1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 5efea44d780d..baad2aa27c14 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ int ocfs2_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
         struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
         struct super_block * sb = inode->i_sb;
         unsigned int ra_sectors = 16;
+        int lock_level = 0;
 
         mlog_entry("dirino=%llu\n",
                    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
@@ -89,7 +90,15 @@ int ocfs2_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
         stored = 0;
         bh = NULL;
 
-        error = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
+        error = ocfs2_meta_lock_atime(inode, filp->f_vfsmnt, &lock_level);
+        if (lock_level && error >= 0) {
+                /* We release EX lock which used to update atime
+                 * and get PR lock again to reduce contention
+                 * on commonly accessed directories. */
+                ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 1);
+                lock_level = 0;
+                error = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
+        }
         if (error < 0) {
                 if (error != -ENOENT)
                         mlog_errno(error);
@@ -198,7 +207,7 @@ revalidate:
 
         stored = 0;
 bail:
-        ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 0);
+        ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, lock_level);
 
 bail_nolock:
         mlog_exit(stored);