Re: [PATCH 5.8 101/186] drm/radeon: Prefer lower feedback dividers

[Christian König]

Hi Greg,

please drop that patch. It turned out to break a lot of different setups 
and we are going to revert it now.

Thanks,
Christian.

Am 08.09.20 um 17:24 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> From: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit fc8c70526bd30733ea8667adb8b8ffebea30a8ed ]
>
> Commit 2e26ccb119bd ("drm/radeon: prefer lower reference dividers")
> fixed screen flicker for HP Compaq nx9420 but breaks other laptops like
> Asus X50SL.
>
> Turns out we also need to favor lower feedback dividers.
>
> Users confirmed this change fixes the regression and doesn't regress the
> original fix.
>
> Fixes: 2e26ccb119bd ("drm/radeon: prefer lower reference dividers")
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> Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
> index df1a7eb736517..840c4bf6307fd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c
> @@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static void avivo_get_fb_ref_div(unsigned nom, unsigned den, unsigned post_div,
>   
>   	/* get matching reference and feedback divider */
>   	*ref_div = min(max(den/post_div, 1u), ref_div_max);
> -	*fb_div = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(nom * *ref_div * post_div, den);
> +	*fb_div = max(nom * *ref_div * post_div / den, 1u);
>   
>   	/* limit fb divider to its maximum */
>   	if (*fb_div > fb_div_max) {