diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
@@ -420,33 +420,6 @@
   }];
 }
 
-def GetClosestIsolatedParentOp : TransformDialectOp<"get_closest_isolated_parent",
-    [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<TransformOpInterface>,
-     NavigationTransformOpTrait, MemoryEffectsOpInterface]> {
-  let summary = "Gets handles to the closest isolated-from-above parents";
-  let description = [{
-    The handles defined by this Transform op correspond to the closest isolated
-    from above ancestor of the Payload IR operations associated with its
-    operand. If any of the given Payload IR ops has no such parent (unlikely as
-    there usually is a top-level ModuleOp), the transformation is considered to
-    have failed.
-
-    Ancestor ops follow the same order as the ops associated with the
-    operand, except for potential duplicates (multiple Payload IR ops associated
-    with the operand have the same parent) for which the ancestor will only be
-    listed once for the first time it occurs. For example, given the list
-    "(childof(A), childof(B), childof(B), childof(A), childof(B))", the
-    resulting list will be just "(A, B)". Note that no other semantic ordering
-    is applied, e.g., "B" may itself be a parent of "A". This may have an impact
-    on the further transformation applied to the handle produced here.
-  }];
-
-  let arguments = (ins TransformHandleTypeInterface:$target);
-  let results = (outs TransformHandleTypeInterface:$parent);
-  let assemblyFormat =
-    "$target attr-dict `:` functional-type(operands, results)";
-}
-
 def GetConsumersOfResult : TransformDialectOp<"get_consumers_of_result",
     [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<TransformOpInterface>,
      NavigationTransformOpTrait, MemoryEffectsOpInterface]> {
@@ -485,6 +458,40 @@
                        "functional-type(operands, results)";
 }
 
+def GetParentOp : TransformDialectOp<"get_parent_op",
+    [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<TransformOpInterface>,
+     NavigationTransformOpTrait, MemoryEffectsOpInterface]> {
+  let summary = "Gets handles to the closest isolated-from-above parents";
+  let description = [{
+    The handle defined by this Transform op corresponds to the parents of the
+    targeted payload ops (in the same order).
+
+    Requirements that parent ops must fulfill can be optionally specified. In
+    that case for each target op, the closest parent op that fulfills all
+    requirements, is returned.
+    - `isolated_from_above`: the parent op must be isolated from above
+    - `op_name`: the parent op must have the specified name
+
+    If `deduplicate` is set, the result handle does not contain any duplicate
+    ops. For example, given the list
+    "(childof(A), childof(B), childof(B), childof(A), childof(B))", the
+    resulting list will be just "(A, B)". Note that no other semantic ordering
+    is applied, e.g., "B" may itself be a parent of "A". This may have an impact
+    on the further transformation applied to the handle produced here.
+
+    If any of the given Payload IR ops has no such suitable parent, the
+    transformation fails silently.
+  }];
+
+  let arguments = (ins TransformHandleTypeInterface:$target,
+                       UnitAttr:$isolated_from_above,
+                       OptionalAttr<StrAttr>:$op_name,
+                       UnitAttr:$deduplicate);
+  let results = (outs TransformHandleTypeInterface:$parent);
+  let assemblyFormat =
+    "$target attr-dict `:` functional-type(operands, results)";
+}
+
 def GetProducerOfOperand : TransformDialectOp<"get_producer_of_operand",
     [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<TransformOpInterface>,
      NavigationTransformOpTrait, MemoryEffectsOpInterface]> {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
@@ -909,26 +909,43 @@
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-// GetClosestIsolatedParentOp
+// GetParentOp
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-DiagnosedSilenceableFailure transform::GetClosestIsolatedParentOp::apply(
-    transform::TransformRewriter &rewriter,
-    transform::TransformResults &results, transform::TransformState &state) {
-  SetVector<Operation *> parents;
+DiagnosedSilenceableFailure
+transform::GetParentOp::apply(transform::TransformRewriter &rewriter,
+                              transform::TransformResults &results,
+                              transform::TransformState &state) {
+  SmallVector<Operation *> parents;
+  DenseSet<Operation *> resultSet;
   for (Operation *target : state.getPayloadOps(getTarget())) {
-    Operation *parent =
-        target->getParentWithTrait<OpTrait::IsIsolatedFromAbove>();
+    Operation *parent = target->getParentOp();
+    do {
+      bool checkIsolatedFromAbove =
+          !getIsolatedFromAbove() ||
+          parent->hasTrait<OpTrait::IsIsolatedFromAbove>();
+      bool checkOpName = !getOpName().has_value() ||
+                         parent->getName().getStringRef() == *getOpName();
+      if (checkIsolatedFromAbove && checkOpName)
+        break;
+    } while ((parent = parent->getParentOp()));
     if (!parent) {
       DiagnosedSilenceableFailure diag =
           emitSilenceableError()
-          << "could not find an isolated-from-above parent op";
+          << "could not find a parent op that matches all requirements";
       diag.attachNote(target->getLoc()) << "target op";
       return diag;
     }
-    parents.insert(parent);
+    if (getDeduplicate()) {
+      if (!resultSet.contains(parent)) {
+        parents.push_back(parent);
+        resultSet.insert(parent);
+      }
+    } else {
+      parents.push_back(parent);
+    }
   }
-  results.set(llvm::cast<OpResult>(getResult()), parents.getArrayRef());
+  results.set(llvm::cast<OpResult>(getResult()), parents);
   return DiagnosedSilenceableFailure::success();
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
@@ -15,17 +15,42 @@
 
