Clang warns (or errors with CONFIG_WERROR=y):
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-himax-hx8279.c:838:6: error: variable 'goa_even_valid' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
838 | if (num_zero == ARRAY_SIZE(desc->goa_even_timing))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-himax-hx8279.c:842:23: note: uninitialized use occurs here
842 | if (goa_odd_valid != goa_even_valid)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-himax-hx8279.c:838:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
838 | if (num_zero == ARRAY_SIZE(desc->goa_even_timing))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
839 | goa_even_valid = false;
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-himax-hx8279.c:818:36: note: initialize the variable 'goa_even_valid' to silence this warning
818 | bool goa_odd_valid, goa_even_valid;
| ^
| = 0
Even though only the even valid variable gets flagged, both valid
variables appear to have the same issue of possibly being used
uninitialized if the if statement initializing them to false is not
taken.
Turn the if statement then variable assignment into a single variable
assignment, which states that the configuration is valid when there are
not all zeros, clearing up the warning since the variable will always be
initialized.
Fixes: 38d42c2613 ("drm: panel: Add driver for Himax HX8279 DDIC panels")
Suggested-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250423-panel-himax-hx8279-fix-sometimes-uninitialized-v2-1-fc501c6558d9@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250423-panel-himax-hx8279-fix-sometimes-uninitialized-v2-1-fc501c6558d9@kernel.org
