drm/fb-helper: Add fb_deferred_io support
This adds deferred io support to drm_fb_helper. The fbdev framebuffer changes are flushed using the callback (struct drm_framebuffer *)->funcs->dirty() by a dedicated worker ensuring that it always runs in process context. For those wondering why we need to be able to handle atomic calling contexts: Both panic paths and cursor code and fbcon blanking can run from atomic. See commit bcb39af4 Author: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> Date: Thu Feb 7 11:19:15 2013 +1000 drm/udl: make usage as a console safer for where this was originally discovered. Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> [danvet: Augment commit message with why we need to handle atomic contexts.] Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Link: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1461856717-6476-4-git-send-email-noralf@tronnes.org
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