 
 class CastOp:
-    def __init__(
-        self, result_type: Type, target: Union[Operation, Value], *, loc=None, ip=None
-    ):
-        super().__init__(result_type, _get_op_result_or_value(target), loc=loc, ip=ip)
 
+  def __init__(
+      self,
+      result_type: Type,
+      target: Union[Operation, Value],
+      *,
+      loc=None,
+      ip=None,
+  ):
+    super().__init__(
+        result_type, _get_op_result_or_value(target), loc=loc, ip=ip
+    )
 
-class GetClosestIsolatedParentOp:
-    def __init__(
-        self, result_type: Type, target: Union[Operation, Value], *, loc=None, ip=None
-    ):
-        super().__init__(result_type, _get_op_result_or_value(target), loc=loc, ip=ip)
+
+class testGetParentOp:
+
+  def __init__(
+      self,
+      result_type: Type,
+      target: Union[Operation, Value],
+      *,
+      isolated_from_above: bool = False,
+      op_name: Optional[str] = None,
+      deduplicate: bool = False,
+      loc=None,
+      ip=None,
+  ):
+    super().__init__(
+        result_type,
+        _get_op_result_or_value(target),
+        isolated_from_above=isolated_from_above,
+        op_name=op_name,
+        deduplicate=deduplicate,
+        loc=loc,
+        ip=ip,
+    )
 
 
 class MergeHandlesOp:
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVM/transform-e2e.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVM/transform-e2e.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVM/transform-e2e.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/LLVM/transform-e2e.mlir
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ^bb1(%module_op: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %module_op : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %1, %loops:3 = transform.structured.tile %0 [2, 2, 2] : (!transform.any_op) -> (!transform.any_op, !transform.any_op, !transform.any_op, !transform.any_op)
-  %2 = get_closest_isolated_parent %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %2 = get_parent_op %1 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   transform.structured.vectorize %2 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %b = transform.bufferization.one_shot_bufferize layout{IdentityLayoutMap}
       %module_op {bufferize_function_boundaries = true}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-matmul-to-outerproduct.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-matmul-to-outerproduct.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-matmul-to-outerproduct.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-matmul-to-outerproduct.mlir
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   transform.apply_patterns to %2 {
     transform.apply_patterns.vector.lower_contraction lowering_strategy = "outerproduct"
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-vectorize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-vectorize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-vectorize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-vectorize.mlir
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.copy"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 {vectorize_padding} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorization.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorization.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorization.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorization.mlir
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.dot"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matvec"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.batch_matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["memref.copy"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["memref.copy"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["memref.copy"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4  { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4  { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4  { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1416,11 +1416,11 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.map"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.transpose"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.reduce"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { vectorize_padding } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = get_parent_op %3 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorize-tensor-extract.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorize-tensor-extract.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorize-tensor-extract.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorize-tensor-extract.mlir
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-  %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
 }
 // -----
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
 
