+/*
+ * 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_DISCONNECTED) ||
+ (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))) {
+ spin_unlock(&new->d_lock);
+ new = NULL;
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return new;
+}
+
+