The patch below does not apply to the 4.16-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.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 9c305eb442f3b371fc722ade827bbf673514123e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Armstrong narmstrong@baylibre.com Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:44:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Fix overflow workaround for Amlogic Meson GX SoCs
The Amlogic Meson GX SoCs, embedded the v2.01a controller, has been also identified needing this workaround. This patch adds the corresponding version to enable a single iteration for this specific version.
Fixes: be41fc55f1aa ("drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Handle overflow workaround based on device version") Acked-by: Archit Taneja architt@codeaurora.org [narmstrong: s/identifies/identified and rebased against Jernej's change] Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong narmstrong@baylibre.com Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1519386277-25902-1-git-send-em...
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c index f9802399cc0d..53ebbe2904b6 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c @@ -1654,6 +1654,8 @@ static void dw_hdmi_clear_overflow(struct dw_hdmi *hdmi) * (v1.31a) and multiple Allwinner SoCs (v1.32a) have been identified * as needing the workaround, with 4 iterations for v1.30a and 1 * iteration for others. + * The Amlogic Meson GX SoCs (v2.01a) have been identified as needing + * the workaround with a single iteration. */
switch (hdmi->version) { @@ -1662,6 +1664,7 @@ static void dw_hdmi_clear_overflow(struct dw_hdmi *hdmi) break; case 0x131a: case 0x132a: + case 0x201a: count = 1; break; default: