diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 2bf49d7..05d9342 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "ext2.h"
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
 
 typedef struct ext2_dir_entry_2 ext2_dirent;
 
@@ -61,16 +63,25 @@
 	return last_byte;
 }
 
-static int ext2_commit_chunk(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
+static int ext2_commit_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = page->mapping->host;
+	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
+	struct inode *dir = mapping->host;
 	int err = 0;
+
 	dir->i_version++;
-	page->mapping->a_ops->commit_write(NULL, page, from, to);
+	block_write_end(NULL, mapping, pos, len, len, page, NULL);
+
+	if (pos+len > dir->i_size) {
+		i_size_write(dir, pos+len);
+		mark_inode_dirty(dir);
+	}
+
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 		err = write_one_page(page, 1);
 	else
 		unlock_page(page);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -412,16 +423,18 @@
 void ext2_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *de,
 			struct page *page, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	unsigned from = (char *) de - (char *) page_address(page);
-	unsigned to = from + le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
+	loff_t pos = page_offset(page) +
+			(char *) de - (char *) page_address(page);
+	unsigned len = le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 	int err;
 
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = page->mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(NULL, page, from, to);
+	err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, len,
+				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
-	ext2_set_de_type (de, inode);
-	err = ext2_commit_chunk(page, from, to);
+	ext2_set_de_type(de, inode);
+	err = ext2_commit_chunk(page, pos, len);
 	ext2_put_page(page);
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	EXT2_I(dir)->i_flags &= ~EXT2_BTREE_FL;
@@ -444,7 +457,7 @@
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(dir);
 	unsigned long n;
 	char *kaddr;
-	unsigned from, to;
+	loff_t pos;
 	int err;
 
 	/*
@@ -497,9 +510,10 @@
 	return -EINVAL;
 
 got_it:
-	from = (char*)de - (char*)page_address(page);
-	to = from + rec_len;
-	err = page->mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(NULL, page, from, to);
+	pos = page_offset(page) +
+		(char*)de - (char*)page_address(page);
+	err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, rec_len, 0,
+							&page, NULL);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	if (de->inode) {
@@ -509,10 +523,10 @@
 		de = de1;
 	}
 	de->name_len = namelen;
-	memcpy (de->name, name, namelen);
+	memcpy(de->name, name, namelen);
 	de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
 	ext2_set_de_type (de, inode);
-	err = ext2_commit_chunk(page, from, to);
+	err = ext2_commit_chunk(page, pos, rec_len);
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	EXT2_I(dir)->i_flags &= ~EXT2_BTREE_FL;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
@@ -537,6 +551,7 @@
 	char *kaddr = page_address(page);
 	unsigned from = ((char*)dir - kaddr) & ~(ext2_chunk_size(inode)-1);
 	unsigned to = ((char*)dir - kaddr) + le16_to_cpu(dir->rec_len);
+	loff_t pos;
 	ext2_dirent * pde = NULL;
 	ext2_dirent * de = (ext2_dirent *) (kaddr + from);
 	int err;
@@ -553,13 +568,15 @@
 	}
 	if (pde)
 		from = (char*)pde - (char*)page_address(page);
+	pos = page_offset(page) + from;
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(NULL, page, from, to);
+	err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, to - from, 0,
+							&page, NULL);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	if (pde)
-		pde->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(to-from);
+		pde->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(to - from);
 	dir->inode = 0;
-	err = ext2_commit_chunk(page, from, to);
+	err = ext2_commit_chunk(page, pos, to - from);
 	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	EXT2_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT2_BTREE_FL;
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
@@ -582,7 +599,9 @@
 
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	err = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(NULL, page, 0, chunk_size);
+
+	err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, 0, chunk_size, 0,
+							&page, NULL);
 	if (err) {
 		unlock_page(page);
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index 9fd0ec5..a08052d 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
 extern int ext2_setattr (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern void ext2_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode);
 extern void ext2_get_inode_flags(struct ext2_inode_info *);
+int __ext2_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+		struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
 
 /* ioctl.c */
 extern int ext2_ioctl (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 0079b2c..63ab02a 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -642,18 +642,21 @@
 	return mpage_readpages(mapping, pages, nr_pages, ext2_get_block);
 }
 
-static int
-ext2_prepare_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
-			unsigned from, unsigned to)
+int __ext2_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+		struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	return block_prepare_write(page,from,to,ext2_get_block);
+	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+							ext2_get_block);
 }
 
 static int
-ext2_nobh_prepare_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
-			unsigned from, unsigned to)
+ext2_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+		struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	return nobh_prepare_write(page,from,to,ext2_get_block);
+	*pagep = NULL;
+	return __ext2_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,fsdata);
 }
 
 static int ext2_nobh_writepage(struct page *page,
@@ -689,8 +692,8 @@
 	.readpages		= ext2_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext2_writepage,
 	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
-	.prepare_write		= ext2_prepare_write,
-	.commit_write		= generic_commit_write,
+	.write_begin		= ext2_write_begin,
+	.write_end		= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ext2_bmap,
 	.direct_IO		= ext2_direct_IO,
 	.writepages		= ext2_writepages,
@@ -707,8 +710,7 @@
 	.readpages		= ext2_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext2_nobh_writepage,
 	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
-	.prepare_write		= ext2_nobh_prepare_write,
-	.commit_write		= nobh_commit_write,
+	/* XXX: todo */
 	.bmap			= ext2_bmap,
 	.direct_IO		= ext2_direct_IO,
 	.writepages		= ext2_writepages,