diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
index 4dae5df..9606111 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
  * 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 8:
+ * 	- Replace delete inode votes with a cluster lock
+ *
  * New in version 7:
  * 	- DLM join domain includes the live nodemap
  *
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@
  * 	- full 64 bit i_size in the metadata lock lvbs
  * 	- introduction of "rw" lock and pushing meta/data locking down
  */
-#define O2NET_PROTOCOL_VERSION 7ULL
+#define O2NET_PROTOCOL_VERSION 8ULL
 struct o2net_handshake {
 	__be64	protocol_version;
 	__be64	connector_id;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 31d519a..ca4f0e0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -225,11 +225,17 @@
 	.flags		= 0,
 };
 
+static struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops ocfs2_inode_open_lops = {
+	.get_osb	= ocfs2_get_inode_osb,
+	.flags		= 0,
+};
+
 static inline int ocfs2_is_inode_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 {
 	return lockres->l_type == OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META ||
 		lockres->l_type == OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DATA ||
-		lockres->l_type == OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW;
+		lockres->l_type == OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW ||
+		lockres->l_type == OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_OPEN;
 }
 
 static inline struct inode *ocfs2_lock_res_inode(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
@@ -373,6 +379,9 @@
 		case OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DATA:
 			ops = &ocfs2_inode_data_lops;
 			break;
+		case OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_OPEN:
+			ops = &ocfs2_inode_open_lops;
+			break;
 		default:
 			mlog_bug_on_msg(1, "type: %d\n", type);
 			ops = NULL; /* thanks, gcc */
@@ -1129,6 +1138,12 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	ret = ocfs2_create_new_lock(osb, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_lockres, 0, 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 bail:
 	mlog_exit(ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1182,6 +1197,99 @@
 	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
+/*
+ * ocfs2_open_lock always get PR mode lock.
+ */
+int ocfs2_open_lock(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int status = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	BUG_ON(!inode);
+
+	mlog_entry_void();
+
+	mlog(0, "inode %llu take PRMODE open lock\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+
+	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
+		goto out;
+
+	lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_lockres;
+
+	status = ocfs2_cluster_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), lockres,
+				    LKM_PRMODE, 0, 0);
+	if (status < 0)
+		mlog_errno(status);
+
+out:
+	mlog_exit(status);
+	return status;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_try_open_lock(struct inode *inode, int write)
+{
+	int status = 0, level;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	BUG_ON(!inode);
+
+	mlog_entry_void();
+
+	mlog(0, "inode %llu try to take %s open lock\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+	     write ? "EXMODE" : "PRMODE");
+
+	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
+		goto out;
+
+	lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_lockres;
+
+	level = write ? LKM_EXMODE : LKM_PRMODE;
+
+	/*
+	 * The file system may already holding a PRMODE/EXMODE open lock.
+	 * Since we pass LKM_NOQUEUE, the request won't block waiting on
+	 * other nodes and the -EAGAIN will indicate to the caller that
+	 * this inode is still in use.
+	 */
+	status = ocfs2_cluster_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), lockres,
+				    level, LKM_NOQUEUE, 0);
+
+out:
+	mlog_exit(status);
+	return status;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_open_unlock unlock PR and EX mode open locks.
+ */
+void ocfs2_open_unlock(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_lockres;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	mlog_entry_void();
+
+	mlog(0, "inode %llu drop open lock\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+
+	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
+		goto out;
+
+	if(lockres->l_ro_holders)
+		ocfs2_cluster_unlock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), lockres,
+				     LKM_PRMODE);
+	if(lockres->l_ex_holders)
+		ocfs2_cluster_unlock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), lockres,
+				     LKM_EXMODE);
+
+out:
+	mlog_exit_void();
+}
+
 int ocfs2_data_lock_full(struct inode *inode,
 			 int write,
 			 int arg_flags)
@@ -2455,13 +2563,20 @@
 	 * ocfs2_clear_inode has done it for us. */
 
 	err = ocfs2_drop_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-			      &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_data_lockres);
+			      &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_lockres);
 	if (err < 0)
 		mlog_errno(err);
 
 	status = err;
 
 	err = ocfs2_drop_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+			      &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_data_lockres);
+	if (err < 0)
+		mlog_errno(err);
+	if (err < 0 && !status)
+		status = err;
+
+	err = ocfs2_drop_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
 			      &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_meta_lockres);
 	if (err < 0)
 		mlog_errno(err);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
index c343fca..59cb566 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
 		       int write);
 int ocfs2_rw_lock(struct inode *inode, int write);
 void ocfs2_rw_unlock(struct inode *inode, int write);
+int ocfs2_open_lock(struct inode *inode);
+int ocfs2_try_open_lock(struct inode *inode, int write);
+void ocfs2_open_unlock(struct inode *inode);
 int ocfs2_meta_lock_atime(struct inode *inode,
 			  struct vfsmount *vfsmnt,
 			  int *level);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 28ab56f..10d16a9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@
 		     (unsigned long long)fe->i_blkno);
 
