}
 }
 
+/**
+ *     sysfs_get_dentry - get dentry for the given sysfs_dirent
+ *     @sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
+ *
+ *     Get dentry for @sd.  Dentry is looked up if currently not
+ *     present.  This function climbs sysfs_dirent tree till it
+ *     reaches a sysfs_dirent with valid dentry attached and descends
+ *     down from there looking up dentry for each step.
+ *
+ *     LOCKING:
+ *     Kernel thread context (may sleep)
+ *
+ *     RETURNS:
+ *     Pointer to found dentry on success, ERR_PTR() value on error.
+ */
+struct dentry *sysfs_get_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+       struct sysfs_dirent *cur;
+       struct dentry *parent_dentry, *dentry;
+       int i, depth;
+
+       /* Find the first parent which has valid s_dentry and get the
+        * dentry.
+        */
+       mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+ restart0:
+       spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+ restart1:
+       spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+
+       dentry = NULL;
+       depth = 0;
+       cur = sd;
+       while (!cur->s_dentry || !cur->s_dentry->d_inode) {
+               if (cur->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED) {
+                       dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+                       depth = 0;
+                       break;
+               }
+               cur = cur->s_parent;
+               depth++;
+       }
+       if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
+               dentry = dget_locked(cur->s_dentry);
+
+       spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+       /* from the found dentry, look up depth times */
+       while (depth--) {
+               /* find and get depth'th ancestor */
+               for (cur = sd, i = 0; cur && i < depth; i++)
+                       cur = cur->s_parent;
+
+               /* This can happen if tree structure was modified due
+                * to move/rename.  Restart.
+                */
+               if (i != depth) {
+                       dput(dentry);
+                       goto restart0;
+               }
+
+               sysfs_get(cur);
+
+               mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
+
+               /* look it up */
+               parent_dentry = dentry;
+               dentry = lookup_one_len_kern(cur->s_name, parent_dentry,
+                                            strlen(cur->s_name));
+               dput(parent_dentry);
+
+               if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+                       sysfs_put(cur);
+                       return dentry;
+               }
+
+               mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+               spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+               /* This, again, can happen if tree structure has
+                * changed and we looked up the wrong thing.  Restart.
+                */
+               if (cur->s_dentry != dentry) {
+                       dput(dentry);
+                       sysfs_put(cur);
+                       goto restart1;
+               }
+
+               spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+               sysfs_put(cur);
+       }
+
+       mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
+       return dentry;
+}
+
 /**
  *     sysfs_get_active - get an active reference to sysfs_dirent
  *     @sd: sysfs_dirent to get an active reference to