diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 8e9e94cf1bca..689ce1d696b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1616,6 +1616,11 @@ struct ext4_dir_entry_tail {
 	__le32	det_checksum;		/* crc32c(uuid+inum+dirblock) */
 };
 
+#define EXT4_DIRENT_TAIL(block, blocksize) \
+	((struct ext4_dir_entry_tail *)(((void *)(block)) + \
+					((blocksize) - \
+					 sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail))))
+
 /*
  * Ext4 directory file types.  Only the low 3 bits are used.  The
  * other bits are reserved for now.
@@ -2435,6 +2440,11 @@ extern struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *ext4_init_dot_dotdot(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de,
 				 int blocksize, int csum_size,
 				 unsigned int parent_ino, int dotdot_real_len);
+extern void initialize_dirent_tail(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail *t,
+				   unsigned int blocksize);
+extern int ext4_handle_dirty_dirent_node(handle_t *handle,
+					 struct inode *inode,
+					 struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 /* symlink.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations ext4_symlink_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 65f7ffb5437f..bf7322818738 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #define EXT4_XATTR_SYSTEM_DATA	"data"
 #define EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE	((sizeof(__le32) * EXT4_N_BLOCKS))
+#define EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE	4
 
 int ext4_get_inline_size(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -949,6 +950,382 @@ int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
 	return copied;
 }
 
