Hi Andrew, Here is the patch I have for the underflow of reported recently. It looks like an obvious programming error on my part (as usual). Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> -- --- linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c.notify-bug 2006-03-13 13:23:52.000000000 +0800 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c 2006-03-13 13:25:40.000000000 +0800 @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info * wq->tgid = current->tgid; wq->status = -EINTR; /* Status return if interrupted */ atomic_set(&wq->wait_ctr, 2); - atomic_set(&wq->notified, 1); + atomic_set(&wq->notify, 1); mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex); } else { atomic_inc(&wq->wait_ctr); @@ -273,9 +273,11 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info * (unsigned long) wq->wait_queue_token, wq->len, wq->name, notify); } - if (notify != NFY_NONE && atomic_dec_and_test(&wq->notified)) { + if (notify != NFY_NONE && atomic_read(&wq->notify)) { int type; + atomic_dec(&wq->notify); + if (sbi->version < 5) { if (notify == NFY_MOUNT) type = autofs_ptype_missing; --- linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm1/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h.notify-bug 2006-03-13 13:23:39.000000000 +0800 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm1/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h 2006-03-13 13:24:08.000000000 +0800 @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct autofs_wait_queue { pid_t tgid; /* This is for status reporting upon return */ int status; - atomic_t notified; + atomic_t notify; atomic_t wait_ctr; }; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html