Revert "autofs4: always use lookup for lookup"

This reverts commit 213614d5.

Alas, ->d_revalidate() can't rely on ->lookup() finishing what
it's started; if d_alloc() in do_lookup() fails, we are not going
to call ->lookup() at all.
Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h

@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ do {							\
 		current->pid, __func__, ##args);	\
 } while (0)
 
-struct rehash_entry {
-	struct task_struct *task;
-	struct list_head list;
-};
-
 /* Unified info structure.  This is pointed to by both the dentry and
    inode structures.  Each file in the filesystem has an instance of this
    structure.  It holds a reference to the dentry, so dentries are never
@@ -81,7 +76,6 @@ struct autofs_info {
 
 	struct list_head active;
 	int active_count;
-	struct list_head rehash_list;
 
 	struct list_head expiring;
 
@@ -104,7 +98,6 @@ struct autofs_info {
 #define AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING	(1<<0) /* dentry is in the process of expiring */
 #define AUTOFS_INF_MOUNTPOINT	(1<<1) /* mountpoint status for direct expire */
 #define AUTOFS_INF_PENDING	(1<<2) /* dentry pending mount */
-#define AUTOFS_INF_REHASH	(1<<3) /* dentry in transit to ->lookup() */
 
 struct autofs_wait_queue {
 	wait_queue_head_t queue;

fs/autofs4/expire.c

@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
 			root->d_mounted--;
 		}
 		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
-		autofs4_add_expiring(root);
 		init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		return root;
@@ -407,7 +406,6 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 		expired, (int)expired->d_name.len, expired->d_name.name);
 	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expired);
 	ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
-	autofs4_add_expiring(expired);
 	init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
@@ -435,7 +433,7 @@ int autofs4_expire_wait(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 		DPRINTK("expire done status=%d", status);
 
-		if (d_unhashed(dentry) && IS_DEADDIR(dentry->d_inode))
+		if (d_unhashed(dentry))
 			return -EAGAIN;
 
 		return status;
@@ -475,7 +473,6 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *sb,
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
-	autofs4_del_expiring(dentry);
 	complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
@@ -506,7 +503,6 @@ int autofs4_do_expire_multi(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_MOUNTPOINT;
 		}
 		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
-		autofs4_del_expiring(dentry);
 		complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		dput(dentry);

fs/autofs4/inode.c

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(struct autofs_info *ino,
 		ino->dentry = NULL;
 		ino->size = 0;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ino->active);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ino->rehash_list);
 		ino->active_count = 0;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ino->expiring);
 		atomic_set(&ino->count, 0);

fs/autofs4/root.c

@@ -104,99 +104,6 @@ static void autofs4_del_active(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return;
 }
 
-static void autofs4_add_rehash_entry(struct autofs_info *ino,
-				     struct rehash_entry *entry)
-{
-	entry->task = current;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->list);
-	list_add(&entry->list, &ino->rehash_list);
-	return;
-}
-
-static void autofs4_remove_rehash_entry(struct autofs_info *ino)
-{
-	struct list_head *head = &ino->rehash_list;
-	struct rehash_entry *entry;
-	list_for_each_entry(entry, head, list) {
-		if (entry->task == current) {
-			list_del(&entry->list);
-			kfree(entry);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	return;
-}
-
-static void autofs4_remove_rehash_entrys(struct autofs_info *ino)
-{
-	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = ino->sbi;
-	struct rehash_entry *entry, *next;
-	struct list_head *head;
-
-	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	if (!(ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_REHASH)) {
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		return;
-	}
-	ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_REHASH;
-	head = &ino->rehash_list;
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, next, head, list) {
-		list_del(&entry->list);
-		kfree(entry);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-	dput(ino->dentry);
-
-	return;
-}
-
-static void autofs4_revalidate_drop(struct dentry *dentry,
-				    struct rehash_entry *entry)
-{
-	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
-	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-	/*
-	 * Add to the active list so we can pick this up in
-	 * ->lookup(). Also add an entry to a rehash list so
-	 * we know when there are no dentrys in flight so we
-	 * know when we can rehash the dentry.
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	if (list_empty(&ino->active))
-		list_add(&ino->active, &sbi->active_list);
-	autofs4_add_rehash_entry(ino, entry);
-	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	if (!(ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_REHASH)) {
-		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_REHASH;
-		dget(dentry);
-		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		__d_drop(dentry);
-		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	}
-	return;
-}
-
-static void autofs4_revalidate_rehash(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
-	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_REHASH) {
-		spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-		autofs4_remove_rehash_entry(ino);
-		if (list_empty(&ino->rehash_list)) {
-			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_REHASH;
-			d_rehash(dentry);
-			dput(ino->dentry);
-		} else
-			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	}
-	return;
-}
-
 static unsigned int autofs4_need_mount(unsigned int flags)
 {
 	unsigned int res = 0;
@@ -236,7 +143,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return dcache_dir_open(inode, file);
 }
 
