diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
index da42b51..4b46aac 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
  * locking semantics of the file system using the protocol.  It should 
  * be somewhere else, I'm sure, but right now it isn't.
  *
+ * New in version 4:
+ * 	- Remove i_generation from lock names for better stat performance.
+ *
  * New in version 3:
  * 	- Replace dentry votes with a cluster lock
  *
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@
  * 	- full 64 bit i_size in the metadata lock lvbs
  * 	- introduction of "rw" lock and pushing meta/data locking down
  */
-#define O2NET_PROTOCOL_VERSION 3ULL
+#define O2NET_PROTOCOL_VERSION 4ULL
 struct o2net_handshake {
 	__be64	protocol_version;
 	__be64	connector_id;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 6cd84df..ecb3cba 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@
 
 void ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
 			       enum ocfs2_lock_type type,
+			       unsigned int generation,
 			       struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops *ops;
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@
 	};
 
 	ocfs2_build_lock_name(type, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-			      inode->i_generation, res->l_name);
+			      generation, res->l_name);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), res, type, ops, inode);
 }
 
@@ -1173,17 +1174,19 @@
 
 int ocfs2_create_new_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			  struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-			  int ex)
+			  int ex,
+			  int local)
 {
 	int level =  ex ? LKM_EXMODE : LKM_PRMODE;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int lkm_flags = local ? LKM_LOCAL : 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 	BUG_ON(lockres->l_flags & OCFS2_LOCK_ATTACHED);
 	lockres_or_flags(lockres, OCFS2_LOCK_LOCAL);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
 
-	return ocfs2_lock_create(osb, lockres, level, LKM_LOCAL);
+	return ocfs2_lock_create(osb, lockres, level, lkm_flags);
 }
 
 /* Grants us an EX lock on the data and metadata resources, skipping
@@ -1212,19 +1215,23 @@
 	 * on a resource which has an invalid one -- we'll set it
 	 * valid when we release the EX. */
 
-	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_rw_lockres, 1);
+	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_rw_lockres, 1, 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_meta_lockres, 1);
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to use LKM_LOCAL on a meta data lock as they
+	 * don't use a generation in their lock names.
+	 */
+	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_meta_lockres, 1, 0);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_data_lockres, 1);
+	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_data_lockres, 1, 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1413,6 +1420,16 @@
 
 	lvb = (struct ocfs2_meta_lvb *) lockres->l_lksb.lvb;
 
+	/*
+	 * Invalidate the LVB of a deleted inode - this way other
+	 * nodes are forced to go to disk and discover the new inode
+	 * status.
+	 */
+	if (oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_DELETED) {
+		lvb->lvb_version = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	lvb->lvb_version   = OCFS2_LVB_VERSION;
 	lvb->lvb_isize	   = cpu_to_be64(i_size_read(inode));
 	lvb->lvb_iclusters = cpu_to_be32(oi->ip_clusters);
@@ -1429,6 +1446,7 @@
 	lvb->lvb_iattr    = cpu_to_be32(oi->ip_attr);
 	lvb->lvb_igeneration = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_generation);
 
+out:
 	mlog_meta_lvb(0, lockres);
 
 	mlog_exit_void();
@@ -1727,6 +1745,18 @@
 		wait_event(osb->recovery_event,
 			   ocfs2_node_map_is_empty(osb, &osb->recovery_map));
 
+	/*
+	 * We only see this flag if we're being called from
+	 * ocfs2_read_locked_inode(). It means we're locking an inode
+	 * which hasn't been populated yet, so clear the refresh flag
+	 * and let the caller handle it.
+	 */
+	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
+		status = 0;
+		ocfs2_complete_lock_res_refresh(lockres, 0);
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 	/* This is fun. The caller may want a bh back, or it may
 	 * not. ocfs2_meta_lock_update definitely wants one in, but
 	 * may or may not read one, depending on what's in the
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
index 45a74f4..4a27693 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 #define OCFS2_LVB_VERSION 4
 
 struct ocfs2_meta_lvb {
-	__be16       lvb_reserved0;
-	__u8         lvb_reserved1;
 	__u8         lvb_version;
+	__u8         lvb_reserved0;
+	__be16       lvb_reserved1;
 	__be32       lvb_iclusters;
 	__be32       lvb_iuid;
 	__be32       lvb_igid;
@@ -62,13 +62,14 @@
 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,
+			       unsigned int generation,
 			       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);
+			  struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres, int ex, int local);
 int ocfs2_drop_inode_locks(struct inode *inode);
 int ocfs2_data_lock_full(struct inode *inode,
 			 int write,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/export.c b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
index ffcd797..fb91089 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 	}
 
