Smaller scope reduces visibility of variable and makes usage of uninitialized variable less possible. Changes in v2: - separate declaration and initialization --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c index f32506a..5e0d1e1 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c @@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ struct drm_atomic_state * drm_atomic_state_alloc(struct drm_device *dev) { struct drm_mode_config *config = &dev->mode_config; - struct drm_atomic_state *state; if (!config->funcs->atomic_state_alloc) { + struct drm_atomic_state *state; + state = kzalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL); if (!state) return NULL; -- 2.10.0 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel