FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fbdev: ssd1307fb: defer I2C transfers from damage callbacks" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 9ad709afdfa32509ed64938a6d9cd00db3cd54c2
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090350-babble-bobbing-7765@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 9ad709afdfa32509ed64938a6d9cd00db3cd54c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hui Su <sh_def@163.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 02:39:57 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fbdev: ssd1307fb: defer I2C transfers from damage callbacks

The fbdev damage callbacks may run from fbcon while printk has disabled
preemption.  They currently update the display synchronously, which enters
the sleeping I2C transfer path from atomic context.

A complete report from an RK3566 system follows:

  [  258.129004] watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop!
  [  258.129067] BUG: scheduling while atomic: systemd/1/0x00000003
  [  258.129076] Modules linked in: algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep
  binfmt_misc lz4hc lz4 zram snd_soc_hdmi_codec brcmfmac_wcc hci_uart
  fb_ssd1306(C) fbtft(C) btqca btrtl btintel btsdio snd_soc_simple_card
  motorcomm pwm_fan snd_soc_simple_card_utils ssd130x_spi nls_iso8859_1
  ssd130x btbcm drm_shmem_helper display_connector brcmfmac ssd1307fb
  brcmutil bluetooth cfg80211 rfkill snd_soc_rockchip_i2s_tdm
  snd_soc_rk817 hantro_vpu snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine
  v4l2_vp9 snd_pcm v4l2_h264 rockchip_rga snd_timer rk_crypto2
  spi_rockchip_sfc videobuf2_dma_contig snd sm3_generic v4l2_mem2mem
  videobuf2_dma_sg dwmac_rk sm3 soundcore videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2
  stmmac_platform dw_hdmi_cec videodev videobuf2_common dw_hdmi_i2s_audio
  stmmac rk817_charger pcs_xpcs mc cpufreq_dt sch_fq_codel ip_tables
  x_tables autofs4
  [  258.129215] Preemption disabled at:
  [  258.129216] [<ffff80008012f96c>] vprintk_emit+0x11c/0x340
  [  258.129234] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Tainted: G         C
  6.6.0-rc5-rockchip-rk356x #4
  [  258.129239] Hardware name: Rockchip RK3566 OPi 3B (DT)
  [  258.129243] Call trace:
  [  258.129245]  dump_backtrace+0xa0/0x128
  [  258.129252]  show_stack+0x20/0x38
  [  258.129256]  dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0xb0
  [  258.129265]  dump_stack+0x18/0x28
  [  258.129269]  __schedule_bug+0xa0/0xc8
  [  258.129274]  __schedule+0x9ac/0xd30
  [  258.129279]  schedule+0x60/0x100
  [  258.129282]  schedule_timeout+0x194/0x338
  [  258.129289]  rk3x_i2c_xfer_common.isra.0+0x384/0x498
  [  258.129296]  rk3x_i2c_xfer+0x20/0x60
  [  258.129300]  __i2c_transfer+0x194/0x648
  [  258.129308]  i2c_transfer+0x9c/0x130
  [  258.129313]  i2c_transfer_buffer_flags+0x64/0x98
  [  258.129318]  ssd1307fb_update_rect+0x42c/0x560 [ssd1307fb]
  [  258.129334]  ssd1307fb_defio_imageblit+0x34/0x50 [ssd1307fb]
  [  258.129343]  soft_cursor+0x13c/0x210
  [  258.129350]  bit_cursor+0x2dc/0x550
  [  258.129354]  fbcon_cursor+0xec/0x108
  [  258.129359]  hide_cursor+0x44/0xc8
  [  258.129365]  vt_console_print+0x398/0x3b0
  [  258.129370]  console_flush_all.isra.0+0x17c/0x410
  [  258.129377]  console_unlock+0x4c/0x100
  [  258.129382]  vprintk_emit+0x1c8/0x340
  [  258.129386]  vprintk_default+0x40/0x58
  [  258.129389]  vprintk+0xb8/0xd0
  [  258.129392]  _printk+0x68/0x98
  [  258.129398]  watchdog_release+0x170/0x230
  [  258.129404]  __fput+0xbc/0x288
  [  258.129409]  __fput_sync+0x58/0x70
  [  258.129413]  __arm64_sys_close+0x40/0x90
  [  258.129419]  invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x118
  [  258.129426]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0
  [  258.129432]  do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
  [  258.129437]  el0_svc+0x48/0x100
  [  258.129443]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc0/0xc8
  [  258.129448]  el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198
  [  258.573087] ------------[ cut here ]------------
  [  258.573098] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(val > preempt_count())
  [  258.573111] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at kernel/sched/core.c:5871
  preempt_count_sub+0x9c/0x148
  [  258.573130] Modules linked in: algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep
  binfmt_misc lz4hc lz4 zram snd_soc_hdmi_codec brcmfmac_wcc hci_uart
  fb_ssd1306(C) fbtft(C) btqca btrtl btintel btsdio snd_soc_simple_card
  motorcomm pwm_fan snd_soc_simple_card_utils ssd130x_spi nls_iso8859_1
  ssd130x btbcm drm_shmem_helper display_connector brcmfmac ssd1307fb
  brcmutil bluetooth cfg80211 rfkill snd_soc_rockchip_i2s_tdm
  snd_soc_rk817 hantro_vpu snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine
  v4l2_vp9 snd_pcm v4l2_h264 rockchip_rga snd_timer rk_crypto2
  spi_rockchip_sfc videobuf2_dma_contig snd sm3_generic v4l2_mem2mem
  videobuf2_dma_sg dwmac_rk sm3 soundcore videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2
  stmmac_platform dw_hdmi_cec videodev videobuf2_common dw_hdmi_i2s_audio
  stmmac rk817_charger pcs_xpcs mc cpufreq_dt sch_fq_codel ip_tables
  x_tables autofs4
  [  258.573268] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Tainted: G        WC
  6.6.0-rc5-rockchip-rk356x #4
  [  258.573274] Hardware name: Rockchip RK3566 OPi 3B (DT)
  ** 37 printk messages dropped **
  [  258.574064] Preemption disabled at:
  ** 42 printk messages dropped **
  [  259.190237] Preemption disabled at:

Track damage in the driver's private data under a spinlock and merge
multiple updates into a bounding rectangle.  Queue the existing
deferred-I/O work immediately for damage reported by fbdev drawing and
write helpers, so allocation and I2C transfers run from process context
without adding the configured mmap refresh delay.  Keep full-screen
updates for dirty mmap pages, for which no precise rectangle is available.

Tested on an RK3566 board with a 128x64 OLED by running five rounds of 250
KERN_EMERG messages in total while issuing framebuffer writes every 15 ms.
No atomic-sleep, preemption, or lockdep warning occurred.  Kprobe tracing
also confirmed that cursor-only damage remained an 8x16 partial update.

Fixes: a2ed00da5047 ("drivers/video: add support for the Solomon SSD1307 OLED Controller")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hui Su <sh_def@163.com>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
index 644b8d97b381..c4fdecafd856 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/property.h>
 #include <linux/pwm.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
 
@@ -72,6 +73,13 @@ struct ssd1307fb_par {
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	u32 height;
 	struct fb_info *info;
+	/* Pending damage, with exclusive x2/y2, protected by damage_lock. */
+	spinlock_t damage_lock;
+	bool damage_pending;
+	u32 damage_x1;
+	u32 damage_x2;
+	u32 damage_y1;
+	u32 damage_y2;
 	u8 lookup_table[4];
 	u32 page_offset;
 	u32 col_offset;
@@ -302,19 +310,49 @@ static int ssd1307fb_blank(int blank_mode, struct fb_info *info)
 		return ssd1307fb_write_cmd(par->client, SSD1307FB_DISPLAY_ON);
 }
 
+static void ssd1307fb_schedule_damage(struct fb_info *info, u32 x, u32 y,
+				      u32 width, u32 height)
+{
+	struct ssd1307fb_par *par = info->par;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	u32 x2, y2;
+
+	if (!width || !height || x >= par->width || y >= par->height)
+		return;
+
+	x2 = x + min(width, par->width - x);
+	y2 = y + min(height, par->height - y);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&par->damage_lock, flags);
+	if (par->damage_pending) {
+		par->damage_x1 = min(par->damage_x1, x);
+		par->damage_y1 = min(par->damage_y1, y);
+		par->damage_x2 = max(par->damage_x2, x2);
+		par->damage_y2 = max(par->damage_y2, y2);
+	} else {
+		par->damage_x1 = x;
+		par->damage_y1 = y;
+		par->damage_x2 = x2;
+		par->damage_y2 = y2;
+		par->damage_pending = true;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&par->damage_lock, flags);
+
+	/* Advance an already-pending mmap update as well. */
+	mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &info->deferred_work, 0);
+}
+
 static void ssd1307fb_defio_damage_range(struct fb_info *info, off_t off, size_t len)
 {
 	struct ssd1307fb_par *par = info->par;
 
-	ssd1307fb_update_display(par);
+	ssd1307fb_schedule_damage(info, 0, 0, par->width, par->height);
 }
 
 static void ssd1307fb_defio_damage_area(struct fb_info *info, u32 x, u32 y,
 					u32 width, u32 height)
 {
-	struct ssd1307fb_par *par = info->par;
-
-	ssd1307fb_update_rect(par, x, y, width, height);
+	ssd1307fb_schedule_damage(info, x, y, width, height);
 }
 
 FB_GEN_DEFAULT_DEFERRED_SYSMEM_OPS(ssd1307fb,
@@ -329,7 +367,30 @@ static const struct fb_ops ssd1307fb_ops = {
 
 static void ssd1307fb_deferred_io(struct fb_info *info, struct list_head *pagereflist)
 {
-	ssd1307fb_update_display(info->par);
+	struct ssd1307fb_par *par = info->par;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	u32 x, y, width, height;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&par->damage_lock, flags);
+	if (!list_empty(pagereflist)) {
+		x = 0;
+		y = 0;
+		width = par->width;
+		height = par->height;
+		par->damage_pending = false;
+	} else if (par->damage_pending) {
+		x = par->damage_x1;
+		y = par->damage_y1;
+		width = par->damage_x2 - par->damage_x1;
+		height = par->damage_y2 - par->damage_y1;
+		par->damage_pending = false;
+	} else {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&par->damage_lock, flags);
+		return;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&par->damage_lock, flags);
+
+	ssd1307fb_update_rect(par, x, y, width, height);
 }
 
 static int ssd1307fb_init(struct ssd1307fb_par *par)
@@ -601,6 +662,7 @@ static int ssd1307fb_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	par = info->par;
 	par->info = info;
 	par->client = client;
+	spin_lock_init(&par->damage_lock);
 
 	par->device_info = device_get_match_data(dev);