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-rw-r--r--fs/autofs4/waitq.c17
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index bcb6c526546..35216d18d8b 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -328,9 +328,20 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
if (sbi->catatonic)
return -ENOENT;
- if (!dentry->d_inode &&
- (sbi->type & (AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT | AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET)))
- return -ENOENT;
+ if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+ /*
+ * A wait for a negative dentry is invalid for certain
+ * cases. A direct or offset mount "always" has its mount
+ * point directory created and so the request dentry must
+ * be positive or the map key doesn't exist. The situation
+ * is very similar for indirect mounts except only dentrys
+ * in the root of the autofs file system may be negative.
+ */
+ if (sbi->type & (AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT|AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET))
+ return -ENOENT;
+ else if (!IS_ROOT(dentry->d_parent))
+ return -ENOENT;
+ }
name = kmalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!name)