OK, the fixs included in the previous 4.16.1-2.g98a8438-default are now in stable branch. Could you check the kernel in OBS Kernel:stable works now equivalently? I also updated again again home:tiwai:bnc1088658 repo based on 4.16.2. If you have time, please try it again for double-check whether the further DMA allocation change causes the problem. And, the rest flickering is a different cause, I suppose. Do you see any kernel message if filtering happens?