Index: linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.4.orig/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 /* Internal header file for autofs */
 
 #include <linux/auto_fs4.h>
+#include <linux/auto_dev-ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@
 #define AUTOFS_IOC_FIRST     AUTOFS_IOC_READY
 #define AUTOFS_IOC_COUNT     32
 
-#define AUTOFS_TYPE_TRIGGER	(AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT|AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET)
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_IOC_FIRST	(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION)
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_IOC_COUNT	(AUTOFS_IOC_COUNT - 11)
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -37,11 +39,27 @@
 /* #define DEBUG */
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#define DPRINTK(fmt,args...) do { printk(KERN_DEBUG "pid %d: %s: " fmt "\n" , current->pid , __FUNCTION__ , ##args); } while(0)
+#define DPRINTK(fmt, args...)				\
+do {							\
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "pid %d: %s: " fmt "\n",	\
+		current->pid, __FUNCTION__, ##args);	\
+} while (0)
 #else
-#define DPRINTK(fmt,args...) do {} while(0)
+#define DPRINTK(fmt, args...) do {} while (0)
 #endif
 
+#define AUTOFS_WARN(fmt, args...)			\
+do {							\
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "pid %d: %s: " fmt "\n",	\
+		current->pid, __FUNCTION__, ##args);	\
+} while (0)
+
+#define AUTOFS_ERROR(fmt, args...)			\
+do {							\
+	printk(KERN_ERR "pid %d: %s: " fmt "\n",	\
+		current->pid, __FUNCTION__, ##args);	\
+} while (0)
+
 /* 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
@@ -63,6 +81,9 @@ struct autofs_info {
 	unsigned long last_used;
 	atomic_t count;
 
+	uid_t uid;
+	gid_t gid;
+
 	mode_t	mode;
 	size_t	size;
 
@@ -165,8 +186,21 @@ int autofs4_expire_wait(struct dentry *d
 int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *, struct vfsmount *,
 			struct autofs_sb_info *,
 			struct autofs_packet_expire __user *);
+int autofs4_do_expire_multi(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt,
+			    struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int when);
 int autofs4_expire_multi(struct super_block *, struct vfsmount *,
 			struct autofs_sb_info *, int __user *);
+struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
+				     struct vfsmount *mnt,
+				     struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int how);
+struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
+				       struct vfsmount *mnt,
+				       struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int how);
+
+/* Device node initialization */
+
+int autofs_dev_ioctl_init(void);
+void autofs_dev_ioctl_exit(void);
 
 /* Operations structures */
 
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.4.orig/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(str
 		atomic_set(&ino->count, 0);
 	}
 
+	ino->uid = 0;
+	ino->gid = 0;
 	ino->mode = mode;
 	ino->last_used = jiffies;
 
@@ -190,9 +192,9 @@ static int autofs4_show_options(struct s
 	seq_printf(m, ",minproto=%d", sbi->min_proto);
 	seq_printf(m, ",maxproto=%d", sbi->max_proto);
 
-	if (sbi->type & AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET)
+	if (autofs_type_offset(sbi->type))
 		seq_printf(m, ",offset");
-	else if (sbi->type & AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT)
+	else if (autofs_type_direct(sbi->type))
 		seq_printf(m, ",direct");
 	else
 		seq_printf(m, ",indirect");
@@ -277,13 +279,13 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, 
 			*maxproto = option;
 			break;
 		case Opt_indirect:
-			*type = AUTOFS_TYPE_INDIRECT;
+			set_autofs_type_indirect(*type);
 			break;
 		case Opt_direct:
-			*type = AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT;
+			set_autofs_type_direct(*type);
 			break;
 		case Opt_offset:
-			*type = AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET;
+			set_autofs_type_offset(*type);
 			break;
 		default:
 			return 1;
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_bloc
 	sbi->sb = s;
 	sbi->version = 0;
 	sbi->sub_version = 0;
-	sbi->type = AUTOFS_TYPE_INDIRECT;
+	set_autofs_type_indirect(sbi->type);
 	sbi->min_proto = 0;
 	sbi->max_proto = 0;
 	mutex_init(&sbi->wq_mutex);
@@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_bloc
 	}
 
 	root_inode->i_fop = &autofs4_root_operations;
-	root_inode->i_op = sbi->type & AUTOFS_TYPE_TRIGGER ?
+	root_inode->i_op = autofs_type_trigger(sbi->type) ?
 			&autofs4_direct_root_inode_operations :
 			&autofs4_indirect_root_inode_operations;
 
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.4.orig/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *
 		 * is very similar for indirect mounts except only dentrys
 		 * in the root of the autofs file system may be negative.
 		 */
-		if (sbi->type & AUTOFS_TYPE_TRIGGER)
+		if (autofs_type_trigger(sbi->type))
 			return -ENOENT;
 		else if (!IS_ROOT(dentry->d_parent))
 			return -ENOENT;
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* If this is a direct mount request create a dummy name */
-	if (IS_ROOT(dentry) && sbi->type & AUTOFS_TYPE_TRIGGER)
+	if (IS_ROOT(dentry) && autofs_type_trigger(sbi->type))
 		qstr.len = sprintf(name, "%p", dentry);
 	else {
 		qstr.len = autofs4_getpath(sbi, dentry, &name);
@@ -406,11 +406,11 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *
 				type = autofs_ptype_expire_multi;
 		} else {
 			if (notify == NFY_MOUNT)
-				type = (sbi->type & AUTOFS_TYPE_TRIGGER) ?
+				type = autofs_type_trigger(sbi->type) ?
 					autofs_ptype_missing_direct :
 					 autofs_ptype_missing_indirect;
 			else
-				type = (sbi->type & AUTOFS_TYPE_TRIGGER) ?
+				type = autofs_type_trigger(sbi->type) ?
 					autofs_ptype_expire_direct :
 					autofs_ptype_expire_indirect;
 		}
@@ -457,6 +457,40 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *
 
 	status = wq->status;
 
