[PATCH] drm/radeon: avoid printing NULL strings

[PATCH] drm/radeon: avoid printing NULL strings

[Arnd Bergmann]

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

gcc-10 warns about some printf format strings that are used to
unconditionally print a NULL string pointer from some call
sites:

In function 'evergreen_surface_check',
    inlined from 'evergreen_cs_track_validate_stencil' at drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c:592:6,
    inlined from 'evergreen_cs_track_check' at drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c:995:8:
include/linux/dev_printk.h:156:24: error: '%s' directive argument is null [-Werror=format-overflow=]
  156 |  dev_printk_index_wrap(_dev_warn, KERN_WARNING, dev, dev_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)

This is harmless here because the kernel prints them as "(null)", but
still breaks the build when compiling with -Werror.

Pass empty strings instead to avoid these warnings.

Fixes: 285484e2d55e ("drm/radeon: add support for evergreen/ni tiling informations v11")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
index daaeae6ba141..550e8f35c7d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ static int evergreen_cs_track_validate_stencil(struct radeon_cs_parser *p)
 		return r;
 	}
 
-	r = evergreen_surface_check(p, &surf, NULL);
+	r = evergreen_surface_check(p, &surf, "");
 	if (r) {
 		/* old userspace doesn't compute proper depth/stencil alignment
 		 * check that alignment against a bigger byte per elements and
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static int evergreen_cs_track_validate_texture(struct radeon_cs_parser *p,
 	}
 
 	/* align height */
-	evergreen_surface_check(p, &surf, NULL);
+	evergreen_surface_check(p, &surf, "");
 	surf.nby = ALIGN(surf.nby, surf.halign);
 
 	r = evergreen_surface_check(p, &surf, "texture");
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static int evergreen_cs_track_validate_texture(struct radeon_cs_parser *p,
 				surf.mode = ARRAY_1D_TILED_THIN1;
 			}
 			/* recompute alignment */
-			evergreen_surface_check(p, &surf, NULL);
+			evergreen_surface_check(p, &surf, "");
 			break;
 		case ARRAY_LINEAR_GENERAL:
 		case ARRAY_LINEAR_ALIGNED:
-- 
2.39.5

[PATCH] drm/radeon/evergreen_cs: Add missing NULL prefix check in surface check

[Vitaliy Triang3l Kuzmin]

'evergreen_surface_check' is called with a NULL warning prefix when
handling potentially recoverable issues or just to compute the alignment
requirements, and 'evergreen_surface_check' is called again in case of
failure (with the correct prefix, as opposed to NULL), therefore, the
initial check must not print a warning, because the surface may be
accepted successfully after having been corrected, however if it isn't,
the final check will print the warning anyway. The surface check
functions specific to array modes already implement this behavior, but
the 'evergreen_surface_check' function itself doesn't.

This is also supposed to fix the "'%s' directive argument is null
[-Werror=format-overflow=]" compiler warning.

Fixes: 285484e2d55e ("drm/radeon: add support for evergreen/ni tiling informations v11")
Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Triang3l Kuzmin <ml@triang3l.ru>
---
  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c | 6 ++++--
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
index 3142ef4da7f4..9196f85db9ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
@@ -312,8 +312,10 @@ static int evergreen_surface_check(struct radeon_cs_parser *p,
  	case ARRAY_2D_TILED_THIN1:
  		return evergreen_surface_check_2d(p, surf, prefix);
  	default:
-		dev_warn(p->dev, "%s:%d %s invalid array mode %d\n",
-				__func__, __LINE__, prefix, surf->mode);
+		if (prefix) {
+			dev_warn(p->dev, "%s:%d %s invalid array mode %d\n",
+					__func__, __LINE__, prefix, surf->mode);
+		}
  		return -EINVAL;
  	}
  	return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH] drm/radeon/evergreen_cs: Add missing NULL prefix check in surface check

[Vitaliy Triang3l Kuzmin]

'evergreen_surface_check' is called with a NULL warning prefix when
handling potentially recoverable issues or just to compute the alignment
requirements, and 'evergreen_surface_check' is called again in case of
failure (with the correct prefix, as opposed to NULL), therefore, the
initial check must not print a warning, because the surface may be
accepted successfully after having been corrected, however if it isn't,
the final check will print the warning anyway. The surface check
functions specific to array modes already implement this behavior, but
the 'evergreen_surface_check' function itself doesn't.

This is also supposed to fix the "'%s' directive argument is null
[-Werror=format-overflow=]" compiler warning.

Fixes: 285484e2d55e ("drm/radeon: add support for evergreen/ni tiling informations v11")
Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Triang3l Kuzmin <ml@triang3l.ru>
---
  drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c | 6 ++++--
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
index 3142ef4da7f4..9196f85db9ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
@@ -312,8 +312,10 @@ static int evergreen_surface_check(struct radeon_cs_parser *p,
  	case ARRAY_2D_TILED_THIN1:
  		return evergreen_surface_check_2d(p, surf, prefix);
  	default:
-		dev_warn(p->dev, "%s:%d %s invalid array mode %d\n",
-				__func__, __LINE__, prefix, surf->mode);
+		if (prefix) {
+			dev_warn(p->dev, "%s:%d %s invalid array mode %d\n",
+					__func__, __LINE__, prefix, surf->mode);
+		}
  		return -EINVAL;
  	}
  	return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: avoid printing NULL strings

[Vitaliy Triang3l Kuzmin]

Nice catch, but NAK on the proposed solution.

The NULL prefix is passed to 'evergreen_surface_check' intentionally to
disable printing the warnings, and explicitly handled, but there's one
place where the NULL check was likely forgotten.

I've proposed a patch adding it there with a detailed explanation:
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-May/144615.html

Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon/evergreen_cs: Add missing NULL prefix check in surface check

[Alex Deucher]

Applied.  Thanks!

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 6:29 AM Vitaliy Triang3l Kuzmin <ml@triang3l.ru> wrote:
>
> 'evergreen_surface_check' is called with a NULL warning prefix when
> handling potentially recoverable issues or just to compute the alignment
> requirements, and 'evergreen_surface_check' is called again in case of
> failure (with the correct prefix, as opposed to NULL), therefore, the
> initial check must not print a warning, because the surface may be
> accepted successfully after having been corrected, however if it isn't,
> the final check will print the warning anyway. The surface check
> functions specific to array modes already implement this behavior, but
> the 'evergreen_surface_check' function itself doesn't.
>
> This is also supposed to fix the "'%s' directive argument is null
> [-Werror=format-overflow=]" compiler warning.
>
> Fixes: 285484e2d55e ("drm/radeon: add support for evergreen/ni tiling informations v11")
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Triang3l Kuzmin <ml@triang3l.ru>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c | 6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
> index 3142ef4da7f4..9196f85db9ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_cs.c
> @@ -312,8 +312,10 @@ static int evergreen_surface_check(struct radeon_cs_parser *p,
>         case ARRAY_2D_TILED_THIN1:
>                 return evergreen_surface_check_2d(p, surf, prefix);
>         default:
> -               dev_warn(p->dev, "%s:%d %s invalid array mode %d\n",
> -                               __func__, __LINE__, prefix, surf->mode);
> +               if (prefix) {
> +                       dev_warn(p->dev, "%s:%d %s invalid array mode %d\n",
> +                                       __func__, __LINE__, prefix, surf->mode);
> +               }
>                 return -EINVAL;
>         }
>         return -EINVAL;
> --
> 2.43.0
>