-static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
@@ -249,6 +156,7 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * Wait for a pending mount, triggering one if there
 	 * isn't one already
 	 */
+	if (dentry->d_inode == NULL) {
 		DPRINTK("waiting for mount name=%.*s",
 			 dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
@@ -256,10 +164,47 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 		DPRINTK("mount done status=%d", status);
 
-	/* Update expiry counter */
-	ino->last_used = jiffies;
+		/* Turn this into a real negative dentry? */
+		if (status == -ENOENT) {
+			spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+			return status;
+		} else if (status) {
+			/* Return a negative dentry, but leave it "pending" */
+			return status;
+		}
+	/* Trigger mount for path component or follow link */
+	} else if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING ||
+			autofs4_need_mount(flags) ||
+			current->link_count) {
+		DPRINTK("waiting for mount name=%.*s",
+			dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
+		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		status = autofs4_wait(sbi, dentry, NFY_MOUNT);
+
+		DPRINTK("mount done status=%d", status);
+
+		if (status) {
+			spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 			return status;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Initialize expiry counter after successful mount */
+	if (ino)
+		ino->last_used = jiffies;
+
+	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+	ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* For autofs direct mounts the follow link triggers the mount */
@@ -313,16 +258,10 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	 */
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING ||
 	    (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs))) {
-		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
-		status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry);
-
-		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-
+		status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry, 0);
 		if (status)
 			goto out_error;
 
@@ -361,47 +300,18 @@ static int autofs4_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dir->i_sb);
-	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-	struct rehash_entry *entry;
+	int oz_mode = autofs4_oz_mode(sbi);
 	int flags = nd ? nd->flags : 0;
-	unsigned int mutex_aquired;
+	int status = 1;
 
-	DPRINTK("name = %.*s oz_mode = %d",
-		dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, oz_mode);
-
-	/* Daemon never causes a mount to trigger */
-	if (autofs4_oz_mode(sbi))
-		return 1;
-
-	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(struct rehash_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!entry)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	mutex_aquired = mutex_trylock(&dir->i_mutex);
-
-	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	/* Pending dentry */
+	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	if (autofs4_ispending(dentry)) {
-		int status;
-
-		/*
-		 * We can only unhash and send this to ->lookup() if
-		 * the directory mutex is held over d_revalidate() and
-		 * ->lookup(). This prevents the VFS from incorrectly
-		 * seeing the dentry as non-existent.
-		 */
-		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
-		if (!mutex_aquired) {
-			autofs4_revalidate_drop(dentry, entry);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		/* The daemon never causes a mount to trigger */
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
-		kfree(entry);
+
+		if (oz_mode)
+			return 1;
 
 		/*
 		 * If the directory has gone away due to an expire
@@ -415,82 +325,45 @@ static int autofs4_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 		 * A zero status is success otherwise we have a
 		 * negative error code.
 		 */
-		status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry);
-
-		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-
+		status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry, flags);
 		if (status == 0)
 			return 1;
 
 		return status;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+
+	/* Negative dentry.. invalidate if "old" */
+	if (dentry->d_inode == NULL)
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Check for a non-mountpoint directory with no contents */
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode) &&
 	    !d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
 		DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s, emptydir",
 			 dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
-
-		if (autofs4_need_mount(flags) || current->link_count) {
-			int status;
-
-			/*
-			 * We can only unhash and send this to ->lookup() if
-			 * the directory mutex is held over d_revalidate() and
-			 * ->lookup(). This prevents the VFS from incorrectly
-			 * seeing the dentry as non-existent.
-			 */
-			ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
-			if (!mutex_aquired) {
-				autofs4_revalidate_drop(dentry, entry);
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-				spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-				return 0;
-			}
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-			mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
-			kfree(entry);
+
+		/* The daemon never causes a mount to trigger */
+		if (oz_mode)
+			return 1;
 
