Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu/display: initialize the variable 'i'

Simon Ser
2021-02-22T23:51:23Z

On Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at 12:44 AM, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:05:17PM +0000, Simon Ser wrote:
> > On Monday, February 22nd, 2021 at 8:25 PM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > >> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c:9804:38:
> > > >> warning: variable 'i' is uninitialized when used here
> > > >> [-Wuninitialized]
> > > timing = &edid->detailed_timings[i];
> > > ^
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c:9714:7:
> > > note: initialize the variable 'i' to silence this warning
> > > int i;
> > > ^
> > > = 0
> > > 1 warning generated.
> > >
> > > Initialize the variable 'i'.
> >
> > Hm, I see this variable already initialized in the loop:
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
> >
> > This is the branch agd5f/drm-next.
>
> That is in the
>
> if (amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_sink->sink_signal == SIGNAL_TYPE_DISPLAY_PORT
> || amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_sink->sink_signal == SIGNAL_TYPE_EDP) {
>
> branch not the
>
> } else if (edid && amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_sink->sink_signal == SIGNAL_TYPE_HDMI_TYPE_A) {
>
> branch, where i is indeed used uninitialized like clang complains about.
>
> I am not at all familiar with the code so I cannot say if this fix is
> the proper one but it is definitely a legitimate issue.

I think you have an outdated branch. In my checkout, i is not used in the first
branch, and is initialized in the second one.