[PATCH] drm/msm/dpu: avoid uninitialized variable use

Arnd Bergmann arnd at kernel.org
Thu Aug 7 07:19:48 UTC 2025


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>

clang-21 points out a variable that is conditionally initialized
but then dereferenced:

drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c:1138:6: error: variable 'crtc_state' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
 1138 |         if (plane_state->crtc)
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c:1142:58: note: uninitialized use occurs here
 1142 |         ret = dpu_plane_atomic_check_nosspp(plane, plane_state, crtc_state);
      |                                                                 ^~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c:1138:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
 1138 |         if (plane_state->crtc)
      |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 1139 |                 crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state,
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c:1132:35: note: initialize the variable 'crtc_state' to silence this warning
 1132 |         struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
      |                                          ^
      |                                           = NULL

The bug is real, but the suggestion from clang to set it to NULL is
unfortunately just as harmful as dereferencing a NULL pointer is little
better than uninitialized data.

Change the function to return an error in this case.

Fixes: 774bcfb73176 ("drm/msm/dpu: add support for virtual planes")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
index 01171c535a27..4987f2f2fee0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
@@ -1135,10 +1135,10 @@ static int dpu_plane_virtual_atomic_check(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	if (IS_ERR(plane_state))
 		return PTR_ERR(plane_state);
 
-	if (plane_state->crtc)
-		crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state,
-							   plane_state->crtc);
+	if (!plane_state->crtc)
+		return -ENXIO;
 
+	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, plane_state->crtc);
 	ret = dpu_plane_atomic_check_nosspp(plane, plane_state, crtc_state);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-- 
2.39.5



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