diff --git a/fs/autofs/waitq.c b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
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+/* -*- linux-c -*- --------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *
+ * linux/fs/autofs/waitq.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright 1997-1998 Transmeta Corporation -- All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Linux kernel and is made available under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, or at your
+ * option, any later version, incorporated herein by reference.
+ *
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/signal.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include "autofs_i.h"
+
+/* We make this a static variable rather than a part of the superblock; it
+   is better if we don't reassign numbers easily even across filesystems */
+static autofs_wqt_t autofs_next_wait_queue = 1;
+
+/* These are the signals we allow interrupting a pending mount */
+#define SHUTDOWN_SIGS	(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGINT) | sigmask(SIGQUIT))
+
+void autofs_catatonic_mode(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+	struct autofs_wait_queue *wq, *nwq;
+
+	DPRINTK(("autofs: entering catatonic mode\n"));
+
+	sbi->catatonic = 1;
+	wq = sbi->queues;
+	sbi->queues = NULL;	/* Erase all wait queues */
+	while ( wq ) {
+		nwq = wq->next;
+		wq->status = -ENOENT; /* Magic is gone - report failure */
+		kfree(wq->name);
+		wq->name = NULL;
+		wake_up(&wq->queue);
+		wq = nwq;
+	}
+	fput(sbi->pipe);	/* Close the pipe */
+	autofs_hash_dputall(&sbi->dirhash); /* Remove all dentry pointers */
+}
+
+static int autofs_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, int bytes)
+{
+	unsigned long sigpipe, flags;
+	mm_segment_t fs;
+	const char *data = (const char *)addr;
+	ssize_t wr = 0;
+
+	/** WARNING: this is not safe for writing more than PIPE_BUF bytes! **/
+
+	sigpipe = sigismember(&current->pending.signal, SIGPIPE);
+
+	/* Save pointer to user space and point back to kernel space */
+	fs = get_fs();
+	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
+
+	while (bytes &&
+	       (wr = file->f_op->write(file,data,bytes,&file->f_pos)) > 0) {
+		data += wr;
+		bytes -= wr;
+	}
+
+	set_fs(fs);
+
+	/* Keep the currently executing process from receiving a
+	   SIGPIPE unless it was already supposed to get one */
+	if (wr == -EPIPE && !sigpipe) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&current->sighand->siglock, flags);
+		sigdelset(&current->pending.signal, SIGPIPE);
+		recalc_sigpending();
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&current->sighand->siglock, flags);
+	}
+
+	return (bytes > 0);
+}
+	
+static void autofs_notify_daemon(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct autofs_wait_queue *wq)
+{
+	struct autofs_packet_missing pkt;
+
+	DPRINTK(("autofs_wait: wait id = 0x%08lx, name = ", wq->wait_queue_token));
+	autofs_say(wq->name,wq->len);
+
+	memset(&pkt,0,sizeof pkt); /* For security reasons */
+
+	pkt.hdr.proto_version = AUTOFS_PROTO_VERSION;
+	pkt.hdr.type = autofs_ptype_missing;
+	pkt.wait_queue_token = wq->wait_queue_token;
+	pkt.len = wq->len;
+        memcpy(pkt.name, wq->name, pkt.len);
+	pkt.name[pkt.len] = '\0';
+
+	if ( autofs_write(sbi->pipe,&pkt,sizeof(struct autofs_packet_missing)) )
+		autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi);
+}
+
+int autofs_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct qstr *name)
+{
+	struct autofs_wait_queue *wq;
+	int status;
+
+	/* In catatonic mode, we don't wait for nobody */
+	if ( sbi->catatonic )
+		return -ENOENT;
+	
+	/* We shouldn't be able to get here, but just in case */
+	if ( name->len > NAME_MAX )
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	for ( wq = sbi->queues ; wq ; wq = wq->next ) {
+		if ( wq->hash == name->hash &&
+		     wq->len == name->len &&
+		     wq->name && !memcmp(wq->name,name->name,name->len) )
+			break;
+	}
+	
+	if ( !wq ) {
+		/* Create a new wait queue */
+		wq = kmalloc(sizeof(struct autofs_wait_queue),GFP_KERNEL);
+		if ( !wq )
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		wq->name = kmalloc(name->len,GFP_KERNEL);
+		if ( !wq->name ) {
+			kfree(wq);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		wq->wait_queue_token = autofs_next_wait_queue++;
+		init_waitqueue_head(&wq->queue);
+		wq->hash = name->hash;
+		wq->len = name->len;
+		wq->status = -EINTR; /* Status return if interrupted */
+		memcpy(wq->name, name->name, name->len);
+		wq->next = sbi->queues;
+		sbi->queues = wq;
+
+		/* autofs_notify_daemon() may block */
+		wq->wait_ctr = 2;
+		autofs_notify_daemon(sbi,wq);
+	} else
+		wq->wait_ctr++;
+
+	/* wq->name is NULL if and only if the lock is already released */
+
+	if ( sbi->catatonic ) {
+		/* We might have slept, so check again for catatonic mode */
+		wq->status = -ENOENT;
+		if ( wq->name ) {
+			kfree(wq->name);
+			wq->name = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ( wq->name ) {
+		/* Block all but "shutdown" signals while waiting */
+		sigset_t sigmask;
+
+		siginitsetinv(&sigmask, SHUTDOWN_SIGS);
+		sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigmask, &sigmask);
+
+		interruptible_sleep_on(&wq->queue);
+
+		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, NULL);
+	} else {
+		DPRINTK(("autofs_wait: skipped sleeping\n"));
+	}
+
+	status = wq->status;
+
+	if ( ! --wq->wait_ctr )	/* Are we the last process to need status? */
+		kfree(wq);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+
+int autofs_wait_release(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, autofs_wqt_t wait_queue_token, int status)
+{
+	struct autofs_wait_queue *wq, **wql;
+
+	for ( wql = &sbi->queues ; (wq = *wql) != 0 ; wql = &wq->next ) {
+		if ( wq->wait_queue_token == wait_queue_token )
+			break;
+	}
+	if ( !wq )
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*wql = wq->next;	/* Unlink from chain */
+	kfree(wq->name);
+	wq->name = NULL;	/* Do not wait on this queue */
+
+	wq->status = status;
+
+	if ( ! --wq->wait_ctr )	/* Is anyone still waiting for this guy? */
+		kfree(wq);
+	else
+		wake_up(&wq->queue);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+