When building selftests/bpf with clang make -j LLVM=1 make -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf -j LLVM=1 I hit the following compilation error: trace_helpers.c:152:9: error: variable 'found' is used uninitialized whenever 'while' loop exits because its condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] while (fscanf(f, "%zx-%zx %s %zx %*[^\n]\n", &start, &end, buf, &base) == 4) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ trace_helpers.c:161:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here if (!found) ^~~~~ trace_helpers.c:152:9: note: remove the condition if it is always true while (fscanf(f, "%zx-%zx %s %zx %*[^\n]\n", &start, &end, buf, &base) == 4) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 trace_helpers.c:145:12: note: initialize the variable 'found' to silence this warning bool found; ^ = false It is possible that for sane /proc/self/maps we may never hit the above issue in practice. But let us initialize variable 'found' properly to silence the compilation error. Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c index 65ab533c2516..ca6abae9b09c 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ ssize_t get_uprobe_offset(const void *addr) { size_t start, end, base; char buf[256]; - bool found; + bool found = false; FILE *f; f = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r"); -- 2.30.2