diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 7728a4c..8888815 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -290,10 +290,53 @@ int __ext4_journal_stop(const char *where,
unsigned int line, handle_t *handle)
 	return err;
 }

+/* record error messages after journal super block */
+static void ext4_record_journal_err(struct super_block *sb, const char *where,
+		const char *function, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+#define MSGLEN 256
+	journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
+	char *buf;
+	unsigned long offset;
+	int len;
+	
+	if (!journal)
+		return;
+
+	buf = (char *)journal->j_superblock;
+	offset = (unsigned long)buf % sb->s_blocksize;
+	buf += sizeof(journal_superblock_t);
+	offset += sizeof(journal_superblock_t);
+
+	/* seek to end of message buffer */
+	while (offset < sb->s_blocksize && *buf) {
+		buf += MSGLEN;
+		offset += MSGLEN;
+	}
+
+	if (offset+MSGLEN > sb->s_blocksize)
+		/* no space left in message buffer */
+		return;
+
+	len = snprintf(buf, MSGLEN, "%s: %s: ", where, function);
+	len += vsnprintf(buf+len, MSGLEN-len, fmt, args);
+}
+
+static void ext4_record_journal_errstr(struct super_block *sb,
+		const char *where, const char *function, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, function);
+	ext4_record_journal_err(sb, where, function, "%s\n", args);
+	va_end(args);
+}
+
 void ext4_journal_abort_handle(const char *caller, unsigned int line,
 			       const char *err_fn, struct buffer_head *bh,
 			       handle_t *handle, int err)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = handle->h_transaction->t_journal->j_private;
 	char nbuf[16];
 	const char *errstr = ext4_decode_error(NULL, err, nbuf);