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    fbdev: flush deferred work in fb_deferred_io_fsync() · 15e4c1f4
    Nam Cao authored
    The driver's fsync() is supposed to flush any pending operation to
    hardware. It is implemented in this driver by cancelling the queued
    deferred IO first, then schedule it for "immediate execution" by calling
    schedule_delayed_work() again with delay=0. However, setting delay=0
    only means the work is scheduled immediately, it does not mean the work
    is executed immediately. There is no guarantee that the work is finished
    after schedule_delayed_work() returns. After this driver's fsync()
    returns, there can still be pending work. Furthermore, if close() is
    called by users immediately after fsync(), the pending work gets
    cancelled and fsync() may do nothing.
    
    To ensure that the deferred IO completes, use flush_delayed_work()
    instead. Write operations to this driver either write to the device
    directly, or invoke schedule_delayed_work(); so by flushing the
    workqueue, it can be guaranteed that all previous writes make it to the
    device.
    
    Fixes: 5e841b88 ("fb: fsync() method for deferred I/O flush.")
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHelge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
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