https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95818
Bug ID: 95818 Summary: wrong "used uninitialized" warning Product: gcc Version: 11.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: ferruh.yigit at intel dot com Target Milestone: --- gcc (GCC) 11.0.0 20200621 (experimental) Sorry, I couldn't able to reproduce with test code, I will copy-paste the real code that causes the warning hoping it helps. Warning [1] and code that causes it [2], struct in question [3]. As you can see all the fields of the struct has been set before used, so not sure why giving used uninitialized warning. [1] .../drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c: In function ‘iavf_dev_link_update’: .../drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c:641:6: error: ‘new_link’ is used uninitialized [-Werror=uninitialized] 641 | if (rte_atomic64_cmpset((uint64_t *)&dev->data->dev_link, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 642 | *(uint64_t *)&dev->data->dev_link, | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 643 | *(uint64_t *)&new_link) == 0) | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .../drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c:596:22: note: ‘new_link’ declared here 596 | struct rte_eth_link new_link; | ^~~~~~~~ cc1: all warnings being treated as error [2] iavf_dev_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, __rte_unused int wait_to_complete) { struct rte_eth_link new_link; struct iavf_info *vf = IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(dev->data->dev_private); /* Only read status info stored in VF, and the info is updated * when receive LINK_CHANGE evnet from PF by Virtchnnl. */ switch (vf->link_speed) { case 10: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_10M; break; case 100: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_100M; break; case 1000: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_1G; break; case 10000: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_10G; break; case 20000: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_20G; break; case 25000: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_25G; break; case 40000: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_40G; break; case 50000: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_50G; break; case 100000: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_100G; break; default: new_link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_NONE; break; } new_link.link_duplex = ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX; new_link.link_status = vf->link_up ? ETH_LINK_UP : ETH_LINK_DOWN; new_link.link_autoneg = !(dev->data->dev_conf.link_speeds & ETH_LINK_SPEED_FIXED); if (rte_atomic64_cmpset((uint64_t *)&dev->data->dev_link, *(uint64_t *)&dev->data->dev_link, *(uint64_t *)&new_link) == 0) return -1; return 0; } [3] struct rte_eth_link { uint32_t link_speed; /**< ETH_SPEED_NUM_ */ uint16_t link_duplex : 1; /**< ETH_LINK_[HALF/FULL]_DUPLEX */ uint16_t link_autoneg : 1; /**< ETH_LINK_[AUTONEG/FIXED] */ uint16_t link_status : 1; /**< ETH_LINK_[DOWN/UP] */ } __rte_aligned(8); /**< aligned for atomic64 read/write */