfs2_extent_list *left_el,
+				      struct ocfs2_extent_list *right_el,
+				      u64 left_el_blkno)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_tree_depth) <=
+	       le16_to_cpu(left_el->l_tree_depth));
+
+	for(i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_next_free_rec) - 1; i++) {
+		if (le64_to_cpu(root_el->l_recs[i].e_blkno) == left_el_blkno)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The path walking code should have never returned a root and
+	 * two paths which are not adjacent.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(i >= (le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_next_free_rec) - 1));
+
+	ocfs2_adjust_adjacent_records(&root_el->l_recs[i], left_el,
+				      &root_el->l_recs[i + 1], right_el);
+}
+
+/*
+ * We've changed a leaf block (in right_path) and need to reflect that
+ * change back up the subtree.
+ *
+ * This happens in multiple places:
+ *   - When we've moved an extent record from the left path leaf to the right
+ *     path leaf to make room for an empty extent in the left path leaf.
+ *   - When our insert into the right path leaf is at the leftmost edge
+ *     and requires an update of the path immediately to it's left. This
+ *     can occur at the end of some types of rotation and appending inserts.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+				       struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
+				       struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
+				       int subtree_index)
+{
+	int ret, i, idx;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, *left_el, *right_el;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec, *right_rec;
+	struct buffer_head *root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
+
+	/*
+	 * Update the counts and position values within all the
+	 * interior nodes to reflect the leaf rotation we just did.
+	 *
+	 * The root node is handled below the loop.
+	 *
+	 * We begin the loop with right_el and left_el pointing to the
+	 * leaf lists and work our way up.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE: within this loop, left_el and right_el always refer
+	 * to the *child* lists.
+	 */
+	left_el = path_leaf_el(left_path);
+	right_el = path_leaf_el(right_path);
+	for(i = left_path->p_tree_depth - 1; i > subtree_index; i--) {
+		mlog(0, "Adjust records at index %u\n", i);
+
+		/*
+		 * One nice property of knowing that all of these
+		 * nodes are below the root is that we only deal with
+		 * the leftmost right node record and the rightmost
+		 * left node record.
+		 */
+		el = left_path->p_node[i].el;
+		idx = le16_to_cpu(left_el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
+		left_rec = &el->l_recs[idx];
+
+		el = right_path->p_node[i].el;
+		right_rec = &el->l_recs[0];
+
+		ocfs2_adjust_adjacent_records(left_rec, left_el, right_rec,
+					      right_el);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_path->p_node[i].bh);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_path->p_node[i].bh);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+
+		/*
+		 * Setup our list pointers now so that the current
+		 * parents become children in the next iteration.
+		 */
+		left_el = left_path->p_node[i].el;
+		right_el = right_path->p_node[i].el;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * At the root node, adjust the two adjacent records which
+	 * begin our path to the leaves.
+	 */
+
+	el = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].el;
+	left_el = left_path->p_node[subtree_index + 1].el;
+	right_el = right_path->p_node[subtree_index + 1].el;
+
+	ocfs2_adjust_root_records(el, left_el, right_el,
+				  left_path->p_node[subtree_index + 1].bh->b_blocknr);
+
+	root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(struct inode *inode,
+				      handle_t *handle,
+				      struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
+				      struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
+				      int subtree_index)
+{
+	int ret, i;
+	struct buffer_head *right_leaf_bh;
+	struct buffer_head *left_leaf_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *root_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *right_el, *left_el;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec move_rec;
+
+	left_leaf_bh = path_leaf_bh(left_path);
+	left_el = path_leaf_el(left_path);
+
+	if (left_el->l_next_free_rec != left_el->l_count) {
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+			    "Inode %llu has non-full interior leaf node %llu"
+			    "(next free = %u)",
+			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			    (unsigned long long)left_leaf_bh->b_blocknr,
+			    le16_to_cpu(left_el->l_next_free_rec));
+		return -EROFS;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * This extent block may already have an empty record, so we
+	 * return early if so.
+	 */
+	if (ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&left_el->l_recs[0]))
+		return 0;
+
+	root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
+	BUG_ON(root_bh != right_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, root_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for(i = subtree_index + 1; i < path_num_items(right_path); i++) {
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode,
+					   right_path->p_node[i].bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode,
+					   left_path->p_node[i].bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	right_leaf_bh = path_leaf_bh(right_path);
+	right_el = path_leaf_el(right_path);
+
+	/* This is a code error, not a disk corruption. */
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(!right_el->l_next_free_rec, "Inode %llu: Rotate fails "
+			"because rightmost leaf block %llu is empty\n",
+			(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			(unsigned long long)right_leaf_bh->b_blocknr);
+
+	ocfs2_create_empty_extent(right_el);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_leaf_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Do the copy now. */
+	i = le16_to_cpu(left_el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
+	move_rec = left_el->l_recs[i];
+	right_el->l_recs[0] = move_rec;
+
+	/*
+	 * Clear out the record we just copied and shift everything
+	 * over, leaving an empty extent in the left leaf.
+	 *
+	 * We temporarily subtract from next_free_rec so that the
+	 * shift will lose the tail record (which is now defunct).
+	 */
+	le16_add_cpu(&left_el->l_next_free_rec, -1);
+	ocfs2_shift_records_right(left_el);
+	memset(&left_el->l_recs[0], 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec));
+	le16_add_cpu(&left_el->l_next_free_rec, 1);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_leaf_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(inode, handle, left_path, right_path,
+				subtree_index);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given a full path, determine what cpos value would return us a path
+ * containing the leaf immediately to the left of the current one.
+ *
+ * Will return zero if the path passed in is already the leftmost path.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(struct super_block *sb,
+					 struct ocfs2_path *path, u32 *cpos)
+{
+	int i, j, ret = 0;
+	u64 blkno;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+
+	*cpos = 0;
+
+	blkno = path_leaf_bh(path)->b_blocknr;
+
+	/* Start at the tree node just above the leaf and work our way up. */
+	i = path->p_tree_depth - 1;
+	while (i >= 0) {
+		el = path->p_node[i].el;
+
+		/*
+		 * Find the extent record just before the one in our
+		 * path.
+		 */
+		for(j = 0; j < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec); j++) {
+			if (le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[j].e_blkno) == blkno) {
+				if (j == 0) {
+					if (i == 0) {
+						/*
+						 * We've determined that the
+						 * path specified is already
+						 * the leftmost one - return a
+						 * cpos of zero.
+						 */
+						goto out;
+					}
+					/*
+					 * The leftmost record points to our
+					 * leaf - we need to travel up the
+					 * tree one level.
+					 */
+					goto next_node;
+				}
+
+				*cpos = le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[j - 1].e_cpos);
+				*cpos = *cpos + le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[j - 1].e_clusters) - 1;
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If we got here, we never found a valid node where
+		 * the tree indicated one should be.
+		 */
+		ocfs2_error(sb,
+			    "Invalid extent tree at extent block %llu\n",
+			    (unsigned long long)blkno);
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+
+next_node:
+		blkno = path->p_node[i].bh->b_blocknr;
+		i--;
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction(handle_t *handle, int subtree_depth,
+					   struct ocfs2_path *path)
+{
+	int credits = (path->p_tree_depth - subtree_depth) * 2 + 1;
+
+	if (handle->h_buffer_credits < credits)
+		return ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Trap the case where we're inserting into the theoretical range past
+ * the _actual_ left leaf range. Otherwise, we'll rotate a record
+ * whose cpos is less than ours into the right leaf.
+ *
+ * It's only necessary to look at the rightmost record of the left
+ * leaf because the logic that calls us should ensure that the
+ * theoretical ranges in the path components above the leaves are
+ * correct.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_rotate_requires_path_adjustment(struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
+						 u32 insert_cpos)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *left_el;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
+	int next_free;
+
+	left_el = path_leaf_el(left_path);
+	next_free = le16_to_cpu(left_el->l_next_free_rec);
+	rec = &left_el->l_recs[next_free - 1];
+
+	if (insert_cpos > le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Rotate all the records in a btree right one record, starting at insert_cpos.
+ *
+ * The path to the rightmost leaf should be passed in.
+ *
+ * The array is assumed to be large enough to hold an entire path (tree depth).
+ *
+ * Upon succesful return from this function:
+ *
+ * - The 'right_path' array will contain a path to the leaf block
+ *   whose range contains e_cpos.
+ * - That leaf block will have a single empty extent in list index 0.
+ * - In the case that the rotation requires a post-insert update,
+ *   *ret_left_path will contain a valid path which can be passed to
+ *   ocfs2_insert_path().
+ */
+static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
+				   handle_t *handle,
+				   u32 insert_cpos,
+				   struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
+				   struct ocfs2_path **ret_left_path)
+{
+	int ret, start;
+	u32 cpos;
+	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
+
+	*ret_left_path = NULL;
+
+	left_path = ocfs2_new_path(path_root_bh(right_path),
+				   path_root_el(right_path));
+	if (!left_path) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, right_path, &cpos);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "Insert: %u, first left path cpos: %u\n", insert_cpos, cpos);
+
+	/*
+	 * What we want to do here is:
+	 *
+	 * 1) Start with the rightmost path.
+	 *
+	 * 2) Determine a path to the leaf block directly to the left
+	 *    of that leaf.
+	 *
+	 * 3) Determine the 'subtree root' - the lowest level tree node
+	 *    which contains a path to both leaves.
+	 *
+	 * 4) Rotate the subtree.
+	 *
+	 * 5) Find the next subtree by considering the left path to be
+	 *    the new right path.
+	 *
+	 * The check at the top of this while loop also accepts
+	 * insert_cpos == cpos because cpos is only a _theoretical_
+	 * value to get us the left path - insert_cpos might very well
+	 * be filling that hole.
+	 *
+	 * Stop at a cpos of '0' because we either started at the
+	 * leftmost branch (i.e., a tree with one branch and a
+	 * rotation inside of it), or we've gone as far as we can in
+	 * rotating subtrees.
+	 */
+	while (cpos && insert_cpos <= cpos) {
+		mlog(0, "Rotating a tree: ins. cpos: %u, left path cpos: %u\n",
+		     insert_cpos, cpos);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, cpos);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		mlog_bug_on_msg(path_leaf_bh(left_path) ==
+				path_leaf_bh(right_path),
+				"Inode %lu: error during insert of %u "
+				"(left path cpos %u) results in two identical "
+				"paths ending at %llu\n",
+				inode->i_ino, insert_cpos, cpos,
+				(unsigned long long)
+				path_leaf_bh(left_path)->b_blocknr);
+
+		if (ocfs2_rotate_requires_path_adjustment(left_path,
+							  insert_cpos)) {
+			mlog(0, "Path adjustment required\n");
+
+			/*
+			 * We've rotated the tree as much as we
+			 * should. The rest is up to
+			 * ocfs2_insert_path() to complete, after the
+			 * record insertion. We indicate this
+			 * situation by returning the left path.
+			 *
+			 * The reason we don't adjust the records here
+			 * before the record insert is that an error
+			 * later might break the rule where a parent
+			 * record e_cpos will reflect the actual
+			 * e_cpos of the 1st nonempty record of the
+			 * child list.
+			 */
+			*ret_left_path = left_path;
+			goto out_ret_path;
+		}
+
+		start = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode, left_path, right_path);
+
+		mlog(0, "Subtree root at index %d (blk %llu, depth %d)\n",
+		     start,
+		     (unsigned long long) right_path->p_node[start].bh->b_blocknr,
+		     right_path->p_tree_depth);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction(handle, start,
+						      right_path);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(inode, handle, left_path,
+						 right_path, start);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * There is no need to re-read the next right path
+		 * as we know that it'll be our current left
+		 * path. Optimize by copying values instead.
+		 */
+		ocfs2_mv_path(right_path, left_path);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, right_path,
+						    &cpos);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
+
+out_ret_path:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Do the final bits of extent record insertion at the target leaf
+ * list. If this leaf is part of an allocation tree, it is assumed
+ * that the tree above has been prepared.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
+				 struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+				 struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert,
+				 struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int i = insert->ins_contig_index;
+	unsigned int range;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
+
+	BUG_ON(el->l_tree_depth);
+
+	/*
+	 * Contiguous insert - either left or right.
+	 */
+	if (insert->ins_contig != CONTIG_NONE) {
+		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+		if (insert->ins_contig == CONTIG_LEFT) {
+			rec->e_blkno = insert_rec->e_blkno;
+			rec->e_cpos = insert_rec->e_cpos;
+		}
+		le32_add_cpu(&rec->e_clusters,
+			     le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_clusters));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Handle insert into an empty leaf.
+	 */
+	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0 ||
+	    ((le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 1) &&
+	     ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]))) {
+		el->l_recs[0] = *insert_rec;
+		el->l_next_free_rec = cpu_to_le16(1);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Appending insert.
+	 */
+	if (insert->ins_appending == APPEND_TAIL) {
+		i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
+		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+		range = le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) + le32_to_cpu(rec->e_clusters);
+		BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos) < range);
+
+		mlog_bug_on_msg(le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) >=
+				le16_to_cpu(el->l_count),
+				"inode %lu, depth %u, count %u, next free %u, "
+				"rec.cpos %u, rec.clusters %u, "
+				"insert.cpos %u, insert.clusters %u\n",
+				inode->i_ino,
+				le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth),
+				le16_to_cpu(el->l_count),
+				le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec),
+				le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos),
+				le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters),
+				le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos),
+				le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_clusters));
+		i++;
+		el->l_recs[i] = *insert_rec;
+		le16_add_cpu(&el->l_next_free_rec, 1);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Ok, we have to rotate.
+	 *
+	 * At this point, it is safe to assume that inserting into an
+	 * empty leaf and appending to a leaf have both been handled
+	 * above.
+	 *
+	 * This leaf needs to have space, either by the empty 1st
+	 * extent record, or by virtue of an l_next_rec < l_count.
+	 */
+	ocfs2_rotate_leaf(el, insert_rec);
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_update_dinode_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+						struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+						u32 clusters)
+{
+	le32_add_cpu(&di->i_clusters, clusters);
+	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
+	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters);
+	spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
+				    struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
+				    struct ocfs2_path **ret_left_path)
+{
+	int ret, i, next_free;
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
+
+	*ret_left_path = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * If our appending insert is at the leftmost edge of a leaf,
+	 * then we might need to update the rightmost records of the
+	 * neighboring path.
+	 */
+	el = path_leaf_el(right_path);
+	next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
+	if (next_free == 0 ||
+	    (next_free == 1 && ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]))) {
+		u32 left_cpos;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, right_path,
+						    &left_cpos);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		mlog(0, "Append may need a left path update. cpos: %u, "
+		     "left_cpos: %u\n", le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos),
+		     left_cpos);
+
+		/*
+		 * No need to worry if the append is already in the
+		 * leftmost leaf.
+		 */
+		if (left_cpos) {
+			left_path = ocfs2_new_path(path_root_bh(right_path),
+						   path_root_el(right_path));
+			if (!left_path) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, left_cpos);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * ocfs2_insert_path() will pass the left_path to the
+			 * journal for us.
+			 */
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, right_path);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	el = path_root_el(right_path);
+	bh = path_root_bh(right_path);
+	i = 0;
+	while (1) {
+		next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
+		if (next_free == 0) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Dinode %llu has a bad extent list",
+				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		el->l_recs[next_free - 1].e_clusters = insert_rec->e_cpos;
+		le32_add_cpu(&el->l_recs[next_free - 1].e_clusters,
+			     le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_clusters));
+		le32_add_cpu(&el->l_recs[next_free - 1].e_clusters,
+			    -le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[next_free - 1].e_cpos));
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+
+		if (++i >= right_path->p_tree_depth)
+			break;
+
+		bh = right_path->p_node[i].bh;
+		el = right_path->p_node[i].el;
+	}
+
+	*ret_left_path = left_path;
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	if (ret != 0)
+		ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function only does inserts on an allocation b-tree. For dinode
+ * lists, ocfs2_insert_at_leaf() is called directly.
+ *
+ * right_path is the path we want to do the actual insert
+ * in. left_path should only be passed in if we need to update that
+ * portion of the tree after an edge insert.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_insert_path(struct inode *inode,
+			     handle_t *handle,
+			     struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
+			     struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
+			     struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert)
+{
+	int ret, subtree_index;
+	struct buffer_head *leaf_bh = path_leaf_bh(right_path);
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+
+	/*
+	 * Pass both paths to the journal. The majority of inserts
+	 * will be touching all components anyway.
+	 */
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, right_path);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (left_path) {
+		int credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
+
+		/*
+		 * There's a chance that left_path got passed back to
+		 * us without being accounted for in the
+		 * journal. Extend our transaction here to be sure we
+		 * can change those blocks.
+		 */
+		credits += left_path->p_tree_depth;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, left_path);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	el = path_leaf_el(right_path);
+
+	ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(insert_rec, el, insert, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, leaf_bh);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	if (left_path) {
+		/*
+		 * The rotate code has indicated that we need to fix
+		 * up portions of the tree after the insert.
+		 *
+		 * XXX: Should we extend the transaction here?
+		 */
+		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode, left_path,
+							right_path);
+		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(inode, handle, left_path,
+					   right_path, subtree_index);
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
+				  handle_t *handle,
+				  struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
+				  struct ocfs2_insert_type *type)
+{
+	int ret, rotate = 0;
+	u32 cpos;
+	struct ocfs2_path *right_path = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
+	el = &di->id2.i_list;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth) == 0) {
+		ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(insert_rec, el, type, inode);
+		goto out_update_clusters;
+	}
+
+	right_path = ocfs2_new_inode_path(di_bh);
+	if (!right_path) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Determine the path to start with. Rotations need the
+	 * rightmost path, everything else can go directly to the
+	 * target leaf.
+	 */
+	cpos = le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos);
+	if (type->ins_appending == APPEND_NONE &&
+	    type->ins_contig == CONTIG_NONE) {
+		rotate = 1;
+		cpos = UINT_MAX;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, right_path, cpos);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Rotations and appends need special treatment - they modify
+	 * parts of the tree's above them.
+	 *
+	 * Both might pass back a path immediate to the left of the
+	 * one being inserted to. This will be cause
+	 * ocfs2_insert_path() to modify the rightmost records of
+	 * left_path to account for an edge insert.
+	 *
+	 * XXX: When modifying this code, keep in mind that an insert
+	 * can wind up skipping both of these two special cases...
+	 */
+	if (rotate) {
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(inode, handle,
+					      le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos),
+					      right_path, &left_path);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	} else if (type->ins_appending == APPEND_TAIL
+		   && type->ins_contig != CONTIG_LEFT) {
+		ret = ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(inode, handle, insert_rec,
+					       right_path, &left_path);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_path(inode, handle, left_path, right_path,
+				insert_rec, type);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out_update_clusters:
+	ocfs2_update_dinode_clusters(inode, di,
+				     le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_clusters));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
+	ocfs2_free_path(right_path);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_figure_contig_type(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
+{
+	int i;
+	enum ocfs2_contig_type contig_type = CONTIG_NONE;
+
+	for(i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec); i++) {
+		contig_type = ocfs2_extent_contig(inode, &el->l_recs[i],
+						  insert_rec);
+		if (contig_type != CONTIG_NONE) {
+			insert->ins_contig_index = i;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	insert->ins_contig = contig_type;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This should only be called against the righmost leaf extent list.
+ *
+ * ocfs2_figure_appending_type() will figure out whether we'll have to
+ * insert at the tail of the rightmost leaf.
+ *
+ * This should also work against the dinode list for tree's with 0
+ * depth. If we consider the dinode list to be the rightmost leaf node
+ * then the logic here makes sense.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_figure_appending_type(struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert,
+					struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+					struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
+{
+	int i;
+	u32 cpos = le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos);
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
+
+	insert->ins_appending = APPEND_NONE;
+
+	BUG_ON(el->l_tree_depth);
+
+	if (!el->l_next_free_rec)
+		goto set_tail_append;
+
+	if (ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0])) {
+		/* Were all records empty? */
+		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 1)
+			goto set_tail_append;
+	}
+
+	i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
+	rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+
+	if (cpos >= (le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) + le32_to_cpu(rec->e_clusters)))
+		goto set_tail_append;
+
+	return;
+
+set_tail_append:
+	insert->ins_appending = APPEND_TAIL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Helper function called at the begining of an insert.
+ *
+ * This computes a few things that are commonly used in the process of
+ * inserting into the btree:
+ *   - Whether the new extent is contiguous with an existing one.
+ *   - The current tree depth.
+ *   - Whether the insert is an appending one.
+ *   - The total # of free records in the tree.
+ *
+ * All of the information is stored on the ocfs2_insert_type
+ * structure.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
+				    struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				    struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
+				    struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+	struct ocfs2_path *path = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+
+	el = &di->id2.i_list;
+	insert->ins_tree_depth = le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth);
+
+	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
+		/*
+		 * If we have tree depth, we read in the
+		 * rightmost extent block ahead of time as
+		 * ocfs2_figure_insert_type() and ocfs2_add_branch()
+		 * may want it later.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+				       le64_to_cpu(di->i_last_eb_blk), &bh,
+				       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_exit(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) bh->b_data;
+		el = &eb->h_list;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Unless we have a contiguous insert, we'll need to know if
+	 * there is room left in our allocation tree for another
+	 * extent record.
+	 *
+	 * XXX: This test is simplistic, we can search for empty
+	 * extent records too.
+	 */
+	insert->ins_free_records = le16_to_cpu(el->l_count) -
+		le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
+
+	if (!insert->ins_tree_depth) {
+		ocfs2_figure_contig_type(inode, insert, el, insert_rec);
+		ocfs2_figure_appending_type(insert, el, insert_rec);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	path = ocfs2_new_inode_path(di_bh);
+	if (!path) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * In the case that we're inserting past what the tree
+	 * currently accounts for, ocfs2_find_path() will return for
+	 * us the rightmost tree path. This is accounted for below in
+	 * the appending code.
+	 */
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, path, le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos));
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	el = path_leaf_el(path);
+
+	/*
+	 * Now that we have the path, there's two things we want to determine:
+	 * 1) Contiguousness (also set contig_index if this is so)
+	 *
+	 * 2) Are we doing an append? We can trivially break this up
+         *     into two types of appends: simple record append, or a
+         *     rotate inside the tail leaf.
+	 */
+	ocfs2_figure_contig_type(inode, insert, el, insert_rec);
+
+	/*
+	 * The insert code isn't quite ready to deal with all cases of
+	 * left contiguousness. Specifically, if it's an insert into
+	 * the 1st record in a leaf, it will require the adjustment of
+	 * e_clusters on the last record of the path directly to it's
+	 * left. For now, just catch that case and fool the layers
+	 * above us. This works just fine for tree_depth == 0, which
+	 * is why we allow that above.
+	 */
+	if (insert->ins_contig == CONTIG_LEFT &&
+	    insert->ins_contig_index == 0)
+		insert->ins_contig = CONTIG_NONE;
+
+	/*
+	 * Ok, so we can simply compare against last_eb to figure out
+	 * whether the path doesn't exist. This will only happen in
+	 * the case that we're doing a tail append, so maybe we can
+	 * take advantage of that information somehow.
+	 */
+	if (le64_to_cpu(di->i_last_eb_blk) == path_leaf_bh(path)->b_blocknr) {
+		/*
+		 * Ok, ocfs2_find_path() returned us the rightmost
+		 * tree path. This might be an appending insert. There are
+		 * two cases:
+		 *    1) We're doing a true append at the tail:
+		 *	-This might even be off the end of the leaf
+		 *    2) We're "appending" by rotating in the tail
+		 */
+		ocfs2_figure_appending_type(insert, el, insert_rec);
+	}
+
+out:
+	ocfs2_free_path(path);
+
+	if (ret == 0)
+		*last_eb_bh = bh;
+	else
+		brelse(bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Insert an extent into an inode btree.
+ *
+ * The caller needs to update fe->i_clusters
+ */
 int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			handle_t *handle,
 			struct inode *inode,
 			struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+			u32 cpos,
 			u64 start_blk,
 			u32 new_clusters,
 			struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
 {
-	int status, i, shift;
+	int status, shift;
 	struct buffer_head *last_eb_bh = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *el;
+	struct ocfs2_insert_type insert = {0, };
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec rec;
 
