2 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index f54c5b21f876..eea25934da62 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@
 
 #define AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x0187
 
-/*
- * If the daemon returns a negative response (AUTOFS_IOC_FAIL) then the
- * kernel will keep the negative response cached for up to the time given
- * here, although the time can be shorter if the kernel throws the dcache
- * entry away.  This probably should be settable from user space.
- */
-#define AUTOFS_NEGATIVE_TIMEOUT (60*HZ) /* 1 minute */
-
 /* 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
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index af9a4c6bbadf..c7ff35774344 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -294,14 +294,13 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, int f
 
                 /* Turn this into a real negative dentry? */
                 if (status == -ENOENT) {
-                        dentry->d_time = jiffies + AUTOFS_NEGATIVE_TIMEOUT;
                         spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
                         dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING;
                         spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-                        return 1;
+                        return 0;
                 } else if (status) {
                         /* Return a negative dentry, but leave it "pending" */
-                        return 1;
+                        return 0;
                 }
         /* Trigger mount for path component or follow link */
         } else if (flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) ||
@@ -360,13 +359,13 @@ static int autofs4_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 
         /* Negative dentry.. invalidate if "old" */
         if (dentry->d_inode == NULL)
-                return (dentry->d_time - jiffies <= AUTOFS_NEGATIVE_TIMEOUT);
+                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)) {
+            simple_empty_nolock(dentry)) {
                 DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s, emptydir",
                          dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
                 spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);