On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 09:42 -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote: > Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 14:17 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > >> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:13:03 +0800 > >> Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > autofs v5 dierct and offset mounts within an autofs filesystem are > >> > triggered by existing autofs triger mounts so the mount point dentry > >> > must be positive. If the mount point dentry is negative then the > >> > trigger doesn't exist so we can return fail immediately. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > >> > --- > >> > > >> > fs/autofs4/waitq.c | 4 ++++ > >> > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > >> > > >> > > >> > diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c > >> > index cd21fd4..ae637d9 100644 > >> > --- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c > >> > +++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c > >> > @@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ 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; > >> > + > >> > name = kmalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL); > >> > if (!name) > >> > return -ENOMEM; > >> > >> A good changelog would allow little old me to determine whether this > >> patch should be merged into 2.6.25 and/or 2.6.26 and/or 2.6.27. This > >> wasn't a good changelog :( > > > > Sorry, I guess I shouldn't have included it along with the other more > > serious bug fixes. It gets rid of an annoyance more than anything as the > > daemon still has to check for it. > > > > It isn't important or urgent, just useful. > > And I'd still like to see a comment in there! ;)
OK. Andrew, could you drop that patch and I'll re-submit it with a better change log entry. Ian _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list autofs@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
