From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> The function now returns an error code in some cases, but fails to initialize it in others: drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c:252:11: error: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] else if (lp->mode == REGISTER_BASED) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c:256:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here return ret; ^~~ drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c:252:7: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true else if (lp->mode == REGISTER_BASED) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since this case should not actually happen, return the -EINVAL code. Fixes: 5145531be5fba ("backlight: lp855x: Catch errors when changing brightness") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c index 61a7f45bfad84..ea4fa69e49a70 100644 --- a/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c @@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ static int lp855x_bl_update_status(struct backlight_device *bl) else if (lp->mode == REGISTER_BASED) ret = lp855x_write_byte(lp, lp->cfg->reg_brightness, (u8)brightness); + else + ret = -EINVAL; return ret; } -- 2.39.2