+	/*
+	 * For direct and offset mounts we need to track the requester's
+	 * uid and gid in the dentry info struct. This is so it can be
+	 * supplied, on request, by the misc device ioctl interface.
+	 * This is needed during daemon resatart when reconnecting
+	 * to existing, active, autofs mounts. The uid and gid (and
+	 * related string values) may be used for macro substitution
+	 * in autofs mount maps.
+	 */
+	if (!status) {
+		struct autofs_info *ino;
+		struct dentry *de = NULL;
+
+		/* direct mount or browsable map */
+		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+		if (!ino) {
+			/* If not lookup actual dentry used */
+			de = d_lookup(dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name);
+			if (de)
+				ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(de);
+		}
+
+		/* Set mount requester */
+		if (ino) {
+			spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+			ino->uid = wq->uid;
+			ino->gid = wq->gid;
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		}
+
+		if (de)
+			dput(de);
+	}
+
 	/* Are we the last process to need status? */
 	mutex_lock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
 	if (!--wq->wait_ctr)
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/Documentation/filesystems/autofs4-mount-control.txt
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/Documentation/filesystems/autofs4-mount-control.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,414 @@
+
+Miscellaneous Device control operations for the autofs4 kernel module
+====================================================================
+
+The problem
+===========
+
+There is a problem with active restarts in autofs (that is to say
+restarting autofs when there are busy mounts).
+
+During normal operation autofs uses a file descriptor opened on the
+directory that is being managed in order to be able to issue control
+operations. Using a file descriptor gives ioctl operations access to
+autofs specific information stored in the super block. The operations
+are things such as setting an autofs mount catatonic, setting the
+expire timeout and requesting expire checks. As is explained below,
+certain types of autofs triggered mounts can end up covering an autofs
+mount itself which prevents us being able to use open(2) to obtain a
+file descriptor for these operations if we don't already have one open.
+
+Currently autofs uses "umount -l" (lazy umount) to clear active mounts
+at restart. While using lazy umount works for most cases, anything that
+needs to walk back up the mount tree to construct a path, such as
+getcwd(2) and the proc file system /proc/<pid>/cwd, no longer works
+because the point from which the path is constructed has been detached
+from the mount tree.
+
+The actual problem with autofs is that it can't reconnect to existing
+mounts. Immediately one thinks of just adding the ability to remount
+autofs file systems would solve it, but alas, that can't work. This is
+because autofs direct mounts and the implementation of "on demand mount
+and expire" of nested mount trees have the file system mounted directly
+on top of the mount trigger directory dentry.
+
+For example, there are two types of automount maps, direct (in the kernel
+module source you will see a third type called an offset, which is just
+a direct mount in disguise) and indirect.
+
+Here is a master map with direct and indirect map entries:
+
+/-      /etc/auto.direct
+/test   /etc/auto.indirect
+
+and the corresponding map files:
+
+/etc/auto.direct:
+
+/automount/dparse/g6  budgie:/autofs/export1
+/automount/dparse/g1  shark:/autofs/export1
+and so on.
+
+/etc/auto.indirect:
+
+g1    shark:/autofs/export1
+g6    budgie:/autofs/export1
+and so on.
+
+For the above indirect map an autofs file system is mounted on /test and
+mounts are triggered for each sub-directory key by the inode lookup
+operation. So we see a mount of shark:/autofs/export1 on /test/g1, for
+example.
+
+The way that direct mounts are handled is by making an autofs mount on
+each full path, such as /automount/dparse/g1, and using it as a mount
+trigger. So when we walk on the path we mount shark:/autofs/export1 "on
+top of this mount point". Since these are always directories we can
+use the follow_link inode operation to trigger the mount.
+
+But, each entry in direct and indirect maps can have offsets (making
+them multi-mount map entries).
+
+For example, an indirect mount map entry could also be:
+
+g1  \
+   /        shark:/autofs/export5/testing/test \
+   /s1      shark:/autofs/export/testing/test/s1 \
+   /s2      shark:/autofs/export5/testing/test/s2 \
+   /s1/ss1  shark:/autofs/export1 \
+   /s2/ss2  shark:/autofs/export2
+
+and a similarly a direct mount map entry could also be:
+
+/automount/dparse/g1 \
+    /       shark:/autofs/export5/testing/test \
+    /s1     shark:/autofs/export/testing/test/s1 \
+    /s2     shark:/autofs/export5/testing/test/s2 \
+    /s1/ss1 shark:/autofs/export2 \
+    /s2/ss2 shark:/autofs/export2
+
+One of the issues with version 4 of autofs was that, when mounting an
+entry with a large number of offsets, possibly with nesting, we needed
+to mount and umount all of the offsets as a single unit. Not really a
+problem, except for people with a large number of offsets in map entries.
+This mechanism is used for the well known "hosts" map and we have seen
+cases (in 2.4) where the available number of mounts are exhausted or
+where the number of privileged ports available is exhausted.
+
+In version 5 we mount only as we go down the tree of offsets and
+similarly for expiring them which resolves the above problem. There is
+somewhat more detail to the implementation but it isn't needed for the
+sake of the problem explanation. The one important detail is that these
+offsets are implemented using the same mechanism as the direct mounts
+above and so the mount points can be covered by a mount.
+
+The current autofs implementation uses an ioctl file descriptor opened
+on the mount point for control operations. The references held by the
+descriptor are accounted for in checks made to determine if a mount is
+in use and is also used to access autofs file system information held
+in the mount super block. So the use of a file handle needs to be
+retained.
+
+
+The Solution
+============
+
+To be able to restart autofs leaving existing direct, indirect and
+offset mounts in place we need to be able to obtain a file handle
+for these potentially covered autofs mount points. Rather than just
+implement an isolated operation it was decided to re-implement the
+existing ioctl interface and add new operations to provide this
+functionality.
+
+In addition, to be able to reconstruct a mount tree that has busy mounts,
+the uid and gid of the last user that triggered the mount needs to be
+available because these can be used as macro substitution variables in
+autofs maps. They are recorded at mount request time and an operation
+has been added to retrieve them.
+
+Since we're re-implementing the control interface, a couple of other
+problems with the existing interface have been addressed. First, when
+a mount or expire operation completes a status is returned to the
+kernel by either a "send ready" or a "send fail" operation. The
+"send fail" operation of the ioctl interface could only ever send
+ENOENT so the re-implementation allows user space to send an actual
+status. Another expensive operation in user space, for those using
+very large maps, is discovering if a mount is present. Usually this
+involves scanning /proc/mounts and since it needs to be done quite
+often it can introduce significant overhead when there are many entries
+in the mount table. An operation to lookup the mount status of a mount
+point dentry (covered or not) has also been added.
+
+Current kernel development policy recommends avoiding the use of the
+ioctl mechanism in favor of systems such as Netlink. An implementation
+using this system was attempted to evaluate its suitability and it was
+found to be inadequate, in this case. The Generic Netlink system was
+used for this as raw Netlink would lead to a significant increase in
+complexity. There's no question that the Generic Netlink system is an
+elegant solution for common case ioctl functions but it's not a complete
+replacement probably because it's primary purpose in life is to be a
+message bus implementation rather than specifically an ioctl replacement.
+While it would be possible to work around this there is one concern
+that lead to the decision to not use it. This is that the autofs
+expire in the daemon has become far to complex because umount
+candidates are enumerated, almost for no other reason than to "count"
+the number of times to call the expire ioctl. This involves scanning
+the mount table which has proved to be a big overhead for users with
+large maps. The best way to improve this is try and get back to the
+way the expire was done long ago. That is, when an expire request is
+issued for a mount (file handle) we should continually call back to
+the daemon until we can't umount any more mounts, then return the
+appropriate status to the daemon. At the moment we just expire one
+mount at a time. A Generic Netlink implementation would exclude this
+possibility for future development due to the requirements of the
+message bus architecture.
+
+
+autofs4 Miscellaneous Device mount control interface
+====================================================
+
+The control interface is opening a device node, typically /dev/autofs.
+
+All the ioctls use a common structure to pass the needed parameter
+information and return operation results:
+
+struct autofs_dev_ioctl {
+	__u32 ver_major;
+	__u32 ver_minor;
+	__u32 size;             /* total size of data passed in
+				 * including this struct */
+	__s32 ioctlfd;          /* automount command fd */
+
+	/* Command parameters */
+
+	union {
+		struct args_protover            protover;
+		struct args_protosubver         protosubver;
+		struct args_openmount           openmount;
+		struct args_ready               ready;
+		struct args_fail                fail;
+		struct args_setpipefd           setpipefd;
+		struct args_timeout             timeout;
+		struct args_requester           requester;
+		struct args_expire              expire;
+		struct args_askumount           askumount;
+		struct args_ismountpoint        ismountpoint;
+	};
+
+	char path[0];
+};
+
+The ioctlfd field is a mount point file descriptor of an autofs mount
+point. It is returned by the open call and is used by all calls except
+the check for whether a given path is a mount point, where it may
+optionally be used to check a specific mount corresponding to a given
