This is fixed in Oneiric via autofs5 5.0.6 via:
From 52b4b907f4b41b09bde71da43b0325f4659d7e37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Kent <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:42:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] autofs-5.0.5 - fix stale map read
A previous patch to fix direct maps not updating on re-read has
a side effect of causing maps to always be re-read on lookup.
This is because, following the application of the previous patch,
the map stale status is no longer being updated on a successful
map read.
This is fixed in Oneiric via autofs5 5.0.6 via: 9bde71da43b0325 f4659d7e37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From 52b4b907f4b41b0
From: Ian Kent <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:42:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] autofs-5.0.5 - fix stale map read
A previous patch to fix direct maps not updating on re-read has
a side effect of causing maps to always be re-read on lookup.
This is because, following the application of the previous patch,
the map stale status is no longer being updated on a successful
map read.