From: Xiangyu Chen <xiangyu.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> When turn on the yocto DEBUG_BUILD flag, the build options for gcc would enable maybe-uninitialized, and following warnings would be reported as below: | btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_emit_bit_padding': | btf_dump.c:916:4: error: 'pad_type' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] | 916 | btf_dump_printf(d, "\n%s%s: %d;", pfx(lvl), pad_type, | | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 917 | in_bitfield ? new_off - cur_off : 0); | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | btf_dump.c:929:6: error: 'pad_bits' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] | 929 | if (bits == pad_bits) { | | ^ | btf_dump.c:913:28: error: 'new_off' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] | 913 | (new_off == next_off && roundup(cur_off, next_align * 8) != new_off) || | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | HOSTLD scripts/mod/modpost Signed-off-by: Xiangyu Chen <xiangyu.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c index 4d9f30bf7f01..79923c3b8777 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c @@ -867,8 +867,8 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_bit_padding(const struct btf_dump *d, } pads[] = { {"long", d->ptr_sz * 8}, {"int", 32}, {"short", 16}, {"char", 8} }; - int new_off, pad_bits, bits, i; - const char *pad_type; + int new_off = 0, pad_bits = 0, bits, i; + const char *pad_type = NULL; if (cur_off >= next_off) return; /* no gap */ -- 2.34.1