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Subject: Claude review: [PATCH] drm/amd/display: Fix uninitialized variable which breaks full LTO
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:56:29 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <review-patch1-ef7266eb7802ce6d68ebd9356477e9671f0c94e0.1773116305.git.calvin@wbinvd.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ef7266eb7802ce6d68ebd9356477e9671f0c94e0.1773116305.git.calvin@wbinvd.org>
Patch Review
**Bug analysis is correct.** Looking at the current source (`amdgpu_dm.c`):
- Line 2570: `memset(&fw_meta_info_params, 0, ...)` — zeroed here
- Line 2574: `fw_meta_info_params.bss_data_size = le32_to_cpu(hdr->bss_data_bytes);` — populated here
- Line 2578: `fw_meta_info_params.fw_bss_data = region_params.bss_data_size ? ...` — **BUG**: reads uninitialized `region_params`
- Line 2591: `memset(®ion_params, 0, ...)` — `region_params` only zeroed *after* the buggy use
**The fix is correct:**
```diff
- fw_meta_info_params.fw_bss_data = region_params.bss_data_size ? adev->dm.dmub_fw->data +
+ fw_meta_info_params.fw_bss_data = fw_meta_info_params.bss_data_size ? adev->dm.dmub_fw->data +
```
This changes the condition to read from `fw_meta_info_params.bss_data_size` which holds the same value (`le32_to_cpu(hdr->bss_data_bytes)`) and is already initialized. After the fix, `region_params.bss_data_size` is later set from `fw_meta_info_params.bss_data_size` at line 2594, so the data flow is consistent.
**Minor observations:**
- The v2 improvement (using `fw_meta_info_params.bss_data_size` rather than re-reading from the header) is the cleaner approach, as Nathan suggested.
- It's noteworthy that without LTO, the uninitialized stack variable apparently happened to be zero or non-zero in a way that matched the correct behavior — classic undefined behavior that "works" by accident until optimization settings change.
- The Fixes tag correctly identifies the commit that introduced the bug.
**No issues found.** This is a clean, correct one-line fix.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-13 3:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 4:24 [REGRESSION][PATCH] drm/amd/display: Fix uninitialized variable which breaks full LTO Calvin Owens
2026-03-10 5:54 ` Calvin Owens
2026-03-12 8:02 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-03-12 16:15 ` Calvin Owens
2026-03-12 17:13 ` [PATCH v2] drm/amd/display: Fix uninitialized variable use " Calvin Owens
2026-03-12 20:31 ` Harry Wentland
2026-03-12 20:37 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-03-13 3:56 ` Claude review: [PATCH] drm/amd/display: Fix uninitialized variable " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-13 3:56 ` Claude Code Review Bot [this message]
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