-	mlog_entry_void();
+	mlog(0, "add %u clusters at position %u to inode %llu\n",
+	     new_clusters, cpos, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	mlog(0, "add %u clusters starting at block %llu to inode %llu\n",
-	     new_clusters, (unsigned long long)start_blk,
-	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(!ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb) &&
+			(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters != cpos),
+			"Device %s, asking for sparse allocation: inode %llu, "
+			"cpos %u, clusters %u\n",
+			osb->dev_str,
+			(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, cpos,
+			OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters);
 
-	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
-	el = &fe->id2.i_list;
+	rec.e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(cpos);
+	rec.e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(start_blk);
+	rec.e_clusters = cpu_to_le32(new_clusters);
 
-	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
-		/* jump to end of tree */
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
-					  &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_exit(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
-		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) last_eb_bh->b_data;
-		el = &eb->h_list;
+	status = ocfs2_figure_insert_type(inode, fe_bh, &last_eb_bh, &rec,
+					  &insert);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	/* Can we allocate without adding/shifting tree bits? */
-	i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
-	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0
-	    || (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) < le16_to_cpu(el->l_count))
-	    || le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters) == 0
-	    || ocfs2_extent_contig(inode, &el->l_recs[i], start_blk))
-		goto out_add;
+	mlog(0, "Insert.appending: %u, Insert.Contig: %u, "
+	     "Insert.contig_index: %d, Insert.free_records: %d, "
+	     "Insert.tree_depth: %d\n",
+	     insert.ins_appending, insert.ins_contig, insert.ins_contig_index,
+	     insert.ins_free_records, insert.ins_tree_depth);
 
