On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Ian Kent <ikent@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > +static inline int __simple_empty(struct dentry *dentry) > +{ This seems completely bogus. It's a duplicate of the existing fs/libfs.c "simple_empty()" function, but without taking the outer lock. That kind of code duplication - and doing it in a totally different file, and making it look autofs-specific - seems entirely wrong. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe autofs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html