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
 
@@ -496,6 +496,6 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
  ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
    %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-   %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+   %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_nd_extract } : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
  }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/expensive-checks.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/expensive-checks.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/expensive-checks.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/expensive-checks.mlir
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
     // expected-note @below {{handle to invalidated ops}}
     %0 = pdl_match @return in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+    %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     // expected-note @below {{invalidated by this transform op that consumes its operand #0}}
     test_consume_operand %1 : !transform.any_op
     // expected-error @below {{op uses a handle invalidated by a previously executed transform op}}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/selective-targeting.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/selective-targeting.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/selective-targeting.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/selective-targeting.mlir
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     %0 = pdl_match @pdl_target_attrA in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     transform.structured.tile %0 [4, 4, 4] : (!transform.any_op) -> (!transform.any_op, !transform.any_op, !transform.any_op, !transform.any_op)
     %1 = pdl_match @pdl_target_attrC in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-    %2 = transform.get_closest_isolated_parent %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+    %2 = get_parent_op %1 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     transform.structured.vectorize %2 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   }
 }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   transform.sequence %arg0 : !transform.any_op failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
     %0 = pdl_match @pdl_target in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+    %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     transform.structured.vectorize %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   }
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
   transform.sequence %arg0 : !transform.any_op failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
     %f = pdl_match @const in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-    %m = get_closest_isolated_parent %f : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+    %m = get_parent_op %f {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     test_print_remark_at_operand %m, "parent function" : !transform.any_op
   }
 }
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
   transform.sequence %arg0 : !transform.any_op failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
     %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+    %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     // expected-error @below {{all alternatives failed}}
     transform.alternatives %1 : !transform.any_op {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !transform.any_op):
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
   transform.sequence %arg0 : !transform.any_op failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
     %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+    %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     transform.alternatives %1 : !transform.any_op {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !transform.any_op):
       %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
   transform.sequence %arg0 : !transform.any_op failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
     %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+    %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     transform.alternatives %1 : !transform.any_op {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !transform.any_op):
       %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
   transform.sequence %arg0 : !transform.any_op failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
     %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+    %1 = get_parent_op %0 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
     %2 = transform.alternatives %1 : !transform.any_op -> !transform.any_op {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !transform.any_op):
       %3 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
@@ -1826,3 +1826,37 @@
     transform.apply_licm to %arg1 : !transform.any_op
   }
 }
+
+// -----
+
+func.func @get_parent_op() {
+  // expected-remark @below{{found test.foo parent}}
+  "test.foo"() ({
+    // expected-remark @below{{direct parent}}
+    "test.bar"() ({
+      "test.qux"() : () -> ()
+      "test.qux"() : () -> ()
+    }) : () -> ()
+  }) : () -> ()
+}
+
+transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
+^bb1(%arg1: !transform.any_op):
+  %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["test.qux"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+
+  // Get parent by name.
+  %1 = transform.get_parent_op %0 {op_name = "test.foo"} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  test_print_remark_at_operand %1, "found test.foo parent" : !transform.any_op
+
+  // Get immediate parent.
+  %2 = transform.get_parent_op %0 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  test_print_remark_at_operand %2, "direct parent" : !transform.any_op
+  // expected-remark @below{{2}}
+  test_print_number_of_associated_payload_ir_ops %2 : !transform.any_op
+
+  // Deduplicate results.
+  %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["test.qux"]} in %arg1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %4 = transform.get_parent_op %3 {deduplicate} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  // expected-remark @below{{1}}
+  test_print_number_of_associated_payload_ir_ops %4 : !transform.any_op
+}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/transform-vector.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/transform-vector.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/transform-vector.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Vector/transform-vector.mlir
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %module_op : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %1, %loops:3 = transform.structured.tile %0 [8, 4, 2]
     : (!transform.any_op) -> (!transform.any_op, !transform.any_op, !transform.any_op, !transform.any_op)
-  %2 = get_closest_isolated_parent %1 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
+  %2 = get_parent_op %1 {isolated_from_above} : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   transform.structured.vectorize %2 : (!transform.any_op) -> !transform.any_op
   %b = transform.bufferization.one_shot_bufferize
       layout{IdentityLayoutMap} %module_op
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
--- a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
@@ -94,67 +94,67 @@
 
