https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82101
Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |diagnostic, | |missed-optimization Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2017-09-05 Blocks| |24639 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Dup of some existing bug for sure. t looks like initialized to GCC on the backedge: <bb 3> [0.00%]: # i_1 = PHI <i_5(2), i_8(4)> # t_2 = PHI <t_6(D)(2), t_7(4)> if (i_1 > 9) goto <bb 5>; [0.00%] else goto <bb 4>; [0.00%] <bb 4> [0.00%]: t_7 = t_2; i_8 = i_1 + 1; goto <bb 3>; [0.00%] but that gets later optimistically propagated away (the variable is dead anyway) and thus the late pass warning about maybe-uninitialized doesn't get here. Now what is special here is that the uninit value is on the loop entry edge so the early pass _could_ warn. It also looks like we could improve on scoping here when re-writing into SSA. t doesn't need a PHI node as the value is not live over the backedge. Referenced Bugs: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24639 [Bug 24639] [meta-bug] bug to track all Wuninitialized issues