building with clang and W=1 reports drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c:144:6: error: variable 'helper' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] if (!fbdev) ^~~~~~ helper is only initialized after fbdev succeeds, so is in a garbage state at the fail: label. There is nothing to unwinded if fbdev alloaction fails, return NULL. Fixes: 3fb1f62f80a1 ("drm/fb-helper: Remove drm_fb_helper_unprepare() from drm_fb_helper_fini()") Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c index c804e5ba682a..c1356aff87da 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct drm_fb_helper *msm_fbdev_init(struct drm_device *dev) fbdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*fbdev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!fbdev) - goto fail; + return NULL; helper = &fbdev->base; -- 2.27.0