diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index 1a01380e3878..aea457718946 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ bail:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dentry_attach_lock);
+
 struct dentry_operations ocfs2_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_revalidate		= ocfs2_dentry_revalidate,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
index 90072771114b..f1423c2134ee 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
@@ -28,4 +28,31 @@
 
 extern struct dentry_operations ocfs2_dentry_ops;
 
+struct ocfs2_dentry_lock {
+	unsigned int		dl_count;
+	u64			dl_parent_blkno;
+
+	/*
+	 * The ocfs2_dentry_lock keeps an inode reference until
+	 * dl_lockres has been destroyed. This is usually done in
+	 * ->d_iput() anyway, so there should be minimal impact.
+	 */
+	struct inode		*dl_inode;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res	dl_lockres;
+};
+
+static inline void ocfs2_dentry_lock_put(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					 struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl)
+{
+}
+
+static inline struct dentry *ocfs2_find_local_alias(struct inode *inode,
+						    u64 parent_blkno,
+						    int skip_unhashed)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+extern spinlock_t dentry_attach_lock;
+
 #endif /* OCFS2_DCACHE_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 20c6ca8ac7fd..764d15defd88 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "ocfs2.h"
 
 #include "alloc.h"
+#include "dcache.h"
 #include "dlmglue.h"
 #include "extent_map.h"
 #include "heartbeat.h"
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ struct ocfs2_mask_waiter {
 static void ocfs2_inode_ast_func(void *opaque);
 static void ocfs2_inode_bast_func(void *opaque,
 				  int level);
+static void ocfs2_dentry_ast_func(void *opaque);
+static void ocfs2_dentry_bast_func(void *opaque,
+				  int level);
 static void ocfs2_super_ast_func(void *opaque);
 static void ocfs2_super_bast_func(void *opaque,
 				  int level);
@@ -76,32 +80,57 @@ static void ocfs2_rename_ast_func(void *opaque);
 static void ocfs2_rename_bast_func(void *opaque,
 				   int level);
 
+/*
+ * Return value from ocfs2_convert_worker_t functions.
+ *
+ * These control the precise actions of ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock()
+ * and ocfs2_process_blocked_lock()
+ *
+ */
+enum ocfs2_unblock_action {
+	UNBLOCK_CONTINUE	= 0, /* Continue downconvert */
+	UNBLOCK_CONTINUE_POST	= 1, /* Continue downconvert, fire
+				      * ->post_unlock callback */
+	UNBLOCK_STOP_POST	= 2, /* Do not downconvert, fire
+				      * ->post_unlock() callback. */
+};
+
+struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl {
+	int requeue;
+	enum ocfs2_unblock_action unblock_action;
+};
+
 /* so far, all locks have gotten along with the same unlock ast */
 static void ocfs2_unlock_ast_func(void *opaque,
 				  enum dlm_status status);
-static int ocfs2_do_unblock_meta(struct inode *inode,
-				 int *requeue);
 static int ocfs2_unblock_meta(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-			      int *requeue);
+			      struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl);
 static int ocfs2_unblock_data(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-			      int *requeue);
+			      struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl);
 static int ocfs2_unblock_inode_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-			      int *requeue);
+				    struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl);
+static int ocfs2_unblock_dentry_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+				     struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl);
 static int ocfs2_unblock_osb_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-				  int *requeue);
-typedef void (ocfs2_convert_worker_t)(struct ocfs2_lock_res *, int);
-static int ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				      struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-				      int *requeue,
-				      ocfs2_convert_worker_t *worker);
+				  struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl);
+
+static void ocfs2_dentry_post_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				     struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres);
 
 struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops {
 	void (*ast)(void *);
 	void (*bast)(void *, int);
 	void (*unlock_ast)(void *, enum dlm_status);
-	int  (*unblock)(struct ocfs2_lock_res *, int *);
+	int  (*unblock)(struct ocfs2_lock_res *, struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *);
+	void (*post_unlock)(struct ocfs2_super *, struct ocfs2_lock_res *);
 };
 
+typedef int (ocfs2_convert_worker_t)(struct ocfs2_lock_res *, int);
+static int ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				      struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+				      struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl,
+				      ocfs2_convert_worker_t *worker);
+
 static struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops ocfs2_inode_rw_lops = {
 	.ast		= ocfs2_inode_ast_func,
 	.bast		= ocfs2_inode_bast_func,
@@ -116,9 +145,6 @@ static struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops ocfs2_inode_meta_lops = {
 	.unblock	= ocfs2_unblock_meta,
 };
 
-static void ocfs2_data_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-				      int blocking);
-
 static struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops ocfs2_inode_data_lops = {
 	.ast		= ocfs2_inode_ast_func,
 	.bast		= ocfs2_inode_bast_func,
@@ -140,6 +166,14 @@ static struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops ocfs2_rename_lops = {
 	.unblock	= ocfs2_unblock_osb_lock,
 };
 
+static struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops ocfs2_dentry_lops = {
+	.ast		= ocfs2_dentry_ast_func,
+	.bast		= ocfs2_dentry_bast_func,
+	.unlock_ast	= ocfs2_unlock_ast_func,
+	.unblock	= ocfs2_unblock_dentry_lock,
+	.post_unlock	= ocfs2_dentry_post_unlock,
+};
+
 static inline int ocfs2_is_inode_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 {
 	return lockres->l_type == OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META ||
@@ -172,6 +206,13 @@ static inline struct inode *ocfs2_lock_res_inode(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 	return (struct inode *) lockres->l_priv;
 }
 
+static inline struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *ocfs2_lock_res_dl(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
+{
+	BUG_ON(lockres->l_type != OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY);
+
+	return (struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *)lockres->l_priv;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_lock_create(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			     struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 			     int level,
@@ -204,22 +245,6 @@ static inline int ocfs2_can_downconvert_meta_lock(struct inode *inode,
 						  struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 						  int new_level);
 
-static char *ocfs2_lock_type_strings[] = {
-	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META] = "Meta",
-	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DATA] = "Data",
-	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_SUPER] = "Super",
-	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RENAME] = "Rename",
-	/* Need to differntiate from [R]ename.. serializing writes is the
-	 * important job it does, anyway. */
-	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW] = "Write/Read",
-};
-
-static char *ocfs2_lock_type_string(enum ocfs2_lock_type type)
-{
-	mlog_bug_on_msg(type >= OCFS2_NUM_LOCK_TYPES, "%d\n", type);
-	return ocfs2_lock_type_strings[type];
-}
-
 static void ocfs2_build_lock_name(enum ocfs2_lock_type type,
 				  u64 blkno,
 				  u32 generation,
@@ -265,13 +290,9 @@ static void ocfs2_remove_lockres_tracking(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res)
 static void ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				       struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
 				       enum ocfs2_lock_type type,
-				       u64 blkno,
-				       u32 generation,
 				       struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops *ops,
 				       void *priv)
 {
-	ocfs2_build_lock_name(type, blkno, generation, res->l_name);
-
 	res->l_type          = type;
 	res->l_ops           = ops;
 	res->l_priv          = priv;
@@ -319,9 +340,59 @@ void ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
 			break;
 	};
 
-	ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), res, type,
-				   OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				   inode->i_generation, ops, inode);
+	ocfs2_build_lock_name(type, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			      inode->i_generation, res->l_name);
+	ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), res, type, ops, inode);
+}
+
+static __u64 ocfs2_get_dentry_lock_ino(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
+{
+	__be64 inode_blkno_be;
+
+	memcpy(&inode_blkno_be, &lockres->l_name[OCFS2_DENTRY_LOCK_INO_START],
+	       sizeof(__be64));
+
+	return be64_to_cpu(inode_blkno_be);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_dentry_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl,
+				u64 parent, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int len;
+	u64 inode_blkno = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno;
+	__be64 inode_blkno_be = cpu_to_be64(inode_blkno);
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres = &dl->dl_lockres;
+
+	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(lockres);
+
+	/*
+	 * Unfortunately, the standard lock naming scheme won't work
+	 * here because we have two 16 byte values to use. Instead,
+	 * we'll stuff the inode number as a binary value. We still
+	 * want error prints to show something without garbling the
+	 * display, so drop a null byte in there before the inode
+	 * number. A future version of OCFS2 will likely use all
+	 * binary lock names. The stringified names have been a
+	 * tremendous aid in debugging, but now that the debugfs
+	 * interface exists, we can mangle things there if need be.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE: We also drop the standard "pad" value (the total lock
+	 * name size stays the same though - the last part is all
+	 * zeros due to the memset in ocfs2_lock_res_init_once()
+	 */
+	len = snprintf(lockres->l_name, OCFS2_DENTRY_LOCK_INO_START,
+		       "%c%016llx",
+		       ocfs2_lock_type_char(OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY),
+		       (long long)parent);
+
+	BUG_ON(len != (OCFS2_DENTRY_LOCK_INO_START - 1));
+
+	memcpy(&lockres->l_name[OCFS2_DENTRY_LOCK_INO_START], &inode_blkno_be,
+	       sizeof(__be64));
+
+	ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), lockres,
+				   OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY, &ocfs2_dentry_lops,
+				   dl);
 }
 
 static void ocfs2_super_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
@@ -330,8 +401,9 @@ static void ocfs2_super_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
 	/* Superblock lockres doesn't come from a slab so we call init
 	 * once on it manually.  */
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(res);
+	ocfs2_build_lock_name(OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_SUPER, OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_BLKNO,
+			      0, res->l_name);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(osb, res, OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_SUPER,
-				   OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_BLKNO, 0,
 				   &ocfs2_super_lops, osb);
 }
 
@@ -341,7 +413,8 @@ static void ocfs2_rename_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
 	/* Rename lockres doesn't come from a slab so we call init
 	 * once on it manually.  */
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(res);
-	ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(osb, res, OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RENAME, 0, 0,
+	ocfs2_build_lock_name(OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RENAME, 0, 0, res->l_name);
+	ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(osb, res, OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RENAME,
 				   &ocfs2_rename_lops, osb);
 }
 
@@ -627,9 +700,10 @@ static void ocfs2_generic_bast_func(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		ocfs2_schedule_blocked_lock(osb, lockres);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 
+	wake_up(&lockres->l_event);
+
 	ocfs2_kick_vote_thread(osb);
 
-	wake_up(&lockres->l_event);
 	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
@@ -690,9 +764,9 @@ static void ocfs2_generic_ast_func(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 	/* set it to something invalid so if we get called again we
 	 * can catch it. */
 	lockres->l_action = OCFS2_AST_INVALID;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 
 	wake_up(&lockres->l_event);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void ocfs2_super_ast_func(void *opaque)
@@ -757,6 +831,27 @@ static void ocfs2_rename_bast_func(void *opaque,
 	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_dentry_ast_func(void *opaque)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres = opaque;
+
+	BUG_ON(!lockres);
+
+	ocfs2_generic_ast_func(lockres, 1);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_dentry_bast_func(void *opaque, int level)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres = opaque;
+	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl = lockres->l_priv;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dl->dl_inode->i_sb);
+
+	mlog(0, "Dentry bast: level: %d, name: %s\n", level,
+	     lockres->l_name);
+
+	ocfs2_generic_bast_func(osb, lockres, level);
+}
+
 static inline void ocfs2_recover_from_dlm_error(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 						int convert)
 {
@@ -1076,10 +1171,11 @@ static void ocfs2_cluster_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_create_new_inode_lock(struct inode *inode,
-				       struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
+int ocfs2_create_new_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			  struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+			  int ex)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int level =  ex ? LKM_EXMODE : LKM_PRMODE;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
@@ -1087,7 +1183,7 @@ static int ocfs2_create_new_inode_lock(struct inode *inode,
 	lockres_or_flags(lockres, OCFS2_LOCK_LOCAL);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 
-	return ocfs2_lock_create(osb, lockres, LKM_EXMODE, LKM_LOCAL);
+	return ocfs2_lock_create(osb, lockres, level, LKM_LOCAL);
 }
 
