static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd,
		       struct path *path, struct inode **inode)
{
	struct vfsmount *mnt = nd->path.mnt;
	struct dentry *dentry, *parent = nd->path.dentry;
	int need_reval = 1;
	int status = 1;
	int err;

	/*
	 * Rename seqlock is not required here because in the off chance
	 * of a false negative due to a concurrent rename, we're going to
	 * do the non-racy lookup, below.
	 */
	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
		unsigned seq;
		dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, &nd->last, &seq);
		if (!dentry)
			goto unlazy;

		/*
		 * This sequence count validates that the inode matches
		 * the dentry name information from lookup.
		 */
		*inode = dentry->d_inode;
		if (read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, seq))
			return -ECHILD;

		/*
		 * This sequence count validates that the parent had no
		 * changes while we did the lookup of the dentry above.
		 *
		 * The memory barrier in read_seqcount_begin of child is
		 *  enough, we can use __read_seqcount_retry here.
		 */
		if (__read_seqcount_retry(&parent->d_seq, nd->seq))
			return -ECHILD;
		nd->seq = seq;

		if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE)) {
			status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd->flags);
			if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
				if (status != -ECHILD)
					need_reval = 0;
				goto unlazy;
			}
		}
		path->mnt = mnt;
		path->dentry = dentry;
		if (unlikely(!__follow_mount_rcu(nd, path, inode)))
			goto unlazy;
		if (unlikely(path->dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT))
			goto unlazy;
		return 0;
unlazy:
		if (unlazy_walk(nd, dentry))
			return -ECHILD;
	} else {
		dentry = __d_lookup(parent, &nd->last);
	}

	if (unlikely(!dentry))
		goto need_lookup;

	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE) && need_reval)
		status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd->flags);
	if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
		if (status < 0) {
			dput(dentry);
			return status;
		}
		if (!d_invalidate(dentry)) {
			dput(dentry);
			goto need_lookup;
		}
	}

	path->mnt = mnt;
	path->dentry = dentry;
	err = follow_managed(path, nd->flags);
	if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
		path_put_conditional(path, nd);
		return err;
	}
	if (err)
		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED;
	*inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
	return 0;

need_lookup:
	return 1;
}

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