Hi Andrew, Patch to catch invalid dentry when calculating it's path. Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> Ian --- diff -up linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c.getpath-check-valid-dentry linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c --- linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c.getpath-check-valid-dentry 2008-02-20 12:55:39.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c 2008-02-20 12:54:46.000000000 +0900 @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int autofs4_getpath(struct autofs for (tmp = dentry ; tmp != root ; tmp = tmp->d_parent) len += tmp->d_name.len + 1; - if (--len > NAME_MAX) { + if (!len || --len > NAME_MAX) { spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- 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