* lisp/font-lock.el (font-lock-flush, font-lock-ensure): New functions.

(font-lock-fontify-buffer): Mark interactive-only.
(font-lock-multiline, font-lock-fontified, font-lock-set-defaults):
Make buffer-local.
(font-lock-specified-p): Remove redundant boundp check.
(font-lock-flush-function, font-lock-ensure-function): New vars.
(font-lock-turn-on-thing-lock): Set them.
(font-lock-default-fontify-buffer): Obey font-lock-dont-widen.
(font-lock-after-change-function): Make `old-len' optional.
(font-lock-set-defaults): Remove redundant `set' of font-lock-defaults.
Call font-lock-flush, just in case.
* lisp/progmodes/verilog-mode.el (verilog-preprocess): Disable workaround in
recent Emacsen.
* lisp/progmodes/vera-mode.el (vera-fontify-buffer): Declare obsolete.
(vera-mode-map, vera-mode-menu): Remove bindings to it.
* lisp/progmodes/idlw-help.el (idlwave-help-fontify): Use font-lock-ensure
and with-syntax-table.
* lisp/textmodes/conf-mode.el (conf-quote-normal):
* lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el (sh-set-shell):
* lisp/progmodes/prog-mode.el (prettify-symbols-mode):
* lisp/progmodes/f90.el (f90-font-lock-n):
* lisp/progmodes/cwarn.el (cwarn-mode):
* lisp/nxml/nxml-mode.el (nxml-toggle-char-ref-extra-display):
* lisp/progmodes/compile.el (compilation-setup, compilation--unsetup):
* lisp/hi-lock.el (hi-lock-mode, hi-lock-unface-buffer)
(hi-lock-set-pattern, hi-lock-set-file-patterns): Use font-lock-flush.
* lisp/mail/rmail.el (rmail-variables): Set font-lock-dont-widen instead of
font-lock-fontify-buffer-function and
font-lock-unfontify-buffer-function.
(rmail-unfontify-buffer-function, rmail-fontify-message):
Use with-silent-modifications.
* lisp/htmlfontify.el (hfy-force-fontification): Use jit-lock-fontify-now
and font-lock-ensure.
* lisp/bs.el (bs-show-in-buffer): Use font-lock-ensure.
* lisp/gnus/mm-view.el (mm-display-inline-fontify): Use font-lock-ensure.
* lisp/gnus/gnus-cite.el (gnus-message-citation-mode): Use font-lock-flush.
* lisp/org/org-compat.el (org-font-lock-ensure): New function.
* lisp/org/ox-odt.el (org-odt-do-format-code):
* lisp/org/ox-html.el (org-html-fontify-code):
* lisp/org/org.el (org-fontify-like-in-org-mode):
* lisp/org/org-src.el (org-src-font-lock-fontify-block):
* lisp/org/org-clock.el (org-clock-get-clocktable): Use it.
* lisp/org/ox-org.el (org-org-publish-to-org): Use it.  Avoid using find-file
from Elisp.
* test/automated/ruby-mode-tests.el (ruby-assert-face): Use font-lock-ensure.
(ruby-interpolation-keeps-non-quote-syntax): Use syntax-propertize.

lisp/hi-lock.el

@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ versions before 22 use the following in your init file:
 	(font-lock-remove-keywords nil hi-lock-file-patterns)
 	(setq hi-lock-file-patterns nil))
       (remove-overlays nil nil 'hi-lock-overlay t)
-      (when font-lock-fontified (font-lock-fontify-buffer)))
+      (font-lock-flush))
     (define-key-after menu-bar-edit-menu [hi-lock] nil)
     (remove-hook 'font-lock-mode-hook 'hi-lock-font-lock-hook t)))
 
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ then remove all hi-lock highlighting."
             (delq keyword hi-lock-interactive-patterns))
       (remove-overlays
        nil nil 'hi-lock-overlay-regexp (hi-lock--hashcons (car keyword)))
-      (when font-lock-fontified (font-lock-fontify-buffer)))))
+      (font-lock-flush))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun hi-lock-write-interactive-patterns ()
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ with completion and history."
       (if (and font-lock-mode (font-lock-specified-p major-mode))
 	  (progn
 	    (font-lock-add-keywords nil (list pattern) t)
-	    (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
+	    (font-lock-flush))
         (let* ((range-min (- (point) (/ hi-lock-highlight-range 2)))
                (range-max (+ (point) (/ hi-lock-highlight-range 2)))
                (search-start
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ with completion and history."
     (font-lock-remove-keywords nil hi-lock-file-patterns)
     (setq hi-lock-file-patterns patterns)
     (font-lock-add-keywords nil hi-lock-file-patterns t)
-    (font-lock-fontify-buffer)))
+    (font-lock-flush)))
 
 (defun hi-lock-find-patterns ()
   "Find patterns in current buffer for hi-lock."