Re: [PATCH] autofs: fix null deref in autofs_fill_super

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 08:18:33AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:

> I guess that including the locking is not going to make much difference.
> 
> I don't remember now but it was probably done because there may be many
> 
> mounts (potentially several thousand) being done and I wanted to get rid
> 
> of anything that wasn't needed.

Seeing that lock in question is not going to be contended... ;-)

Seriously, though - the fewer complications we have in the locking rules,
the better.

Al, currently going through audit of ->d_name/->d_parent uses and cursing
at the 600-odd places left to look through...