diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index c81bfdf..72cefe2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -3726,6 +3726,8 @@
 	struct ocfs2_insert_type insert = {0, };
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec rec;
 
+	BUG_ON(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL);
+
 	mlog(0, "add %u clusters at position %u to inode %llu\n",
 	     new_clusters, cpos, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
@@ -5826,6 +5828,174 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+{
+	unsigned int blocksize = 1 << inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+
+	memset(&di->id2, 0, blocksize - offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2));
+}
+
+void ocfs2_set_inode_data_inline(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_inline_data *idata = &di->id2.i_data;
+
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_dyn_features |= OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL;
+	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * We clear the entire i_data structure here so that all
+	 * fields can be properly initialized.
+	 */
+	ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2(inode, di);
+
+	idata->id_count = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_max_inline_data(inode->i_sb));
+}
+
+int ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+	int ret, i, has_data, num_pages = 0;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	u64 uninitialized_var(block);
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &di->id2.i_list;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
+	struct page **pages = NULL;
+	loff_t end = osb->s_clustersize;
+
+	has_data = i_size_read(inode) ? 1 : 0;
+
+	if (has_data) {
+		pages = kcalloc(ocfs2_pages_per_cluster(osb->sb),
+				sizeof(struct page *), GFP_NOFS);
+		if (pages == NULL) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, 1, &data_ac);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INLINE_TO_EXTENTS_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	if (has_data) {
+		u32 bit_off, num;
+		unsigned int page_end;
+		u64 phys;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1, &bit_off,
+					   &num);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Save two copies, one for insert, and one that can
+		 * be changed by ocfs2_map_and_dirty_page() below.
+		 */
+		block = phys = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, bit_off);
+
+		/*
+		 * Non sparse file systems zero on extend, so no need
+		 * to do that now.
+		 */
+		if (!ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb) &&
+		    PAGE_CACHE_SIZE < osb->s_clustersize)
+			end = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_grab_eof_pages(inode, 0, end, pages, &num_pages);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * This should populate the 1st page for us and mark
+		 * it up to date.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_read_inline_data(inode, pages[0], di_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		page_end = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+		if (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE > osb->s_clustersize)
+			page_end = osb->s_clustersize;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++)
+			ocfs2_map_and_dirty_page(inode, handle, 0, page_end,
+						 pages[i], i > 0, &phys);
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_dyn_features &= ~OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL;
+	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+
+	ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2(inode, di);
+
+	el->l_tree_depth = 0;
+	el->l_next_free_rec = 0;
+	el->l_count = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_extent_recs_per_inode(inode->i_sb));
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+
+	if (has_data) {
+		/*
+		 * An error at this point should be extremely rare. If
+		 * this proves to be false, we could always re-build
+		 * the in-inode data from our pages.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, di_bh,
+					  0, block, 1, 0, NULL);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		inode->i_blocks = ocfs2_inode_sector_count(inode);
+	}
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+out_unlock:
+	if (data_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
+
+out:
+	if (pages) {
+		ocfs2_unlock_and_free_pages(pages, num_pages);
+		kfree(pages);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * It is expected, that by the time you call this function,
  * inode->i_size and fe->i_size have been adjusted.
@@ -6051,6 +6221,81 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
+/*
+ * 'start' is inclusive, 'end' is not.
+ */
+int ocfs2_truncate_inline(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+			  unsigned int start, unsigned int end, int trunc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int numbytes;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_inline_data *idata = &di->id2.i_data;
+
+	if (end > i_size_read(inode))
+		end = i_size_read(inode);
+
+	BUG_ON(start >= end);
+
+	if (!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) ||
+	    !(le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) ||
+	    !ocfs2_supports_inline_data(osb)) {
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+			    "Inline data flags for inode %llu don't agree! "
+			    "Disk: 0x%x, Memory: 0x%x, Superblock: 0x%x\n",
+			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			    le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features),
+			    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features,
+			    osb->s_feature_incompat);
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	numbytes = end - start;
+	memset(idata->id_data + start, 0, numbytes);
+
+	/*
+	 * No need to worry about the data page here - it's been
+	 * truncated already and inline data doesn't need it for
+	 * pushing zero's to disk, so we'll let readpage pick it up
+	 * later.
+	 */
+	if (trunc) {
+		i_size_write(inode, start);
+		di->i_size = cpu_to_le64(start);
+	}
+
+	inode->i_blocks = ocfs2_inode_sector_count(inode);
+	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
+
+	di->i_ctime = di->i_mtime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+	di->i_ctime_nsec = di->i_mtime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void ocfs2_free_truncate_context(struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
index 990df48..826e0a6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
 	return le16_to_cpu(fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth) + 2;
 }
 
