Facilitating object deletion based on delete lock contention in distributed file systems

A method, comprising:

• determining, by a first node device comprising a processor and part of a group of node devices, that an object is to be unlinked at the first node device;
• performing, by the first node device, an operation from a group of operations, the group of operations comprising:
• based on a status of an indicator associated with the object being in a first state, performing, by the first node device, a first operation of the group of operations that grants a write lock to a second node device of the group of node devices and removes, from a cache of the first node device, a link to the object, and
• based on the status of the indicator being in a second state, performing, by the first node device, a second operation of the group of operations that removes the link to the object from the cache of the first node device, wherein other nodes of the group of node devices, other than the first node device, are not notified of the second operation.

A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• determining that a cache is to be released from a first node device of a group of node devices;
• identifying an object for removal from the cache;
• determining whether a contention callback is assigned to the object;
• based on the contention callback being assigned to the object, granting a write lock to a second node device of the group of node devices and removing from the cache a link to the object;
• and
• based on the contention callback not being assigned to the object, releasing from the cache the link to the object without interaction with other node devices of the group of node devices, other than the first node device and including the second node device.