--- /dev/null
+diff -ru lustre-head/fs/extN/ialloc.c lustre/fs/extN/ialloc.c
+--- lustre-head/fs/extN/ialloc.c Mon Dec 23 10:02:58 2002
++++ lustre/fs/extN/ialloc.c Mon Dec 23 09:46:20 2002
+@@ -289,6 +289,37 @@
+ }
+
+ /*
++ * @block_group: block group of inode
++ * @offset: relative offset of inode within @block_group
++ *
++ * Check whether any of the inodes in this disk block are in use.
++ *
++ * Caller must be holding superblock lock (group/bitmap read lock in future).
++ */
++int extN_itable_block_used(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int block_group,
++ int offset)
++{
++ int bitmap_nr = load_inode_bitmap(sb, block_group);
++ int inodes_per_block;
++ unsigned long inum, iend;
++ struct buffer_head *ibitmap;
++
++ if (bitmap_nr < 0)
++ return 1;
++
++ inodes_per_block = sb->s_blocksize / EXTN_SB(sb)->s_inode_size;
++ inum = offset & ~(inodes_per_block - 1);
++ iend = inum + inodes_per_block;
++ ibitmap = EXTN_SB(sb)->s_inode_bitmap[bitmap_nr];
++ for (; inum < iend; inum++) {
++ if (inum != offset && extN_test_bit(inum, ibitmap->b_data))
++ return 1;
++ }
++
++ return 0;
++}
++
++/*
+ * There are two policies for allocating an inode. If the new inode is
+ * a directory, then a forward search is made for a block group with both
+ * free space and a low directory-to-inode ratio; if that fails, then of
+@@ -312,6 +343,7 @@
+ struct extN_group_desc * gdp;
+ struct extN_group_desc * tmp;
+ struct extN_super_block * es;
++ struct extN_iloc iloc;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ /* Cannot create files in a deleted directory */
+@@ -505,7 +538,7 @@
+ ei->i_prealloc_count = 0;
+ #endif
+ ei->i_block_group = i;
+-
++
+ if (ei->i_flags & EXTN_SYNC_FL)
+ inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
+ if (IS_SYNC(inode))
+@@ -514,9 +547,18 @@
+ inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
+
+ ei->i_state = EXTN_STATE_NEW;
+- err = extN_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
++ err = extN_get_inode_loc_new(inode, &iloc, 1);
+ if (err) goto fail;
+-
++ BUFFER_TRACE(iloc->bh, "get_write_access");
++ err = extN_journal_get_write_access(handle, iloc.bh);
++ if (err) {
++ brelse(iloc.bh);
++ iloc.bh = NULL;
++ goto fail;
++ }
++ err = extN_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
++ if (err) goto fail;
++
+ unlock_super (sb);
+ if(DQUOT_ALLOC_INODE(inode)) {
+ DQUOT_DROP(inode);
+diff -ru lustre-head/fs/extN/inode.c lustre/fs/extN/inode.c
+--- lustre-head/fs/extN/inode.c Mon Dec 23 10:02:58 2002
++++ lustre/fs/extN/inode.c Mon Dec 23 09:50:25 2002
+@@ -2011,23 +1994,32 @@
+ extN_journal_stop(handle, inode);
+ }
+
+-/*
+- * extN_get_inode_loc returns with an extra refcount against the
+- * inode's underlying buffer_head on success.
+- */
++extern int extN_itable_block_used(struct super_block *sb,
++ unsigned int block_group,
++ int offset);
++
++#define NUM_INODE_PREREAD 16
+
+-int extN_get_inode_loc (struct inode *inode, struct extN_iloc *iloc)
++/*
++ * extN_get_inode_loc returns with an extra refcount against the inode's
++ * underlying buffer_head on success. If this is for a new inode allocation
++ * (new is non-zero) then we may be able to optimize away the read if there
++ * are no other in-use inodes in this inode table block. If we need to do
++ * a read, then read in a whole chunk of blocks to avoid blocking again soon
++ * if we are doing lots of creates/updates.
