-/*
- * This tries to ascend one level of parenthood, but
- * we can race with renaming, so we need to re-check
- * the parenthood after dropping the lock and check
- * that the sequence number still matches.
- */
-static struct dentry *try_to_ascend(struct dentry *old, int locked, unsigned seq)
-{
- struct dentry *new = old->d_parent;
-
- rcu_read_lock();
- spin_unlock(&old->d_lock);
- spin_lock(&new->d_lock);
-
- /*
- * might go back up the wrong parent if we have had a rename
- * or deletion
- */
- if (new != old->d_parent ||
- (old->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED) ||
- (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))) {
- spin_unlock(&new->d_lock);
- new = NULL;
- }
- rcu_read_unlock();
- return new;
-}
-