+ /* If the client doesn't know where to create a subdirectory (or
+ * in case of a race that sends the RPC to the wrong MDS), the
+ * MDS will return -EREMOTE and the client will fetch the layout
+ * of the directory, then create the directory on the right MDT. */
+ if (unlikely(err == -EREMOTE)) {
+ struct ll_inode_info *lli = ll_i2info(dir);
+ struct lmv_user_md *lum;
+ int lumsize;
+ int err2;
+
+ ptlrpc_req_finished(request);
+ request = NULL;
+
+ err2 = ll_dir_getstripe(dir, (void **)&lum, &lumsize, &request,
+ OBD_MD_DEFAULT_MEA);
+ if (err2 == 0) {
+ /* Update stripe_offset and retry */
+ lli->lli_def_stripe_offset = lum->lum_stripe_offset;
+ } else if (err2 == -ENODATA &&
+ lli->lli_def_stripe_offset != -1) {
+ /* If there are no default stripe EA on the MDT, but the
+ * client has default stripe, then it probably means
+ * default stripe EA has just been deleted. */
+ lli->lli_def_stripe_offset = -1;
+ } else {
+ GOTO(err_exit, err);