diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 01eda5c..f5cf2a9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1017,6 +1017,148 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * search the closest allocated block to the left for *logical
+ * and returns it at @logical + it's physical address at @phys
+ * if *logical is the smallest allocated block, the function
+ * returns 0 at @phys
+ * return value contains 0 (success) or error code
+ */
+int
+ext4_ext_search_left(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_ext_path *path,
+			ext4_lblk_t *logical, ext4_fsblk_t *phys)
+{
+	struct ext4_extent_idx *ix;
+	struct ext4_extent *ex;
+	int depth;
+
+	BUG_ON(path == NULL);
+	depth = path->p_depth;
+	*phys = 0;
+
+	if (depth == 0 && path->p_ext == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* usually extent in the path covers blocks smaller
+	 * then *logical, but it can be that extent is the
+	 * first one in the file */
+
+	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
+	if (*logical < le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)) {
+		BUG_ON(EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr) != ex);
+		while (--depth >= 0) {
+			ix = path[depth].p_idx;
+			BUG_ON(ix != EXT_FIRST_INDEX(path[depth].p_hdr));
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(*logical < le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len));
+
+	*logical = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len) - 1;
+	*phys = ext_pblock(ex) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len) - 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * search the closest allocated block to the right for *logical
+ * and returns it at @logical + it's physical address at @phys
+ * if *logical is the smallest allocated block, the function
+ * returns 0 at @phys
+ * return value contains 0 (success) or error code
+ */
+int
+ext4_ext_search_right(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_ext_path *path,
+			ext4_lblk_t *logical, ext4_fsblk_t *phys)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
+	struct ext4_extent_idx *ix;
+	struct ext4_extent *ex;
+	ext4_fsblk_t block;
+	int depth;
+
+	BUG_ON(path == NULL);
+	depth = path->p_depth;
+	*phys = 0;
+
+	if (depth == 0 && path->p_ext == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* usually extent in the path covers blocks smaller
+	 * then *logical, but it can be that extent is the
+	 * first one in the file */
+
+	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
+	if (*logical < le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)) {
+		BUG_ON(EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr) != ex);
+		while (--depth >= 0) {
+			ix = path[depth].p_idx;
+			BUG_ON(ix != EXT_FIRST_INDEX(path[depth].p_hdr));
+		}
+		*logical = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
+		*phys = ext_pblock(ex);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(*logical < le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len));
+
+	if (ex != EXT_LAST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr)) {
+		/* next allocated block in this leaf */
+		ex++;
+		*logical = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
+		*phys = ext_pblock(ex);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* go up and search for index to the right */
+	while (--depth >= 0) {
+		ix = path[depth].p_idx;
+		if (ix != EXT_LAST_INDEX(path[depth].p_hdr))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (depth < 0) {
+		/* we've gone up to the root and
+		 * found no index to the right */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* we've found index to the right, let's
+	 * follow it and find the closest allocated
+	 * block to the right */
+	ix++;
+	block = idx_pblock(ix);
+	while (++depth < path->p_depth) {
+		bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, block);
+		if (bh == NULL)
+			return -EIO;
+		eh = ext_block_hdr(bh);
+		if (ext4_ext_check_header(inode, eh, depth)) {
+			put_bh(bh);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+		ix = EXT_FIRST_INDEX(eh);
+		block = idx_pblock(ix);
+		put_bh(bh);
+	}
+
+	bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, block);
+	if (bh == NULL)
+		return -EIO;
+	eh = ext_block_hdr(bh);
+	if (ext4_ext_check_header(inode, eh, path->p_depth - depth)) {
+		put_bh(bh);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	ex = EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh);
+	*logical = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
+	*phys = ext_pblock(ex);
+	put_bh(bh);
+	return 0;
+
+}
+
+/*
  * ext4_ext_next_allocated_block:
  * returns allocated block in subsequent extent or EXT_MAX_BLOCK.
  * NOTE: it considers block number from index entry as