tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master head: 25a1298726e97b9d25379986f5d54d9e62ad6e93 commit: dec92020671c48da231189eb06a5f755f492f87f drm: Use the state pointer directly in planes atomic_check config: arm-randconfig-m031-20210514 (attached as .config) compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter(a)oracle.com&gt; smatch warnings: drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_plane.c:124 armada_drm_plane_atomic_check() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'state' (see line 111) vim +/state +124 drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_plane.c d40af7b1ae23da Russell King 2018-07-30 108 int armada_drm_plane_atomic_check(struct drm_plane *plane, 7c11b99a8e58c0 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 109 struct drm_atomic_state *state) d40af7b1ae23da Russell King 2018-07-30 110 { 7c11b99a8e58c0 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 @111 struct drm_plane_state *new_plane_state = drm_atomic_get_new_plane_state(state, ^^^^^ Dereferenced inside the function. 7c11b99a8e58c0 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 112 plane); ba5c1649465d40 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 113 struct armada_plane_state *st = to_armada_plane_state(new_plane_state); ba5c1649465d40 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 114 struct drm_crtc *crtc = new_plane_state->crtc; d40af7b1ae23da Russell King 2018-07-30 115 struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state; 1d1547ec12bc7d Russell King 2019-01-25 116 bool interlace; 1d1547ec12bc7d Russell King 2019-01-25 117 int ret; 1d1547ec12bc7d Russell King 2019-01-25 118 ba5c1649465d40 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 119 if (!new_plane_state->fb || WARN_ON(!new_plane_state->crtc)) { ba5c1649465d40 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 120 new_plane_state->visible = false; 1d1547ec12bc7d Russell King 2019-01-25 121 return 0; 1d1547ec12bc7d Russell King 2019-01-25 122 } d40af7b1ae23da Russell King 2018-07-30 123 dec92020671c48 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 @124 if (state) ^^^^^ Checked too late. dec92020671c48 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 125 crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_existing_crtc_state(state, ba5c1649465d40 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 126 crtc); d40af7b1ae23da Russell King 2018-07-30 127 else d40af7b1ae23da Russell King 2018-07-30 128 crtc_state = crtc->state; 1d1547ec12bc7d Russell King 2019-01-25 129 ba5c1649465d40 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 130 ret = drm_atomic_helper_check_plane_state(new_plane_state, crtc_state, ba5c1649465d40 Maxime Ripard 2021-02-19 131 0, --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org