Hi Andrew,
The check for an empty directory in the autofs4_follow_link method fails
occassionally due to old dentrys. We had the same problem
autofs4_revalidate ages ago. I thought we wouldn't need this in
autofs4_follow_link, silly me.
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ian
--
--- linux-2.6.18-rc4-mm1/fs/autofs4/root.c.follow_link-false-negative
2006-08-14 10:13:59.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc4-mm1/fs/autofs4/root.c 2006-08-14 10:15:26.000000000
+0800
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct
* don't try to mount it again.
*/
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
- if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+ if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && __simple_empty(dentry)) {
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry, 0);
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