Hello Wenjing Liu, This is a semi-automatic email about new static checker warnings. The patch 54618888d1ea: "drm/amd/display: break down dc_link.c" from Jan 18, 2023, leads to the following Smatch complaint: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/link/link_factory.c:365 dc_link_construct_phy() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'link->link_enc' (see line 362) drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/link/link_factory.c 356 357 enc_init_data.transmitter = 358 translate_encoder_to_transmitter(enc_init_data.encoder); 359 link->link_enc = 360 link->dc->res_pool->funcs->link_enc_create(dc_ctx, &enc_init_data); 361 362 DC_LOG_DC("BIOS object table - DP_IS_USB_C: %d", link->link_enc->features.flags.bits.DP_IS_USB_C); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dereference 363 DC_LOG_DC("BIOS object table - IS_DP2_CAPABLE: %d", link->link_enc->features.flags.bits.IS_DP2_CAPABLE); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 364 365 if (!link->link_enc) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Checked too late 366 DC_ERROR("Failed to create link encoder!\n"); 367 goto link_enc_create_fail; 368 } 369 regards, dan carpenter