 		/*
 		 * A zero status is success otherwise we have a
 		 * negative error code.
 		 */
-			status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry);
-
-			spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
-			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-
+		status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry, flags);
 		if (status == 0)
 			return 1;
 
 		return status;
 	}
-	}
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-
-	if (mutex_aquired)
-		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
-
-	kfree(entry);
 
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void autofs4_free_rehash_entrys(struct autofs_info *inf)
-{
-	struct list_head *head = &inf->rehash_list;
-	struct rehash_entry *entry, *next;
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, next, head, list) {
-		list_del(&entry->list);
-		kfree(entry);
-	}
-}
-
 void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *de)
 {
 	struct autofs_info *inf;
@@ -509,8 +382,6 @@ void autofs4_dentry_release(struct dentry *de)
 				list_del(&inf->active);
 			if (!list_empty(&inf->expiring))
 				list_del(&inf->expiring);
-			if (!list_empty(&inf->rehash_list))
-				autofs4_free_rehash_entrys(inf);
 			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 		}
 
@@ -543,7 +414,6 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_active(struct dentry *dentry)
 	const unsigned char *str = name->name;
 	struct list_head *p, *head;
 
-restart:
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	head = &sbi->active_list;
@@ -561,19 +431,6 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_active(struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (atomic_read(&active->d_count) == 0)
 			goto next;
 
-		if (active->d_inode && IS_DEADDIR(active->d_inode)) {
-			if (!list_empty(&ino->rehash_list)) {
-				dget(active);
-				spin_unlock(&active->d_lock);
-				spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-				spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-				autofs4_remove_rehash_entrys(ino);
-				dput(active);
-				goto restart;
-			}
-			goto next;
-		}
-
 		qstr = &active->d_name;
 
 		if (active->d_name.hash != hash)
@@ -586,11 +443,13 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_active(struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (memcmp(qstr->name, str, len))
 			goto next;
 
+		if (d_unhashed(active)) {
 			dget(active);
 			spin_unlock(&active->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			return active;
+		}
 next:
 		spin_unlock(&active->d_lock);
 	}
@@ -639,11 +498,13 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (memcmp(qstr->name, str, len))
 			goto next;
 
+		if (d_unhashed(expiring)) {
 			dget(expiring);
 			spin_unlock(&expiring->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			return expiring;
+		}
 next:
 		spin_unlock(&expiring->d_lock);
 	}
@@ -653,11 +514,32 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct autofs_info *init_new_dentry(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
-					   struct dentry *dentry, int oz_mode)
+/* Lookups in the root directory */
+static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
 	struct autofs_info *ino;
+	struct dentry *expiring, *active;
+	int oz_mode;
+
+	DPRINTK("name = %.*s",
+		dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	/* File name too long to exist */
+	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+
+	sbi = autofs4_sbi(dir->i_sb);
+	oz_mode = autofs4_oz_mode(sbi);
+
+	DPRINTK("pid = %u, pgrp = %u, catatonic = %d, oz_mode = %d",
+		 current->pid, task_pgrp_nr(current), sbi->catatonic, oz_mode);
 
+	active = autofs4_lookup_active(dentry);
+	if (active) {
+		dentry = active;
+		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Mark the dentry incomplete but don't hash it. We do this
 		 * to serialize our inode creation operations (symlink and
@@ -683,60 +565,14 @@ static struct autofs_info *init_new_dentry(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 		dentry->d_fsdata = ino;
 		ino->dentry = dentry;
 