+mount point file descriptor, and when requesting the uid and gid of the
+last successful mount on a directory within the autofs file system.
+
+The anonymous union is used to communicate parameters and results of calls
+made as described below.
+
+The path field is used to pass a path where it is needed and the size field
+is used account for the increased structure length when translating the
+structure sent from user space.
+
+This structure can be initialized before setting specific fields by using
+the void function call init_autofs_dev_ioctl(struct autofs_dev_ioctl *).
+
+All of the ioctls perform a copy of this structure from user space to
+kernel space and return -EINVAL if the size parameter is smaller than
+the structure size itself, -ENOMEM if the kernel memory allocation fails
+or -EFAULT if the copy itself fails. Other checks include a version check
+of the compiled in user space version against the module version and a
+mismatch results in a -EINVAL return. If the size field is greater than
+the structure size then a path is assumed to be present and is checked to
+ensure it begins with a "/" and is NULL terminated, otherwise -EINVAL is
+returned. Following these checks, for all ioctl commands except
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_CMD, AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD and
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT_CMD the ioctlfd is validated and if it is
+not a valid descriptor or doesn't correspond to an autofs mount point
+an error of -EBADF, -ENOTTY or -EINVAL (not an autofs descriptor) is
+returned.
+
+
+The ioctls
+==========
+
+An example of an implementation which uses this interface can be seen
+in autofs version 5.0.4 and later in file lib/dev-ioctl-lib.c of the
+distribution tar available for download from kernel.org in directory
+/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v5.
+
+The device node ioctl operations implemented by this interface are:
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION
+------------------------
+
+Get the major and minor version of the autofs4 device ioctl kernel module
+implementation. It requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl as an
+input parameter and sets the version information in the passed in structure.
+It returns 0 on success or the error -EINVAL if a version mismatch is
+detected.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOVER_CMD and AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOSUBVER_CMD
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Get the major and minor version of the autofs4 protocol version understood
+by loaded module. This call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl
+with the ioctlfd field set to a valid autofs mount point descriptor
+and sets the requested version number in structure field protover.version
+and ptotosubver.sub_version respectively. These commands return 0 on
+success or one of the negative error codes if validation fails.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD and AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT_CMD
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Obtain and release a file descriptor for an autofs managed mount point
+path. The open call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl with
+the the path field set and the size field adjusted appropriately as well
+as the openmount.devid field set to the device number of the autofs mount.
+The device number of an autofs mounted filesystem can be obtained by using
+the AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ISMOUNTPOINT ioctl function by providing the path
+and autofs mount type, as described below. The close call requires an
+initialized struct autofs_dev_ioct with the ioctlfd field set to the
+descriptor obtained from the open call. The release of the file descriptor
+can also be done with close(2) so any open descriptors will also be
+closed at process exit. The close call is included in the implemented
+operations largely for completeness and to provide for a consistent
+user space implementation.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_READY_CMD and AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_FAIL_CMD
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Return mount and expire result status from user space to the kernel.
+Both of these calls require an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl
+with the ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained from the open
+call and the ready.token or fail.token field set to the wait queue
+token number, received by user space in the foregoing mount or expire
+request. The fail.status field is set to the status to be returned when
+sending a failure notification with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_FAIL_CMD.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SETPIPEFD_CMD
+------------------------------
+
+Set the pipe file descriptor used for kernel communication to the daemon.
+Normally this is set at mount time using an option but when reconnecting
+to a existing mount we need to use this to tell the autofs mount about
+the new kernel pipe descriptor. In order to protect mounts against
+incorrectly setting the pipe descriptor we also require that the autofs
+mount be catatonic (see next call).
+
+The call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl with the
+ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained from the open call and
+the setpipefd.pipefd field set to descriptor of the pipe. On success
+the call also sets the process group id used to identify the controlling
+process (eg. the owning automount(8) daemon) to the process group of
+the caller.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CATATONIC_CMD
+------------------------------
+
+Make the autofs mount point catatonic. The autofs mount will no longer
+issue mount requests, the kernel communication pipe descriptor is released
+and any remaining waits in the queue released.
+
+The call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl with the
+ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained from the open call.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
+----------------------------
+
+Set the expire timeout for mounts withing an autofs mount point.
+
+The call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl with the
+ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained from the open call.
+The timeout.timeout field is set to the desired timeout and this
+field is set to the value of the value of the current timeout of
+the mount upon successful completion.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_REQUESTER_CMD
+------------------------------
+
+Return the uid and gid of the last process to successfully trigger a the
+mount on the given path dentry.
+
+The call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl with the path
+field set to the mount point in question and the size field adjusted
+appropriately as well as the ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained
+from the open call. Upon return the struct fields requester.uid and
+requester.gid contain the uid and gid respectively.
+
+When reconstructing an autofs mount tree with active mounts we need to
+re-connect to mounts that may have used the original process uid and
+gid (or string variations of them) for mount lookups within the map entry.
+This call provides the ability to obtain this uid and gid so they may be
+used by user space for the mount map lookups.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
+---------------------------
+
+Issue an expire request to the kernel for an autofs mount. Typically
+this ioctl is called until no further expire candidates are found.
+
+The call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl with the
+ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained from the open call. In
+addition an immediate expire, independent of the mount timeout, can be
+requested by setting the expire.how field to 1. If no expire candidates
+can be found the ioctl returns -1 with errno set to EAGAIN.
+
+This call causes the kernel module to check the mount corresponding
+to the given ioctlfd for mounts that can be expired, issues an expire
+request back to the daemon and waits for completion.
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ASKUMOUNT_CMD
+------------------------------
+
+Checks if an autofs mount point is in use.
+
+The call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl with the
+ioctlfd field set to the descriptor obtained from the open call and
+it returns the result in the askumount.may_umount field, 1 for busy
+and 0 otherwise.
+
+
+AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ISMOUNTPOINT_CMD
+---------------------------------
+
+Check if the given path is a mountpoint.
+
+The call requires an initialized struct autofs_dev_ioctl. There are two
+possible variations. Both use the path field set to the path of the mount
+point to check and the size field must be adjusted appropriately. One uses
+the ioctlfd field to identify a specific mount point to check while the
+other variation uses the path and optionaly the ismountpoint.in.type
+field set to an autofs mount type. The call returns 1 if this is a mount
+point and sets the ismountpoint.out.devid field to the device number of
+the mount and the ismountpoint.out.magic field to the relevant super
+block magic number (described below) or 0 if it isn't a mountpoint. In
+both cases the the device number (as returned by new_encode_dev()) is
+returned in the ismountpoint.out.devid field.
+
+If supplied with a file descriptor we're looking for a specific mount,
+not necessarily at the top of the mounted stack. In this case the path
+the descriptor corresponds to is considered a mountpoint if it is itself
+a mountpoint or contains a mount, such as a multi-mount without a root
+mount. In this case we return 1 if the descriptor corresponds to a mount
+point and and also returns the super magic of the covering mount if there
+is one or 0 if it isn't a mountpoint.
+
+If a path is supplied (and the ioctlfd field is set to -1) then the path
+is looked up and is checked to see if it is the root of a mount. If a
+type is also given we are looking for a particular autofs mount and if
+a match isn't found a fail is returned. If the the located path is the
+root of a mount 1 is returned along with the super magic of the mount
+or 0 otherwise.
+ 
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.4.orig/fs/autofs4/Makefile
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/Makefile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS) += autofs4.o
 
-autofs4-objs := init.o inode.o root.o symlink.o waitq.o expire.o
+autofs4-objs := init.o inode.o root.o symlink.o waitq.o expire.o dev-ioctl.o
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,840 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2008 Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
+ *
+ * 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/module.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+#include "autofs_i.h"
+
+/*
+ * This module implements an interface for routing autofs ioctl control
+ * commands via a miscellaneous device file.
+ *
+ * The alternate interface is needed because we need to be able open
+ * an ioctl file descriptor on an autofs mount that may be covered by
+ * another mount. This situation arises when starting automount(8)
+ * or other user space daemon which uses direct mounts or offset
+ * mounts (used for autofs lazy mount/umount of nested mount trees),
+ * which have been left busy at at service shutdown.
+ */
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SIZE	sizeof(struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+typedef int (*ioctl_fn)(struct file *,
+struct autofs_sb_info *, struct autofs_dev_ioctl *);
+
+static int check_name(const char *name)
+{
+	if (!strchr(name, '/'))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check a string doesn't overrun the chunk of
+ * memory we copied from user land.
+ */
+static int invalid_str(char *str, void *end)
+{
+	while ((void *) str <= end)
+		if (!*str++)
+			return 0;
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check that the user compiled against correct version of autofs
+ * misc device code.
+ *
+ * As well as checking the version compatibility this always copies
+ * the kernel interface version out.
+ */
+static int check_dev_ioctl_version(int cmd, struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if ((AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MAJOR != param->ver_major) ||
+	    (AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MINOR < param->ver_minor)) {
+		AUTOFS_WARN("ioctl control interface version mismatch: "
+		     "kernel(%u.%u), user(%u.%u), cmd(%d)",
+		     AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MAJOR,
+		     AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MINOR,
+		     param->ver_major, param->ver_minor, cmd);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Fill in the kernel version. */
+	param->ver_major = AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MAJOR;
+	param->ver_minor = AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MINOR;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Copy parameter control struct, including a possible path allocated
+ * at the end of the struct.
+ */
+static struct autofs_dev_ioctl *copy_dev_ioctl(struct autofs_dev_ioctl __user *in)
+{
+	struct autofs_dev_ioctl tmp, *ads;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&tmp, in, sizeof(tmp)))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+
+	if (tmp.size < sizeof(tmp))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	ads = kmalloc(tmp.size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ads)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (copy_from_user(ads, in, tmp.size)) {
+		kfree(ads);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+	}
+
+	return ads;
+}
+
+static inline void free_dev_ioctl(struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	kfree(param);
+	return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check sanity of parameter control fields and if a path is present
+ * check that it is terminated and contains at least one "/".
+ */
+static int validate_dev_ioctl(int cmd, struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if ((err = check_dev_ioctl_version(cmd, param))) {
+		AUTOFS_WARN("invalid device control module version "
+		     "supplied for cmd(0x%08x)", cmd);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (param->size > sizeof(*param)) {
+		err = invalid_str(param->path,
+				 (void *) ((size_t) param + param->size));
+		if (err) {
+			AUTOFS_WARN(
+			  "path string terminator missing for cmd(0x%08x)",
+			  cmd);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = check_name(param->path);
+		if (err) {
+			AUTOFS_WARN("invalid path supplied for cmd(0x%08x)",
+				    cmd);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get the autofs super block info struct from the file opened on
+ * the autofs mount point.
+ */
+static struct autofs_sb_info *autofs_dev_ioctl_sbi(struct file *f)
+{
+	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	if (f) {
+		inode = f->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		sbi = autofs4_sbi(inode->i_sb);
+	}
+	return sbi;
+}
+
+/* Return autofs module protocol version */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_protover(struct file *fp,
+				     struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				     struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	param->protover.version = sbi->version;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Return autofs module protocol sub version */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_protosubver(struct file *fp,
+					struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+					struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	param->protosubver.sub_version = sbi->sub_version;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Walk down the mount stack looking for an autofs mount that
+ * has the requested device number (aka. new_encode_dev(sb->s_dev).
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_find_super(struct nameidata *nd, dev_t devno)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct super_block *sb;
+	dev_t s_dev;
+	unsigned int err;
+
+	err = -ENOENT;
+
+	/* Lookup the dentry name at the base of our mount point */
+	dentry = d_lookup(nd->dentry, &nd->last);
+	if (!dentry)
+		goto out;
+
+	dput(nd->dentry);
+	nd->dentry = dentry;
+
+	/* And follow the mount stack looking for our autofs mount */
+	while (follow_down(&nd->mnt, &nd->dentry)) {
+		inode = nd->dentry->d_inode;
+		if (!inode)
+			break;
+
+		sb = inode->i_sb;
+		s_dev = new_encode_dev(sb->s_dev);
+		if (devno == s_dev) {
+			if (sb->s_magic == AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC) {
+				err = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Walk down the mount stack looking for an autofs mount that
+ * has the requested mount type (ie. indirect, direct or offset).
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_find_sbi_type(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned int type)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct autofs_info *ino;
+	unsigned int err;
+
+	err = -ENOENT;
+
+	/* Lookup the dentry name at the base of our mount point */
+	dentry = d_lookup(nd->dentry, &nd->last);
+	if (!dentry)
+		goto out;
+
+	dput(nd->dentry);
+	nd->dentry = dentry;
+
+	/* And follow the mount stack looking for our autofs mount */
+	while (follow_down(&nd->mnt, &nd->dentry)) {
+		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(nd->dentry);
+		if (ino && ino->sbi->type & type) {
+			err = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void autofs_dev_ioctl_fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
+	struct fdtable *fdt;
+
+	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
+	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
+	BUG_ON(fdt->fd[fd] != NULL);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], file);
+	FD_SET(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Open a file descriptor on the autofs mount point corresponding
+ * to the given path and device number (aka. new_encode_dev(sb->s_dev)).
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_open_mountpoint(const char *path, dev_t devid)
+{
+	struct file *filp;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	int err, fd;
+
+	fd = get_unused_fd();
+	if (likely(fd >= 0)) {
+		/* Get nameidata of the parent directory */
+		err = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+
+		/*
+		 * Search down, within the parent, looking for an
+		 * autofs super block that has the device number