+#ifdef INLINE_DIR_DEBUG
+void ext4_show_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh,
+			  void *inline_start, int inline_size)
+{
+	int offset;
+	unsigned short de_len;
+	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de = inline_start;
+	void *dlimit = inline_start + inline_size;
+
+	trace_printk("inode %lu\n", dir->i_ino);
+	offset = 0;
+	while ((void *)de < dlimit) {
+		de_len = ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, inline_size);
+		trace_printk("de: off %u rlen %u name %*.s nlen %u ino %u\n",
+			     offset, de_len, de->name_len, de->name,
+			     de->name_len, le32_to_cpu(de->inode));
+		if (ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL, de, bh,
+					 inline_start, inline_size, offset))
+			BUG();
+
+		offset += de_len;
+		de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) ((char *) de + de_len);
+	}
+}
+#else
+#define ext4_show_inline_dir(dir, bh, inline_start, inline_size)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Add a new entry into a inline dir.
+ * It will return -ENOSPC if no space is available, and -EIO
+ * and -EEXIST if directory entry already exists.
+ */
+static int ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct dentry *dentry,
+				     struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ext4_iloc *iloc,
+				     void *inline_start, int inline_size)
+{
+	struct inode	*dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+	const char	*name = dentry->d_name.name;
+	int		namelen = dentry->d_name.len;
+	unsigned short	reclen;
+	int		err;
+	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
+
+	reclen = EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(namelen);
+	err = ext4_find_dest_de(dir, inode, iloc->bh,
+				inline_start, inline_size,
+				name, namelen, &de);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, iloc->bh);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	ext4_insert_dentry(inode, de, inline_size, name, namelen);
+
+	ext4_show_inline_dir(dir, iloc->bh, inline_start, inline_size);
+
+	/*
+	 * XXX shouldn't update any times until successful
+	 * completion of syscall, but too many callers depend
+	 * on this.
+	 *
+	 * XXX similarly, too many callers depend on
+	 * ext4_new_inode() setting the times, but error
+	 * recovery deletes the inode, so the worst that can
+	 * happen is that the times are slightly out of date
+	 * and/or different from the directory change time.
+	 */
+	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(dir);
+	ext4_update_dx_flag(dir);
+	dir->i_version++;
+	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void *ext4_get_inline_xattr_pos(struct inode *inode,
+				       struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
+{
+	struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry;
+	struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header;
+
+	BUG_ON(!EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off);
+
+	header = IHDR(inode, ext4_raw_inode(iloc));
+	entry = (struct ext4_xattr_entry *)((void *)ext4_raw_inode(iloc) +
+					    EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off);
+
+	return (void *)IFIRST(header) + le16_to_cpu(entry->e_value_offs);
+}
+
+/* Set the final de to cover the whole block. */
+static void ext4_update_final_de(void *de_buf, int old_size, int new_size)
+{
+	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de, *prev_de;
+	void *limit;
+	int de_len;
+
+	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)de_buf;
+	if (old_size) {
+		limit = de_buf + old_size;
+		do {
+			prev_de = de;
+			de_len = ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, old_size);
+			de_buf += de_len;
+			de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)de_buf;
+		} while (de_buf < limit);
+
+		prev_de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(de_len + new_size -
+							old_size, new_size);
+	} else {
+		/* this is just created, so create an empty entry. */
+		de->inode = 0;
+		de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(new_size, new_size);
+	}
+}
+
+static int ext4_update_inline_dir(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
+				  struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int old_size = EXT4_I(dir)->i_inline_size - EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
+	int new_size = get_max_inline_xattr_value_size(dir, iloc);
+
+	if (new_size - old_size <= EXT4_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	ret = ext4_update_inline_data(handle, dir,
+				      new_size + EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ext4_update_final_de(ext4_get_inline_xattr_pos(dir, iloc), old_size,
+			     EXT4_I(dir)->i_inline_size -
+						EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE);
+	dir->i_size = EXT4_I(dir)->i_disksize = EXT4_I(dir)->i_inline_size;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void ext4_restore_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ext4_iloc *iloc,
+				     void *buf, int inline_size)
+{
+	ext4_create_inline_data(handle, inode, inline_size);
+	ext4_write_inline_data(inode, iloc, buf, 0, inline_size);
+	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
+}
+
+static int ext4_finish_convert_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
+					  struct inode *inode,
+					  struct buffer_head *dir_block,
+					  void *buf,
+					  int inline_size)
+{
+	int err, csum_size = 0, header_size = 0;
+	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
+	struct ext4_dir_entry_tail *t;
+	void *target = dir_block->b_data;
+
+	/*
+	 * First create "." and ".." and then copy the dir information
+	 * back to the block.
+	 */
+	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)target;
+	de = ext4_init_dot_dotdot(inode, de,
+		inode->i_sb->s_blocksize, csum_size,
+		le32_to_cpu(((struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)buf)->inode), 1);
+	header_size = (void *)de - target;
+
+	memcpy((void *)de, buf + EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE,
+		inline_size - EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE);
+
+	if (EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(inode->i_sb,
+				       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM))
+		csum_size = sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail);
+
+	inode->i_size = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	i_size_write(inode, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+	EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	ext4_update_final_de(dir_block->b_data,
+			inline_size - EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE + header_size,
+			inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - csum_size);
+
+	if (csum_size) {
+		t = EXT4_DIRENT_TAIL(dir_block->b_data,
+				     inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+		initialize_dirent_tail(t, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+	}
+	set_buffer_uptodate(dir_block);
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_dirent_node(handle, inode, dir_block);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+	set_buffer_verified(dir_block);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock(handle_t *handle,
+					   struct inode *inode,
+					   struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
+{
+	int error;
+	void *buf = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *data_bh = NULL;
+	struct ext4_map_blocks map;
+	int inline_size;
+
+	inline_size = ext4_get_inline_size(inode);
+	buf = kmalloc(inline_size, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!buf) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	error = ext4_read_inline_data(inode, buf, inline_size, iloc);
+	if (error < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	error = ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock(handle, inode);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+
+	map.m_lblk = 0;
+	map.m_len = 1;
+	map.m_flags = 0;
+	error = ext4_map_blocks(handle, inode, &map, EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE);
+	if (error < 0)
+		goto out_restore;
+	if (!(map.m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED)) {
+		error = -EIO;
+		goto out_restore;
+	}
+
+	data_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, map.m_pblk);
+	if (!data_bh) {
+		error = -EIO;
+		goto out_restore;
+	}
+
+	lock_buffer(data_bh);
+	error = ext4_journal_get_create_access(handle, data_bh);
+	if (error) {
+		unlock_buffer(data_bh);
+		error = -EIO;
+		goto out_restore;
+	}
+	memset(data_bh->b_data, 0, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+
+	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+		memcpy(data_bh->b_data, buf, inline_size);
+		set_buffer_uptodate(data_bh);
+		error = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle,
+						   inode, data_bh);
+	} else {
+		error = ext4_finish_convert_inline_dir(handle, inode, data_bh,
+						       buf, inline_size);
+	}
+
+	unlock_buffer(data_bh);
+out_restore:
+	if (error)
+		ext4_restore_inline_data(handle, inode, iloc, buf, inline_size);
+
+out:
+	brelse(data_bh);
+	kfree(buf);
+	return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Try to add the new entry to the inline data.
+ * If succeeds, return 0. If not, extended the inline dir and copied data to
+ * the new created block.
+ */
+int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
+			      struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int ret, inline_size;
+	void *inline_start;
+	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
+	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+
+	ret = ext4_get_inode_loc(dir, &iloc);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	down_write(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
+	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(dir))
+		goto out;
+
+	inline_start = (void *)ext4_raw_inode(&iloc)->i_block +
+						 EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;
+	inline_size = EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE - EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE;
+
+	ret = ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle, dentry, inode, &iloc,
+					inline_start, inline_size);
+	if (ret != -ENOSPC)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* check whether it can be inserted to inline xattr space. */
+	inline_size = EXT4_I(dir)->i_inline_size -
+			EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
+	if (!inline_size) {
+		/* Try to use the xattr space.*/
+		ret = ext4_update_inline_dir(handle, dir, &iloc);
+		if (ret && ret != -ENOSPC)
+			goto out;
+
+		inline_size = EXT4_I(dir)->i_inline_size -
+				EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
+	}
+
+	if (inline_size) {
+		inline_start = ext4_get_inline_xattr_pos(dir, &iloc);
+
+		ret = ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle, dentry, inode, &iloc,
+						inline_start, inline_size);
+
+		if (ret != -ENOSPC)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The inline space is filled up, so create a new block for it.
+	 * As the extent tree will be created, we have to save the inline
+	 * dir first.
+	 */
+	ret = ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock(handle, dir, &iloc);
+
+out:
+	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
+	up_write(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
+	brelse(iloc.bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Try to create the inline data for the new dir.
+ * If it succeeds, return 0, otherwise return the error.
+ * In case of ENOSPC, the caller should create the normal disk layout dir.
+ */
+int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle, struct inode *parent,
+			       struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int ret, inline_size = EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
+	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
+	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
+
+	ret = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ext4_prepare_inline_data(handle, inode, inline_size);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * For inline dir, we only save the inode information for the ".."
+	 * and create a fake dentry to cover the left space.
+	 */
+	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)ext4_raw_inode(&iloc)->i_block;
+	de->inode = cpu_to_le32(parent->i_ino);
+	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)((void *)de + EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE);
+	de->inode = 0;
+	de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(
+				inline_size - EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_SIZE,
+				inline_size);
+	set_nlink(inode, 2);
+	inode->i_size = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inline_size;
+out:
+	brelse(iloc.bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int ext4_destroy_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index bb9259d20b55..3cde36bd8020 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -202,13 +202,8 @@ static int ext4_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 			     struct inode *inode);
 
