Merge tag 'v4.4.177' into toradex_vf_4.4-nextColibri-VF_LXDE-Image_2.8b6.183-20190331

This is the 4.4.177 stable release

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
index ad7eba5ca380..34234c233851 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
@@ -307,6 +307,16 @@ down_write_failed(struct ld_semaphore *sem, long count, long timeout)
 	if (!locked)
 		ldsem_atomic_update(-LDSEM_WAIT_BIAS, sem);
 	list_del(&waiter.list);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of timeout, wake up every reader who gave the right of way
+	 * to writer. Prevent separation readers into two groups:
+	 * one that helds semaphore and another that sleeps.
+	 * (in case of no contention with a writer)
+	 */
+	if (!locked && list_empty(&sem->write_wait))
+		__ldsem_wake_readers(sem);
+
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
 
 	__set_task_state(tsk, TASK_RUNNING);