+		 * corresponding to the autofs fs we want to open.
+		 */
+		err = autofs_dev_ioctl_find_super(&nd, devid);
+		if (err) {
+			path_release(&nd);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		filp = dentry_open(nd.dentry, nd.mnt, O_RDONLY);
+		if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(filp);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		autofs_dev_ioctl_fd_install(fd, filp);
+	}
+
+	return fd;
+
+out:
+	put_unused_fd(fd);
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* Open a file descriptor on an autofs mount point */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_openmount(struct file *fp,
+				      struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				      struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	const char *path;
+	dev_t devid;
+	int err, fd;
+
+	/* param->path has already been checked */
+	if (!param->openmount.devid)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	param->ioctlfd = -1;
+
+	path = param->path;
+	devid = param->openmount.devid;
+
+	err = 0;
+	fd = autofs_dev_ioctl_open_mountpoint(path, devid);
+	if (unlikely(fd < 0)) {
+		err = fd;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	param->ioctlfd = fd;
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* Close file descriptor allocated above (user can also use close(2)). */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_closemount(struct file *fp,
+				       struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				       struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	return sys_close(param->ioctlfd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Send "ready" status for an existing wait (either a mount or an expire
+ * request).
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_ready(struct file *fp,
+				  struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				  struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	autofs_wqt_t token;
+
+	token = (autofs_wqt_t) param->ready.token;
+	return autofs4_wait_release(sbi, token, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Send "fail" status for an existing wait (either a mount or an expire
+ * request).
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_fail(struct file *fp,
+				 struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				 struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	autofs_wqt_t token;
+	int status;
+
+	token = (autofs_wqt_t) param->fail.token;
+	status = param->fail.status ? param->fail.status : -ENOENT;
+	return autofs4_wait_release(sbi, token, status);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the pipe fd for kernel communication to the daemon.
+ *
+ * Normally this is set at mount using an option but if we
+ * are reconnecting to a busy mount then we need to use this
+ * to tell the autofs mount about the new kernel pipe fd. In
+ * order to protect mounts against incorrectly setting the
+ * pipefd we also require that the autofs mount be catatonic.
+ *
+ * This also sets the process group id used to identify the
+ * controlling process (eg. the owning automount(8) daemon).
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_setpipefd(struct file *fp,
+				      struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				      struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	int pipefd;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (param->setpipefd.pipefd == -1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pipefd = param->setpipefd.pipefd;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+	if (!sbi->catatonic) {
+		mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	} else {
+		struct file *pipe = fget(pipefd);
+		if (!pipe->f_op || !pipe->f_op->write) {
+			err = -EPIPE;
+			fput(pipe);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		sbi->oz_pgrp = task_pgrp_nr(current);
+		sbi->pipefd = pipefd;
+		sbi->pipe = pipe;
+		sbi->catatonic = 0;
+	}
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make the autofs mount point catatonic, no longer responsive to
+ * mount requests. Also closes the kernel pipe file descriptor.
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_catatonic(struct file *fp,
+				      struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				      struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	autofs4_catatonic_mode(sbi);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Set the autofs mount timeout */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_timeout(struct file *fp,
+				    struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				    struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	unsigned long timeout;
+
+	timeout = param->timeout.timeout;
+	param->timeout.timeout = sbi->exp_timeout / HZ;
+	sbi->exp_timeout = timeout * HZ;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return the uid and gid of the last request for the mount
+ *
+ * When reconstructing an autofs mount tree with active mounts
+ * we need to re-connect to mounts that may have used the original
+ * process uid and gid (or string variations of them) for mount
+ * lookups within the map entry.
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_requester(struct file *fp,
+				      struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				      struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	struct autofs_info *ino;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	const char *path;
+	dev_t devid;
+	int err = -ENOENT;
+
+	if (param->size <= sizeof(*param)) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	path = param->path;
+	devid = sbi->sb->s_dev;
+
+	param->requester.uid = param->requester.gid = -1;
+
+	/* Get nameidata of the parent directory */
+	err = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	err = autofs_dev_ioctl_find_super(&nd, devid);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_release;
+
+	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(nd.dentry);
+	if (ino) {
+		err = 0;
+		autofs4_expire_wait(nd.dentry);
+		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		param->requester.uid = ino->uid;
+		param->requester.gid = ino->gid;
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+	}
+
+out_release:
+	path_release(&nd);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Call repeatedly until it returns -EAGAIN, meaning there's nothing
+ * more that can be done.
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_expire(struct file *fp,
+				   struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				   struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	struct vfsmount *mnt;
+	int how;
+
+	how = param->expire.how;
+	mnt = fp->f_path.mnt;
+
+	return autofs4_do_expire_multi(sbi->sb, mnt, sbi, how);
+}
+
+/* Check if autofs mount point is in use */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_askumount(struct file *fp,
+				      struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				      struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	param->askumount.may_umount = 0;
+	if (may_umount(fp->f_path.mnt))
+		param->askumount.may_umount = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if the given path is a mountpoint.
+ *
+ * If we are supplied with the file descriptor of an autofs
+ * mount we're looking for a specific mount. In this case
+ * the path is considered a mountpoint if it is itself a
+ * mountpoint or contains a mount, such as a multi-mount
+ * without a root mount. In this case we return 1 if the
+ * path is a mount point and the super magic of the covering
+ * mount if there is one or 0 if it isn't a mountpoint.
+ *
+ * If we aren't supplied with a file descriptor then we
+ * lookup the nameidata of the path and check if it is the
+ * root of a mount. If a type is given we are looking for
+ * a particular autofs mount and if we don't find a match
+ * we return fail. If the located nameidata path is the
+ * root of a mount we return 1 along with the super magic
+ * of the mount or 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * In both cases the the device number (as returned by
+ * new_encode_dev()) is also returned.
+ */
+static int autofs_dev_ioctl_ismountpoint(struct file *fp,
