Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  xfs: Fix build breakage in xfs_iops.c when CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set
  VFS: Reorganise shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree() after demise of dcache_lock
  VFS: Remove dentry->d_lock locking from shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree()
  VFS: Remove detached-dentry counter from shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree()
  switch posix_acl_chmod() to umode_t
  switch posix_acl_from_mode() to umode_t
  switch posix_acl_equiv_mode() to umode_t *
  switch posix_acl_create() to umode_t *
  block: initialise bd_super in bdget()
  vfs: avoid call to inode_lru_list_del() if possible
  vfs: avoid taking inode_hash_lock on pipes and sockets
  vfs: conditionally call inode_wb_list_del()
  VFS: Fix automount for negative autofs dentries
  Btrfs: load the key from the dir item in readdir into a fake dentry
  devtmpfs: missing initialialization in never-hit case
  hppfs: missing include

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f8c69d37379..445fd5da11f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -716,19 +716,25 @@ static int follow_automount(struct path *path, unsigned flags,
 	if ((flags & LOOKUP_NO_AUTOMOUNT) && !(flags & LOOKUP_PARENT))
 		return -EISDIR; /* we actually want to stop here */
 
-	/* We want to mount if someone is trying to open/create a file of any
-	 * type under the mountpoint, wants to traverse through the mountpoint
-	 * or wants to open the mounted directory.
-	 *
+	/*
 	 * We don't want to mount if someone's just doing a stat and they've
 	 * set AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW - unless they're stat'ing a directory and
 	 * appended a '/' to the name.
 	 */
-	if (!(flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW) &&
-	    !(flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY |
-		       LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE)))
-		return -EISDIR;
-
+	if (!(flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
+		/* We do, however, want to mount if someone wants to open or
+		 * create a file of any type under the mountpoint, wants to
+		 * traverse through the mountpoint or wants to open the mounted
+		 * directory.
+		 * Also, autofs may mark negative dentries as being automount
+		 * points.  These will need the attentions of the daemon to
+		 * instantiate them before they can be used.
+		 */
+		if (!(flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY |
+			     LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE)) &&
+		    path->dentry->d_inode)
+			return -EISDIR;
+	}
 	current->total_link_count++;
 	if (current->total_link_count >= 40)
 		return -ELOOP;