+void ocfs2_set_inode_data_inline(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di);
+int ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct buffer_head *di_bh);
+
 int ocfs2_truncate_log_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 void ocfs2_truncate_log_shutdown(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 void ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
@@ -115,6 +119,8 @@
 			  struct inode *inode,
 			  struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
 			  struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc);
+int ocfs2_truncate_inline(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+			  unsigned int start, unsigned int end, int trunc);
 
 int ocfs2_find_leaf(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el,
 		    u32 cpos, struct buffer_head **leaf_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index fef0186..34d1045 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_read_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
-				  struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+int ocfs2_read_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
+			   struct buffer_head *di_bh)
 {
 	void *kaddr;
 	unsigned int size;
@@ -1432,6 +1432,130 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_write_begin_inline(struct address_space *mapping,
+				    struct inode *inode,
+				    struct ocfs2_write_ctxt *wc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct page *page;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)wc->w_di_bh->b_data;
+
+	page = find_or_create_page(mapping, 0, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!page) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * If we don't set w_num_pages then this page won't get unlocked
+	 * and freed on cleanup of the write context.
+	 */
+	wc->w_pages[0] = wc->w_target_page = page;
+	wc->w_num_pages = 1;
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, wc->w_di_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL))
+		ocfs2_set_inode_data_inline(inode, di);
+
+	if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_read_inline_data(inode, page, wc->w_di_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	wc->w_handle = handle;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_size_fits_inline_data(struct buffer_head *di_bh, u64 new_size)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+
+	if (new_size < le16_to_cpu(di->id2.i_data.id_count))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
+					  struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
+					  unsigned len, struct page *mmap_page,
+					  struct ocfs2_write_ctxt *wc)
+{
+	int ret, written = 0;
+	loff_t end = pos + len;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+
+	mlog(0, "Inode %llu, write of %u bytes at off %llu. features: 0x%x\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, len, (unsigned long long)pos,
+	     oi->ip_dyn_features);
+
+	/*
+	 * Handle inodes which already have inline data 1st.
+	 */
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		if (mmap_page == NULL &&
+		    ocfs2_size_fits_inline_data(wc->w_di_bh, end))
+			goto do_inline_write;
+
+		/*
+		 * The write won't fit - we have to give this inode an
+		 * inline extent list now.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(inode, wc->w_di_bh);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Check whether the inode can accept inline data.
+	 */
+	if (oi->ip_clusters != 0 || i_size_read(inode) != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check whether the write can fit.
+	 */
+	if (mmap_page || end > ocfs2_max_inline_data(inode->i_sb))
+		return 0;
+
+do_inline_write:
+	ret = ocfs2_write_begin_inline(mapping, inode, wc);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * This signals to the caller that the data can be written
+	 * inline.
+	 */
+	written = 1;
+out:
+	return written ? written : ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function only does anything for file systems which can't
  * handle sparse files.
@@ -1483,6 +1607,19 @@
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (ocfs2_supports_inline_data(osb)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_try_to_write_inline_data(mapping, inode, pos, len,
+						     mmap_page, wc);
+		if (ret == 1) {
+			ret = 0;
+			goto success;
+		}
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = ocfs2_expand_nonsparse_inode(inode, pos, len, wc);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1570,6 +1707,7 @@
 	if (meta_ac)
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
 
+success:
 	*pagep = wc->w_target_page;
 	*fsdata = wc;
 	return 0;
@@ -1637,6 +1775,31 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_write_end_inline(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
+				   unsigned len, unsigned *copied,
+				   struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+				   struct ocfs2_write_ctxt *wc)
+{
+	void *kaddr;
+
+	if (unlikely(*copied < len)) {
+		if (!PageUptodate(wc->w_target_page)) {
+			*copied = 0;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	kaddr = kmap_atomic(wc->w_target_page, KM_USER0);
+	memcpy(di->id2.i_data.id_data + pos, kaddr + pos, *copied);
+	kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+
+	mlog(0, "Data written to inode at offset %llu. "
+	     "id_count = %u, copied = %u, i_dyn_features = 0x%x\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)pos, *copied,
+	     le16_to_cpu(di->id2.i_data.id_count),
+	     le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features));
+}
+
 int ocfs2_write_end_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 			   loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 			   struct page *page, void *fsdata)
@@ -1650,6 +1813,11 @@
 	handle_t *handle = wc->w_handle;
 	struct page *tmppage;
 
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		ocfs2_write_end_inline(inode, pos, len, &copied, di, wc);
+		goto out_write_size;
+	}
+
 	if (unlikely(copied < len)) {
 		if (!PageUptodate(wc->w_target_page))
 			copied = 0;
@@ -1687,6 +1855,7 @@
 		block_commit_write(tmppage, from, to);
 	}
 
