}
 
 int udl_submit_urb(struct drm_device *dev, struct urb *urb, size_t len);
+int udl_sync_pending_urbs(struct drm_device *dev);
 void udl_urb_completion(struct urb *urb);
 
 int udl_init(struct udl_device *udl);
 
        return ret;
 }
 
+/* wait until all pending URBs have been processed */
+int udl_sync_pending_urbs(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+       struct udl_device *udl = to_udl(dev);
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       spin_lock_irq(&udl->urbs.lock);
+       /* 2 seconds as a sane timeout */
+       if (!wait_event_lock_irq_timeout(udl->urbs.sleep,
+                                        udl->urbs.available == udl->urbs.count,
+                                        udl->urbs.lock,
+                                        msecs_to_jiffies(2000)))
+               ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+       spin_unlock_irq(&udl->urbs.lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 int udl_init(struct udl_device *udl)
 {
        struct drm_device *dev = &udl->drm;