Patch "drm/amdgpu/dce: Don't turn off DP sink when disconnected" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

@@ -69,25 +69,18 @@ void amdgpu_connector_hotplug(struct drm
 		/* don't do anything if sink is not display port, i.e.,
 		 * passive dp->(dvi|hdmi) adaptor
 		 */
-		if (dig_connector->dp_sink_type == CONNECTOR_OBJECT_ID_DISPLAYPORT) {
-			int saved_dpms = connector->dpms;
-			/* Only turn off the display if it's physically disconnected */
-			if (!amdgpu_display_hpd_sense(adev, amdgpu_connector->hpd.hpd)) {
-				drm_helper_connector_dpms(connector, DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF);
-			} else if (amdgpu_atombios_dp_needs_link_train(amdgpu_connector)) {
-				/* Don't try to start link training before we
-				 * have the dpcd */
-				if (amdgpu_atombios_dp_get_dpcd(amdgpu_connector))
-					return;
+		if (dig_connector->dp_sink_type == CONNECTOR_OBJECT_ID_DISPLAYPORT &&
+		    amdgpu_display_hpd_sense(adev, amdgpu_connector->hpd.hpd) &&
+		    amdgpu_atombios_dp_needs_link_train(amdgpu_connector)) {
+			/* Don't start link training before we have the DPCD */
+			if (amdgpu_atombios_dp_get_dpcd(amdgpu_connector))
+				return;
 
-				/* set it to OFF so that drm_helper_connector_dpms()
-				 * won't return immediately since the current state
-				 * is ON at this point.
-				 */
-				connector->dpms = DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF;
-				drm_helper_connector_dpms(connector, DRM_MODE_DPMS_ON);
-			}
-			connector->dpms = saved_dpms;
+			/* Turn the connector off and back on immediately, which
+			 * will trigger link training
+			 */
+			drm_helper_connector_dpms(connector, DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF);
+			drm_helper_connector_dpms(connector, DRM_MODE_DPMS_ON);
 		}
 	}
 }