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Message-ID: <f41cb5f2-1702-499e-81d9-8ce74537bf3f@linaro.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:16:43 +0100
From: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
To: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
 Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...rochip.com>,
 Jessica Zhang <jesszhan0024@...il.com>,
 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
 Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
 David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
 Anusha Srivatsa <asrivats@...hat.com>,
 Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
Cc: llvm@...ts.linux.dev, oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH REGRESSION] drm/panel: simple: restore connector_type
 fallback

Hi,

On 11/22/25 21:26, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi Ludovic,
> 
> kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:
> 
> [auto build test WARNING on 88cbd8ac379cf5ce68b7efcfd4d1484a6871ee0b]
> 
> url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Ludovic-Desroches/drm-panel-simple-restore-connector_type-fallback/20251121-212613
> base:   88cbd8ac379cf5ce68b7efcfd4d1484a6871ee0b
> patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251121-lcd_panel_connector_type_fix-v1-1-fdbbef34a1a4%40microchip.com
> patch subject: [PATCH REGRESSION] drm/panel: simple: restore connector_type fallback
> config: arm-randconfig-002-20251123 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251123/202511230354.nHRvfjDz-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: clang version 22.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 9e9fe08b16ea2c4d9867fb4974edf2a3776d6ece)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251123/202511230354.nHRvfjDz-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
> 
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511230354.nHRvfjDz-lkp@intel.com/
> 
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
>>> drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c:648:7: warning: variable 'panel' is used uninitialized whenever switch case is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>       648 |         case DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP:
>           |              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>     include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h:417:33: note: expanded from macro 'DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP'
>       417 | #define DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP          14
>           |                                         ^~
>     drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c:749:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>       749 |         if (panel->ddc)
>           |             ^~~~~
>     drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c:615:28: note: initialize the variable 'panel' to silence this warning
>       615 |         struct panel_simple *panel;
>           |                                   ^
>           |                                    = NULL
>     1 warning generated.
> 
> 
> vim +/panel +648 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
> 
> 47c08262f34e1c Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  611
> 47c08262f34e1c Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  612  static struct panel_simple *panel_simple_probe(struct device *dev)
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  613  {
> 47c08262f34e1c Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  614  	const struct panel_desc *desc;
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  615  	struct panel_simple *panel;
> b8a2948fa2b3a5 Sean Paul         2019-07-11  616  	struct display_timing dt;
> 0fe1564bd61642 Sam Ravnborg      2019-12-07  617  	struct device_node *ddc;
> 9f069c6fbc7266 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  618  	int connector_type;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  619  	u32 bus_flags;
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  620  	int err;
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  621
> 47c08262f34e1c Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  622  	desc = panel_simple_get_desc(dev);
> 47c08262f34e1c Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  623  	if (IS_ERR(desc))
> 47c08262f34e1c Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  624  		return ERR_CAST(desc);
> 47c08262f34e1c Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  625
> 9f069c6fbc7266 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  626  	connector_type = desc->connector_type;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  627  	/* Catch common mistakes for panels. */
> 9f069c6fbc7266 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  628  	switch (connector_type) {
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  629  	case 0:
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  630  		dev_warn(dev, "Specify missing connector_type\n");
> 9f069c6fbc7266 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  631  		connector_type = DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DPI;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  632  		break;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  633  	case DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS:
> c4715837b02393 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  634  		WARN_ON(desc->bus_flags &
> c4715837b02393 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  635  			~(DRM_BUS_FLAG_DE_LOW |
> c4715837b02393 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  636  			  DRM_BUS_FLAG_DE_HIGH |
> c4715837b02393 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  637  			  DRM_BUS_FLAG_DATA_MSB_TO_LSB |
> c4715837b02393 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  638  			  DRM_BUS_FLAG_DATA_LSB_TO_MSB));
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  639  		WARN_ON(desc->bus_format != MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X7X3_SPWG &&
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  640  			desc->bus_format != MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X7X4_SPWG &&
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  641  			desc->bus_format != MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X7X4_JEIDA);
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  642  		WARN_ON(desc->bus_format == MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB666_1X7X3_SPWG &&
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  643  			desc->bpc != 6);
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  644  		WARN_ON((desc->bus_format == MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X7X4_SPWG ||
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  645  			 desc->bus_format == MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X7X4_JEIDA) &&
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  646  			desc->bpc != 8);
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  647  		break;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26 @648  	case DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP:
> 5f04e7ce392db9 Douglas Anderson  2021-09-14  649  		dev_warn(dev, "eDP panels moved to panel-edp\n");
> 5f04e7ce392db9 Douglas Anderson  2021-09-14  650  		err = -EINVAL;
> 5f04e7ce392db9 Douglas Anderson  2021-09-14  651  		goto free_ddc;

The error is legitimate, here we'll try to access panel->ddc, but the panel isn't allocated.

Please fix this.

