From d59814a5b4852442e1d03c569a4542f8b08356a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Balasubramaniam, Hari Chand" <hari.chand.balasubramaniam@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:05:46 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915: Initialize 'data' in intel_dsi_dcs_backlight.c

variable 'data' may be used uninitialized in this function. thus,
'function dcs_get_backlight' will return unwanted value/fail.

Thus, adding NULL initialized to 'data' variable will solve the return
failure happening.

v2: Change commit message to reflect upstream with proper message

Fixes: 90198355b83c ("drm/i915/dsi: Add DCS control for Panel PWM")
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
Cc: Yetunde Adebisi <yetundex.adebisi@intel.com>
Cc: Deepak M <m.deepak@intel.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Balasubramaniam, Hari Chand <hari.chand.balasubramaniam@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1502762746-191826-1-git-send-email-hari.chand.balasubramaniam@intel.com
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi_dcs_backlight.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi_dcs_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi_dcs_backlight.c
index 6e09ceb71500..150a156f3b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi_dcs_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dsi_dcs_backlight.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static u32 dcs_get_backlight(struct intel_connector *connector)
 	struct intel_encoder *encoder = connector->encoder;
 	struct intel_dsi *intel_dsi = enc_to_intel_dsi(&encoder->base);
 	struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi_device;
-	u8 data;
+	u8 data = 0;
 	enum port port;
 
 	/* FIXME: Need to take care of 16 bit brightness level */
-- 
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