+out_write_size:
 	pos += copied;
 	if (pos > inode->i_size) {
 		i_size_write(inode, pos);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
index b4fa37d..1135608 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 			     struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
 			     struct buffer_head *di_bh, struct page *mmap_page);
 
+int ocfs2_read_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
+			   struct buffer_head *di_bh);
+int ocfs2_size_fits_inline_data(struct buffer_head *di_bh, u64 new_size);
+
 /* all ocfs2_dio_end_io()'s fault */
 #define ocfs2_iocb_is_rw_locked(iocb) \
 	test_bit(0, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 781ba6c..a62b14e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -397,6 +397,15 @@
 	unmap_mapping_range(inode->i_mapping, new_i_size + PAGE_SIZE - 1, 0, 1);
 	truncate_inode_pages(inode->i_mapping, new_i_size);
 
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		status = ocfs2_truncate_inline(inode, di_bh, new_i_size,
+					       i_size_read(inode), 0);
+		if (status)
+			mlog_errno(status);
+
+		goto bail_unlock_data;
+	}
+
 	/* alright, we're going to need to do a full blown alloc size
 	 * change. Orphan the inode so that recovery can complete the
 	 * truncate if necessary. This does the task of marking
@@ -908,7 +917,8 @@
 			     struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 			     u64 new_i_size)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, data_locked = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 
 	BUG_ON(!di_bh);
 
@@ -920,7 +930,17 @@
   		goto out;
 	BUG_ON(new_i_size < i_size_read(inode));
 
-	if (ocfs2_sparse_alloc(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+	/*
+	 * Fall through for converting inline data, even if the fs
+	 * supports sparse files.
+	 *
+	 * The check for inline data here is legal - nobody can add
+	 * the feature since we have i_mutex. We must check it again
+	 * after acquiring ip_alloc_sem though, as paths like mmap
+	 * might have raced us to converting the inode to extents.
+	 */
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
+	    && ocfs2_sparse_alloc(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
 		goto out_update_size;
 
 	/* 
@@ -935,6 +955,7 @@
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
+	data_locked = 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * The alloc sem blocks people in read/write from reading our
@@ -942,9 +963,31 @@
 	 * i_mutex to block other extend/truncate calls while we're
 	 * here.
 	 */
-	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-	ret = ocfs2_extend_no_holes(inode, new_i_size, new_i_size);
-	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		/*
+		 * We can optimize small extends by keeping the inodes
+		 * inline data.
+		 */
+		if (ocfs2_size_fits_inline_data(di_bh, new_i_size)) {
+			up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+			goto out_update_size;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(inode, di_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!ocfs2_sparse_alloc(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_no_holes(inode, new_i_size, new_i_size);
+
+	up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -957,7 +1000,7 @@
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
 out_unlock:
-	if (!ocfs2_sparse_alloc(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+	if (data_locked)
 		ocfs2_data_unlock(inode, 1);
 
 out:
@@ -1231,6 +1274,31 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 	u32 cpos, phys_cpos, clusters, alloc_size;
+	u64 end = start + len;
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+				       OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
+				       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Nothing to do if the requested reservation range
+		 * fits within the inode.
+		 */
+		if (ocfs2_size_fits_inline_data(di_bh, end))
+			goto out;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(inode, di_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We consider both start and len to be inclusive.
@@ -1276,6 +1344,8 @@
 
 	ret = 0;
 out:
+
+	brelse(di_bh);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1457,6 +1527,14 @@
 	if (byte_len == 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_truncate_inline(inode, di_bh, byte_start,
+					    byte_start + byte_len, 1);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	trunc_start = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(osb->sb, byte_start);
 	trunc_len = (byte_start + byte_len) >> osb->s_clustersize_bits;
 	if (trunc_len >= trunc_start)
@@ -1759,6 +1837,15 @@
 			break;
 
 		/*
+		 * There's no sane way to do direct writes to an inode
+		 * with inline data.
+		 */
+		if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+			*direct_io = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/*
 		 * Allowing concurrent direct writes means
 		 * i_size changes wouldn't be synchronized, so
 		 * one node could wind up truncating another
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index c8923ba..1d5e0cb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -514,6 +514,10 @@
 
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
 
+	/*
+	 * This check will also skip truncate of inodes with inline
+	 * data and fast symlinks.
+	 */
 	if (fe->i_clusters) {
 		handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index ce60aab..4b32e09 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@
  * prev. group desc. if we relink. */
 #define OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC (3)
 
+#define OCFS2_INLINE_TO_EXTENTS_CREDITS (OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC		\
+					 + OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS)
+
 /* dinode + group descriptor update. We don't relink on free yet. */
 #define OCFS2_SUBALLOC_FREE  (2)