Neil

> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  652  	case DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DSI:
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  653  		if (desc->bpc != 6 && desc->bpc != 8)
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  654  			dev_warn(dev, "Expected bpc in {6,8} but got: %u\n", desc->bpc);
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  655  		break;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  656  	case DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DPI:
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  657  		bus_flags = DRM_BUS_FLAG_DE_LOW |
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  658  			    DRM_BUS_FLAG_DE_HIGH |
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  659  			    DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_SAMPLE_POSEDGE |
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  660  			    DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_SAMPLE_NEGEDGE |
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  661  			    DRM_BUS_FLAG_DATA_MSB_TO_LSB |
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  662  			    DRM_BUS_FLAG_DATA_LSB_TO_MSB |
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  663  			    DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_SAMPLE_POSEDGE |
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  664  			    DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_SAMPLE_NEGEDGE;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  665  		if (desc->bus_flags & ~bus_flags)
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  666  			dev_warn(dev, "Unexpected bus_flags(%d)\n", desc->bus_flags & ~bus_flags);
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  667  		if (!(desc->bus_flags & bus_flags))
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  668  			dev_warn(dev, "Specify missing bus_flags\n");
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  669  		if (desc->bus_format == 0)
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  670  			dev_warn(dev, "Specify missing bus_format\n");
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  671  		if (desc->bpc != 6 && desc->bpc != 8)
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  672  			dev_warn(dev, "Expected bpc in {6,8} but got: %u\n", desc->bpc);
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  673  		break;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  674  	default:
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  675  		dev_warn(dev, "Specify a valid connector_type: %d\n", desc->connector_type);
> 9f069c6fbc7266 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  676  		connector_type = DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DPI;
> ddb8e853dc8507 Sam Ravnborg      2020-07-26  677  		break;
> 1185c406f11a49 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  678  	}
> c4715837b02393 Laurent Pinchart  2020-06-30  679
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  680  	panel = devm_drm_panel_alloc(dev, struct panel_simple, base,
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  681  				     &panel_simple_funcs, connector_type);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  682  	if (IS_ERR(panel))
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  683  		return ERR_CAST(panel);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  684
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  685  	panel->desc = desc;
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  686
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  687  	panel->supply = devm_regulator_get(dev, "power");
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  688  	if (IS_ERR(panel->supply))
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  689  		return ERR_CAST(panel->supply);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  690
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  691  	panel->enable_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "enable",
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  692  						     GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  693  	if (IS_ERR(panel->enable_gpio))
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  694  		return dev_err_cast_probe(dev, panel->enable_gpio,
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  695  					  "failed to request GPIO\n");
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  696
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  697  	err = of_drm_get_panel_orientation(dev->of_node, &panel->orientation);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  698  	if (err) {
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  699  		dev_err(dev, "%pOF: failed to get orientation %d\n", dev->of_node, err);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  700  		return ERR_PTR(err);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  701  	}
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  702
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  703  	ddc = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "ddc-i2c-bus", 0);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  704  	if (ddc) {
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  705  		panel->ddc = of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(ddc);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  706  		of_node_put(ddc);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  707
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  708  		if (!panel->ddc)
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  709  			return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  710  	}
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  711
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  712  	if (!of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "panel-dpi") &&
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  713  	    !of_get_display_timing(dev->of_node, "panel-timing", &dt))
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  714  		panel_simple_parse_panel_timing_node(dev, panel, &dt);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  715
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  716  	if (desc->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS) {
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  717  		/* Optional data-mapping property for overriding bus format */
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  718  		err = panel_simple_override_nondefault_lvds_datamapping(dev, panel);
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  719  		if (err)
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  720  			goto free_ddc;
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  721  	}
> 2803eb4aeb2702 Ludovic Desroches 2025-11-21  722
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  723  	dev_set_drvdata(dev, panel);
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  724
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  725  	/*
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  726  	 * We use runtime PM for prepare / unprepare since those power the panel
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  727  	 * on and off and those can be very slow operations. This is important
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  728  	 * to optimize powering the panel on briefly to read the EDID before
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  729  	 * fully enabling the panel.
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  730  	 */
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  731  	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  732  	pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(dev, 1000);
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  733  	pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(dev);
> 3235b0f20a0a41 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-16  734
> 0fe1564bd61642 Sam Ravnborg      2019-12-07  735  	err = drm_panel_of_backlight(&panel->base);
> d9e74da2f1fc42 Alexander Stein   2022-06-21  736  	if (err) {
> d9e74da2f1fc42 Alexander Stein   2022-06-21  737  		dev_err_probe(dev, err, "Could not find backlight\n");
> 70e12560126685 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-23  738  		goto disable_pm_runtime;
> d9e74da2f1fc42 Alexander Stein   2022-06-21  739  	}
> 0fe1564bd61642 Sam Ravnborg      2019-12-07  740
> c3ee8c65f63799 Bernard Zhao      2020-08-01  741  	drm_panel_add(&panel->base);
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  742
> 921c41e509746a Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  743  	return panel;
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  744
> 70e12560126685 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-23  745  disable_pm_runtime:
> a596fcd9cbc781 Douglas Anderson  2021-05-17  746  	pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(dev);
> 70e12560126685 Douglas Anderson  2021-04-23  747  	pm_runtime_disable(dev);
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  748  free_ddc:
> 5f04e7ce392db9 Douglas Anderson  2021-09-14  749  	if (panel->ddc)
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  750  		put_device(&panel->ddc->dev);
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  751
> 921c41e509746a Maxime Ripard     2025-06-26  752  	return ERR_PTR(err);
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  753  }
> 280921de7241ee Thierry Reding    2013-08-30  754
> 


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