# \[PATCH RESEND 2/4\] backlight: lm3639: Fully initialize backlight\_properties during probe

- From: Daniel Thompson \<hidden\>
- Date: 2024-02-20 15:35:45 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2024/02/2503525
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dri-devel/2024/02/2503523/t.md

```text
props is stack allocated and the fields that are not explcitly set
by the probe function need to be zeroed or we'll get undefined behaviour
(especially so power/blank states)!

Fixes: 0f59858d5119 ("backlight: add new lm3639 backlight driver")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/lm3639_bl.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3639_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3639_bl.c
index 5246c171497d6..564f62acd7211 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3639_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3639_bl.c
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ static int lm3639_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	}
 
 	/* backlight */
+	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(struct backlight_properties));
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
 	props.brightness = pdata->init_brt_led;
 	props.max_brightness = pdata->max_brt_led;
-- 
2.43.0

```