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

From: Alex Deucher

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 11:34:41 EST


Applied. Thanks!

Alex

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM Lazar, Lijo <lijo.lazar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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 <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@xxxxxxx>
>
> 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;
>