Re: [PATCH] drm/atmel_hlcdc: Fix uninitialized variable

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 10/4/24 09:08, Advait Dhamorikar wrote:
> atmel_hlcdc_plane_update_buffers: may use an uninitialized
> sr variable when the if condition remains unsatisfied
> 

As mentioned in my response to another one of your patches,
include how you found the problem in the change log.

> Signed-off-by: Advait Dhamorikar <advaitdhamorikar@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_plane.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_plane.c
> index 4a7ba0918eca..4150c4d0b4f2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_plane.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_plane.c
> @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static void atmel_hlcdc_plane_update_buffers(struct atmel_hlcdc_plane *plane,
>   	const struct atmel_hlcdc_layer_desc *desc = plane->layer.desc;
>   	struct atmel_hlcdc_dc *dc = plane->base.dev->dev_private;
>   	struct drm_framebuffer *fb = state->base.fb;
> -	u32 sr;
> +	u32 sr = 0;
  
>   	int i;
>   
>   	if (!dc->desc->is_xlcdc)

sr could be used uninitialized in the for loop, !dc->desc->is_xlcdc
case. However, is 0 the right initialization for this value?

thanks,
-- Shuah