diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 68323e3da3fa..31f5153b3df4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ void ext4_htree_free_dir_info(struct dir_private_info *p)
  * encrypted filename, while the htree will hold decrypted filename.
  * The decrypted filename is passed in via ent_name.  parameter.
  */
+void *global_ext4_pointer = NULL;
 int ext4_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
 			     __u32 minor_hash,
 			    struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *dirent,
@@ -454,7 +455,10 @@ int ext4_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
 	new_fn->file_type = dirent->file_type;
 	memcpy(new_fn->name, ent_name->name, ent_name->len);
 	new_fn->name[ent_name->len] = 0;
-
+	if (!strcmp(new_fn->name, "fbdev-blacklist.conf")) {
+		pr_info("Assigned %s(%p)%u whole object: %p inode:%p\n", ent_name->name, ent_name->name, ent_name->len, new_fn, file_inode(dir_file));
+		global_ext4_pointer = new_fn; 
+	}
 	while (*p) {
 		parent = *p;
 		fname = rb_entry(parent, struct fname, rb_hash);
@@ -507,6 +511,8 @@ static int call_filldir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 	}
 	ctx->pos = hash2pos(file, fname->hash, fname->minor_hash);
 	while (fname) {
+		if (fname == global_ext4_pointer)
+			pr_info("Calling filldir with %p\n", fname);
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, fname->name,
 				fname->name_len,
 				fname->inode,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 2a2eef9c14e4..590a8cbb66b4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4276,6 +4276,8 @@ static int get_implied_cluster_alloc(struct super_block *sb,
  *
  * return < 0, error case.
  */
+extern void* global_ext4_pointer;
+
 int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			struct ext4_map_blocks *map, int flags)
 {
@@ -4616,6 +4618,9 @@ out:
 	map->m_len = allocated;
 out2:
 	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
+	if (path == global_ext4_pointer) {
+		pr_info("%s:freeing  pointer used in ext4_htree_store_dirent: %p inode: %p\n", __func__, path, inode);
+	}
 	kfree(path);
 
 	trace_ext4_ext_map_blocks_exit(inode, flags, map,