-	/*
-	 * Only set the mount pending flag for new dentrys not created
-	 * by the daemon.
-	 */
-	if (!oz_mode)
-		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
+		autofs4_add_active(dentry);
 
 		d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
-
-	return ino;
-}
-
-/* Lookups in the root directory */
-static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
-	struct autofs_info *ino;
-	struct dentry *expiring, *active;
-	int oz_mode;
-	int status = 0;
-
-	DPRINTK("name = %.*s",
-		dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
-
-	/* File name too long to exist */
-	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
-
-	sbi = autofs4_sbi(dir->i_sb);
-	oz_mode = autofs4_oz_mode(sbi);
-
-	DPRINTK("pid = %u, pgrp = %u, catatonic = %d, oz_mode = %d",
-		 current->pid, task_pgrp_nr(current), sbi->catatonic, oz_mode);
-
-	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-	active = autofs4_lookup_active(dentry);
-	if (active) {
-		dentry = active;
-		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-		/* If this came from revalidate, rehash it */
-		autofs4_revalidate_rehash(dentry);
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-	} else {
-		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		ino = init_new_dentry(sbi, dentry, oz_mode);
-		if (IS_ERR(ino))
-			return (struct dentry *) ino;
 	}
 
-	autofs4_add_active(dentry);
-
 	if (!oz_mode) {
-		expiring = autofs4_lookup_expiring(dentry);
 		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
+		expiring = autofs4_lookup_expiring(dentry);
 		if (expiring) {
 			/*
 			 * If we are racing with expire the request might not
@@ -744,22 +580,23 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, s
 			 * so it must have been successful, so just wait for it.
 			 */
 			autofs4_expire_wait(expiring);
+			autofs4_del_expiring(expiring);
 			dput(expiring);
 		}
-		status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry);
-		mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
+
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
+		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
+			(dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)(dentry, nd);
+		mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
 	}
 
-	autofs4_del_active(dentry);
-
 	/*
-	 * If we had a mount fail, check if we had to handle
+	 * If we are still pending, check if we had to handle
 	 * a signal. If so we can force a restart..
 	 */
-	if (status) {
+	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING) {
 		/* See if we were interrupted */
 		if (signal_pending(current)) {
 			sigset_t *sigset = &current->pending.signal;
@@ -771,45 +608,42 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, s
 			    return ERR_PTR(-ERESTARTNOINTR);
 			}
 		}
+		if (!oz_mode) {
+			spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * User space can (and has done in the past) remove and re-create
-	 * this directory during the callback. This can leave us with an
-	 * unhashed dentry, but a successful mount!  So we need to
-	 * perform another cached lookup in case the dentry now exists.
+	 * If this dentry is unhashed, then we shouldn't honour this
+	 * lookup.  Returning ENOENT here doesn't do the right thing
+	 * for all system calls, but it should be OK for the operations
+	 * we permit from an autofs.
 	 */
-	if (!oz_mode && !have_submounts(dentry)) {
-		struct dentry *new;
-		new = d_lookup(dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name);
-		if (new) {
-			if (active)
-				dput(active);
-			return new;
-		} else {
-			if (!status)
-				status = -ENOENT;
-		}
-	}
-
+	if (!oz_mode && d_unhashed(dentry)) {
 		/*
-	 * If we had a mount failure, return status to user space.
-	 * If the mount succeeded and we used a dentry from the active queue
-	 * return it.
+		 * A user space application can (and has done in the past)
+		 * remove and re-create this directory during the callback.
+		 * This can leave us with an unhashed dentry, but a
+		 * successful mount!  So we need to perform another
+		 * cached lookup in case the dentry now exists.
 		 */
-	if (status) {
-		dentry = ERR_PTR(status);
+		struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
+		struct dentry *new = d_lookup(parent, &dentry->d_name);
+		if (new != NULL)
+			dentry = new;
+		else
+			dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
 		if (active)
 			dput(active);
+
 		return dentry;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * Valid successful mount, return active dentry or NULL
-		 * for a new dentry.
-		 */
+	}
+
 	if (active)
 		return active;
-	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -834,6 +668,8 @@ static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 	if (!ino)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	autofs4_del_active(dentry);
+
 	ino->size = strlen(symname);
 	cp = kmalloc(ino->size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cp) {
@@ -910,6 +746,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	autofs4_add_expiring(dentry);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -935,6 +772,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 	}
+	autofs4_add_expiring(dentry);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -972,6 +810,8 @@ static int autofs4_dir_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	if (!ino)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	autofs4_del_active(dentry);
+
 	inode = autofs4_get_inode(dir->i_sb, ino);
 	if (!inode) {
 		if (!dentry->d_fsdata)