/var/log/messages filling up with message 'dev_ioctl_send_fail:xxx: AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_FAIL: error Invalid argument'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • /var/log/messages is being filled up by below logs:
Jul 13 14:04:00 serverX automount[1772]: do_mount_indirect: indirect trigger not valid or already mounted /home/DIR
Jul 13 14:04:00 serverX automount[1772]: dev_ioctl_send_fail:499: AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_FAIL: error Invalid argument

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • autofs-5.0.7-116.el7_9.x86_64

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