 /* checksumming functions */
-#define EXT4_DIRENT_TAIL(block, blocksize) \
-	((struct ext4_dir_entry_tail *)(((void *)(block)) + \
-					((blocksize) - \
-					 sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail))))
-
-static void initialize_dirent_tail(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail *t,
-				   unsigned int blocksize)
+void initialize_dirent_tail(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail *t,
+			    unsigned int blocksize)
 {
 	memset(t, 0, sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail));
 	t->det_rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(
@@ -307,9 +302,9 @@ static void ext4_dirent_csum_set(struct inode *inode,
 					   (void *)t - (void *)dirent);
 }
 
-static inline int ext4_handle_dirty_dirent_node(handle_t *handle,
-						struct inode *inode,
-						struct buffer_head *bh)
+int ext4_handle_dirty_dirent_node(handle_t *handle,
+				  struct inode *inode,
+				  struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	ext4_dirent_csum_set(inode, (struct ext4_dir_entry *)bh->b_data);
 	return ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, bh);
@@ -1878,6 +1873,17 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	blocksize = sb->s_blocksize;
 	if (!dentry->d_name.len)
 		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(dir)) {
+		retval = ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			return retval;
+		if (retval == 1) {
+			retval = 0;
+			return retval;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (is_dx(dir)) {
 		retval = ext4_dx_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
 		if (!retval || (retval != ERR_BAD_DX_DIR))
@@ -2301,6 +2307,14 @@ static int ext4_init_new_dir(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 				       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM))
 		csum_size = sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail);
 
+	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)) {
+		err = ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle, dir, inode);
+		if (err < 0 && err != -ENOSPC)
+			goto out;
+		if (!err)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	inode->i_size = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = blocksize;
 	dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
 	if (!(dir_block = ext4_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err))) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 37e66f867645..397ef4bbaf1e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ extern int ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
 extern int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
 					 unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 					 struct page *page);
+extern int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
+				     struct inode *inode);
+extern int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
+				      struct inode *parent,
+				      struct inode *inode);
 # else  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR */
 
 static inline int
@@ -327,6 +332,20 @@ static inline int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
+					    struct dentry *dentry,
+					    struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
+					     struct inode *parent,
+					     struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 # endif  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY