diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
index 3f904a0a47d..494d514fca7 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
@@ -4787,4 +4787,41 @@ public class AST2TemplateTests extends AST2BaseTest {
 		ICPPASTExplicitTemplateInstantiation ti= getDeclaration(tu, 1);
 		assertEquals(ICPPASTExplicitTemplateInstantiation.EXTERN, ti.getModifier());
 	}
+	
+	//	template <class T> struct eval;
+	//	template <template <class, class...> class TT, class T1, class... Rest>
+	//	struct eval<TT<T1, Rest...>> { };
+	//	template <class T1> struct A;
+	//	template <class T1, class T2> struct B;
+	//	template <int N> struct C;
+	//	template <class T1, int N> struct D;
+	//	template <class T1, class T2, int N = 17> struct E;
+	//
+	//	eval<A<int>> eA; // OK: matches partial specialization of eval
+	//	eval<B<int, float>> eB; // OK: matches partial specialization of eval
+	//	eval<C<17>> eC; // error: C does not match TT in partial specialization
+	//	eval<D<int, 17>> eD; // error: D does not match TT in partial specialization
+	//	eval<E<int, float>> eE; // error: E does not match TT in partial specialization
+	public void testExtendingVariadicTemplateTemplateParameters_302282() throws Exception {
+		final String code= getAboveComment();
+		BindingAssertionHelper bh= new BindingAssertionHelper(code, true);
+		ICPPClassTemplate ct= bh.assertNonProblem("eval;", -1);
+		ICPPClassTemplatePartialSpecialization pspec= bh.assertNonProblem("eval<TT<T1, Rest...>>", 0);
+		
+		ICPPTemplateInstance inst= bh.assertNonProblem("eval<A<int>>", 0);
+		assertSame(pspec, inst.getSpecializedBinding());
+		
+		inst= bh.assertNonProblem("eval<B<int, float>>", 0);
+		assertSame(pspec, inst.getSpecializedBinding());
+		
+		inst= bh.assertNonProblem("eval<C<17>>", 0);
+		assertSame(ct, inst.getSpecializedBinding());
+		
+		inst= bh.assertNonProblem("eval<D<int, 17>>", 0);
+		assertSame(ct, inst.getSpecializedBinding());
+		
+		inst= bh.assertNonProblem("eval<E<int, float>>", 0);
+		assertSame(ct, inst.getSpecializedBinding());
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/ASTTypeUtil.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/ASTTypeUtil.java
index a238b582fe4..db01c4190e0 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/ASTTypeUtil.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/dom/ast/ASTTypeUtil.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.c.CVisitor;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.c.ICInternalBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.CPPASTTypeId;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.CPPBasicType;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.ICPPDeferredClassInstance;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.ICPPInternalBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.CPPVisitor;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.SemanticUtil;
@@ -682,12 +683,24 @@ public class ASTTypeUtil {
 		LinkedList<String> result= new LinkedList<String>();
 		result.addFirst(getNameForAnonymous(binding));
 		
-		IBinding owner= binding.getOwner();
-		while (owner instanceof ICPPNamespace || owner instanceof IType) {
-			char[] name= owner.getNameCharArray();
+		IBinding owner= binding;
+		for (;;) {
+			if (owner instanceof ICPPTemplateParameter)
+				break;
+			if (owner instanceof ICPPDeferredClassInstance) {
+				ICPPDeferredClassInstance deferredInst = (ICPPDeferredClassInstance) owner;
+				if (deferredInst.getTemplateDefinition() instanceof ICPPTemplateParameter)
+					break;
+			}
+			
+			owner = owner.getOwner();
+			if (!(owner instanceof ICPPNamespace || owner instanceof IType))
+				break;
+
+			char[] name = owner.getNameCharArray();
 			if (name == null || name.length == 0) {
-				if (!(binding instanceof ICPPNamespace)) {
-					char[] altname= createNameForAnonymous(binding);
+				if (!(owner instanceof ICPPNamespace)) {
+					char[] altname = createNameForAnonymous(owner);
 					if (altname != null) {
 						result.addFirst(new String(altname));
 					}
@@ -699,10 +712,6 @@ public class ASTTypeUtil {
 					result.addFirst(new String(name));
 				}
 			}
-			if (owner instanceof ICPPTemplateParameter)
-				break;
-			
-			owner= owner.getOwner();
 		}
 	    return result.toArray(new String[result.size()]);
 	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPDeferredClassInstance.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPDeferredClassInstance.java
index b797fa6f7cd..a5bb3c89423 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPDeferredClassInstance.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPDeferredClassInstance.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ public class CPPDeferredClassInstance extends CPPUnknownClass implements ICPPDef
 	private final ICPPScope fLookupScope;
 
 	public CPPDeferredClassInstance(ICPPClassTemplate template, ICPPTemplateArgument[] arguments, ICPPScope lookupScope) throws DOMException {
-		super(template.getOwner(), template.getNameCharArray());
+		// With template template parameters the owner must not be calculated, it'd lead to an infinite loop.
+		// Rather than that we override getOwner().
+		super(null, template.getNameCharArray());
 		fArguments= arguments;
 		fClassTemplate= template;
 		fLookupScope= lookupScope;
@@ -46,6 +48,16 @@ public class CPPDeferredClassInstance extends CPPUnknownClass implements ICPPDef
 		this(template, arguments, null);
 	}
 	
