[AMD Official Use Only - General] Thanks a lot Alex for reviewing the patch. Best Regards, Srini -----Original Message----- From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 12:12 AM To: SHANMUGAM, SRINIVASAN <SRINIVASAN.SHANMUGAM@xxxxxxx> Cc: Koenig, Christian <Christian.Koenig@xxxxxxx>; Deucher, Alexander <Alexander.Deucher@xxxxxxx>; Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxx>; Mahfooz, Hamza <Hamza.Mahfooz@xxxxxxx>; amd-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/amdgpu: Remove initialisation of globals to 0 or NULL On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:11 PM Srinivasan Shanmugam <srinivasan.shanmugam@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Global variables do not need to be initialized to 0 or NULL and > checkpatch flags this error in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c: > > ERROR: do not initialise globals to NULL > +char *amdgpu_disable_cu = NULL; > +char *amdgpu_virtual_display = NULL; > > Fix this checkpatch error. > > Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Hamza Mahfooz <Hamza.Mahfooz@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Srinivasan Shanmugam <srinivasan.shanmugam@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c > index 917926c8dc5f5..ece8033dbad29 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c > @@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ uint amdgpu_pcie_lane_cap; > u64 amdgpu_cg_mask = 0xffffffffffffffff; uint amdgpu_pg_mask = > 0xffffffff; uint amdgpu_sdma_phase_quantum = 32; -char > *amdgpu_disable_cu = NULL; -char *amdgpu_virtual_display = NULL; > +char *amdgpu_disable_cu; > +char *amdgpu_virtual_display; > > /* > * OverDrive(bit 14) disabled by default > -- > 2.25.1 >