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters);
-	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_orphaned_slot = OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT;
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_attr);
 
 	inode->i_nlink = le16_to_cpu(fe->i_links_count);
@@ -347,6 +346,9 @@
 
 		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_open_lockres,
+					  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_OPEN, 0, inode);
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_rw_lockres,
@@ -421,7 +423,7 @@
 	 * cluster lock before trusting anything anyway.
 	 */
 	can_lock = !(args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE)
-		&& !(args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_NOLOCK)
+		&& !(args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_ORPHAN_RECOVERY)
 		&& !ocfs2_mount_local(osb);
 
 	/*
@@ -438,7 +440,17 @@
 				  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META,
 				  generation, inode);
 
+	ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_lockres,
+				  OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_OPEN,
+				  0, inode);
+
 	if (can_lock) {
+		status = ocfs2_open_lock(inode);
+		if (status) {
+			make_bad_inode(inode);
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			return status;
+		}
 		status = ocfs2_meta_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
 		if (status) {
 			make_bad_inode(inode);
@@ -447,6 +459,14 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_ORPHAN_RECOVERY) {
+		status = ocfs2_try_open_lock(inode, 0);
+		if (status) {
+			make_bad_inode(inode);	
+			return status;
+		}
+	}
+
 	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, args->fi_blkno, &bh, 0,
 				  can_lock ? inode : NULL);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -678,10 +698,10 @@
 	struct inode *orphan_dir_inode = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 
-	/* We've already voted on this so it should be readonly - no
-	 * spinlock needed. */
-	orphaned_slot = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_orphaned_slot;
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
+	orphaned_slot = le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot);
 
 	status = ocfs2_check_orphan_recovery_state(osb, orphaned_slot);
 	if (status)
@@ -787,6 +807,35 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_request_delete(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int status = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (ocfs2_inode_is_new(inode))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (ocfs2_node_map_is_only(osb, &osb->mounted_map,
+				   osb->node_num))
+		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * This is how ocfs2 determines whether an inode is still live
+	 * within the cluster. Every node takes a shared read lock on
+	 * the inode open lock in ocfs2_read_locked_inode(). When we
+	 * get to ->delete_inode(), each node tries to convert it's
+	 * lock to an exclusive. Trylocks are serialized by the inode
+	 * meta data lock. If the upconvert suceeds, we know the inode
+	 * is no longer live and can be deleted.
+	 *
+	 * Though we call this with the meta data lock held, the
+	 * trylock keeps us from ABBA deadlock.
+	 */
+	status = ocfs2_try_open_lock(inode, 1);
+	if (status < 0 && status != -EAGAIN)
+		mlog_errno(status);
+	return status;
+}
+
 /* Query the cluster to determine whether we should wipe an inode from
  * disk or not.
  *
@@ -839,11 +888,11 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_request_delete_vote(inode);
-	/* -EBUSY means that other nodes are still using the
+	status = ocfs2_request_delete(inode);
+	/* -EAGAIN means that other nodes are still using the
 	 * inode. We're done here though, so avoid doing anything on
 	 * disk and let them worry about deleting it. */
-	if (status == -EBUSY) {
+	if (status == -EAGAIN) {
 		status = 0;
 		mlog(0, "Skipping delete of %llu because it is in use on"
 		     "other nodes\n", (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno);
@@ -854,21 +903,10 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
-	if (oi->ip_orphaned_slot == OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT) {
-		/* Nobody knew which slot this inode was orphaned
-		 * into. This may happen during node death and
-		 * recovery knows how to clean it up so we can safely
-		 * ignore this inode for now on. */
-		mlog(0, "Nobody knew where inode %llu was orphaned!\n",
-		     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno);
-	} else {
-		*wipe = 1;
-
-		mlog(0, "Inode %llu is ok to wipe from orphan dir %d\n",
-		     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, oi->ip_orphaned_slot);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	*wipe = 1;
+	mlog(0, "Inode %llu is ok to wipe from orphan dir %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+	     le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot));
 
