19 files changed, 408 insertions, 130 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
index 7d3be845a614..9fb8132f19b0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ocfs2-objs := \
        file.o                  \
        heartbeat.o             \
        inode.o                 \
+        ioctl.o                 \
        journal.o               \
        localalloc.o            \
        mmap.o                  \
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index edaab05a93e0..f43bc5f18a35 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -1717,17 +1717,29 @@ static int ocfs2_do_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                        ocfs2_remove_from_cache(inode, eb_bh);
-                        BUG_ON(eb->h_suballoc_slot);
                        BUG_ON(el->l_recs[0].e_clusters);
                        BUG_ON(el->l_recs[0].e_cpos);
                        BUG_ON(el->l_recs[0].e_blkno);
-                        status = ocfs2_free_extent_block(handle,
+                        if (eb->h_suballoc_slot == 0) {
-                                                         tc->tc_ext_alloc_inode,
+                                /*
-                                                         tc->tc_ext_alloc_bh,
+                                 * This code only understands how to
-                                                         eb);
+                                 * lock the suballocator in slot 0,
-                        if (status < 0) {
+                                 * which is fine because allocation is
-                                mlog_errno(status);
+                                 * only ever done out of that
-                                goto bail;
+                                 * suballocator too. A future version
+                                 * might change that however, so avoid
+                                 * a free if we don't know how to
+                                 * handle it. This way an fs incompat
+                                 * bit will not be necessary.
+                                 */
+                                status = ocfs2_free_extent_block(handle,
+                                                                 tc->tc_ext_alloc_inode,
+                                                                 tc->tc_ext_alloc_bh,
+                                                                 eb);
+                                if (status < 0) {
+                                        mlog_errno(status);
+                                        goto bail;
+                                }
                        }
                }
                brelse(eb_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index f1d1c342ce01..3d7c082a8f58 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -391,31 +391,28 @@ out:
 static int ocfs2_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
                              unsigned from, unsigned to)
 {
-        int ret, extending = 0, locklevel = 0;
+        int ret;
-        loff_t new_i_size;
        struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
        struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
        struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle = NULL;
+        struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
        mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %u, %u)\n", file, page, from, to);
        /* NOTE: ocfs2_file_aio_write has ensured that it's safe for
-         * us to sample inode->i_size here without the metadata lock:
+         * us to continue here without rechecking the I/O against
+         * changed inode values.
         *
         * 1) We're currently holding the inode alloc lock, so no
         *    nodes can change it underneath us.
         *
         * 2) We've had to take the metadata lock at least once
-         *    already to check for extending writes, hence insuring
+         *    already to check for extending writes, suid removal, etc.
-         *    that our current copy is also up to date.
+         *    The meta data update code then ensures that we don't get a
+         *    stale inode allocation image (i_size, i_clusters, etc).
         */
-        new_i_size = ((loff_t)page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + to;
-        if (new_i_size > i_size_read(inode)) {
-                extending = 1;
-                locklevel = 1;
-        }
-        ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(inode, NULL, &di_bh, locklevel, page);
+        ret = ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(inode, NULL, &di_bh, 1, page);
        if (ret != 0) {
                mlog_errno(ret);
                goto out;
@@ -427,23 +424,20 @@ static int ocfs2_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
                goto out_unlock_meta;
        }
-        if (extending) {
+        handle = ocfs2_start_walk_page_trans(inode, page, from, to);
-                handle = ocfs2_start_walk_page_trans(inode, page, from, to);
+        if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-                if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+                ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
-                        ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+                goto out_unlock_data;
-                        handle = NULL;
