On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, Dawid Kurek <dawi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Smaller scope reduces visibility of variable and makes usage of
> uninitialized variable less possible.
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> index f32506a..ea5a9a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> @@ -108,10 +108,11 @@ 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) {
> - state = kzalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL);
> + struct drm_atomic_state *state
> + = kzalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL);
Separate declaration and initialization would lead to a cleaner patch
and result.
BR,
Jani.
> +
> if (!state)
> return NULL;
> if (drm_atomic_state_init(dev, state) < 0) {
--
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
