The patch titled Subject: autofs: fix error return in autofs_fill_super() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was autofs-fix-error-return-in-autofs_fill_super.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: autofs: fix error return in autofs_fill_super() In autofs_fill_super() on error of get inode/make root dentry the return should be ENOMEM as this is the only failure case of the called functions. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/154725123240.11260.796773942606871359.stgit@pluto-themaw-net Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/autofs/inode.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/autofs/inode.c~autofs-fix-error-return-in-autofs_fill_super +++ a/fs/autofs/inode.c @@ -266,8 +266,10 @@ int autofs_fill_super(struct super_block } root_inode = autofs_get_inode(s, S_IFDIR | 0755); root = d_make_root(root_inode); - if (!root) + if (!root) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto fail_ino; + } pipe = NULL; root->d_fsdata = ino; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from raven@xxxxxxxxxx are autofs-add-ignore-mount-option.patch autofs-use-seq_puts-for-simple-strings-in-autofs_show_options.patch