Why is autofs hanging on clients when trying to mount a share?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Mounting of filesystem with autofs deadlock.
  • processes hang in "D" state trying to access files under autofs mounts

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • autofs

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