1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index 3d9d3f5d5dd..394e90b02c5 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -402,6 +402,20 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 			goto next;
 		}
 
+		if (dentry->d_inode && S_ISLNK(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+			DPRINTK("checking symlink %p %.*s",
+				dentry, (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
+			/*
+			 * A symlink can't be "busy" in the usual sense so
+			 * just check last used for expire timeout.
+			 */
+			if (autofs4_can_expire(dentry, timeout, do_now)) {
+				expired = dentry;
+				goto found;
+			}
+			goto next;
+		}
+
 		if (simple_empty(dentry))
 			goto next;