Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/pm: silence uninitialized variable warnings

"Lazar, Lijo" <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:11:00 +0530
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.amd-gfx,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.kernel-janitors,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 09-Aug-26 1:11 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Smatch complains that:
> 
>      drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../pm/swsmu/smu15/smu_v15_0_8_ppt.c:1964
>      smu_v15_0_8_set_performance_level() error: uninitialized symbol 'ret'.
> 
> In this line there is an "if (ret)" condition where "ret" is either
> zero or uninitialized.  Initialize "ret" at the start of the function to
> avoid a potential uninitialized variable bug.  But also delete the
> condition since it is never true.
> 
> Fixes: 422b399b09c7 ("drm/amd/pm: Add od_edit_dpm_table support")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <[email protected]>

Thanks,
Lijo

> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu15/smu_v15_0_8_ppt.c | 5 +----
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu15/smu_v15_0_8_ppt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu15/smu_v15_0_8_ppt.c
> index 59fdd2319b66..c78e611d2a25 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu15/smu_v15_0_8_ppt.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu15/smu_v15_0_8_ppt.c
> @@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ static int smu_v15_0_8_set_performance_level(struct smu_context *smu,
>   	struct smu_dpm_table *gfx_table = &dpm_context->dpm_tables.gfx_table;
>   	struct smu_dpm_table *uclk_table = &dpm_context->dpm_tables.uclk_table;
>   	struct smu_umd_pstate_table *pstate_table = &smu->pstate_table;
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret = 0;
>   
>   	switch (level) {
>   	case AMD_DPM_FORCED_LEVEL_PERF_DETERMINISM:
> @@ -1961,9 +1961,6 @@ static int smu_v15_0_8_set_performance_level(struct smu_context *smu,
>   				SMU_DPM_TABLE_MAX(uclk_table);
>   		}
>   
> -		if (ret)
> -			goto out;
> -
>   		smu_cmn_reset_custom_level(smu);
>   
>   		break;