http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56654
Bug #: 56654 Summary: uninit warning behaves erratically Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.9.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P3 Component: tree-optimization AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: rgue...@gcc.gnu.org CC: xinlian...@gmail.com For c-c++-common/uninit-17.c we currently expect the uninit use at: static void bar(int a, int *ptr) { do { int b; /* { dg-message "declared" } */ if (b < 40) { ptr[0] = b; } b += 1; /* { dg-warning "may be used uninitialized" } */ ptr++; } while (--a != 0); } where I would expect it at the if stmt. Now, when I exchange the late DOM and the late VRP passes I instead get the warning two lines earlier (inside the guarded BB). But there is no change in the IL: > diff -u a/uninit-17.c.131t.uninit1 b/uninit-17.c.131t.uninit1 --- a/uninit-17.c.131t.uninit1 2013-03-18 14:27:16.677116283 +0100 +++ b/uninit-17.c.131t.uninit1 2013-03-18 14:26:58.956922876 +0100 @@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ [WORKLIST]: add to initial list: b_5 = PHI <b_13(D)(2), b_7(6)> [CHECK]: examining phi: b_5 = PHI <b_13(D)(2), b_7(6)> -[CHECK]: Found unguarded use: b_7 = b_5 + 1; + +Use in stmt *ptr_6 = b_5; +is guarded by : +if (b_5 <= 39) + +[CHECK] Found def edge 1 in b_5 = PHI <b_13(D)(2), b_7(6)> +[CHECK]: Found unguarded use: *ptr_6 = b_5; void foobar(int, int*) (int a, int * ptr) { int b; the only difference is in the order of b_5 immediate uses. That is, find_uninit_use should impose an ordering when walking over immediate uses - for example visit the most dominating use first.