Track negative entries v3

Track negative dentries by recording the generation number of the parent
directory in d_fsdata. The generation number for the parent directory is
recorded in the inode_info, which increments every time the lock on the
directory is dropped.

If the generation number of the parent directory and the negative dentry
matches, there is no need to perform the revalidate, else a revalidate
is forced. This improves performance in situations where nodes look for
the same non-existent file multiple times.

Thanks Mark for explaining the DLM sequence.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index a00dda2e4f16..e7bde21149ae 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ bail_add:
                         ret = ERR_PTR(status);
                         goto bail_unlock;
                 }
-        }
+        } else
+                ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen(dentry);
 
 bail_unlock:
         /* Don't drop the cluster lock until *after* the d_add --