[PATCH] autofs4: autofs4_follow_link false negative fix

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 <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Ian Kent 2006-09-29 02:00:53 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 5b160f5ecd
commit be3ca7fecb

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@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
* 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);