gcc -O2 cannot always prove that the loop in acpi_power_get_inferred_state is enterered at least once, so it assumes that cur_state might not get initialized: drivers/acpi/power.c: In function 'acpi_power_get_inferred_state': drivers/acpi/power.c:222:9: error: 'cur_state' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] This sets the variable to zero at the start of the loop, to ensure that there is well-defined behavior even for an empty list. This gets rid of the warning. The warning first showed up when the -Os flag got removed in a bug fix patch in linux-4.11-rc5. I would suggest merging this addon patch on top of that bug fix to avoid introducing a new warning in the stable kernels. Fixes: 61b79e16c68d ("ACPI: Fix incompatibility with mcount-based function graph tracing") Cc: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: All applicable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/power.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/power.c b/drivers/acpi/power.c index fcd4ce6f78d5..1c2b846c5776 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/power.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/power.c @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ static int acpi_power_get_list_state(struct list_head *list, int *state) return -EINVAL; /* The state of the list is 'on' IFF all resources are 'on'. */ + cur_state = 0; list_for_each_entry(entry, list, node) { struct acpi_power_resource *resource = entry->resource; acpi_handle handle = resource->device.handle; -- 2.9.0