The testcase fails at -O0. It's caused by using 'next_b' at line 13. It might be 'curr_b' instead.
Strangely, gcc warns only at -O0: $ gcc-4.6.0-pre9999 gcc.dg/vect/vect-cond-4.c -O0 -Wuninitialized gcc.dg/vect/vect-cond-4.c: In function 'foo': gcc.dg/vect/vect-cond-4.c:33:38: warning: 'next_b' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] $ gcc-4.6.0-pre9999 gcc.dg/vect/vect-cond-4.c -O1 -Wuninitialized $ gcc-4.6.0-pre9999 gcc.dg/vect/vect-cond-4.c -O2 -Wuninitialized $ gcc-4.6.0-pre9999 gcc.dg/vect/vect-cond-4.c -O3 -Wuninitialized ... foo (int z) ... int curr_a, flag, next_a, curr_b, next_b; ... curr_a = x > c[i] ? curr_a : z; curr_b = x > c[i] ? next_b : 5; ... -- Summary: gcc.dg/vect/vect-cond-4.c uses uninitialised variable Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: testsuite AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: zsojka at seznam dot cz http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45455