-	inode = ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle->ih_blkno);
+	inode = ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle->ih_blkno, 0);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(inode));
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 		goto bail_unlock;
 	}
 
-	inode = ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), blkno);
+	inode = ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), blkno, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to create inode %llu\n",
 		     (unsigned long long)blkno);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 66ca7a8..69d3db5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
-#define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_NOWAIT	0x1
-#define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_DELETE	0x2
 struct ocfs2_find_inode_args
 {
 	u64		fi_blkno;
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@
 	return ilookup5(osb->sb, args.fi_ino, ocfs2_find_actor, &args);
 }
 
-struct inode *ocfs2_iget(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 blkno)
+struct inode *ocfs2_iget(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 blkno, int flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	struct super_block *sb = osb->sb;
@@ -127,7 +125,7 @@
 	}
 
 	args.fi_blkno = blkno;
-	args.fi_flags = 0;
+	args.fi_flags = flags;
 	args.fi_ino = ino_from_blkno(sb, blkno);
 
 	inode = iget5_locked(sb, args.fi_ino, ocfs2_find_actor,
@@ -297,15 +295,11 @@
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_orphaned_slot = OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT;
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_attr);
 
-	if (create_ino)
-		inode->i_ino = ino_from_blkno(inode->i_sb,
-			       le64_to_cpu(fe->i_blkno));
-
-	mlog(0, "blkno = %llu, ino = %lu, create_ino = %s\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)fe->i_blkno, inode->i_ino, create_ino ? "true" : "false");
-
 	inode->i_nlink = le16_to_cpu(fe->i_links_count);
 
+	if (fe->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_SYSTEM_FL))
+		OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_SYSTEM_FILE;
+
 	if (fe->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC_FL)) {
 		OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_BITMAP;
 		mlog(0, "local alloc inode: i_ino=%lu\n", inode->i_ino);
@@ -343,12 +337,28 @@
 		    break;
 	}
 
+	if (create_ino) {
+		inode->i_ino = ino_from_blkno(inode->i_sb,
+			       le64_to_cpu(fe->i_blkno));
+
+		/*
+		 * If we ever want to create system files from kernel,
+		 * the generation argument to
+		 * ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init() will have to change.
+		 */
+		BUG_ON(fe->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_SYSTEM_FL));
+
+		ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_meta_lockres,
+					  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META, 0, inode);
+	}
+
 	ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_rw_lockres,
-				  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW, inode);
-	ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_meta_lockres,
-				  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META, inode);
+				  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW, inode->i_generation,
+				  inode);
+
 	ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_data_lockres,
-				  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DATA, inode);
+				  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DATA, inode->i_generation,
+				  inode);
 
 	ocfs2_set_inode_flags(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
@@ -366,15 +376,15 @@
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
-	int status;
-	int sysfile = 0;
+	int status, can_lock;
+	u32 generation = 0;
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p)\n", inode, args);
 
 	status = -EINVAL;
 	if (inode == NULL || inode->i_sb == NULL) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "bad inode\n");
-		goto bail;
+		return status;
 	}
 	sb = inode->i_sb;
 	osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
@@ -382,50 +392,110 @@
 	if (!args) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "bad inode args\n");
 		make_bad_inode(inode);
-		goto bail;
+		return status;
 	}
 
-	/* Read the FE off disk. This is safe because the kernel only
-	 * does one read_inode2 for a new inode, and if it doesn't
-	 * exist yet then nobody can be working on it! */
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, args->fi_blkno, &bh, 0, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * To improve performance of cold-cache inode stats, we take
+	 * the cluster lock here if possible.
+	 *
+	 * Generally, OCFS2 never trusts the contents of an inode
+	 * unless it's holding a cluster lock, so taking it here isn't
+	 * a correctness issue as much as it is a performance
+	 * improvement.
+	 *
+	 * There are three times when taking the lock is not a good idea:
+	 *
+	 * 1) During startup, before we have initialized the DLM.
+	 *
+	 * 2) If we are reading certain system files which never get
+	 *    cluster locks (local alloc, truncate log).
+	 *
+	 * 3) If the process doing the iget() is responsible for
+	 *    orphan dir recovery. We're holding the orphan dir lock and
+	 *    can get into a deadlock with another process on another
+	 *    node in ->delete_inode().
+	 *
+	 * #1 and #2 can be simply solved by never taking the lock
+	 * here for system files (which are the only type we read
+	 * during mount). It's a heavier approach, but our main
+	 * concern is user-accesible files anyway.
+	 *
+	 * #3 works itself out because we'll eventually take the
+	 * cluster lock before trusting anything anyway.
+	 */
+	can_lock = !(args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE)
+		&& !(args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_NOLOCK);
+
+	/*
+	 * To maintain backwards compatibility with older versions of
+	 * ocfs2-tools, we still store the generation value for system
+	 * files. The only ones that actually matter to userspace are
+	 * the journals, but it's easier and inexpensive to just flag
+	 * all system files similarly.
+	 */
+	if (args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE)
+		generation = osb->fs_generation;
+
+	ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_meta_lockres,
+				  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META,
+				  generation, inode);
+
+	if (can_lock) {
+		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+		if (status) {
+			make_bad_inode(inode);
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			return status;
+		}
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, args->fi_blkno, &bh, 0,
+				  can_lock ? inode : NULL);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
-		make_bad_inode(inode);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	status = -EINVAL;
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) bh->b_data;
 	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe)) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Invalid dinode #%llu: signature = %.*s\n",
 		     (unsigned long long)fe->i_blkno, 7, fe->i_signature);
-		make_bad_inode(inode);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	if (fe->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_SYSTEM_FL))
-		sysfile = 1;
+	/*
+	 * This is a code bug. Right now the caller needs to
+	 * understand whether it is asking for a system file inode or
+	 * not so the proper lock names can be built.
+	 */
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(!!(fe->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_SYSTEM_FL)) !=
+			!!(args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE),
+			"Inode %llu: system file state is ambigous\n",
+			(unsigned long long)args->fi_blkno);
 
