linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: logicvc: Fix uninitialized variable in probe

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Message-ID: <20220624150642.afkxpnut365i2wew@houat>
Date:   Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:06:42 +0200
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
To:     Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: logicvc: Fix uninitialized variable in probe

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 04:46:36PM +0200, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri 24 Jun 22, 16:37, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 04:35:25PM +0200, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> > > On Tue 14 Jun 22, 15:08, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > > The "regmap" is supposed to be initialized to NULL but it's used
> > > > without being initialized.
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: efeeaefe9be5 ("drm: Add support for the LogiCVC display controller")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> > > 
> > > Nice catch, thanks a lot!
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com>
> > 
> > Since you have the commit rights to drm-misc, you should apply it
> 
> Absolutely, I'm on my way to doing that.

Giving your Acked-by is confusing then, because it's kind of implied if
you apply it.

> Do I need to reply to the emails with a message indicating that I
> merged them or is using the tool sufficient?

Sending an email is better, dim doesn't do that

Maxime