-	mlog(0, "ocfs2_allocate_extent: couldn't do a simple add, traversing "
-	     "tree now.\n");
+	/*
+	 * Avoid growing the tree unless we're out of records and the
+	 * insert type requres one.
+	 */
+	if (insert.ins_contig != CONTIG_NONE || insert.ins_free_records)
+		goto out_add;
 
 	shift = ocfs2_find_branch_target(osb, inode, fe_bh, &bh);
 	if (shift < 0) {
@@ -866,13 +2344,9 @@
 	 * and didn't find room for any more extents - we need to add
 	 * another tree level */
 	if (shift) {
-		/* if we hit a leaf, we'd better be empty :) */
-		BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) !=
-		       le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
 		BUG_ON(bh);
-		mlog(0, "ocfs2_allocate_extent: need to shift tree depth "
-		     "(current = %u)\n",
-		     le16_to_cpu(fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth));
+		mlog(0, "need to shift tree depth "
+		     "(current = %d)\n", insert.ins_tree_depth);
 
 		/* ocfs2_shift_tree_depth will return us a buffer with
 		 * the new extent block (so we can pass that to
@@ -883,15 +2357,16 @@
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
 		}
+		insert.ins_tree_depth++;
 		/* Special case: we have room now if we shifted from
 		 * tree_depth 0 */
-		if (fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth == cpu_to_le16(1))
+		if (insert.ins_tree_depth == 1)
 			goto out_add;
 	}
 
 	/* call ocfs2_add_branch to add the final part of the tree with
 	 * the new data. */
-	mlog(0, "ocfs2_allocate_extent: add branch. bh = %p\n", bh);
+	mlog(0, "add branch. bh = %p\n", bh);
 	status = ocfs2_add_branch(osb, handle, inode, fe_bh, bh, last_eb_bh,
 				  meta_ac);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -900,9 +2375,8 @@
 	}
 
 out_add:
-	/* Finally, we can add clusters. */
-	status = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, fe_bh,
-					start_blk, new_clusters);
+	/* Finally, we can add clusters. This might rotate the tree for us. */
+	status = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, fe_bh, &rec, &insert);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
@@ -1447,140 +2921,141 @@
  * block will be deleted, and if it will, what the new last extent
  * block will be so we can update his h_next_leaf_blk field, as well
  * as the dinodes i_last_eb_blk */
-static int ocfs2_find_new_last_ext_blk(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				       struct inode *inode,
-				       struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
+static int ocfs2_find_new_last_ext_blk(struct inode *inode,
 				       u32 new_i_clusters,
-				       struct buffer_head *old_last_eb,
+				       struct ocfs2_path *path,
 				       struct buffer_head **new_last_eb)
 {
-	int i, status = 0;
-	u64 block = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u32 cpos;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 
 	*new_last_eb = NULL;
 
-	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe)) {
-		OCFS2_RO_ON_INVALID_DINODE(inode->i_sb, fe);
-		status = -EIO;
-		goto bail;
-	}
-
 	/* we have no tree, so of course, no last_eb. */
-	if (!fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth)
-		goto bail;
+	if (!path->p_tree_depth)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* trunc to zero special case - this makes tree_depth = 0
 	 * regardless of what it is.  */
 	if (!new_i_clusters)
-		goto bail;
+		goto out;
 
-	eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) old_last_eb->b_data;
-	el = &(eb->h_list);
+	el = path_leaf_el(path);
 	BUG_ON(!el->l_next_free_rec);
 
 	/* Make sure that this guy will actually be empty after we
 	 * clear away the data. */
-	if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[0].e_cpos) < new_i_clusters)
-		goto bail;
+	if (ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0])) {
+		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) > 1 &&
+		    le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[1].e_cpos) < new_i_clusters)
+			goto out;
+	} else if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[0].e_cpos) < new_i_clusters)
+		goto out;
 
-	/* Ok, at this point, we know that last_eb will definitely
-	 * change, so lets traverse the tree and find the second to
-	 * last extent block. */
-	el = &(fe->id2.i_list);
-	/* go down the tree, */
-	do {
-		for(i = (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
-			if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos) <
-			    new_i_clusters) {
-				block = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		BUG_ON(i < 0);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, path, &cpos);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-		if (bh) {
-			brelse(bh);
-			bh = NULL;
-		}
+	ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(inode, path_root_el(path), cpos, &bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, block, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-					 inode);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
-		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) bh->b_data;
-		el = &eb->h_list;
-		if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(eb)) {
-			OCFS2_RO_ON_INVALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(inode->i_sb, eb);
-			status = -EIO;
-			goto bail;
-		}
-	} while (el->l_tree_depth);
+	eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) bh->b_data;
+	el = &eb->h_list;
+	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(eb)) {
+		OCFS2_RO_ON_INVALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(inode->i_sb, eb);
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	*new_last_eb = bh;
 	get_bh(*new_last_eb);
-	mlog(0, "returning block %llu\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno));
-bail:
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	mlog(0, "returning block %llu, (cpos: %u)\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno), cpos);
+out:
+	brelse(bh);
 
-	return status;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_do_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			     unsigned int clusters_to_del,
 			     struct inode *inode,
 			     struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
-			     struct buffer_head *old_last_eb_bh,
 			     handle_t *handle,
-			     struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc)
+			     struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc,
+			     struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
-	int status, i, depth;
+	int status, i, index;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *last_eb = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 	struct buffer_head *eb_bh = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head *last_eb_bh = NULL;
-	u64 next_eb = 0;
 	u64 delete_blk = 0;
 
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
 
-	status = ocfs2_find_new_last_ext_blk(osb,
-					     inode,
-					     fe,
+	status = ocfs2_find_new_last_ext_blk(inode,
 					     le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters) -
-					     		clusters_to_del,
-					     old_last_eb_bh,
-					     &last_eb_bh);
+					     clusters_to_del,
+					     path, &last_eb_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
-	if (last_eb_bh)
-		last_eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) last_eb_bh->b_data;
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, fe_bh,
-				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	/*
+	 * Each component will be touched, so we might as well journal
+	 * here to avoid having to handle errors later.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < path_num_items(path); i++) {
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode,
+					      path->p_node[i].bh,
+					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (status < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			goto bail;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (last_eb_bh) {
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, last_eb_bh,
+					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (status < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			goto bail;
+		}
+
+		last_eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) last_eb_bh->b_data;
+	}
+
+	el = &(fe->id2.i_list);
+
+	/*
+	 * Lower levels depend on this never happening, but it's best
+	 * to check it up here before changing the tree.
+	 */
+	if (el->l_tree_depth && ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0])) {
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+			    "Inode %lu has an empty extent record, depth %u\n",
+			    inode->i_ino, le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth));
 		goto bail;
 	}
-	el = &(fe->id2.i_list);
 
 	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters) -
 				      clusters_to_del;
 	spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
 	le32_add_cpu(&fe->i_clusters, -clusters_to_del);
-	fe->i_mtime = cpu_to_le64(CURRENT_TIME.tv_sec);
-	fe->i_mtime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(CURRENT_TIME.tv_nsec);
 
 	i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
 
@@ -1589,26 +3064,34 @@
 	/* tree depth zero, we can just delete the clusters, otherwise
 	 * we need to record the offset of the next level extent block
 	 * as we may overwrite it. */
-	if (!el->l_tree_depth)
+	if (!el->l_tree_depth) {
 		delete_blk = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno)
 			+ ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb,
 					le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters));
-	else
-		next_eb = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno);
 
