diff --git a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/res_gdt.c b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/res_gdt.c
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+/*
+ * res_gdt.c --- reserve blocks for growing the group descriptor table
+ *               during online resizing.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Andreas Dilger
+ *
+ * %Begin-Header%
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public
+ * License.
+ * %End-Header%
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include "ext2_fs.h"
+#include "ext2fs.h"
+
+/*
+ * Iterate through the groups which hold BACKUP superblock/GDT copies in an
+ * ext3 filesystem.  The counters should be initialized to 1, 5, and 7 before
+ * calling this for the first time.  In a sparse filesystem it will be the
+ * sequence of powers of 3, 5, and 7: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 25, 27, 49, 81, ...
+ * For a non-sparse filesystem it will be every group: 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
+ */
+static unsigned int list_backups(ext2_filsys fs, unsigned int *three,
+				 unsigned int *five, unsigned int *seven)
+{
+	unsigned int *min = three;
+	int mult = 3;
+	unsigned int ret;
+
+	if (!(fs->super->s_feature_ro_compat &
+	      EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SPARSE_SUPER)) {
+		ret = *min;
+		*min += 1;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (*five < *min) {
+		min = five;
+		mult = 5;
+	}
+	if (*seven < *min) {
+		min = seven;
+		mult = 7;
+	}
+
+	ret = *min;
+	*min *= mult;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This code assumes that the reserved blocks have already been marked in-use
+ * during ext2fs_initialize(), so that they are not allocated for other
+ * uses before we can add them to the resize inode (which has to come
+ * after the creation of the inode table).
+ */
+errcode_t ext2fs_create_resize_inode(ext2_filsys fs)
+{
+	errcode_t		retval, retval2;
+	struct ext2_super_block	*sb;
+	struct ext2_inode	inode;
+	__u32			*dindir_buf, *gdt_buf;
+	int			rsv_add;
+	unsigned long long	apb, inode_size;
+	blk_t			dindir_blk, rsv_off, gdt_off, gdt_blk;
+	int			dindir_dirty = 0, inode_dirty = 0;
+
+	EXT2_CHECK_MAGIC(fs, EXT2_ET_MAGIC_EXT2FS_FILSYS);
+
+	sb = fs->super;
+
+	retval = ext2fs_get_mem(2 * fs->blocksize, (void **)&dindir_buf);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_free;
+	gdt_buf = (__u32 *)((char *)dindir_buf + fs->blocksize);
+
+	retval = ext2fs_read_inode(fs, EXT2_RESIZE_INO, &inode);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	/* Maximum possible file size (we donly use the dindirect blocks) */
+	apb = EXT2_ADDR_PER_BLOCK(sb);
+	rsv_add = fs->blocksize / 512;
+	if ((dindir_blk = inode.i_block[EXT2_DIND_BLOCK])) {
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+		printf("reading GDT dindir %u\n", dindir_blk);
+#endif
+		retval = ext2fs_read_ind_block(fs, dindir_blk, dindir_buf);
+		if (retval)
+			goto out_inode;
+	} else {
+		blk_t goal = 3 + sb->s_reserved_gdt_blocks +
+			fs->desc_blocks + fs->inode_blocks_per_group;
+
+		retval = ext2fs_alloc_block(fs, goal, 0, &dindir_blk);
+		if (retval)
+			goto out_free;
+		inode.i_mode = LINUX_S_IFREG | 0600;
+		inode.i_links_count = 1;
+		inode.i_block[EXT2_DIND_BLOCK] = dindir_blk;
+		inode.i_blocks = rsv_add;
+		memset(dindir_buf, 0, fs->blocksize);
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+		printf("allocated GDT dindir %u\n", dindir_blk);
+#endif
+		dindir_dirty = inode_dirty = 1;
+		inode_size = apb*apb + apb + EXT2_NDIR_BLOCKS;
+		inode_size *= fs->blocksize;
+		inode.i_size = inode_size & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+		inode.i_size_high = (inode_size >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+		if(inode.i_size_high) {
+			sb->s_feature_ro_compat |=
+				EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE;
+		}
+		inode.i_ctime = time(0);
+	}
+
+	for (rsv_off = 0, gdt_off = fs->desc_blocks,
+	     gdt_blk = sb->s_first_data_block + 1 + fs->desc_blocks;
+	     rsv_off < sb->s_reserved_gdt_blocks;
+	     rsv_off++, gdt_off++, gdt_blk++) {
+		unsigned int three = 1, five = 5, seven = 7;
+		unsigned int grp, last = 0;
+		int gdt_dirty = 0;
+
+		gdt_off %= apb;
+		if (!dindir_buf[gdt_off]) {
+			/* FIXME XXX XXX
+			blk_t new_blk;
+
+			retval = ext2fs_new_block(fs, gdt_blk, 0, &new_blk);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_free;
+			if (new_blk != gdt_blk) {
+				// XXX free block
+				retval = -1; // XXX
+			}
+			*/
+			gdt_dirty = dindir_dirty = inode_dirty = 1;
+			memset(gdt_buf, 0, fs->blocksize);
+			dindir_buf[gdt_off] = gdt_blk;
+			inode.i_blocks += rsv_add;
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+			printf("added primary GDT block %u at %u[%u]\n",
+			       gdt_blk, dindir_blk, gdt_off);
+#endif
+		} else if (dindir_buf[gdt_off] == gdt_blk) {
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+			printf("reading primary GDT block %u\n", gdt_blk);
+#endif
+			retval = ext2fs_read_ind_block(fs, gdt_blk, gdt_buf);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_dindir;
+		} else {
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+			printf("bad primary GDT %u != %u at %u[%u]\n",
+			       dindir_buf[gdt_off], gdt_blk,dindir_blk,gdt_off);
+#endif
+			retval = EXT2_ET_RESIZE_INODE_CORRUPT;
+			goto out_dindir;
+		}
+
+		while ((grp = list_backups(fs, &three, &five, &seven)) <
+		       fs->group_desc_count) {
+			blk_t expect = gdt_blk + grp * sb->s_blocks_per_group;
+
+			if (!gdt_buf[last]) {
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+				printf("added backup GDT %u grp %u@%u[%u]\n",
+				       expect, grp, gdt_blk, last);
+#endif
+				gdt_buf[last] = expect;
+				inode.i_blocks += rsv_add;
+				gdt_dirty = inode_dirty = 1;
+			} else if (gdt_buf[last] != expect) {
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+				printf("bad backup GDT %u != %u at %u[%u]\n",
+				       gdt_buf[last], expect, gdt_blk, last);
+#endif
+				retval = EXT2_ET_RESIZE_INODE_CORRUPT;
+				goto out_dindir;
+			}
+			last++;
+		}
+		if (gdt_dirty) {
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+			printf("writing primary GDT block %u\n", gdt_blk);
+#endif
+			retval = ext2fs_write_ind_block(fs, gdt_blk, gdt_buf);
+			if (retval)
+				goto out_dindir;
+		}
+	}
+
+out_dindir:
+	if (dindir_dirty) {
+		retval2 = ext2fs_write_ind_block(fs, dindir_blk, dindir_buf);
+		if (!retval)
+			retval = retval2;
+	}
+out_inode:
+#ifdef RES_GDT_DEBUG
+	printf("inode.i_blocks = %u, i_size = %u\n", inode.i_blocks,
+	       inode.i_size);
+#endif
+	if (inode_dirty) {
+		inode.i_atime = inode.i_mtime = time(0);
+		retval2 = ext2fs_write_inode(fs, EXT2_RESIZE_INO, &inode);
+		if (!retval)
+			retval = retval2;
+	}
+out_free:
+	ext2fs_free_mem((void **)&dindir_buf);
+	return retval;
+}
+