 /* Grants us an EX lock on the data and metadata resources, skipping
@@ -1099,6 +1195,7 @@ static int ocfs2_create_new_inode_lock(struct inode *inode,
 int ocfs2_create_new_inode_locks(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	BUG_ON(!inode);
 	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_inode_is_new(inode));
@@ -1115,22 +1212,19 @@ int ocfs2_create_new_inode_locks(struct inode *inode)
 	 * on a resource which has an invalid one -- we'll set it
 	 * valid when we release the EX. */
 
-	ret = ocfs2_create_new_inode_lock(inode,
-					  &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_rw_lockres);
+	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_rw_lockres, 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_create_new_inode_lock(inode,
-					  &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_meta_lockres);
+	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_meta_lockres, 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_create_new_inode_lock(inode,
-					  &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_data_lockres);
+	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_data_lockres, 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1809,6 +1903,34 @@ void ocfs2_rename_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	ocfs2_cluster_unlock(osb, lockres, LKM_EXMODE);
 }
 
+int ocfs2_dentry_lock(struct dentry *dentry, int ex)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int level = ex ? LKM_EXMODE : LKM_PRMODE;
+	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dentry->d_sb);
+
+	BUG_ON(!dl);
+
+	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb))
+		return -EROFS;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_cluster_lock(osb, &dl->dl_lockres, level, 0, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void ocfs2_dentry_unlock(struct dentry *dentry, int ex)
+{
+	int level = ex ? LKM_EXMODE : LKM_PRMODE;
+	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dentry->d_sb);
+
+	ocfs2_cluster_unlock(osb, &dl->dl_lockres, level);
+}
+
 /* Reference counting of the dlm debug structure. We want this because
  * open references on the debug inodes can live on after a mount, so
  * we can't rely on the ocfs2_super to always exist. */
@@ -1939,9 +2061,16 @@ static int ocfs2_dlm_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	if (!lockres)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	seq_printf(m, "0x%x\t"
-		   "%.*s\t"
-		   "%d\t"
+	seq_printf(m, "0x%x\t", OCFS2_DLM_DEBUG_STR_VERSION);
+
+	if (lockres->l_type == OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY)
+		seq_printf(m, "%.*s%08x\t", OCFS2_DENTRY_LOCK_INO_START - 1,
+			   lockres->l_name,
+			   (unsigned int)ocfs2_get_dentry_lock_ino(lockres));
+	else
+		seq_printf(m, "%.*s\t", OCFS2_LOCK_ID_MAX_LEN, lockres->l_name);
+
+	seq_printf(m, "%d\t"
 		   "0x%lx\t"
 		   "0x%x\t"
 		   "0x%x\t"
@@ -1949,8 +2078,6 @@ static int ocfs2_dlm_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   "%u\t"
 		   "%d\t"
 		   "%d\t",
-		   OCFS2_DLM_DEBUG_STR_VERSION,
-		   OCFS2_LOCK_ID_MAX_LEN, lockres->l_name,
 		   lockres->l_level,
 		   lockres->l_flags,
 		   lockres->l_action,
@@ -2311,25 +2438,21 @@ void ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 }
 
+void ocfs2_simple_drop_lockres(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			       struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(lockres);
+	ret = ocfs2_drop_lock(osb, lockres, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+}
+
 static void ocfs2_drop_osb_locks(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
-	int status;
-
-	mlog_entry_void();
-
-	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(&osb->osb_super_lockres);
-
-	status = ocfs2_drop_lock(osb, &osb->osb_super_lockres, NULL);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-
-	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(&osb->osb_rename_lockres);
-
-	status = ocfs2_drop_lock(osb, &osb->osb_rename_lockres, NULL);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-
-	mlog_exit(status);
+	ocfs2_simple_drop_lockres(osb, &osb->osb_super_lockres);
+	ocfs2_simple_drop_lockres(osb, &osb->osb_rename_lockres);
 }
 
 static void ocfs2_meta_pre_drop(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres, void *data)
@@ -2599,7 +2722,7 @@ leave:
 
 static int ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				      struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-				      int *requeue,
+				      struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl,
 				      ocfs2_convert_worker_t *worker)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -2615,7 +2738,7 @@ static int ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 recheck:
 	if (lockres->l_flags & OCFS2_LOCK_BUSY) {
-		*requeue = 1;
+		ctl->requeue = 1;
 		ret = ocfs2_prepare_cancel_convert(osb, lockres);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -2631,7 +2754,7 @@ recheck:
 	if ((lockres->l_blocking == LKM_EXMODE)
 	    && (lockres->l_ex_holders || lockres->l_ro_holders)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
-		*requeue = 1;
+		ctl->requeue = 1;
 		ret = 0;
 		goto leave;
 	}
@@ -2641,7 +2764,7 @@ recheck:
 	if (lockres->l_blocking == LKM_PRMODE &&
 	    lockres->l_ex_holders) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
-		*requeue = 1;
+		ctl->requeue = 1;
 		ret = 0;
 		goto leave;
 	}
@@ -2659,7 +2782,10 @@ recheck:
 	blocking = lockres->l_blocking;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 
-	worker(lockres, blocking);
+	ctl->unblock_action = worker(lockres, blocking);
+
+	if (ctl->unblock_action == UNBLOCK_STOP_POST)
+		goto leave;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 	if (blocking != lockres->l_blocking) {
@@ -2669,7 +2795,7 @@ recheck:
 	}
 
 downconvert:
-	*requeue = 0;
+	ctl->requeue = 0;
 	new_level = ocfs2_highest_compat_lock_level(lockres->l_blocking);
 
 	ocfs2_prepare_downconvert(lockres, new_level);
@@ -2680,14 +2806,12 @@ leave:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_data_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-				      int blocking)
+static int ocfs2_data_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+				     int blocking)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 
-	mlog_entry_void();
-
        	inode = ocfs2_lock_res_inode(lockres);
 	mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
@@ -2708,11 +2832,11 @@ static void ocfs2_data_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 		filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
 	}
 
-	mlog_exit_void();
+	return UNBLOCK_CONTINUE;
 }
 
 int ocfs2_unblock_data(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-		       int *requeue)
+		       struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -2726,22 +2850,20 @@ int ocfs2_unblock_data(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 	mlog(0, "unblock inode %llu\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	status = ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(osb,
-					    lockres,
-					    requeue,
+	status = ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(osb, lockres, ctl,
 					    ocfs2_data_convert_worker);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
 	mlog(0, "inode %llu, requeue = %d\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, *requeue);
+	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, ctl->requeue);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_unblock_inode_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-				    int *requeue)
+				    struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -2753,9 +2875,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unblock_inode_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 	inode  = ocfs2_lock_res_inode(lockres);
 
 	status = ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-					    lockres,
-					    requeue,
-					    NULL);
+					    lockres, ctl, NULL);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
@@ -2763,9 +2883,8 @@ static int ocfs2_unblock_inode_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 	return status;
 }
 
