4 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-common.h b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-common.h
index 28deaefc6e5..d3ccacdb8c6 100644
--- a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-common.h
+++ b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-common.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ typedef struct dht_layout  dht_layout_t;
 
 typedef enum {
         DHT_HASH_TYPE_DM,
+        DHT_HASH_TYPE_DM_USER,
 } dht_hashfn_type_t;
 
 /* rebalance related */
diff --git a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-hashfn.c b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-hashfn.c
index 98756157db2..97eb1f05fa8 100644
--- a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-hashfn.c
+++ b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-hashfn.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dht_hash_compute_internal (int type, const char *name, uint32_t *hash_p)
 
         switch (type) {
         case DHT_HASH_TYPE_DM:
+        case DHT_HASH_TYPE_DM_USER:
                 hash = gf_dm_hashfn (name, strlen (name));
                 break;
         default:
diff --git a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-layout.c b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-layout.c
index 08697d0421e..97bbe987fdc 100644
--- a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-layout.c
+++ b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-layout.c
@@ -308,9 +308,13 @@ dht_disk_layout_merge (xlator_t *this, dht_layout_t *layout,
                 return -1;
         }
 
-	switch (disk_layout[1]) {
+        type = ntoh32 (disk_layout[1]);
+	switch (type) {
+        case DHT_HASH_TYPE_DM_USER:
+                gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_DEBUG, "found user-set layout");
+                layout->type = type;
+                /* Fall through. */
 	case DHT_HASH_TYPE_DM:
-		type = ntoh32 (disk_layout[1]);
 		break;
         default:
 		gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_CRITICAL,
diff --git a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-selfheal.c b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-selfheal.c
index 68d9416fabf..7ceb80157d5 100644
--- a/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-selfheal.c
+++ b/xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-selfheal.c
@@ -576,6 +576,12 @@ dht_fix_layout_of_directory (call_frame_t *frame, loc_t *loc,
         priv  = this->private;
         local = frame->local;
 
+        if (layout->type == DHT_HASH_TYPE_DM_USER) {
+                gf_log (THIS->name, GF_LOG_DEBUG, "leaving %s alone",
+                        loc->path);
+                goto done;
+        }
+
         count = cnt = dht_get_layout_count (this, layout, 0);
 
         chunk = ((unsigned long) 0xffffffff) / ((cnt) ? cnt : 1);
@@ -700,7 +706,7 @@ done:
         if (fix_array)
                 GF_FREE (fix_array);
 
-        return new_layout;
+        return local->layout;
 }