static void *__ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct ns_common *ns)
{
	struct vfsmount *mnt = nsfs_mnt;
	struct qstr qname = { .name = "", };
	struct dentry *dentry;
	struct inode *inode;
	unsigned long d;

	rcu_read_lock();
	d = atomic_long_read(&ns->stashed);
	if (!d)
		goto slow;
	dentry = (struct dentry *)d;
	if (!lockref_get_not_dead(&dentry->d_lockref))
		goto slow;
	rcu_read_unlock();
	ns->ops->put(ns);
got_it:
	path->mnt = mntget(mnt);
	path->dentry = dentry;
	return NULL;
slow:
	rcu_read_unlock();
	inode = new_inode_pseudo(mnt->mnt_sb);
	if (!inode) {
		ns->ops->put(ns);
		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
	}
	inode->i_ino = ns->inum;
	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
	inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUGO;
	inode->i_fop = &ns_file_operations;
	inode->i_private = ns;

	dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(mnt->mnt_sb, &qname);
	if (!dentry) {
		iput(inode);
		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
	}
	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS;
	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)ns->ops;
	d = atomic_long_cmpxchg(&ns->stashed, 0, (unsigned long)dentry);
	if (d) {
		d_delete(dentry);	/* make sure ->d_prune() does nothing */
		dput(dentry);
		cpu_relax();
		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
	}
	goto got_it;
}
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.