 bail:
 	return status;
@@ -1001,11 +1039,16 @@
 	mlog_bug_on_msg(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb) == NULL,
 			"Inode=%lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 
+	/* For remove delete_inode vote, we hold open lock before,
+	 * now it is time to unlock PR and EX open locks. */
+	ocfs2_open_unlock(inode);
+
 	/* Do these before all the other work so that we don't bounce
 	 * the vote thread while waiting to destroy the locks. */
 	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(&oi->ip_rw_lockres);
 	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(&oi->ip_meta_lockres);
 	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(&oi->ip_data_lockres);
+	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(&oi->ip_open_lockres);
 
 	/* We very well may get a clear_inode before all an inodes
 	 * metadata has hit disk. Of course, we can't drop any cluster
@@ -1030,6 +1073,7 @@
 	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&oi->ip_rw_lockres);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&oi->ip_meta_lockres);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&oi->ip_data_lockres);
+	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&oi->ip_open_lockres);
 
 	ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(inode);
 
@@ -1086,9 +1130,6 @@
 	mlog(0, "Drop inode %llu, nlink = %u, ip_flags = 0x%x\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, inode->i_nlink, oi->ip_flags);
 
-	/* Testing ip_orphaned_slot here wouldn't work because we may
-	 * not have gotten a delete_inode vote from any other nodes
-	 * yet. */
 	if (oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED)
 		generic_delete_inode(inode);
 	else
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 1a7dd29..92d4feb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res		ip_rw_lockres;
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res		ip_meta_lockres;
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res		ip_data_lockres;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res		ip_open_lockres;
 
 	/* protects allocation changes on this inode. */
 	struct rw_semaphore		ip_alloc_sem;
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@
 /* 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
+#define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE		0x4
+#define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_ORPHAN_RECOVERY	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,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 825cb0a..12445a3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@
 				continue;
 
 			iter = ocfs2_iget(osb, le64_to_cpu(de->inode),
-					  OCFS2_FI_FLAG_NOLOCK);
+					  OCFS2_FI_FLAG_ORPHAN_RECOVERY);
 			if (IS_ERR(iter))
 				continue;
 
@@ -1418,7 +1418,6 @@
 		/* Set the proper information to get us going into
 		 * ocfs2_delete_inode. */
 		oi->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED;
-		oi->ip_orphaned_slot = slot;
 		spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
 		iput(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 1fff0c0..a93c15f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@
 	 * unlink. */
 	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
 	oi->ip_flags &= ~OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED;
-	oi->ip_orphaned_slot = OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT;
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
 bail_add:
@@ -2220,9 +2219,7 @@
 	/* Record which orphan dir our inode now resides
 	 * in. delete_inode will use this to determine which orphan
 	 * dir to lock. */
-	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
-	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_orphaned_slot = osb->slot_num;
-	spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
+	fe->i_orphaned_slot = cpu_to_le16(osb->slot_num);
 
 	mlog(0, "Inode %llu orphaned in slot %d\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, osb->slot_num);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index e61e218..a476b63 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -446,7 +446,9 @@
 	__le32 i_ctime_nsec;
 	__le32 i_mtime_nsec;
 	__le32 i_attr;
-	__le32 i_reserved1;
+	__le16 i_orphaned_slot;		/* Only valid when OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL
+					   was set in i_flags */
+	__le16 i_reserved1;
 /*70*/	__le64 i_reserved2[8];
 /*B8*/	union {
 		__le64 i_pad1;		/* Generic way to refer to this
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
index 4d5d565..4ca02b1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RENAME,
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW,
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY,
+	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_OPEN,
 	OCFS2_NUM_LOCK_TYPES
 };
 
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@
 		case OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY:
 			c = 'N';
 			break;
+		case OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_OPEN:
+			c = 'O';
+			break;
 		default:
 			c = '\0';
 	}
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@
 	 * important job it does, anyway. */
 	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_RW] = "Write/Read",
 	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_DENTRY] = "Dentry",
+	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_OPEN] = "Open",
 };
 
 static inline const char *ocfs2_lock_type_string(enum ocfs2_lock_type type)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 6534f92..16564ea 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@
 		ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_rw_lockres);
 		ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_meta_lockres);
 		ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_data_lockres);
+		ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_open_lockres);
 
 		ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(&oi->vfs_inode);