--- /dev/null
+Index: linux-2.6.7-vanilla/fs/dcache.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.7-vanilla.orig/fs/dcache.c 2004-07-01 12:09:19.000000000 +0300
++++ linux-2.6.7-vanilla/fs/dcache.c 2004-07-01 12:29:12.510193264 +0300
+@@ -219,7 +219,14 @@
+ spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+ return 0;
+ }
+- /*
++
++ /* network invalidation by Lustre */
++ if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LUSTRE_INVALID) {
++ spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
++ return 0;
++ }
++
++ /*
+ * Check whether to do a partial shrink_dcache
+ * to get rid of unused child entries.
+ */
+@@ -1114,19 +1121,28 @@
+ * Adds a dentry to the hash according to its name.
+ */
+
+-void d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
++void __d_rehash(struct dentry * entry, int lock)
+ {
+ struct hlist_head *list = d_hash(entry->d_parent, entry->d_name.hash);
+
+- spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
++ if (lock)
++ spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+ spin_lock(&entry->d_lock);
+ entry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+ spin_unlock(&entry->d_lock);
+ entry->d_bucket = list;
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&entry->d_hash, list);
+- spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
++ if (lock)
++ spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+ }
+
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(__d_rehash);
++
++void d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
++{
++ __d_rehash(entry, 1);
++ }
++
+ #define do_switch(x,y) do { \
+ __typeof__ (x) __tmp = x; \
+ x = y; y = __tmp; } while (0)
+Index: linux-2.6.7-vanilla/include/linux/dcache.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.7-vanilla.orig/include/linux/dcache.h 2004-07-01 12:24:53.602553208 +0300
++++ linux-2.6.7-vanilla/include/linux/dcache.h 2004-07-01 12:27:29.757814000 +0300
+@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
+
+ #define DCACHE_REFERENCED 0x0008 /* Recently used, don't discard. */
+ #define DCACHE_UNHASHED 0x0010
++#define DCACHE_LUSTRE_INVALID 0x0020 /* Lustre invalidated */
++
+
+ extern spinlock_t dcache_lock;
+