linux-kernel - Re: drm/mediatek: Initialize pointer before use to avoid undefiend behaviour

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Message-ID: <3ab331db-363c-46c3-8e9f-0cbf4d142493@web.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:24:13 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Karan Sanghavi <karansanghvi98@...il.com>,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: Alexandre Mergnat <amergnat@...libre.com>,
 Angelo Gioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
 Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@...nel.org>, David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
 Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
 Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
 Sui Jingfeng <sui.jingfeng@...ux.dev>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 CK Hu (胡俊光) <ck.hu@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: drm/mediatek: Initialize pointer before use to avoid undefiend
 behaviour

>> …
>>> ---
>>> Coverity Message:
>>> CID 1601557: (#1 of 1): Uninitialized pointer read (UNINIT)
>>> 3. uninit_use: Using uninitialized value next.
>>
>> May such information become a part for the final change description?
>>
> Ofcourse, it shouldn't be the part of the change description.

I suggest to reconsider this view once more.


> it is just for the reference to understand more about what the error message
> is generated by coverity scan.
Please take another look at possibilities how other contributors indicated
that some change opportunities were pointed out by advanced source code
analysis tools.

Regards,
Markus