1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index a7e40ed8a076..70480a3aa698 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -752,19 +752,29 @@ static void do_smart_update(struct sem_array *sma, struct sembuf *sops, int nsop
                         int otime, struct list_head *pt)
 {
         int i;
+        int progress;
 
-        if (sma->complex_count || sops == NULL) {
-                if (update_queue(sma, -1, pt))
+        progress = 1;
+retry_global:
+        if (sma->complex_count) {
+                if (update_queue(sma, -1, pt)) {
+                        progress = 1;
                         otime = 1;
+                        sops = NULL;
+                }
         }
+        if (!progress)
+                goto done;
 
         if (!sops) {
                 /* No semops; something special is going on. */
                 for (i = 0; i < sma->sem_nsems; i++) {
-                        if (update_queue(sma, i, pt))
+                        if (update_queue(sma, i, pt)) {
                                 otime = 1;
+                                progress = 1;
+                        }
                 }
-                goto done;
+                goto done_checkretry;
         }
 
         /* Check the semaphores that were modified. */
@@ -772,8 +782,15 @@ static void do_smart_update(struct sem_array *sma, struct sembuf *sops, int nsop
                 if (sops[i].sem_op > 0 ||
                         (sops[i].sem_op < 0 &&
                                 sma->sem_base[sops[i].sem_num].semval == 0))
-                        if (update_queue(sma, sops[i].sem_num, pt))
+                        if (update_queue(sma, sops[i].sem_num, pt)) {
                                 otime = 1;
+                                progress = 1;
+                        }
+        }
+done_checkretry:
+        if (progress) {
+                progress = 0;
+                goto retry_global;
         }
 done:
         if (otime)