Index: linux-2.6.22.5/fs/dcache.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22.5.orig/fs/dcache.c	2007-08-22 17:23:54.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.22.5/fs/dcache.c	2008-02-21 00:56:09.000000000 -0700
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@
 		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.
Index: linux-2.6.22.5/include/linux/dcache.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22.5.orig/include/linux/dcache.h	2007-08-22 17:23:54.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.22.5/include/linux/dcache.h	2008-02-21 00:56:09.000000000 -0700
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
 
 #define DCACHE_REFERENCED	0x0008  /* Recently used, don't discard. */
 #define DCACHE_UNHASHED		0x0010	
+#define DCACHE_LUSTRE_INVALID	0x0040  /* Lustre invalidated */
 
 #define DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED	0x0020 /* Parent inode is watched */