This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled misc: panel: properly restore atomic counter on error path to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: misc-panel-properly-restore-atomic-counter-on-error-path.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 7ddfddb3fc0afb2aa36e89b554f06c901c5fa36f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 11:56:40 +0200 Subject: misc: panel: properly restore atomic counter on error path commit 93dc1774d2a4c7a298d5cdf78cc8acdcb7b1428d upstream. Commit f4757af ("staging: panel: Fix single-open policy race condition") introduced in 3.19-rc1 attempted to fix a race condition on the open, but failed to properly do it and used to exit without restoring the semaphore. This results in -EBUSY being returned after the first open error until the module is reloaded or the system restarted (ie: consecutive to a dual open resulting in -EBUSY or to a permission error). Fixes: f4757af85 # 3.19-rc1 Cc: Mariusz Gorski <marius.gorski@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> [wt: driver is in misc/panel in 4.9] Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/panel.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/misc/panel.c +++ b/drivers/misc/panel.c @@ -1423,17 +1423,25 @@ static ssize_t lcd_write(struct file *fi static int lcd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { + int ret; + + ret = -EBUSY; if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&lcd_available)) - return -EBUSY; /* open only once at a time */ + goto fail; /* open only once at a time */ + ret = -EPERM; if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) /* device is write-only */ - return -EPERM; + goto fail; if (lcd.must_clear) { lcd_clear_display(); lcd.must_clear = false; } return nonseekable_open(inode, file); + + fail: + atomic_inc(&lcd_available); + return ret; } static int lcd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) @@ -1696,14 +1704,21 @@ static ssize_t keypad_read(struct file * static int keypad_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { + int ret; + + ret = -EBUSY; if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&keypad_available)) - return -EBUSY; /* open only once at a time */ + goto fail; /* open only once at a time */ + ret = -EPERM; if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) /* device is read-only */ - return -EPERM; + goto fail; keypad_buflen = 0; /* flush the buffer on opening */ return 0; + fail: + atomic_inc(&keypad_available); + return ret; } static int keypad_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from w@xxxxxx are queue-4.9/misc-panel-properly-restore-atomic-counter-on-error-path.patch