FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm/ast: Use msleep instead of mdelay for edid read" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-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>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x c7c31f8dc54aa3c9b2c994b5f1ff7e740a654e97
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025092920-backspin-glade-7b6c@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From c7c31f8dc54aa3c9b2c994b5f1ff7e740a654e97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nirmoy Das <nirmoyd@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:43:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] drm/ast: Use msleep instead of mdelay for edid read

The busy-waiting in `mdelay()` can cause CPU stalls and kernel timeouts
during boot.

Signed-off-by: Nirmoy Das <nirmoyd@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Tested-by: Carol L Soto csoto@nvidia.com<mailto:csoto@nvidia.com>
Fixes: 594e9c04b586 ("drm/ast: Create the driver for ASPEED proprietory Display-Port")
Cc: KuoHsiang Chou <kuohsiang_chou@aspeedtech.com>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
Cc: Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@redhat.com>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.19+
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250917194346.2905522-1-nirmoyd@nvidia.com

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp.c
index 19c04687b0fe..8e650a02c528 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int ast_astdp_read_edid_block(void *data, u8 *buf, unsigned int block, si
 			 * 3. The Delays are often longer a lot when system resume from S3/S4.
 			 */
 			if (j)
-				mdelay(j + 1);
+				msleep(j + 1);
 
 			/* Wait for EDID offset to show up in mirror register */
 			vgacrd7 = ast_get_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_VGACRI, 0xd7);