diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index fa5c45b..9fa4ebe 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ struct btrfs_ordered_sum;
  */
 #define BTRFS_NAME_LEN 255
 
+/*
+ * Theoretical limit is larger, but we keep this down to a sane
+ * value. That should limit greatly the possibility of collisions on
+ * inode ref items.
+ */
+#define BTRFS_LINK_MAX 65535U
+
 /* 32 bytes in various csum fields */
 #define BTRFS_CSUM_SIZE 32
 
@@ -486,6 +493,8 @@ struct btrfs_super_block {
  */
 #define BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_BIG_METADATA	(1ULL << 5)
 
+#define BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENDED_IREF	(1ULL << 6)
+
 #define BTRFS_FEATURE_COMPAT_SUPP		0ULL
 #define BTRFS_FEATURE_COMPAT_RO_SUPP		0ULL
 #define BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SUPP			\
@@ -493,7 +502,8 @@ struct btrfs_super_block {
 	 BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_DEFAULT_SUBVOL |	\
 	 BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MIXED_GROUPS |		\
 	 BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_BIG_METADATA |		\
-	 BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_COMPRESS_LZO)
+	 BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_COMPRESS_LZO |		\
+	 BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENDED_IREF)
 
 /*
  * A leaf is full of items. offset and size tell us where to find
@@ -640,6 +650,14 @@ struct btrfs_inode_ref {
 	/* name goes here */
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
 
+struct btrfs_inode_extref {
+	__le64 parent_objectid;
+	__le64 index;
+	__le16 name_len;
+	__u8   name[0];
+	/* name goes here */
+} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
+
 struct btrfs_timespec {
 	__le64 sec;
 	__le32 nsec;
@@ -1457,6 +1475,7 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_defrag_range_args {
  */
 #define BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY		1
 #define BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY		12
+#define BTRFS_INODE_EXTREF_KEY		13
 #define BTRFS_XATTR_ITEM_KEY		24
 #define BTRFS_ORPHAN_ITEM_KEY		48
 /* reserve 2-15 close to the inode for later flexibility */
@@ -1778,6 +1797,13 @@ BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(block_group_flags,
 BTRFS_SETGET_FUNCS(inode_ref_name_len, struct btrfs_inode_ref, name_len, 16);
 BTRFS_SETGET_FUNCS(inode_ref_index, struct btrfs_inode_ref, index, 64);
 
+/* struct btrfs_inode_extref */
+BTRFS_SETGET_FUNCS(inode_extref_parent, struct btrfs_inode_extref,
+		   parent_objectid, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_FUNCS(inode_extref_name_len, struct btrfs_inode_extref,
+		   name_len, 16);
+BTRFS_SETGET_FUNCS(inode_extref_index, struct btrfs_inode_extref, index, 64);
+
 /* struct btrfs_inode_item */
 BTRFS_SETGET_FUNCS(inode_generation, struct btrfs_inode_item, generation, 64);
 BTRFS_SETGET_FUNCS(inode_sequence, struct btrfs_inode_item, sequence, 64);
@@ -2884,12 +2910,12 @@ int btrfs_del_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			   struct btrfs_root *root,
 			   const char *name, int name_len,
 			   u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, u64 *index);
-struct btrfs_inode_ref *
-btrfs_lookup_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			struct btrfs_root *root,
-			struct btrfs_path *path,
-			const char *name, int name_len,
-			u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int mod);
+int btrfs_get_inode_ref_index(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			      struct btrfs_root *root,
+			      struct btrfs_path *path,
+			      const char *name, int name_len,
+			      u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int mod,
+			      u64 *ret_index);
 int btrfs_insert_empty_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			     struct btrfs_root *root,
 			     struct btrfs_path *path, u64 objectid);
@@ -2897,6 +2923,18 @@ int btrfs_lookup_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 		       *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
 		       struct btrfs_key *location, int mod);
 
+struct btrfs_inode_extref *
+btrfs_lookup_inode_extref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			  struct btrfs_root *root,
+			  struct btrfs_path *path,
+			  const char *name, int name_len,
+			  u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int ins_len,
+			  int cow);
+
+int btrfs_find_name_in_ext_backref(struct btrfs_path *path, const char *name,
+				   int name_len,
+				   struct btrfs_inode_extref **extref_ret);
+
 /* file-item.c */
 int btrfs_del_csums(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		    struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr, u64 len);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/hash.h b/fs/btrfs/hash.h
index db2ff97..1d98281 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/hash.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/hash.h
@@ -24,4 +24,14 @@ static inline u64 btrfs_name_hash(const char *name, int len)
 {
 	return crc32c((u32)~1, name, len);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Figure the key offset of an extended inode ref
+ */
+static inline u64 btrfs_extref_hash(u64 parent_objectid, const char *name,
+				    int len)
+{
+	return (u64) crc32c(parent_objectid, name, len);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode-item.c b/fs/btrfs/inode-item.c
index a13cf1a..a64f74b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode-item.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
+#include "hash.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
 #include "print-tree.h"
 
@@ -50,18 +51,56 @@ static int find_name_in_backref(struct btrfs_path *path, const char *name,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct btrfs_inode_ref *
+int btrfs_find_name_in_ext_backref(struct btrfs_path *path, const char *name,
+				   int name_len,
+				   struct btrfs_inode_extref **extref_ret)
+{
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	struct btrfs_inode_extref *extref;
+	unsigned long ptr;
+	unsigned long name_ptr;
+	u32 item_size;
+	u32 cur_offset = 0;
+	int ref_name_len;
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+	item_size = btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]);
+	ptr = btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf, path->slots[0]);
+
+	/*
+	 * Search all extended backrefs in this item. We're only
+	 * looking through any collisions so most of the time this is
+	 * just going to compare against one buffer. If all is well,
+	 * we'll return success and the inode ref object.
+	 */
+	while (cur_offset < item_size) {
+		extref = (struct btrfs_inode_extref *) (ptr + cur_offset);
+		name_ptr = (unsigned long)(&extref->name);
+		ref_name_len = btrfs_inode_extref_name_len(leaf, extref);
+
+		if (ref_name_len == name_len
+		    && (memcmp_extent_buffer(leaf, name, name_ptr, name_len) == 0)) {
+			if (extref_ret)
+				*extref_ret = extref;
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		cur_offset += ref_name_len + sizeof(*extref);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct btrfs_inode_ref *
 btrfs_lookup_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			struct btrfs_root *root,
-			struct btrfs_path *path,
-			const char *name, int name_len,
-			u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int mod)
+		       struct btrfs_root *root,
+		       struct btrfs_path *path,
+		       const char *name, int name_len,
+		       u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int ins_len,
+		       int cow)
 {
+	int ret;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	struct btrfs_inode_ref *ref;
-	int ins_len = mod < 0 ? -1 : 0;
-	int cow = mod != 0;
-	int ret;
 
 	key.objectid = inode_objectid;
 	key.type = BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY;
@@ -77,13 +116,149 @@ btrfs_lookup_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	return ref;
 }
 
-int btrfs_del_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+/* Returns NULL if no extref found */
+struct btrfs_inode_extref *
+btrfs_lookup_inode_extref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			  struct btrfs_root *root,
+			  struct btrfs_path *path,
+			  const char *name, int name_len,
+			  u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int ins_len,
+			  int cow)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct btrfs_key key;
+	struct btrfs_inode_extref *extref;
+
+	key.objectid = inode_objectid;
+	key.type = BTRFS_INODE_EXTREF_KEY;
+	key.offset = btrfs_extref_hash(ref_objectid, name, name_len);
+
+	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &key, path, ins_len, cow);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		return NULL;
+	if (!btrfs_find_name_in_ext_backref(path, name, name_len, &extref))
+		return NULL;
+	return extref;
+}
+
+int btrfs_get_inode_ref_index(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			      struct btrfs_root *root,
+			      struct btrfs_path *path,
+			      const char *name, int name_len,
+			      u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, int mod,
+			      u64 *ret_index)
+{
+	struct btrfs_inode_ref *ref;
+	struct btrfs_inode_extref *extref;
+	int ins_len = mod < 0 ? -1 : 0;
+	int cow = mod != 0;
+
+	ref = btrfs_lookup_inode_ref(trans, root, path, name, name_len,
+				     inode_objectid, ref_objectid, ins_len,
+				     cow);
+	if (IS_ERR(ref))
+		return PTR_ERR(ref);
+
+	if (ref != NULL) {
+		*ret_index = btrfs_inode_ref_index(path->nodes[0], ref);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	btrfs_release_path(path);
+
+	extref = btrfs_lookup_inode_extref(trans, root, path, name,
+					   name_len, inode_objectid,
+					   ref_objectid, ins_len, cow);
+	if (IS_ERR(extref))
+		return PTR_ERR(extref);
+
+	if (extref) {
+		*ret_index = btrfs_inode_extref_index(path->nodes[0], extref);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+int btrfs_del_inode_extref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			   struct btrfs_root *root,
 			   const char *name, int name_len,
 			   u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, u64 *index)
 {
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
+	struct btrfs_inode_extref *extref;
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	int ret;
+	int del_len = name_len + sizeof(*extref);
+	unsigned long ptr;
+	unsigned long item_start;
+	u32 item_size;
+
+	key.objectid = inode_objectid;
+	btrfs_set_key_type(&key, BTRFS_INODE_EXTREF_KEY);
+	key.offset = btrfs_extref_hash(ref_objectid, name, name_len);
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	path->leave_spinning = 1;
+
+	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &key, path, -1, 1);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * Sanity check - did we find the right item for this name?
+	 * This should always succeed so error here will make the FS
+	 * readonly.
+	 */
+	if (!btrfs_find_name_in_ext_backref(path, name, name_len, &extref)) {
+		btrfs_std_error(root->fs_info, -ENOENT);
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+	item_size = btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]);
+	if (index)
+		*index = btrfs_inode_extref_index(leaf, extref);
+
+	if (del_len == item_size) {
+		/*
+		 * Common case only one ref in the item, remove the
+		 * whole item.
+		 */
+		ret = btrfs_del_item(trans, root, path);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ptr = (unsigned long)extref;
+	item_start = btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf, path->slots[0]);
+
+	memmove_extent_buffer(leaf, ptr, ptr + del_len,
+			      item_size - (ptr + del_len - item_start));
+
+	btrfs_truncate_item(trans, root, path, item_size - del_len, 1);
+
+out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int btrfs_del_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			struct btrfs_root *root,
+			const char *name, int name_len,
+			u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, u64 *index)
+{
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct btrfs_key key;
 	struct btrfs_inode_ref *ref;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
 	unsigned long ptr;
@@ -91,6 +266,7 @@ int btrfs_del_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	u32 item_size;
 	u32 sub_item_len;
 	int ret;
+	int search_ext_refs = 0;
 	int del_len = name_len + sizeof(*ref);
 
 	key.objectid = inode_objectid;
@@ -106,12 +282,14 @@ int btrfs_del_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &key, path, -1, 1);
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
+		search_ext_refs = 1;
 		goto out;
 	} else if (ret < 0) {
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (!find_name_in_backref(path, name, name_len, &ref)) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
+		search_ext_refs = 1;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
@@ -129,8 +307,76 @@ int btrfs_del_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	item_start = btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf, path->slots[0]);
 	memmove_extent_buffer(leaf, ptr, ptr + sub_item_len,
 			      item_size - (ptr + sub_item_len - item_start));
-	btrfs_truncate_item(trans, root, path,
-				  item_size - sub_item_len, 1);
+	btrfs_truncate_item(trans, root, path, item_size - sub_item_len, 1);
+out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+
+	if (search_ext_refs) {
+		/*
+		 * No refs were found, or we could not find the
+		 * name in our ref array. Find and remove the extended
+		 * inode ref then.
+		 */
+		return btrfs_del_inode_extref(trans, root, name, name_len,
+					      inode_objectid, ref_objectid, index);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * btrfs_insert_inode_extref() - Inserts an extended inode ref into a tree.
+ *
+ * The caller must have checked against BTRFS_LINK_MAX already.
+ */
+static int btrfs_insert_inode_extref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				     struct btrfs_root *root,
+				     const char *name, int name_len,
+				     u64 inode_objectid, u64 ref_objectid, u64 index)
+{
+	struct btrfs_inode_extref *extref;
+	int ret;
+	int ins_len = name_len + sizeof(*extref);
+	unsigned long ptr;
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct btrfs_key key;
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	struct btrfs_item *item;
+
+	key.objectid = inode_objectid;
+	key.type = BTRFS_INODE_EXTREF_KEY;
+	key.offset = btrfs_extref_hash(ref_objectid, name, name_len);
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	path->leave_spinning = 1;
+	ret = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, path, &key,
+				      ins_len);
+	if (ret == -EEXIST) {
+		if (btrfs_find_name_in_ext_backref(path, name, name_len, NULL))
+			goto out;
+
+		btrfs_extend_item(trans, root, path, ins_len);
+	}
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+	item = btrfs_item_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]);
+	ptr = (unsigned long)btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0], char);
+	ptr += btrfs_item_size(leaf, item) - ins_len;
+	extref = (struct btrfs_inode_extref *)ptr;
+
+	btrfs_set_inode_extref_name_len(path->nodes[0], extref, name_len);
+	btrfs_set_inode_extref_index(path->nodes[0], extref, index);
+	btrfs_set_inode_extref_parent(path->nodes[0], extref, ref_objectid);
+
+	ptr = (unsigned long)&extref->name;
+	write_extent_buffer(path->nodes[0], name, ptr, name_len);
+	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(path->nodes[0]);
+
 out:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	return ret;
@@ -191,6 +437,19 @@ int btrfs_insert_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 out:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
+
+	if (ret == -EMLINK) {
+		struct btrfs_super_block *disk_super = root->fs_info->super_copy;
+		/* We ran out of space in the ref array. Need to
+		 * add an extended ref. */
+		if (btrfs_super_incompat_flags(disk_super)
+		    & BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENDED_IREF)
+			ret = btrfs_insert_inode_extref(trans, root, name,
+							name_len,
+							inode_objectid,
+							ref_objectid, index);
+	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index a7d1921..b96f0dc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2890,7 +2890,6 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *__unlink_start_trans(struct inode *dir,
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
-	struct btrfs_inode_ref *ref;
 	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	u64 index;
@@ -3004,17 +3003,17 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *__unlink_start_trans(struct inode *dir,
 	}
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
-	ref = btrfs_lookup_inode_ref(trans, root, path,
-				dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len,
-				ino, dir_ino, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(ref)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(ref);
+	ret = btrfs_get_inode_ref_index(trans, root, path, dentry->d_name.name,
+					dentry->d_name.len, ino, dir_ino, 0,
+					&index);
+	if (ret) {
+		err = ret;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	BUG_ON(!ref); /* Logic error */
+
 	if (check_path_shared(root, path))
 		goto out;
-	index = btrfs_inode_ref_index(path->nodes[0], ref);
+
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
 	/*
@@ -4673,6 +4672,12 @@ static struct inode *btrfs_new_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_set_key_type(&key[0], BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY);
 	key[0].offset = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Start new inodes with an inode_ref. This is slightly more
+	 * efficient for small numbers of hard links since they will
+	 * be packed into one item. Extended refs will kick in if we
+	 * add more hard links than can fit in the ref item.
+	 */
 	key[1].objectid = objectid;
 	btrfs_set_key_type(&key[1], BTRFS_INODE_REF_KEY);
 	key[1].offset = ref_objectid;
@@ -4975,7 +4980,7 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	if (root->objectid != BTRFS_I(inode)->root->objectid)
 		return -EXDEV;
 
-	if (inode->i_nlink == ~0U)
+	if (inode->i_nlink >= BTRFS_LINK_MAX)
 		return -EMLINK;
 
 	err = btrfs_set_inode_index(dir, &index);
