linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/stm: Avoid using val uninitialized in ltdc_set_ycbcr

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Date:   Mon, 7 Feb 2022 11:44:53 -0800
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Yannick Fertre <yannick.fertre@...s.st.com>,
        Philippe Cornu <philippe.cornu@...s.st.com>,
        Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...aro.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/stm: Avoid using val uninitialized in ltdc_set_ycbcr_config()

On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 8:53 AM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Clang warns:
>
>   drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c:625:2: warning: variable 'val' is used uninitialized whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>           default:
>           ^~~~~~~
>   drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c:635:2: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>           val |= LxPCR_YCEN;
>           ^~~
>   drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c:600:9: note: initialize the variable 'val' to silence this warning
>           u32 val;
>                  ^
>                   = 0
>   1 warning generated.
>
> Use a return instead of break in the default case to fix the warning.
> Add an error message so that this return is not silent, which could hide
> issues in the future.
>
> Fixes: 484e72d3146b ("drm/stm: ltdc: add support of ycbcr pixel formats")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1575
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c
> index 5eeb32c9c9ce..447ddde1786c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c
> @@ -624,7 +624,8 @@ static inline void ltdc_set_ycbcr_config(struct drm_plane *plane, u32 drm_pix_fm
>                 break;
>         default:
>                 /* RGB or not a YCbCr supported format */
> -               break;
> +               drm_err(plane->dev, "Unsupported pixel format: %u\n", drm_pix_fmt);

This is fine, but in the future you should add an explicit
#include <drm/drm_print.h>
to avoid implicit header dependencies (like the ones that Mingo is
trying to detangle) for the declaration of drm_err. `drm_vprintf`
needs it, too.

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

> +               return;
>         }
>
>         /* Enable limited range */
>
> base-commit: 542898c5aa5c6a3179dffb1d1606884a63f75fed
> --
> 2.35.1
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers