#define OCFS2_MAX_CLUSTERS_PER_PAGE    (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE / OCFS2_MIN_CLUSTERSIZE)
 
+struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent {
+       struct list_head        ue_node;
+       struct list_head        ue_ip_node;
+       u32                     ue_cpos;
+       u32                     ue_phys;
+};
+
 /*
  * Describe the state of a single cluster to be written to.
  */
        struct buffer_head              *w_di_bh;
 
        struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt w_dealloc;
+
+       struct list_head                w_unwritten_list;
 };
 
 void ocfs2_unlock_and_free_pages(struct page **pages, int num_pages)
        ocfs2_unlock_and_free_pages(wc->w_pages, wc->w_num_pages);
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_free_write_ctxt(struct ocfs2_write_ctxt *wc)
+static void ocfs2_free_unwritten_list(struct inode *inode,
+                                struct list_head *head)
+{
+       struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+       struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent *dz = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
+
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(dz, tmp, head, ue_node) {
+               list_del(&dz->ue_node);
+               spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+               list_del(&dz->ue_ip_node);
+               spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+               kfree(dz);
+       }
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_free_write_ctxt(struct inode *inode,
+                                 struct ocfs2_write_ctxt *wc)
 {
+       ocfs2_free_unwritten_list(inode, &wc->w_unwritten_list);
        ocfs2_unlock_pages(wc);
        brelse(wc->w_di_bh);
        kfree(wc);
                wc->w_large_pages = 0;
 
        ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&wc->w_dealloc);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wc->w_unwritten_list);
 
        *wcp = wc;
 
        }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if this extent is marked UNWRITTEN by direct io. If so, we need not to
+ * do the zero work. And should not to clear UNWRITTEN since it will be cleared
+ * by the direct io procedure.
+ * If this is a new extent that allocated by direct io, we should mark it in
+ * the ip_unwritten_list.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_unwritten_check(struct inode *inode,
+                                struct ocfs2_write_ctxt *wc,
+                                struct ocfs2_write_cluster_desc *desc)
+{
+       struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+       struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent *dz = NULL, *new = NULL;
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       if (!desc->c_needs_zero)
+               return 0;
+
+retry:
+       spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+       /* Needs not to zero no metter buffer or direct. The one who is zero
+        * the cluster is doing zero. And he will clear unwritten after all
+        * cluster io finished. */
+       list_for_each_entry(dz, &oi->ip_unwritten_list, ue_ip_node) {
+               if (desc->c_cpos == dz->ue_cpos) {
+                       BUG_ON(desc->c_new);
+                       desc->c_needs_zero = 0;
+                       desc->c_clear_unwritten = 0;
+                       goto unlock;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (wc->w_type != OCFS2_WRITE_DIRECT)
+               goto unlock;
+
+       if (new == NULL) {
+               spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+               new = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent),
+                            GFP_NOFS);
+               if (new == NULL) {
+                       ret = -ENOMEM;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+               goto retry;
+       }
+       /* This direct write will doing zero. */
+       new->ue_cpos = desc->c_cpos;
+       new->ue_phys = desc->c_phys;
+       desc->c_clear_unwritten = 0;
+       list_add_tail(&new->ue_ip_node, &oi->ip_unwritten_list);
+       list_add_tail(&new->ue_node, &wc->w_unwritten_list);
+       new = NULL;
+unlock:
+       spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+out:
+       if (new)
+               kfree(new);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Populate each single-cluster write descriptor in the write context
  * with information about the i/o to be done.
                        desc->c_needs_zero = 1;
                }
 
+               ret = ocfs2_unwritten_check(inode, wc, desc);
+               if (ret) {
+                       mlog_errno(ret);
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
                num_clusters--;
        }
 
         * and non-sparse clusters we just extended.  For non-sparse writes,
         * we know zeros will only be needed in the first and/or last cluster.
         */
-       if (clusters_to_alloc || extents_to_split ||
-           (wc->w_clen && (wc->w_desc[0].c_needs_zero ||
-                           wc->w_desc[wc->w_clen - 1].c_needs_zero)))
+       if (wc->w_clen && (wc->w_desc[0].c_needs_zero ||
+                          wc->w_desc[wc->w_clen - 1].c_needs_zero))
                cluster_of_pages = 1;
        else
                cluster_of_pages = 0;
        ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 
 out:
-       ocfs2_free_write_ctxt(wc);
+       ocfs2_free_write_ctxt(inode, wc);
 
        if (data_ac) {
                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
        handle_t *handle = wc->w_handle;
        struct page *tmppage;
 
+       BUG_ON(!list_empty(&wc->w_unwritten_list));
+
        if (handle) {
                ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode),
                                wc->w_di_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);