+        }
-                        goto out_unlock_data;
-                }
-                /* Mark our buffer early. We'd rather catch this error up here
+        /* Mark our buffer early. We'd rather catch this error up here
-                 * as opposed to after a successful commit_write which would
+         * as opposed to after a successful commit_write which would
-                 * require us to set back inode->i_size. */
+         * require us to set back inode->i_size. */
-                ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
+        ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
-                                           OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+                                   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
-                if (ret < 0) {
+        if (ret < 0) {
-                        mlog_errno(ret);
+                mlog_errno(ret);
-                        goto out_commit;
+                goto out_commit;
-                }
        }
        /* might update i_size */
@@ -453,37 +447,28 @@ static int ocfs2_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
                goto out_commit;
        }
-        if (extending) {
+        di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
-                loff_t size = (u64) i_size_read(inode);
-                struct ocfs2_dinode *di =
-                        (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
-                /* ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty is too heavy to use here. */
+        /* ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty() is too heavy to use here. */
-                inode->i_blocks = ocfs2_align_bytes_to_sectors(size);
+        inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-                inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
+        di->i_mtime = di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
+        di->i_mtime_nsec = di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec);
-                di->i_size = cpu_to_le64(size);
+        inode->i_blocks = ocfs2_align_bytes_to_sectors((u64)(i_size_read(inode)));
-                di->i_ctime = di->i_mtime = 
+        di->i_size = cpu_to_le64((u64)i_size_read(inode));
-                                cpu_to_le64(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
-                di->i_ctime_nsec = di->i_mtime_nsec = 
-                                cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec);
-                ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+        ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-                if (ret < 0) {
+        if (ret < 0) {
-                        mlog_errno(ret);
+                mlog_errno(ret);
-                        goto out_commit;
+                goto out_commit;
-                }
        }
-        BUG_ON(extending && (i_size_read(inode) != new_i_size));
 out_commit:
-        if (handle)
+        ocfs2_commit_trans(handle);
-                ocfs2_commit_trans(handle);
 out_unlock_data:
        ocfs2_data_unlock(inode, 1);
 out_unlock_meta:
-        ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, locklevel);
+        ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 1);
 out:
        if (di_bh)
                brelse(di_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index 9a24adf9be6e..c9037414f4f6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
        mlog_entry("(block=(%llu), nr=(%d), flags=%d, inode=%p)\n",
                   (unsigned long long)block, nr, flags, inode);
+        BUG_ON((flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD) &&
+               (!inode || !(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED)));
        if (osb == NULL || osb->sb == NULL || bhs == NULL) {
                status = -EINVAL;
                mlog_errno(status);
@@ -140,6 +143,30 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
                bh = bhs[i];
                ignore_cache = 0;
+                /* There are three read-ahead cases here which we need to
+                 * be concerned with. All three assume a buffer has
+                 * previously been submitted with OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD
+                 * and it hasn't yet completed I/O.
+                 *
+                 * 1) The current request is sync to disk. This rarely
+                 *    happens these days, and never when performance
+                 *    matters - the code can just wait on the buffer
+                 *    lock and re-submit.
+                 *
+                 * 2) The current request is cached, but not
+                 *    readahead. ocfs2_buffer_uptodate() will return
+                 *    false anyway, so we'll wind up waiting on the
+                 *    buffer lock to do I/O. We re-check the request
+                 *    with after getting the lock to avoid a re-submit.
+                 *
+                 * 3) The current request is readahead (and so must
+                 *    also be a caching one). We short circuit if the
+                 *    buffer is locked (under I/O) and if it's in the
+                 *    uptodate cache. The re-check from #2 catches the
+                 *    case that the previous read-ahead completes just
+                 *    before our is-it-in-flight check.
+                 */
                if (flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED &&
                    !ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh)) {
                        mlog(ML_UPTODATE,
@@ -169,6 +196,14 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
                                continue;
                        }
+                        /* A read-ahead request was made - if the
+                         * buffer is already under read-ahead from a
+                         * previously submitted request than we are
+                         * done here. */
+                        if ((flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)
+                            && ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(inode, bh))
+                                continue;
                        lock_buffer(bh);
                        if (buffer_jbd(bh)) {
 #ifdef CATCH_BH_JBD_RACES
@@ -181,13 +216,22 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
                                continue;
 #endif
                        }
+                        /* Re-check ocfs2_buffer_uptodate() as a
+                         * previously read-ahead buffer may have
+                         * completed I/O while we were waiting for the
+                         * buffer lock. */
+                        if ((flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED)
+                            && !(flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)
+                            && ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh)) {
+                                unlock_buffer(bh);
+                                continue;
+                        }
                        clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                        get_bh(bh); /* for end_buffer_read_sync() */
                        bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-                        if (flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)
+                        submit_bh(READ, bh);
-                                submit_bh(READA, bh);
-                        else
-                                submit_bh(READ, bh);
                        continue;
                }
        }
@@ -197,34 +241,39 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
        for (i = (nr - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
                bh = bhs[i];
-                /* We know this can't have changed as we hold the
+                if (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)) {
-                 * inode sem. Avoid doing any work on the bh if the
+                        /* We know this can't have changed as we hold the
-                 * journal has it. */
+                         * inode sem. Avoid doing any work on the bh if the
-                if (!buffer_jbd(bh))
+                         * journal has it. */
-                        wait_on_buffer(bh);
+                        if (!buffer_jbd(bh))
+                                wait_on_buffer(bh);
-                if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-                        /* Status won't be cleared from here on out,
+                        if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-                         * so we can safely record this and loop back
+                                /* Status won't be cleared from here on out,
-                         * to cleanup the other buffers. Don't need to
+                                 * so we can safely record this and loop back
-                         * remove the clustered uptodate information
+                                 * to cleanup the other buffers. Don't need to
-                         * for this bh as it's not marked locally
+                                 * remove the clustered uptodate information
-                         * uptodate. */
+                                 * for this bh as it's not marked locally
-                        status = -EIO;
+                                 * uptodate. */
-                        brelse(bh);
+                                status = -EIO;
-                        bhs[i] = NULL;
+                                brelse(bh);
-                        continue;
+                                bhs[i] = NULL;
+                                continue;
+                        }
                }
+                /* Always set the buffer in the cache, even if it was
+                 * a forced read, or read-ahead which hasn't yet
+                 * completed. */
                if (inode)
                        ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh);
        }
        if (inode)
                mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
-        mlog(ML_BH_IO, "block=(%llu), nr=(%d), cached=%s\n", 
+        mlog(ML_BH_IO, "block=(%llu), nr=(%d), cached=%s, flags=0x%x\n", 
             (unsigned long long)block, nr,
-             (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED) || ignore_cache) ? "no" : "yes");
+             (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED) || ignore_cache) ? "no" : "yes", flags);
 bail:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
index 6ecb90937b68..6cc20930fac3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
 #define OCFS2_BH_CACHED            1
-#define OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD         8    /* use this to pass READA down to submit_bh */
+#define OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD         8
 static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct ocfs2_super * osb, u64 off,
                                   struct buffer_head **bh, int flags,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index 504595d6cf65..305cba3681fe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -320,8 +320,12 @@ static int compute_max_sectors(struct block_device *bdev)
                max_pages = q->max_hw_segments;
        max_pages--; /* Handle I/Os that straddle a page */
-        max_sectors = max_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
+        if (max_pages) {
+                max_sectors = max_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
+        } else {
+                /* If BIO contains 1 or less than 1 page. */
+                max_sectors = q->max_sectors;
+        }
        /* Why is fls() 1-based???? */
        pow_two_sectors = 1 << (fls(max_sectors) - 1);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 3d494d1a5f36..04e01915b86e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 int ocfs2_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
        int error = 0;
-        unsigned long offset, blk;
+        unsigned long offset, blk, last_ra_blk = 0;
-        int i, num, stored;
+        int i, stored;
        struct buffer_head * bh, * tmp;
        struct ocfs2_dir_entry * de;
        int err;
        struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
        struct super_block * sb = inode->i_sb;
-        int have_disk_lock = 0;
+        unsigned int ra_sectors = 16;
        mlog_entry("dirino=%llu\n",
                   (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
@@ -95,9 +95,8 @@ int ocfs2_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
                        mlog_errno(error);
                /* we haven't got any yet, so propagate the error. */
                stored = error;
-                goto bail;
+                goto bail_nolock;
        }
-        have_disk_lock = 1;
        offset = filp->f_pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
@@ -113,16 +112,21 @@ int ocfs2_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
                        continue;
                }
-                /*
+                /* The idea here is to begin with 8k read-ahead and to stay
-                 * Do the readahead (8k)
+                 * 4k ahead of our current position.
-                 */
+                 *
-                if (!offset) {
+                 * TODO: Use the pagecache for this. We just need to
-                        for (i = 16 >> (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9), num = 0;
+                 * make sure it's cluster-safe... */
+                if (!last_ra_blk
+                    || (((last_ra_blk - blk) << 9) <= (ra_sectors / 2))) {
+                        for (i = ra_sectors >> (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9);
                             i > 0; i--) {
                                tmp = ocfs2_bread(inode, ++blk, &err, 1);
                                if (tmp)
                                        brelse(tmp);
                        }
+                        last_ra_blk = blk;
+                        ra_sectors = 8;
                }
 revalidate:
@@ -194,9 +198,9 @@ revalidate:
        stored = 0;
 bail:
-        if (have_disk_lock)
+        ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 0);
-                ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 0);
+bail_nolock:
        mlog_exit(stored);
        return stored;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
index 42775e2bbe2c..f13a4bac41f0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
@@ -367,12 +367,10 @@ int dlm_proxy_ast_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data)
                        goto do_ast;
        }
-        mlog(ML_ERROR, "got %sast for unknown lock!  cookie=%u:%llu, "
+        mlog(0, "got %sast for unknown lock!  cookie=%u:%llu, "
-                       "name=%.*s, namelen=%u\n", 
+             "name=%.*s, namelen=%u\n", past->type == DLM_AST ? "" : "b", 
-                       past->type == DLM_AST ? "" : "b", 
+             dlm_get_lock_cookie_node(cookie), dlm_get_lock_cookie_seq(cookie),
-                       dlm_get_lock_cookie_node(cookie),
+             locklen, name, locklen);
-                       dlm_get_lock_cookie_seq(cookie),
-                       locklen, name, locklen);
        ret = DLM_NORMAL;
 unlock_out:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 762eb1fbb34d..151b41781eab 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ static void __ocfs2_stuff_meta_lvb(struct inode *inode)
                cpu_to_be64(ocfs2_pack_timespec(&inode->i_ctime));
        lvb->lvb_imtime_packed =
                cpu_to_be64(ocfs2_pack_timespec(&inode->i_mtime));
+        lvb->lvb_iattr    = cpu_to_be32(oi->ip_attr);
        mlog_meta_lvb(0, lockres);
@@ -1360,6 +1361,9 @@ static void ocfs2_refresh_inode_from_lvb(struct inode *inode)
        oi->ip_clusters = be32_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_iclusters);
        i_size_write(inode, be64_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_isize));
+        oi->ip_attr = be32_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_iattr);
+        ocfs2_set_inode_flags(inode);
        /* fast-symlinks are a special case */
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && !oi->ip_clusters)
                inode->i_blocks = 0;
@@ -2899,8 +2903,9 @@ void ocfs2_dump_meta_lvb_info(u64 level,
             be32_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_iuid), be32_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_igid),
             be16_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_imode));
        mlog(level, "nlink %u, atime_packed 0x%llx, ctime_packed 0x%llx, "
-             "mtime_packed 0x%llx\n", be16_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_inlink),
+             "mtime_packed 0x%llx iattr 0x%x\n", be16_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_inlink),
             (long long)be64_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_iatime_packed),
             (long long)be64_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_ictime_packed),
-             (long long)be64_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_imtime_packed));
+             (long long)be64_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_imtime_packed),
+             be32_to_cpu(lvb->lvb_iattr));
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
index 8f2d1db2d9ea..243ae862ece5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #ifndef DLMGLUE_H
 #define DLMGLUE_H
-#define OCFS2_LVB_VERSION 2
+#define OCFS2_LVB_VERSION 3
 struct ocfs2_meta_lvb {
        __be32       lvb_version;
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ struct ocfs2_meta_lvb {
        __be64       lvb_isize;
        __be16       lvb_imode;
        __be16       lvb_inlink;
-        __be32       lvb_reserved[3];
+        __be32       lvb_iattr;
+        __be32       lvb_reserved[2];
 };
 /* ocfs2_meta_lock_full() and ocfs2_data_lock_full() 'arg_flags' flags */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index a9559c874530..2bbfa17090cf 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "file.h"
 #include "sysfile.h"
 #include "inode.h"
+#include "ioctl.h"
 #include "journal.h"
 #include "mmap.h"
 #include "suballoc.h"
@@ -1227,10 +1228,12 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
        .open           = ocfs2_file_open,
        .aio_read       = ocfs2_file_aio_read,
        .aio_write      = ocfs2_file_aio_write,
+        .ioctl          = ocfs2_ioctl,
 };
 const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops = {
        .read           = generic_read_dir,
        .readdir        = ocfs2_readdir,
        .fsync          = ocfs2_sync_file,
+        .ioctl          = ocfs2_ioctl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 327a5b7b86ed..7bcf69154592 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -71,6 +71,26 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_for_delete(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                                    struct inode *inode,
                                    struct buffer_head *fe_bh);
+void ocfs2_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        unsigned int flags = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr;
+        inode->i_flags &= ~(S_IMMUTABLE |
+                S_SYNC | S_APPEND | S_NOATIME | S_DIRSYNC);
+        if (flags & OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL)
+                inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+        if (flags & OCFS2_SYNC_FL)
+                inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
+        if (flags & OCFS2_APPEND_FL)
+                inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
+        if (flags & OCFS2_NOATIME_FL)
+                inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
+        if (flags & OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL)
+                inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
+}
 struct inode *ocfs2_ilookup_for_vote(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                                     u64 blkno,
                                     int delete_vote)
@@ -260,7 +280,6 @@ int ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
                inode->i_blocks =
                        ocfs2_align_bytes_to_sectors(le64_to_cpu(fe->i_size));
        inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ocfs2_aops;
-        inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
        inode->i_atime.tv_sec = le64_to_cpu(fe->i_atime);
        inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_atime_nsec);
        inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = le64_to_cpu(fe->i_mtime);
@@ -276,6 +295,7 @@ int ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
        OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters);
        OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_orphaned_slot = OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT;
+        OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_attr);
        if (create_ino)
                inode->i_ino = ino_from_blkno(inode->i_sb,
@@ -330,6 +350,9 @@ int ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
        ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_data_lockres,
                                  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DATA, inode);
+        ocfs2_set_inode_flags(inode);
+        inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
        status = 0;
 bail:
        mlog_exit(status);
@@ -1027,12 +1050,8 @@ struct buffer_head *ocfs2_bread(struct inode *inode,
        u64 p_blkno;
        int readflags = OCFS2_BH_CACHED;
-#if 0
-        /* only turn this on if we know we can deal with read_block
-         * returning nothing */
        if (reada)
                readflags |= OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD;
-#endif
        if (((u64)block << inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits) >=
            i_size_read(inode)) {
@@ -1131,6 +1150,7 @@ int ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
        spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
        fe->i_clusters = cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters);
+        fe->i_attr = cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr);
        spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
        fe->i_size = cpu_to_le64(i_size_read(inode));
@@ -1169,6 +1189,8 @@ void ocfs2_refresh_inode(struct inode *inode,
        spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
        OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters);
+        OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_attr);
+        ocfs2_set_inode_flags(inode);
        i_size_write(inode, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_size));
        inode->i_nlink = le16_to_cpu(fe->i_links_count);
        inode->i_uid = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_uid);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 35140f6cf840..4d1e53992566 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
        struct ocfs2_journal_handle     *ip_handle;
        u32                             ip_flags; /* see below */
+        u32                             ip_attr; /* inode attributes */
        /* protected by recovery_lock. */
        struct inode                    *ip_next_orphan;
@@ -142,4 +143,6 @@ int ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
 int ocfs2_aio_read(struct file *file, struct kiocb *req, struct iocb *iocb);
 int ocfs2_aio_write(struct file *file, struct kiocb *req, struct iocb *iocb);
+void ocfs2_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode);
 #endif /* OCFS2_INODE_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3663cef80689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * linux/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Herbert Poetzl
+ * adapted from Remy Card's ext2/ioctl.c
+ */
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_INODE
+#include <cluster/masklog.h>
+#include "ocfs2.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
+#include "dlmglue.h"
+#include "inode.h"
+#include "journal.h"
+#include "ocfs2_fs.h"
+#include "ioctl.h"
+#include <linux/ext2_fs.h>
+static int ocfs2_get_inode_attr(struct inode *inode, unsigned *flags)
+{
+        int status;
+        status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+        if (status < 0) {
+                mlog_errno(status);
+                return status;
+        }
+        *flags = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr;
+        ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 0);
+        mlog_exit(status);
+        return status;
+}
+static int ocfs2_set_inode_attr(struct inode *inode, unsigned flags,
+                                unsigned mask)
+{
+        struct ocfs2_inode_info *ocfs2_inode = OCFS2_I(inode);
+        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+        struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle = NULL;
+        struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+        unsigned oldflags;
+        int status;
+        mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+        status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, &bh, 1);
+        if (status < 0) {
+                mlog_errno(status);
+                goto bail;
+        }
+        status = -EROFS;
+        if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
+                goto bail_unlock;
+        status = -EACCES;
+        if ((current->fsuid != inode->i_uid) && !capable(CAP_FOWNER))
+                goto bail_unlock;
+        if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+                flags &= ~OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL;
+        handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, NULL, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+        if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+                status = PTR_ERR(handle);
+                mlog_errno(status);
+                goto bail_unlock;
+        }
+        oldflags = ocfs2_inode->ip_attr;
+        flags = flags & mask;
+        flags |= oldflags & ~mask;
+        /*
+         * The IMMUTABLE and APPEND_ONLY flags can only be changed by
+         * the relevant capability.
+         */
+        status = -EPERM;
+        if ((oldflags & OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL) || ((flags ^ oldflags) &
+                (OCFS2_APPEND_FL | OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL))) {
+                if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
+                        goto bail_unlock;
+        }
+        ocfs2_inode->ip_attr = flags;
+        ocfs2_set_inode_flags(inode);
+        status = ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode, bh);
+        if (status < 0)
+                mlog_errno(status);
+        ocfs2_commit_trans(handle);
+bail_unlock:
+        ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 1);
+bail:
+        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+        if (bh)
+                brelse(bh);
+        mlog_exit(status);
+        return status;
+}
+int ocfs2_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp,
+        unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+{
+        unsigned int flags;
+        int status;
+        switch (cmd) {
+        case OCFS2_IOC_GETFLAGS:
+                status = ocfs2_get_inode_attr(inode, &flags);
+                if (status < 0)
+                        return status;
+                flags &= OCFS2_FL_VISIBLE;
+                return put_user(flags, (int __user *) arg);
+        case OCFS2_IOC_SETFLAGS:
+                if (get_user(flags, (int __user *) arg))
+                        return -EFAULT;
+                return ocfs2_set_inode_attr(inode, flags,
+                        OCFS2_FL_MODIFIABLE);
+        default:
+                return -ENOTTY;
+        }
+}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.h b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a7c82931dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * ioctl.h
+ *
+ * Function prototypes
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Herbert Poetzl
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef OCFS2_IOCTL_H
+#define OCFS2_IOCTL_H
+int ocfs2_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp,
+        unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
+#endif /* OCFS2_IOCTL_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 0673862c8bdd..0d3e939b1f56 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include "journal.h"
 #include "namei.h"
 #include "suballoc.h"
+#include "super.h"
 #include "symlink.h"
 #include "sysfile.h"
 #include "uptodate.h"
@@ -310,13 +311,6 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
        /* get our super block */
        osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
-        if (S_ISDIR(mode) && (dir->i_nlink >= OCFS2_LINK_MAX)) {
-                mlog(ML_ERROR, "inode %llu has i_nlink of %u\n",
-                     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, dir->i_nlink);
-                status = -EMLINK;
-                goto leave;
-        }
        handle = ocfs2_alloc_handle(osb);
        if (handle == NULL) {
                status = -ENOMEM;
@@ -331,6 +325,11 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
                goto leave;
        }
+        if (S_ISDIR(mode) && (dir->i_nlink >= OCFS2_LINK_MAX)) {
+                status = -EMLINK;
+                goto leave;
+        }
        dirfe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) parent_fe_bh->b_data;
        if (!dirfe->i_links_count) {
                /* can't make a file in a deleted directory. */
@@ -643,11 +642,6 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
                goto bail;
        }
-        if (inode->i_nlink >= OCFS2_LINK_MAX) {
-                err = -EMLINK;
-                goto bail;
-        }
        handle = ocfs2_alloc_handle(osb);
        if (handle == NULL) {
                err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -661,6 +655,11 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
                goto bail;
        }
+        if (!dir->i_nlink) {
+                err = -ENOENT;
+                goto bail;
+        }
        err = ocfs2_check_dir_for_entry(dir, dentry->d_name.name,
                                        dentry->d_name.len);
        if (err)
@@ -1964,13 +1963,8 @@ restart:
                                }
                                num++;
-                                /* XXX: questionable readahead stuff here */
                                bh = ocfs2_bread(dir, b++, &err, 1);
                                bh_use[ra_max] = bh;
-#if 0           // ???
-                                if (bh)
-                                        ll_rw_block(READ, 1, &bh);
-#endif
                        }
                }
                if ((bh = bh_use[ra_ptr++]) == NULL)
@@ -1978,6 +1972,10 @@ restart:
                wait_on_buffer(bh);
                if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
                        /* read error, skip block & hope for the best */
+                        ocfs2_error(dir->i_sb, "reading directory %llu, "
+                                    "offset %lu\n",
+                                    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
+                                    block);
                        brelse(bh);
                        goto next;
                }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index c5b1ac547c15..3330a5dc6be2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -114,6 +114,26 @@
 #define OCFS2_CHAIN_FL          (0x00000400)    /* Chain allocator */
 #define OCFS2_DEALLOC_FL        (0x00000800)    /* Truncate log */
+/* Inode attributes, keep in sync with EXT2 */
+#define OCFS2_SECRM_FL          (0x00000001)    /* Secure deletion */
+#define OCFS2_UNRM_FL           (0x00000002)    /* Undelete */
+#define OCFS2_COMPR_FL          (0x00000004)    /* Compress file */
+#define OCFS2_SYNC_FL           (0x00000008)    /* Synchronous updates */
+#define OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL      (0x00000010)    /* Immutable file */
+#define OCFS2_APPEND_FL         (0x00000020)    /* writes to file may only append */
+#define OCFS2_NODUMP_FL         (0x00000040)    /* do not dump file */
+#define OCFS2_NOATIME_FL        (0x00000080)    /* do not update atime */
+#define OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL        (0x00010000)    /* dirsync behaviour (directories only) */
+#define OCFS2_FL_VISIBLE        (0x000100FF)    /* User visible flags */
+#define OCFS2_FL_MODIFIABLE     (0x000100FF)    /* User modifiable flags */
+/*
+ * ioctl commands
+ */
+#define OCFS2_IOC_GETFLAGS      _IOR('f', 1, long)
+#define OCFS2_IOC_SETFLAGS      _IOW('f', 2, long)
 /*
 * Journal Flags (ocfs2_dinode.id1.journal1.i_flags)
 */
@@ -399,7 +419,9 @@ struct ocfs2_dinode {
        __le32 i_atime_nsec;
        __le32 i_ctime_nsec;
        __le32 i_mtime_nsec;
-/*70*/  __le64 i_reserved1[9];
+        __le32 i_attr;
+        __le32 i_reserved1;
+/*70*/  __le64 i_reserved2[8];
 /*B8*/  union {
                __le64 i_pad1;          /* Generic way to refer to this
                                           64bit union */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
index b8a00a793326..9707ed7a3206 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ static int ocfs2_buffer_cached(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi,
 }
 /* Warning: even if it returns true, this does *not* guarantee that
- * the block is stored in our inode metadata cache. */
+ * the block is stored in our inode metadata cache. 
+ * 
+ * This can be called under lock_buffer()
+ */
 int ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
                          struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
@@ -226,6 +229,16 @@ int ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
        return ocfs2_buffer_cached(OCFS2_I(inode), bh);
 }
+/* 
+ * Determine whether a buffer is currently out on a read-ahead request.
+ * ip_io_sem should be held to serialize submitters with the logic here.
+ */
+int ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(struct inode *inode,
+                            struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+        return buffer_locked(bh) && ocfs2_buffer_cached(OCFS2_I(inode), bh);
+}
 /* Requires ip_lock */
 static void ocfs2_append_cache_array(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
                                     sector_t block)
@@ -403,7 +416,11 @@ out_free:
 *
 * Note that this function may actually fail to insert the block if
 * memory cannot be allocated. This is not fatal however (but may
- * result in a performance penalty) */
+ * result in a performance penalty)
+ *
+ * Readahead buffers can be passed in here before the I/O request is
+ * completed.
+ */
 void ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
                               struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
index 01cd32d26b06..2e73206059a8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
@@ -40,5 +40,7 @@ void ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
                                   struct buffer_head *bh);
 void ocfs2_remove_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
                             struct buffer_head *bh);
+int ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(struct inode *inode,
+                            struct buffer_head *bh);
 #endif /* OCFS2_UPTODATE_H */