 	if (S_ISCHR(le16_to_cpu(fe->i_mode)) ||
 	    S_ISBLK(le16_to_cpu(fe->i_mode)))
     		inode->i_rdev = huge_decode_dev(le64_to_cpu(fe->id1.dev1.i_rdev));
 
-	status = -EINVAL;
 	if (ocfs2_populate_inode(inode, fe, 0) < 0) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "populate failed! i_blkno=%llu, i_ino=%lu\n",
 		     (unsigned long long)fe->i_blkno, inode->i_ino);
-		make_bad_inode(inode);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(args->fi_blkno != le64_to_cpu(fe->i_blkno));
 
-	if (sysfile)
-	       OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_SYSTEM_FILE;
-
 	status = 0;
 
 bail:
+	if (can_lock)
+		ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 0);
+
+	if (status < 0)
+		make_bad_inode(inode);
+
 	if (args && bh)
 		brelse(bh);
 
@@ -898,9 +968,15 @@
 		goto bail_unlock_inode;
 	}
 
-	/* Mark the inode as successfully deleted. This is important
-	 * for ocfs2_clear_inode as it will check this flag and skip
-	 * any checkpointing work */
+	/*
+	 * Mark the inode as successfully deleted.
+	 *
+	 * This is important for ocfs2_clear_inode() as it will check
+	 * this flag and skip any checkpointing work
+	 *
+	 * ocfs2_stuff_meta_lvb() also uses this flag to invalidate
+	 * the LVB for other nodes.
+	 */
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_DELETED;
 
 bail_unlock_inode:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 4d1e539..9957810 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -122,7 +122,13 @@
 void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
-struct inode *ocfs2_iget(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 feoff);
+
+/* Flags for ocfs2_iget() */
+#define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_NOWAIT	0x1
+#define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_DELETE	0x2
+#define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE	0x4
+#define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_NOLOCK	0x8
+struct inode *ocfs2_iget(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 feoff, int flags);
 struct inode *ocfs2_ilookup_for_vote(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				     u64 blkno,
 				     int delete_vote);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index f92bf1d..fd9734d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1493,7 +1493,8 @@
 			if (de->name_len == 2 && !strncmp("..", de->name, 2))
 				continue;
 
-			iter = ocfs2_iget(osb, le64_to_cpu(de->inode));
+			iter = ocfs2_iget(osb, le64_to_cpu(de->inode),
+					  OCFS2_FI_FLAG_NOLOCK);
 			if (IS_ERR(iter))
 				continue;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 6fa9788..849c3b4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 	if (status < 0)
 		goto bail_add;
 
-	inode = ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), blkno);
+	inode = ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), blkno, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to create inode %llu\n",
 		     (unsigned long long)blkno);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 33a6de6..4c29cd7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
-	new = ocfs2_iget(osb, osb->root_blkno);
+	new = ocfs2_iget(osb, osb->root_blkno, OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		status = PTR_ERR(new);
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 	}
 	osb->root_inode = new;
 
-	new = ocfs2_iget(osb, osb->system_dir_blkno);
+	new = ocfs2_iget(osb, osb->system_dir_blkno, OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		status = PTR_ERR(new);
 		mlog_errno(status);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c b/fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c
index 9843500..5df6e35 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	inode = ocfs2_iget(osb, blkno);
+	inode = ocfs2_iget(osb, blkno, OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(inode));
 		inode = NULL;