-
-int ocfs2_unblock_meta(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-		       int *requeue)
+static int ocfs2_unblock_meta(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+			      struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -2777,21 +2896,165 @@ int ocfs2_unblock_meta(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 	mlog(0, "unblock inode %llu\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	status = ocfs2_do_unblock_meta(inode, requeue);
+	status = ocfs2_do_unblock_meta(inode, &ctl->requeue);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
 	mlog(0, "inode %llu, requeue = %d\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, *requeue);
+	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, ctl->requeue);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Does the final reference drop on our dentry lock. Right now this
+ * happens in the vote thread, but we could choose to simplify the
+ * dlmglue API and push these off to the ocfs2_wq in the future.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_dentry_post_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				     struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl = ocfs2_lock_res_dl(lockres);
+	ocfs2_dentry_lock_put(osb, dl);
+}
+
+/*
+ * d_delete() matching dentries before the lock downconvert.
+ *
+ * At this point, any process waiting to destroy the
+ * dentry_lock due to last ref count is stopped by the
+ * OCFS2_LOCK_QUEUED flag.
+ *
+ * We have two potential problems
+ *
+ * 1) If we do the last reference drop on our dentry_lock (via dput)
+ *    we'll wind up in ocfs2_release_dentry_lock(), waiting on
+ *    the downconvert to finish. Instead we take an elevated
+ *    reference and push the drop until after we've completed our
+ *    unblock processing.
+ *
+ * 2) There might be another process with a final reference,
+ *    waiting on us to finish processing. If this is the case, we
+ *    detect it and exit out - there's no more dentries anyway.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_dentry_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+				       int blocking)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl = ocfs2_lock_res_dl(lockres);
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(dl->dl_inode);
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int extra_ref = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * This node is blocking another node from getting a read
+	 * lock. This happens when we've renamed within a
+	 * directory. We've forced the other nodes to d_delete(), but
+	 * we never actually dropped our lock because it's still
+	 * valid. The downconvert code will retain a PR for this node,
+	 * so there's no further work to do.
+	 */
+	if (blocking == LKM_PRMODE)
+		return UNBLOCK_CONTINUE;
+
+	/*
+	 * Mark this inode as potentially orphaned. The code in
+	 * ocfs2_delete_inode() will figure out whether it actually
+	 * needs to be freed or not.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED;
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Yuck. We need to make sure however that the check of
+	 * OCFS2_LOCK_FREEING and the extra reference are atomic with
+	 * respect to a reference decrement or the setting of that
+	 * flag.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+	if (!(lockres->l_flags & OCFS2_LOCK_FREEING)
+	    && dl->dl_count) {
+		dl->dl_count++;
+		extra_ref = 1;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
+
+	mlog(0, "extra_ref = %d\n", extra_ref);
+
+	/*
+	 * We have a process waiting on us in ocfs2_dentry_iput(),
+	 * which means we can't have any more outstanding
+	 * aliases. There's no need to do any more work.
+	 */
+	if (!extra_ref)
+		return UNBLOCK_CONTINUE;
+
+	spin_lock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+	while (1) {
+		dentry = ocfs2_find_local_alias(dl->dl_inode,
+						dl->dl_parent_blkno, 1);
+		if (!dentry)
+			break;
+		spin_unlock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+
+		mlog(0, "d_delete(%.*s);\n", dentry->d_name.len,
+		     dentry->d_name.name);
+
+		/*
+		 * The following dcache calls may do an
+		 * iput(). Normally we don't want that from the
+		 * downconverting thread, but in this case it's ok
+		 * because the requesting node already has an
+		 * exclusive lock on the inode, so it can't be queued
+		 * for a downconvert.
+		 */
+		d_delete(dentry);
+		dput(dentry);
+
+		spin_lock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we are the last holder of this dentry lock, there is no
+	 * reason to downconvert so skip straight to the unlock.
+	 */
+	if (dl->dl_count == 1)
+		return UNBLOCK_STOP_POST;
+
+	return UNBLOCK_CONTINUE_POST;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_unblock_dentry_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+				     struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl = ocfs2_lock_res_dl(lockres);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dl->dl_inode->i_sb);
+
+	mlog(0, "unblock dentry lock: %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dl->dl_inode)->ip_blkno);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(osb,
+					 lockres,
+					 ctl,
+					 ocfs2_dentry_convert_worker);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	mlog(0, "requeue = %d, post = %d\n", ctl->requeue, ctl->unblock_action);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* Generic unblock function for any lockres whose private data is an
  * ocfs2_super pointer. */
 static int ocfs2_unblock_osb_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-				  int *requeue)
+				  struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl *ctl)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
@@ -2804,7 +3067,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unblock_osb_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 
 	status = ocfs2_generic_unblock_lock(osb,
 					    lockres,
-					    requeue,
+					    ctl,
 					    NULL);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -2817,7 +3080,7 @@ void ocfs2_process_blocked_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 {
 	int status;
-	int requeue = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_unblock_ctl ctl = {0, 0,};
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* Our reference to the lockres in this function can be
@@ -2842,21 +3105,25 @@ void ocfs2_process_blocked_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto unqueue;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 
-	status = lockres->l_ops->unblock(lockres, &requeue);
+	status = lockres->l_ops->unblock(lockres, &ctl);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 unqueue:
-	if (lockres->l_flags & OCFS2_LOCK_FREEING || !requeue) {
+	if (lockres->l_flags & OCFS2_LOCK_FREEING || !ctl.requeue) {
 		lockres_clear_flags(lockres, OCFS2_LOCK_QUEUED);
 	} else
 		ocfs2_schedule_blocked_lock(osb, lockres);
 