+					 struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+					 struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
+{
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	const char *path;
+	unsigned int type;
+	unsigned int devid, magic;
+	int err = -ENOENT;
+
+	if (param->size <= sizeof(*param)) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	path = param->path;
+	type = param->ismountpoint.in.type;
+
+	param->ismountpoint.out.devid = devid = 0;
+	param->ismountpoint.out.magic = magic = 0;
+
+	if (!fp || param->ioctlfd == -1) {
+		if (autofs_type_any(type)) {
+			struct super_block *sb;
+
+			err = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+
+			sb = nd.dentry->d_sb;
+			devid = new_encode_dev(sb->s_dev);
+		} else {
+			struct autofs_info *ino;
+
+			err = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+
+			err = autofs_dev_ioctl_find_sbi_type(&nd, type);
+			if (err)
+				goto out_release;
+
+			ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(nd.dentry);
+			devid = autofs4_get_dev(ino->sbi);
+		}
+
+		err = 0;
+		if (nd.dentry->d_inode &&
+		    nd.mnt->mnt_root == nd.dentry) {
+			err = 1;
+			magic = nd.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_magic;
+		}
+	} else {
+		dev_t dev = autofs4_get_dev(sbi);
+
+		err = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+
+		err = autofs_dev_ioctl_find_super(&nd, dev);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_release;
+
+		devid = dev;
+
+		err = have_submounts(nd.dentry);
+
+		if (nd.mnt->mnt_mountpoint != nd.mnt->mnt_root) {
+			if (follow_down(&nd.mnt, &nd.dentry)) {
+				struct inode *inode = nd.dentry->d_inode;
+				magic = inode->i_sb->s_magic;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	param->ismountpoint.out.devid = devid;
+	param->ismountpoint.out.magic = magic;
+
+out_release:
+	path_release(&nd);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Our range of ioctl numbers isn't 0 based so we need to shift
+ * the array index by _IOC_NR(AUTOFS_CTL_IOC_FIRST) for the table
+ * lookup.
+ */
+#define cmd_idx(cmd)	(cmd - _IOC_NR(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_IOC_FIRST))
+
+static ioctl_fn lookup_dev_ioctl(unsigned int cmd)
+{
+	static struct {
+		int cmd;
+		ioctl_fn fn;
+	} _ioctls[] = {
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_CMD), NULL},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOVER_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_protover},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOSUBVER_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_protosubver},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_openmount},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_closemount},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_READY_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_ready},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_FAIL_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_fail},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SETPIPEFD_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_setpipefd},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CATATONIC_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_catatonic},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_timeout},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_REQUESTER_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_requester},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_expire},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ASKUMOUNT_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_askumount},
+		{cmd_idx(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ISMOUNTPOINT_CMD),
+			 autofs_dev_ioctl_ismountpoint}
+	};
+	unsigned int idx = cmd_idx(cmd);
+
+	return (idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(_ioctls)) ? NULL : _ioctls[idx].fn;
+}
+
+/* ioctl dispatcher */
+static int _autofs_dev_ioctl(unsigned int command, struct autofs_dev_ioctl __user *user)
+{
+	struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param;
+	struct file *fp;
+	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
+	unsigned int cmd_first, cmd;
+	ioctl_fn fn = NULL;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	/* only root can play with this */
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	cmd_first = _IOC_NR(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_IOC_FIRST);
+	cmd = _IOC_NR(command);
+
+	if (_IOC_TYPE(command) != _IOC_TYPE(AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_IOC_FIRST) ||
+	    cmd - cmd_first >= AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_IOC_COUNT) {
+		return -ENOTTY;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy the parameters into kernel space. */
+	param = copy_dev_ioctl(user);
+	if (IS_ERR(param))
+		return PTR_ERR(param);
+
+	err = validate_dev_ioctl(command, param);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* The validate routine above always sets the version */
+	if (cmd == AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_CMD)
+		goto done;
+
+	fn = lookup_dev_ioctl(cmd);
+	if (!fn) {
+		AUTOFS_WARN("unknown command 0x%08x", command);
+		return -ENOTTY;
+	}
+
+	fp = NULL;
+	sbi = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * For obvious reasons the openmount can't have a file
+	 * descriptor yet. We don't take a reference to the
+	 * file during close to allow for immediate release.
+	 */
+	if (cmd != AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD &&
+	    cmd != AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT_CMD) {
+		fp = fget(param->ioctlfd);
+		if (!fp) {
+			if (cmd == AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ISMOUNTPOINT_CMD)
+				goto cont;
+			err = -EBADF;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (!fp->f_op) {
+			err = -ENOTTY;
+			fput(fp);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		sbi = autofs_dev_ioctl_sbi(fp);
+		if (!sbi || sbi->magic != AUTOFS_SBI_MAGIC) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			fput(fp);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Admin needs to be able to set the mount catatonic in
+		 * order to be able to perform the re-open.
+		 */
+		if (!autofs4_oz_mode(sbi) &&
+		    cmd != AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CATATONIC_CMD) {
+			err = -EACCES;
+			fput(fp);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+cont:
+	err = fn(fp, sbi, param);
+
+	if (fp)
+		fput(fp);
+done:
+	if (err >= 0 && copy_to_user(user, param, AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SIZE))
+		err = -EFAULT;
+out:
+	free_dev_ioctl(param);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static long autofs_dev_ioctl(struct file *file, uint command, ulong u)
+{
+	int err;
+	err = _autofs_dev_ioctl(command, (struct autofs_dev_ioctl __user *) u);
+	return (long) err;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+static long autofs_dev_ioctl_compat(struct file *file, uint command, ulong u)
+{
+	return (long) autofs_dev_ioctl(file, command, (ulong) compat_ptr(u));
+}
+#else
+#define autofs_dev_ioctl_compat NULL
+#endif
+
+static const struct file_operations _dev_ioctl_fops = {
+	.unlocked_ioctl	 = autofs_dev_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl = autofs_dev_ioctl_compat,
+	.owner	 = THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+static struct miscdevice _autofs_dev_ioctl_misc = {
+	.minor 		= MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+	.name  		= AUTOFS_DEVICE_NAME,
+	.fops  		= &_dev_ioctl_fops
+};
+
+/* Register/deregister misc character device */
+int autofs_dev_ioctl_init(void)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	r = misc_register(&_autofs_dev_ioctl_misc);
+	if (r) {
+		AUTOFS_ERROR("misc_register failed for control device");
+		return r;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void autofs_dev_ioctl_exit(void)
+{
+	misc_deregister(&_autofs_dev_ioctl_misc);
+	return;
+}
+
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/expire.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.4.orig/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int autofs4_mount_busy(struct vfs
 		struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
 
 		/* This is an autofs submount, we can't expire it */
-		if (sbi->type == AUTOFS_TYPE_INDIRECT)
+		if (autofs_type_indirect(sbi->type))
 			goto done;
 
 		/*
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ cont:
 }
 
 /* Check if we can expire a direct mount (possibly a tree) */
-static struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
-					    struct vfsmount *mnt,
-					    struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
-					    int how)
+struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
+				     struct vfsmount *mnt,
+				     struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				     int how)
 {
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	struct dentry *root = dget(sb->s_root);
@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_expire_dir
  *  - it is unused by any user process
  *  - it has been unused for exp_timeout time
  */
-static struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
-					      struct vfsmount *mnt,
-					      struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
-					      int how)
+struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
+				       struct vfsmount *mnt,
+				       struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+				       int how)
 {
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	struct dentry *root = sb->s_root;
@@ -478,22 +478,16 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_bloc
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* Call repeatedly until it returns -EAGAIN, meaning there's nothing
-   more to be done */
-int autofs4_expire_multi(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt,
-			struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int __user *arg)
+int autofs4_do_expire_multi(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt,
+			    struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int when)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int ret = -EAGAIN;
-	int do_now = 0;
 
-	if (arg && get_user(do_now, arg))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (sbi->type & AUTOFS_TYPE_TRIGGER)
-		dentry = autofs4_expire_direct(sb, mnt, sbi, do_now);
+	if (autofs_type_trigger(sbi->type))
+		dentry = autofs4_expire_direct(sb, mnt, sbi, when);
 	else
-		dentry = autofs4_expire_indirect(sb, mnt, sbi, do_now);
+		dentry = autofs4_expire_indirect(sb, mnt, sbi, when);
 
 	if (dentry) {
 		struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
@@ -516,3 +510,16 @@ int autofs4_expire_multi(struct super_bl
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* Call repeatedly until it returns -EAGAIN, meaning there's nothing
+   more to be done */
+int autofs4_expire_multi(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt,
+			struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int __user *arg)
+{
+	int do_now = 0;
+
+	if (arg && get_user(do_now, arg))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return autofs4_do_expire_multi(sb, mnt, sbi, do_now);
+}
+
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/init.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.4.orig/fs/autofs4/init.c
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/fs/autofs4/init.c
@@ -29,11 +29,20 @@ static struct file_system_type autofs_fs
 
 static int __init init_autofs4_fs(void)
 {
-	return register_filesystem(&autofs_fs_type);
+	int err;
+
+	err = register_filesystem(&autofs_fs_type);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	autofs_dev_ioctl_init();
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void __exit exit_autofs4_fs(void)
 {
+	autofs_dev_ioctl_exit();
 	unregister_filesystem(&autofs_fs_type);
 }
 
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/include/linux/auto_dev-ioctl.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/include/linux/auto_dev-ioctl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2008 Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_AUTO_DEV_IOCTL_H
+#define _LINUX_AUTO_DEV_IOCTL_H
+
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEVICE_NAME		"autofs"
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MAJOR	1
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MINOR	0
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEVID_LEN		16
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SIZE		sizeof(struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+/*
+ * An ioctl interface for autofs mount point control.
+ */
+
+struct args_protover {
+	__u32	version;
+};
+
+struct args_protosubver {
+	__u32	sub_version;
+};
+
+struct args_openmount {
+	__u32	devid;
+};
+
+struct args_ready {
+	__u32	token;
+};
+
+struct args_fail {
+	__u32	token;
+	__s32	status;
+};
+
+struct args_setpipefd {
+	__s32	pipefd;
+};
+
+struct args_timeout {
+	__u64	timeout;
+};
+
+struct args_requester {
+	__u32	uid;
+	__u32	gid;
+};
+
+struct args_expire {
+	__u32	how;
+};
+
+struct args_askumount {
+	__u32	may_umount;
+};
+
+struct args_ismountpoint {
+	union {
+		struct args_in {
+			__u32	type;
+		} in;
+		struct args_out {
+			__u32	devid;
+			__u32	magic;
+		} out;
+	};
+};
+
+/*
+ * All the ioctls use this structure.
+ * When sending a path size must account for the total length
+ * of the chunk of memory otherwise is is the size of the
+ * structure.
+ */
+
+struct autofs_dev_ioctl {
+	__u32 ver_major;
+	__u32 ver_minor;
+	__u32 size;		/* total size of data passed in
+				 * including this struct */
+	__s32 ioctlfd;		/* automount command fd */
+
+	/* Command parameters */
+
+	union {
+		struct args_protover		protover;
+		struct args_protosubver		protosubver;
+		struct args_openmount		openmount;
+		struct args_ready		ready;
+		struct args_fail		fail;
+		struct args_setpipefd		setpipefd;
+		struct args_timeout		timeout;
+		struct args_requester		requester;
+		struct args_expire		expire;
+		struct args_askumount		askumount;
+		struct args_ismountpoint	ismountpoint;
+	};
+
+	char path[0];
+};
+
+static inline void init_autofs_dev_ioctl(struct autofs_dev_ioctl *in)
+{
+	memset(in, 0, sizeof(struct autofs_dev_ioctl));
+	in->ver_major = AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MAJOR;
+	in->ver_minor = AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_MINOR;
+	in->size = sizeof(struct autofs_dev_ioctl);
+	in->ioctlfd = -1;
+	return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If you change this make sure you make the corresponding change
+ * to autofs-dev-ioctl.c:lookup_ioctl()
+ */
+enum {
+	/* Get various version info */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_CMD = 0x71,
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOVER_CMD,
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOSUBVER_CMD,
+
+	/* Open mount ioctl fd */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD,
+
+	/* Close mount ioctl fd */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT_CMD,
+
+	/* Mount/expire status returns */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_READY_CMD,
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_FAIL_CMD,
+
+	/* Activate/deactivate autofs mount */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SETPIPEFD_CMD,
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CATATONIC_CMD,
+
+	/* Expiry timeout */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD,
+
+	/* Get mount last requesting uid and gid */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_REQUESTER_CMD,
+
+	/* Check for eligible expire candidates */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD,
+
+	/* Request busy status */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ASKUMOUNT_CMD,
+
+	/* Check if path is a mountpoint */
+	AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ISMOUNTPOINT_CMD,
+};
+
+#define AUTOFS_IOCTL 0x93
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_VERSION_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOVER \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOVER_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOSUBVER \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_PROTOSUBVER_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_OPENMOUNT_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CLOSEMOUNT_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_READY \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_READY_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_FAIL \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_FAIL_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SETPIPEFD \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_SETPIPEFD_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CATATONIC \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_CATATONIC_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_REQUESTER \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_REQUESTER_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ASKUMOUNT \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ASKUMOUNT_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#define AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ISMOUNTPOINT \
+	_IOWR(AUTOFS_IOCTL, \
+	      AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_ISMOUNTPOINT_CMD, struct autofs_dev_ioctl)
+
+#endif	/* _LINUX_AUTO_DEV_IOCTL_H */
Index: linux-2.6.24.4/include/linux/auto_fs4.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.4.orig/include/linux/auto_fs4.h
+++ linux-2.6.24.4/include/linux/auto_fs4.h
@@ -23,16 +23,36 @@
 #define AUTOFS_MIN_PROTO_VERSION	3
 #define AUTOFS_MAX_PROTO_VERSION	5
 
-#define AUTOFS_PROTO_SUBVERSION		0
+#define AUTOFS_PROTO_SUBVERSION		1
 
 /* Mask for expire behaviour */
 #define AUTOFS_EXP_IMMEDIATE		1
 #define AUTOFS_EXP_LEAVES		2
 
-#define AUTOFS_TYPE_ANY			0x0000
-#define AUTOFS_TYPE_INDIRECT		0x0001
-#define AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT		0x0002
-#define AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET		0x0004
+#define AUTOFS_TYPE_ANY			0U
+#define AUTOFS_TYPE_INDIRECT		1U
+#define AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT		2U
+#define AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET		4U
+
+#define set_autofs_type_indirect(type)		(type = AUTOFS_TYPE_INDIRECT)
+#define autofs_type_indirect(type)		(type == AUTOFS_TYPE_INDIRECT)
+
+#define set_autofs_type_direct(type)		(type = AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT)
+#define autofs_type_direct(type)		(type == AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT)
+
+#define set_autofs_type_offset(type)		(type = AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET)
+#define autofs_type_offset(type)		(type == AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET)
+
+#define autofs_type_trigger(type) \
+	(type == AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT || type == AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET)
+
+/*
+ * This isn't really a type as we use it to say "no type set" to
+ * indicate we want to search for "any" mount in the
+ * autofs_dev_ioctl_ismountpoint() device ioctl function.
+ */
+#define set_autofs_type_any(type)		(type = AUTOFS_TYPE_ANY)
+#define autofs_type_any(type)			(type == AUTOFS_TYPE_ANY)
 
 /* Daemon notification packet types */
 enum autofs_notify {