++ */
++int extN_get_inode_loc_new(struct inode *inode, struct extN_iloc *iloc, int new)
+ {
+ struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+ struct extN_sb_info *sbi = EXTN_SB(sb);
+- struct buffer_head *bh = 0;
++ struct buffer_head *bh[NUM_INODE_PREREAD];
+ unsigned long block;
+ unsigned long block_group;
+ unsigned long group_desc;
+ unsigned long desc;
+ unsigned long offset;
+ struct extN_group_desc * gdp;
+-
++
+ if ((inode->i_ino != EXTN_ROOT_INO &&
+ inode->i_ino != EXTN_JOURNAL_INO &&
+ inode->i_ino < EXTN_FIRST_INO(sb)) ||
+@@ -2042,38 +2034,86 @@
+ }
+ group_desc = block_group >> sbi->s_desc_per_block_bits;
+ desc = block_group & (sbi->s_desc_per_block - 1);
+- bh = sbi->s_group_desc[group_desc];
+- if (!bh) {
++ if (!sbi->s_group_desc[group_desc]) {
+ extN_error(sb, __FUNCTION__, "Descriptor not loaded");
+ goto bad_inode;
+ }
+
+- gdp = (struct extN_group_desc *) bh->b_data;
++ gdp = (struct extN_group_desc *)(sbi->s_group_desc[group_desc]->b_data);
++
+ /*
+ * Figure out the offset within the block group inode table
+ */
+- offset = ((inode->i_ino - 1) % sbi->s_inodes_per_group) *
+- sbi->s_inode_size;
++ offset = ((inode->i_ino - 1) % sbi->s_inodes_per_group);
++
+ block = le32_to_cpu(gdp[desc].bg_inode_table) +
+- (offset >> EXTN_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb));
+- if (!(bh = sb_bread(sb, block))) {
+- extN_error (sb, __FUNCTION__,
+- "unable to read inode block - "
+- "inode=%lu, block=%lu", inode->i_ino, block);
+- goto bad_inode;
++ (offset * sbi->s_inode_size >> EXTN_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb));
++
++ bh[0] = sb_getblk(sb, block);
++ if (buffer_uptodate(bh[0]))
++ goto done;
++
++ /* If we don't really need to read this block, and it isn't already
++ * in memory, then we just zero it out. Otherwise, we keep the
++ * current block contents (deleted inode data) for posterity.
++ */
++ if (new && !extN_itable_block_used(sb, block_group, offset)) {
++ lock_buffer(bh[0]);
++ memset(bh[0]->b_data, 0, bh[0]->b_size);
++ mark_buffer_uptodate(bh[0], 1);
++ unlock_buffer(bh[0]);
++ } else {
++ unsigned long block_end, itable_end;
++ int count = 1;
++
++ itable_end = le32_to_cpu(gdp[desc].bg_inode_table) +
++ sbi->s_itb_per_group;
++ block_end = block + NUM_INODE_PREREAD;
++ if (block_end > itable_end)
++ block_end = itable_end;
++
++ for (; block < block_end; block++) {
++ bh[count] = sb_getblk(sb, block);
++ if (count && (buffer_uptodate(bh[count]) ||
++ buffer_locked(bh[count]))) {
++ __brelse(bh[count]);
++ } else
++ count++;
++ }
++
++ ll_rw_block(READ, count, bh);
++
++ /* Release all but the block we actually need (bh[0]) */
++ while (--count > 0)
++ __brelse(bh[count]);
++
++ wait_on_buffer(bh[0]);
++ if (!buffer_uptodate(bh[0])) {
++ extN_error(sb, __FUNCTION__,
++ "unable to read inode block - "
++ "inode=%lu, block=%lu", inode->i_ino,
++ bh[0]->b_blocknr);
++ goto bad_inode;
++ }
+ }
+- offset &= (EXTN_BLOCK_SIZE(sb) - 1);
++ done:
++ offset = (offset * sbi->s_inode_size) & (EXTN_BLOCK_SIZE(sb) - 1);
+
+- iloc->bh = bh;
+- iloc->raw_inode = (struct extN_inode *) (bh->b_data + offset);
++ iloc->bh = bh[0];
++ iloc->raw_inode = (struct extN_inode *)(bh[0]->b_data + offset);
+ iloc->block_group = block_group;
+-
++
+ return 0;
+-
++
+ bad_inode:
+ return -EIO;
+ }
+
++int extN_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, struct extN_iloc *iloc)
++{
++ return extN_get_inode_loc_new(inode, iloc, 0);
++}
++
+ void extN_read_inode(struct inode * inode)
+ {
+ struct extN_iloc iloc;