+/*
+ * Allocate a dentry with name and parent, and perform a parent
+ * directory ->lookup on it. Returns the new dentry, or ERR_PTR
+ * on error. parent->d_inode->i_mutex must be held. d_lookup must
+ * have verified that no child exists while under i_mutex.
+ */
+static struct dentry *d_alloc_and_lookup(struct dentry *parent,
+ struct qstr *name, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = parent->d_inode;
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+ struct dentry *old;
+
+ /* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
+ if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode)))
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
+ dentry = d_alloc(parent, name);
+ if (unlikely(!dentry))
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ old = inode->i_op->lookup(inode, dentry, nd);
+ if (unlikely(old)) {
+ dput(dentry);
+ dentry = old;
+ }
+ return dentry;
+}
+