 	mlog(0, "lockres %s, requeue = %s.\n", lockres->l_name,
-	     requeue ? "yes" : "no");
+	     ctl.requeue ? "yes" : "no");
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 
+	if (ctl.unblock_action != UNBLOCK_CONTINUE
+	    && lockres->l_ops->post_unlock)
+		lockres->l_ops->post_unlock(osb, lockres);
+
 	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
index 243ae862ece5..340251567e99 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #ifndef DLMGLUE_H
 #define DLMGLUE_H
 
+#include "dcache.h"
+
 #define OCFS2_LVB_VERSION 3
 
 struct ocfs2_meta_lvb {
@@ -58,8 +60,12 @@ void ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res);
 void ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
 			       enum ocfs2_lock_type type,
 			       struct inode *inode);
+void ocfs2_dentry_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl,
+				u64 parent, struct inode *inode);
 void ocfs2_lock_res_free(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res);
 int ocfs2_create_new_inode_locks(struct inode *inode);
+int ocfs2_create_new_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			  struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres, int ex);
 int ocfs2_drop_inode_locks(struct inode *inode);
 int ocfs2_data_lock_full(struct inode *inode,
 			 int write,
@@ -93,7 +99,12 @@ void ocfs2_super_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			int ex);
 int ocfs2_rename_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 void ocfs2_rename_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+int ocfs2_dentry_lock(struct dentry *dentry, int ex);
+void ocfs2_dentry_unlock(struct dentry *dentry, int ex);
+
 void ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres);
+void ocfs2_simple_drop_lockres(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			       struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres);
 
 /* for the vote thread */
 void ocfs2_process_blocked_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
index 7dd9e1e705b0..4d5d5655c185 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@
 #define OCFS2_LOCK_ID_MAX_LEN  32
 #define OCFS2_LOCK_ID_PAD "000000"
 
+#define OCFS2_DENTRY_LOCK_INO_START 18
+
 enum ocfs2_lock_type {
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META = 0,
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DATA,
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_SUPER,
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RENAME,
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW,
+	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY,
 	OCFS2_NUM_LOCK_TYPES
 };
 
@@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ static inline char ocfs2_lock_type_char(enum ocfs2_lock_type type)
 		case OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW:
 			c = 'W';
 			break;
+		case OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY:
+			c = 'N';
+			break;
 		default:
 			c = '\0';
 	}
@@ -70,4 +76,23 @@ static inline char ocfs2_lock_type_char(enum ocfs2_lock_type type)
 	return c;
 }
 
+static char *ocfs2_lock_type_strings[] = {
+	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META] = "Meta",
+	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DATA] = "Data",
+	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_SUPER] = "Super",
+	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RENAME] = "Rename",
+	/* Need to differntiate from [R]ename.. serializing writes is the
+	 * important job it does, anyway. */
+	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW] = "Write/Read",
+	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY] = "Dentry",
+};
+
+static inline const char *ocfs2_lock_type_string(enum ocfs2_lock_type type)
+{
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(type >= OCFS2_NUM_LOCK_TYPES, "%d\n", type);
+#endif
+	return ocfs2_lock_type_strings[type];
+}
+
 #endif  /* OCFS2_LOCKID_H */