 @run
 def testNestedSequenceOpWithExtras():
-    sequence = transform.SequenceOp(
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(
         transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
         [],
         transform.AnyOpType.get(),
         [transform.AnyOpType.get(), transform.OperationType.get("foo.bar")],
     )
-    with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
-        nested = transform.SequenceOp(
+  with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
+    nested = transform.SequenceOp(
             transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
             [],
             sequence.bodyTarget,
             sequence.bodyExtraArgs,
         )
-        with InsertionPoint(nested.body):
-            transform.YieldOp()
-        transform.YieldOp()
-    # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testNestedSequenceOpWithExtras
-    # CHECK: transform.sequence failures(propagate)
-    # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG0:.*]]: !transform.any_op, %[[ARG1:.*]]: !transform.any_op, %[[ARG2:.*]]: !transform.op<"foo.bar">):
-    # CHECK:   sequence %[[ARG0]], %[[ARG1]], %[[ARG2]] : (!transform.any_op, !transform.any_op, !transform.op<"foo.bar">)
+    with InsertionPoint(nested.body):
+      transform.YieldOp()
+    transform.YieldOp()
+  # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testNestedSequenceOpWithExtras
+  # CHECK: transform.sequence failures(propagate)
+  # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG0:.*]]: !transform.any_op, %[[ARG1:.*]]: !transform.any_op, %[[ARG2:.*]]: !transform.op<"foo.bar">):
+  # CHECK:   sequence %[[ARG0]], %[[ARG1]], %[[ARG2]] : (!transform.any_op, !transform.any_op, !transform.op<"foo.bar">)
 
 
 @run
 def testTransformPDLOps():
-    withPdl = transform_pdl.WithPDLPatternsOp(transform.AnyOpType.get())
-    with InsertionPoint(withPdl.body):
-        sequence = transform.SequenceOp(
-            transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
-            [transform.AnyOpType.get()],
-            withPdl.bodyTarget,
-        )
-        with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
-            match = transform_pdl.PDLMatchOp(
-                transform.AnyOpType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget, "pdl_matcher"
-            )
-            transform.YieldOp(match)
-    # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testTransformPDLOps
-    # CHECK: transform.with_pdl_patterns {
-    # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG0:.+]]: !transform.any_op):
-    # CHECK:   = sequence %[[ARG0]] : !transform.any_op -> !transform.any_op failures(propagate) {
-    # CHECK:   ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG1:.+]]: !transform.any_op):
-    # CHECK:     %[[RES:.+]] = pdl_match @pdl_matcher in %[[ARG1]]
-    # CHECK:     yield %[[RES]] : !transform.any_op
-    # CHECK:   }
-    # CHECK: }
+  withPdl = transform_pdl.WithPDLPatternsOp(transform.AnyOpType.get())
+  with InsertionPoint(withPdl.body):
+    sequence = transform.SequenceOp(
+        transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
+        [transform.AnyOpType.get()],
+        withPdl.bodyTarget,
+    )
+    with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
+      match = transform_pdl.PDLMatchOp(
+          transform.AnyOpType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget, "pdl_matcher"
+      )
+      transform.YieldOp(match)
+  # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testTransformPDLOps
+  # CHECK: transform.with_pdl_patterns {
+  # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG0:.+]]: !transform.any_op):
+  # CHECK:   = sequence %[[ARG0]] : !transform.any_op -> !transform.any_op failures(propagate) {
+  # CHECK:   ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG1:.+]]: !transform.any_op):
+  # CHECK:     %[[RES:.+]] = pdl_match @pdl_matcher in %[[ARG1]]
+  # CHECK:     yield %[[RES]] : !transform.any_op
+  # CHECK:   }
+  # CHECK: }
 
 
 @run
-def testGetClosestIsolatedParentOp():
-    sequence = transform.SequenceOp(
-        transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], transform.AnyOpType.get()
+def testGetParentOp():
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(
+      transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], transform.AnyOpType.get()
+  )
+  with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
+    transform.GetParentOp(
+        transform.AnyOpType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget, isolated_from_above=True
     )
-    with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
-        transform.GetClosestIsolatedParentOp(
-            transform.AnyOpType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget
-        )
-        transform.YieldOp()
-    # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testGetClosestIsolatedParentOp
-    # CHECK: transform.sequence
-    # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG1:.+]]: !transform.any_op):
-    # CHECK:   = get_closest_isolated_parent %[[ARG1]]
+    transform.YieldOp()
+  # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testGetParentOp
+  # CHECK: transform.sequence
+  # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG1:.+]]: !transform.any_op):
+  # CHECK:   = get_parent_op %[[ARG1]] {isolated_from_above}
 
 
 @run