-	if (!el->l_recs[i].e_clusters) {
-		/* if we deleted the whole extent record, then clear
-		 * out the other fields and update the extent
-		 * list. For depth > 0 trees, we've already recorded
-		 * the extent block in 'next_eb' */
-		el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = 0;
-		el->l_recs[i].e_blkno = 0;
-		BUG_ON(!el->l_next_free_rec);
-		le16_add_cpu(&el->l_next_free_rec, -1);
+		if (!el->l_recs[i].e_clusters) {
+			/* if we deleted the whole extent record, then clear
+			 * out the other fields and update the extent
+			 * list.
+			 */
+			el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = 0;
+			el->l_recs[i].e_blkno = 0;
+			BUG_ON(!el->l_next_free_rec);
+			le16_add_cpu(&el->l_next_free_rec, -1);
+
+			/*
+			 * The leftmost record might be an empty extent -
+			 * delete it here too.
+			 */
+			if (i == 1 && ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0])) {
+				el->l_recs[0].e_cpos = 0;
+				el->l_recs[0].e_blkno = 0;
+				el->l_next_free_rec = 0;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
-	depth = le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth);
-	if (!fe->i_clusters) {
+	if (le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters) == 0) {
 		/* trunc to zero is a special case. */
 		el->l_tree_depth = 0;
 		fe->i_last_eb_blk = 0;
@@ -1625,12 +3108,6 @@
 		/* If there will be a new last extent block, then by
 		 * definition, there cannot be any leaves to the right of
 		 * him. */
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, last_eb_bh,
-					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
 		last_eb->h_next_leaf_blk = 0;
 		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, last_eb_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
@@ -1639,33 +3116,25 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	index = 1;
 	/* if our tree depth > 0, update all the tree blocks below us. */
-	while (depth) {
-		mlog(0, "traveling tree (depth = %d, next_eb = %llu)\n",
-		     depth,  (unsigned long long)next_eb);
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, next_eb, &eb_bh,
-					  OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+	while (index <= path->p_tree_depth) {
+		eb_bh = path->p_node[index].bh;
 		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *)eb_bh->b_data;
-		if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(eb)) {
-			OCFS2_RO_ON_INVALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(inode->i_sb, eb);
-			status = -EIO;
-			goto bail;
-		}
-		el = &(eb->h_list);
+		el = path->p_node[index].el;
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, eb_bh,
-					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		mlog(0, "traveling tree (index = %d, extent block: %llu)\n",
+		     index,  (unsigned long long)eb_bh->b_blocknr);
 
 		BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0);
-		BUG_ON(depth != (le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth) + 1));
+		if (index !=
+		    (path->p_tree_depth - le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth))) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Inode %lu has invalid ext. block %llu\n",
+				    inode->i_ino,
+				    (unsigned long long)eb_bh->b_blocknr);
+			goto bail;
+		}
 
 		i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
 
@@ -1680,7 +3149,6 @@
 		BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters) < clusters_to_del);
 		le32_add_cpu(&el->l_recs[i].e_clusters, -clusters_to_del);
 
-		next_eb = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno);
 		/* bottom-most block requires us to delete data.*/
 		if (!el->l_tree_depth)
 			delete_blk = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno)
@@ -1692,6 +3160,12 @@
 			BUG_ON(!el->l_next_free_rec);
 			le16_add_cpu(&el->l_next_free_rec, -1);
 		}
+		if (i == 1 && ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0])) {
+			el->l_recs[0].e_cpos = 0;
+			el->l_recs[0].e_blkno = 0;
+			el->l_next_free_rec = 0;
+		}
+
 		mlog(0, "extent block %llu, after: record %d: "
 		     "(%u, %u, %llu), next = %u\n",
 		     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno), i,
@@ -1714,6 +3188,22 @@
 			BUG_ON(el->l_recs[0].e_clusters);
 			BUG_ON(el->l_recs[0].e_cpos);
 			BUG_ON(el->l_recs[0].e_blkno);
+
+			/*
+			 * We need to remove this extent block from
+			 * the list above it.
+			 *
+			 * Since we've passed it already in this loop,
+			 * no need to worry about journaling.
+			 */
+			el = path->p_node[index - 1].el;
+			i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
+			BUG_ON(i < 0);
+			el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = 0;
+			el->l_recs[i].e_clusters = 0;
+			el->l_recs[i].e_blkno = 0;
+			le16_add_cpu(&el->l_next_free_rec, -1);
+
 			if (eb->h_suballoc_slot == 0) {
 				/*
 				 * This code only understands how to
@@ -1736,9 +3226,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		brelse(eb_bh);
-		eb_bh = NULL;
-		depth--;
+		index++;
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(!delete_blk);
@@ -1750,10 +3238,7 @@
 	}
 	status = 0;
 bail:
-	if (!status)
-		ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters));
-	else
-		ocfs2_extent_map_drop(inode, 0);
+
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
 }
@@ -1770,82 +3255,70 @@
 			  struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc)
 {
 	int status, i, credits, tl_sem = 0;
-	u32 clusters_to_del, target_i_clusters;
-	u64 last_eb = 0;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
+	u32 clusters_to_del, new_highest_cpos, range;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
-	struct buffer_head *last_eb_bh;
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
 	struct inode *tl_inode = osb->osb_tl_inode;
+	struct ocfs2_path *path = NULL;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
 	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 
-	target_i_clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(osb->sb,
+	new_highest_cpos = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(osb->sb,
 						     i_size_read(inode));
 
-	last_eb_bh = tc->tc_last_eb_bh;
-	tc->tc_last_eb_bh = NULL;
-
-	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
-
-	if (fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth) {
-		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) last_eb_bh->b_data;
-		el = &eb->h_list;
-	} else
-		el = &fe->id2.i_list;
-	last_eb = le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk);
+	path = ocfs2_new_inode_path(fe_bh);
+	if (!path) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail;
+	}
 start:
-	mlog(0, "ocfs2_commit_truncate: fe->i_clusters = %u, "
-	     "last_eb = %llu, fe->i_last_eb_blk = %llu, "
-	     "fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth = %u last_eb_bh = %p\n",
-	     le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters), (unsigned long long)last_eb,
-	     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
-	     le16_to_cpu(fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth), last_eb_bh);
-
-	if (last_eb != le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk)) {
-		mlog(0, "last_eb changed!\n");
-		BUG_ON(!fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth);
-		last_eb = le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk);
-		/* i_last_eb_blk may have changed, read it if
-		 * necessary. We don't have to worry about the
-		 * truncate to zero case here (where there becomes no
-		 * last_eb) because we never loop back after our work
-		 * is done. */
-		if (last_eb_bh) {
-			brelse(last_eb_bh);
-			last_eb_bh = NULL;
-		}
-
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, last_eb,
-					  &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-					  inode);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
-		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) last_eb_bh->b_data;
-		if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(eb)) {
-			OCFS2_RO_ON_INVALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(inode->i_sb, eb);
-			status = -EIO;
-			goto bail;
-		}
-		el = &(eb->h_list);
+	/*
+	 * Truncate always works against the rightmost tree branch.
+	 */
+	status = ocfs2_find_path(inode, path, UINT_MAX);
+	if (status) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	/* by now, el will point to the extent list on the bottom most
-	 * portion of this tree. */
+	mlog(0, "inode->ip_clusters = %u, tree_depth = %u\n",
+	     OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters, path->p_tree_depth);
+
+	/*
+	 * By now, el will point to the extent list on the bottom most
+	 * portion of this tree. Only the tail record is considered in
+	 * each pass.
+	 *
+	 * We handle the following cases, in order:
+	 * - empty extent: delete the remaining branch
+	 * - remove the entire record
+	 * - remove a partial record
+	 * - no record needs to be removed (truncate has completed)
+	 */
+	el = path_leaf_el(path);
 	i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
-	if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos) >= target_i_clusters)
+	range = le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos) +
+		le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters);
+	if (i == 0 && ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[i])) {
+		clusters_to_del = 0;
+	} else if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos) >= new_highest_cpos) {
 		clusters_to_del = le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters);
-	else
+	} else if (range > new_highest_cpos) {
 		clusters_to_del = (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_clusters) +
 				   le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos)) -
-				  target_i_clusters;
+				  new_highest_cpos;
+	} else {
+		status = 0;
+		goto bail;
+	}
 
-	mlog(0, "clusters_to_del = %u in this pass\n", clusters_to_del);
+	mlog(0, "clusters_to_del = %u in this pass, tail blk=%llu\n",
+	     clusters_to_del, (unsigned long long)path_leaf_bh(path)->b_blocknr);
+
+	BUG_ON(clusters_to_del == 0);
 
 	mutex_lock(&tl_inode->i_mutex);
 	tl_sem = 1;
@@ -1861,7 +3334,8 @@
 	}
 
 	credits = ocfs2_calc_tree_trunc_credits(osb->sb, clusters_to_del,
-						fe, el);
+						(struct ocfs2_dinode *)fe_bh->b_data,
+						el);
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		status = PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -1870,13 +3344,8 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	status = ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-
-	status = ocfs2_do_truncate(osb, clusters_to_del, inode, fe_bh,
-				   last_eb_bh, handle, tc);
+	status = ocfs2_do_truncate(osb, clusters_to_del, inode, fe_bh, handle,
+				   tc, path);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1888,8 +3357,12 @@
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 	handle = NULL;
 
-	BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters) < target_i_clusters);
-	if (le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters) > target_i_clusters)
+	ocfs2_reinit_path(path, 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * Only loop if we still have allocation.
+	 */
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters)
 		goto start;
 bail:
 	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
@@ -1902,8 +3375,7 @@
 	if (handle)
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 
-	if (last_eb_bh)
-		brelse(last_eb_bh);
+	ocfs2_free_path(path);
 
 	/* This will drop the ext_alloc cluster lock for us */
 	ocfs2_free_truncate_context(tc);
@@ -1912,7 +3384,6 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Expects the inode to already be locked. This will figure out which
  * inodes need to be locked and will put them on the returned truncate
@@ -1923,7 +3394,7 @@
 			   struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
 			   struct ocfs2_truncate_context **tc)
 {
-	int status, metadata_delete;
+	int status, metadata_delete, i;
 	unsigned int new_i_clusters;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
@@ -1944,7 +3415,8 @@
 	     "%llu\n", fe->i_clusters, new_i_clusters,
 	     (unsigned long long)fe->i_size);
 
-	if (le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters) <= new_i_clusters) {
+	if (!ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb) &&
+	    le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters) <= new_i_clusters) {
 		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Dinode %llu has cluster count "
 			    "%u and size %llu whereas struct inode has "
 			    "cluster count %u and size %llu which caused an "
@@ -1986,7 +3458,15 @@
 			goto bail;
 		}
 		el = &(eb->h_list);
-		if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[0].e_cpos) >= new_i_clusters)
+
+		i = 0;
+		if (ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]))
+			i = 1;
+		/*
+		 * XXX: Should we check that next_free_rec contains
+		 * the extent?
+		 */
+		if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos) >= new_i_clusters)
 			metadata_delete = 1;
 	}