+	
+	@Override
+	public IBinding getOwner() {
+		try {
+			return fClassTemplate.getOwner();
+		} catch (DOMException e) {
+			return e.getProblem();
+		}
+	}
+
 	public ICPPClassTemplate getClassTemplate() {
 		return (ICPPClassTemplate) getSpecializedBinding();
 	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPTemplateTemplateParameter.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPTemplateTemplateParameter.java
index 8a1cea4e7af..ac1d745c24f 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPTemplateTemplateParameter.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPTemplateTemplateParameter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class CPPTemplateTemplateParameter extends CPPTemplateParameter implement
 			ICPPASTTemplateParameter[] params = template.getTemplateParameters();
 			ICPPTemplateParameter[] result = null;
 			for (ICPPASTTemplateParameter param : params) {
-				IBinding binding = CPPTemplates.getTemplateParameterName(param).resolveBinding();
+				IBinding binding = CPPTemplates.getTemplateParameterName(param).resolvePreBinding();
 				if (binding instanceof ICPPTemplateParameter) {
 					result = (ICPPTemplateParameter[]) ArrayUtil.append(ICPPTemplateParameter.class, result, binding);
 				}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPUnknownBinding.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPUnknownBinding.java
index 239746b323b..cb87541778b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPUnknownBinding.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPUnknownBinding.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -78,14 +78,16 @@ public class CPPUnknownBinding extends PlatformObject
     }
 
     public IScope getScope() throws DOMException {
-    	if (fOwner instanceof ICPPUnknownBinding) {
-    		return ((ICPPUnknownBinding) fOwner).asScope();
-    	} else if (fOwner instanceof ICPPClassType) {
-    		return ((ICPPClassType) fOwner).getCompositeScope();
-    	} else if (fOwner instanceof ICPPNamespace) {
-    		return ((ICPPNamespace) fOwner).getNamespaceScope();
-    	} else if (fOwner instanceof ICPPFunction) {
-    		return ((ICPPFunction) fOwner).getFunctionScope();
+    	// Use getOwner(), it is overridden by derived classes.
+    	final IBinding owner = getOwner();
+		if (owner instanceof ICPPUnknownBinding) {
+    		return ((ICPPUnknownBinding) owner).asScope();
+    	} else if (owner instanceof ICPPClassType) {
+    		return ((ICPPClassType) owner).getCompositeScope();
+    	} else if (owner instanceof ICPPNamespace) {
+    		return ((ICPPNamespace) owner).getNamespaceScope();
+    	} else if (owner instanceof ICPPFunction) {
+    		return ((ICPPFunction) owner).getFunctionScope();
     	}
     	return null;
     }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.java
index 415a5be4aa2..1b6cbc8cf30 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.java
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ public class CPPTemplates {
 			// class template instance
 			IBinding result= null;
 			IASTName templateName = id.getTemplateName();
-			IBinding template = templateName.resolveBinding();
+			IBinding template = templateName.resolvePreBinding();
 
 			if (template instanceof ICPPConstructor) {
 				template= template.getOwner();
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/TemplateArgumentDeduction.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/TemplateArgumentDeduction.java
index c3d350d1830..3c08253fd8e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/TemplateArgumentDeduction.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/TemplateArgumentDeduction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2009 Wind River Systems, Inc. and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Wind River Systems, Inc. and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPTemplateArgument;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPTemplateDefinition;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPTemplateInstance;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPTemplateParameter;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPTemplateTemplateParameter;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.Value;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.CPPBasicType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.CPPPointerType;
@@ -536,9 +537,22 @@ public class TemplateArgumentDeduction {
 			throws DOMException {
 		ICPPClassTemplate pTemplate= getPrimaryTemplate(pInst);
 		ICPPClassTemplate aTemplate= getPrimaryTemplate(aInst);
-		if (pTemplate == null || aTemplate == null || !aTemplate.isSameType(pTemplate))
+		if (pTemplate == null || aTemplate == null)
 			return false;
 		
+		if (pTemplate instanceof ICPPTemplateTemplateParameter) {
+			final int tparId = ((ICPPTemplateTemplateParameter) pTemplate).getParameterID();
+			ICPPTemplateArgument current= fDeducedArgs.getArgument(tparId, fPackOffset);
+			if (current != null) {
+				if (current.isNonTypeValue() || !current.getTypeValue().isSameType(aTemplate))
+					return false;
+			} else if (!deduce(tparId, new CPPTemplateArgument(aTemplate))) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		} else if (!aTemplate.isSameType(pTemplate)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
 		// Check for being a non-deduced context.
 		final ICPPTemplateArgument[] pArgs = pInst.getTemplateArguments();
 		for (int i = 0; i < pArgs.length-1; i++) {