The fbtft_framebuffer_alloc() calls fb_deferred_io_init() before initializing info->fix.smem_len. It is set to zero by the framebuffer_alloc() function. It will trigger a WARN_ON() at the start of fb_deferred_io_init() and the function will not do anything. Fixes: 856082f021a2 ("fbdev: defio: fix the pagelist corruption") Signed-off-by: Peter Suti <peter.suti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- V2 -> V3: Add patch changelog V1 -> V2: Change commit message and base on top of linux-next drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c index 9b3eaed80cdd..afaba94d1d1c 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c +++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c @@ -654,7 +654,6 @@ struct fb_info *fbtft_framebuffer_alloc(struct fbtft_display *display, fbdefio->delay = HZ / fps; fbdefio->sort_pagereflist = true; fbdefio->deferred_io = fbtft_deferred_io; - fb_deferred_io_init(info); snprintf(info->fix.id, sizeof(info->fix.id), "%s", dev->driver->name); info->fix.type = FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS; @@ -665,6 +664,7 @@ struct fb_info *fbtft_framebuffer_alloc(struct fbtft_display *display, info->fix.line_length = width * bpp / 8; info->fix.accel = FB_ACCEL_NONE; info->fix.smem_len = vmem_size; + fb_deferred_io_init(info); info->var.rotate = pdata->rotate; info->var.xres = width; -- 2.25.1