6 files changed, 42 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index b4957c7d9fe2..edaded48e7e9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
 #include "inode.h"
 #include "super.h"
 
+void ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+        unsigned long gen =
+                OCFS2_I(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)->ip_dir_lock_gen;
+        BUG_ON(dentry->d_inode);
+        dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)gen;
+}
+
 
 static int ocfs2_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry,
                                    struct nameidata *nd)
@@ -51,11 +59,20 @@ static int ocfs2_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry,
         mlog_entry("(0x%p, '%.*s')\n", dentry,
                    dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-        /* Never trust a negative dentry - force a new lookup. */
+        /* For a negative dentry -
+         * check the generation number of the parent and compare with the
+         * one stored in the inode.
+         */
         if (inode == NULL) {
-                mlog(0, "negative dentry: %.*s\n", dentry->d_name.len,
-                     dentry->d_name.name);
-                goto bail;
+                unsigned long gen = (unsigned long) dentry->d_fsdata;
+                unsigned long pgen =
+                        OCFS2_I(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)->ip_dir_lock_gen;
+                mlog(0, "negative dentry: %.*s parent gen: %lu "
+                        "dentry gen: %lu\n",
+                        dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, pgen, gen);
+                if (gen != pgen)
+                        goto bail;
+                goto valid;
         }
 
         BUG_ON(!osb);
@@ -96,6 +113,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry,
                 goto bail;
         }
 
+valid:
         ret = 1;
 
 bail:
@@ -227,6 +245,12 @@ int ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(struct dentry *dentry,
         if (!inode)
                 return 0;
 
+        if (!dentry->d_inode && dentry->d_fsdata) {
+                /* Converting a negative dentry to positive
+                   Clear dentry->d_fsdata */
+                dentry->d_fsdata = dl = NULL;
+        }
+
         if (dl) {
                 mlog_bug_on_msg(dl->dl_parent_blkno != parent_blkno,
                                 " \"%.*s\": old parent: %llu, new: %llu\n",
@@ -452,6 +476,7 @@ static void ocfs2_dentry_iput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 
 out:
         iput(inode);
+        ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen(dentry);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
index f5dd1789acf1..b79eff709958 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ void ocfs2_dentry_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target,
                        struct inode *old_dir, struct inode *new_dir);
 
 extern spinlock_t dentry_attach_lock;
+void ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 #endif /* OCFS2_DCACHE_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 5e02a893f46e..e8d94d722ecb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -3635,10 +3635,18 @@ static int ocfs2_data_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 {
         struct inode *inode;
         struct address_space *mapping;
+        struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi;
 
         inode = ocfs2_lock_res_inode(lockres);
         mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
+        if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+                oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+                oi->ip_dir_lock_gen++;
+                mlog(0, "generation: %u\n", oi->ip_dir_lock_gen);
+                goto out;
+        }
+
         if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
                 goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index eece3e05d9d0..f935fd6600dd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ void ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
                     else
                             inode->i_fop = &ocfs2_dops_no_plocks;
                     i_size_write(inode, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_size));
+                    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dir_lock_gen = 1;
                     break;
             case S_IFLNK:
                     if (ocfs2_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 0bc477a3aeb8..1c508b149b3a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
         /* Only valid if the inode is the dir. */
         u32                             ip_last_used_slot;
         u64                             ip_last_used_group;
+        u32                             ip_dir_lock_gen;
 
         struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation  ip_la_data_resv;
 };
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 --