The backlight_properties struct should be initialized to zero before
using, otherwise there will be some random values in the struct.

Fixes: 0c2a665a648e ("backlight: add Backlight driver for lm3630 chip")
Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca@z3ntu.xyz>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
index a3412c936ca2..8e275275b808 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ static int lm3630a_backlight_register(struct lm3630a_chip *pchip)
 	struct backlight_properties props;
 	const char *label;
 
+	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(struct backlight_properties));
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
 	if (pdata->leda_ctrl != LM3630A_LEDA_DISABLE) {
 		props.brightness = pdata->leda_init_brt;

-- 
2.43.2

On 20.02.2024 00:11, Luca Weiss wrote:
> The backlight_properties struct should be initialized to zero before
> using, otherwise there will be some random values in the struct.
> 
> Fixes: 0c2a665a648e ("backlight: add Backlight driver for lm3630 chip")
> Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca@z3ntu.xyz>
> ---
>  drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
> index a3412c936ca2..8e275275b808 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
> @@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ static int lm3630a_backlight_register(struct lm3630a_chip *pchip)
>  	struct backlight_properties props;
>  	const char *label;
>  
> +	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(struct backlight_properties));

You can zero-initialize it instead

Konrad

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 03:07:54PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 20.02.2024 00:11, Luca Weiss wrote:
> > The backlight_properties struct should be initialized to zero before
> > using, otherwise there will be some random values in the struct.
> >
> > Fixes: 0c2a665a648e ("backlight: add Backlight driver for lm3630 chip")
> > Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca@z3ntu.xyz>
> > ---
> >  drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
> > index a3412c936ca2..8e275275b808 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
> > +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3630a_bl.c
> > @@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ static int lm3630a_backlight_register(struct lm3630a_chip *pchip)
> >  	struct backlight_properties props;
> >  	const char *label;
> >
> > +	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(struct backlight_properties));
>
> You can zero-initialize it instead

I don't object to either approach but memset() dominates backlight
implementations currently.


Daniel.

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 12:11:19AM +0100, Luca Weiss wrote:
> The backlight_properties struct should be initialized to zero before
> using, otherwise there will be some random values in the struct.
>
> Fixes: 0c2a665a648e ("backlight: add Backlight driver for lm3630 chip")
> Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca@z3ntu.xyz>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>


Daniel.