Caught by clang's -Wsometimes-uninitialized and accepting the suggested fix: lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c:4325:6: error: variable 'sec' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] if (handle->file_state >= start_state) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c:4336:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here if (sec) ^~~ lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c:4325:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true if (handle->file_state >= start_state) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c:4311:26: note: initialize the variable 'sec' to silence this warning struct file_section *sec; ^ = NULL --- lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c index ecb5682..57bd4ee 100644 --- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c +++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c @@ -4308,7 +4308,7 @@ int tracecmd_copy_headers(struct tracecmd_input *handle, int fd, enum tracecmd_file_states start_state, enum tracecmd_file_states end_state) { - struct file_section *sec; + struct file_section *sec = NULL; int ret; if (!start_state) -- 2.35.0.rc2.247.g8bbb082509-goog