Re: Missing backport of 3c591faadd8a ("Reapply "Revert drm/amd/display: Enable Freesync Video Mode by default"") in 6.1.y stable series?

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 09:22:38AM +0900, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 08:32:24PM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > Hi Alex
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 09:47:35PM +0000, Deucher, Alexander wrote:
> > > [Public]
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <salvatore.bonaccorso@gmail.com> On Behalf Of
> > > > Salvatore Bonaccorso
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 3:18 PM
> > > > To: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>; Sasha Levin
> > > > <sashal@kernel.org>; Deucher, Alexander <Alexander.Deucher@amd.com>;
> > > > Hamza Mahfooz <hamza.mahfooz@amd.com>
> > > > Subject: Missing backport of 3c591faadd8a ("Reapply "Revert drm/amd/display:
> > > > Enable Freesync Video Mode by default"") in 6.1.y stable series?
> > > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > We got in Debian a request to backport 3c591faadd8a ("Reapply "Revert
> > > > drm/amd/display: Enable Freesync Video Mode by default"") for the kernel in Debian
> > > > bookworm, based on 6.1.y stable series.
> > > >
> > > > https://bugs.debian.org/1119232
> > > >
> > > > While looking at he request, I noticed that the series of commits had a bit of a
> > > > convuluted history.  AFAICT the story began with:
> > > >
> > > > de05abe6b9d0 ("drm/amd/display: Enable Freesync Video Mode by default"), this
> > > > landed in 5.18-rc1 (and backported to v6.1.5, v6.0.19).
> > > >
> > > > This was then reverted with 4243c84aa082 ("Revert "drm/amd/display:
> > > > Enable Freesync Video Mode by default""), which landed in v6.3-rc1 (and in turn
> > > > was backported to v6.1.53).
> > > >
> > > > So far we are in sync.
> > > >
> > > > The above was then reverted again, via 11b92df8a2f7 ("Revert "Revert
> > > > drm/amd/display: Enable Freesync Video Mode by default"") applied in
> > > > v6.5-rc1 and as well backported to v6.1.53 (so still in sync).
> > > >
> > > > Now comes were we are diverging: 3c591faadd8a ("Reapply "Revert
> > > > drm/amd/display: Enable Freesync Video Mode by default"") got applied later on,
> > > > landing in v6.9-rc1 but *not* in 6.1.y anymore.
> > > >
> > > > I suspect this one was not applied to 6.1.y because in meanwhile there was a
> > > > conflict to cherry-pick it cleanly due to context changes due to
> > > > 3e094a287526 ("drm/amd/display: Use drm_connector in create_stream_for_sink").
> > > >
> > > > If this is correct, then the 6.1.y series can be brough in sync with cherry-picking the
> > > > commit and adjust the context around the change.
> > > > I'm attaching the proposed change.
> > > >
> > > > Alex in particular, does that make sense?
> > > 
> > > Yes, that makes sense to me.
> > 
> > Thanks for the confirmation. Greg, Sasha so can this be picked up as
> > well for 6.1.y? The patch was attached in previous message, but I can
> > resubmit it if needed.
> 
> can you resubmit please?
> 

Nevermind, I found it, I'll go queue it up now, thanks.

greg k-h