https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113132
--- Comment #2 from GCC Commits <cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The master branch has been updated by Tamar Christina <tnfch...@gcc.gnu.org>: https://gcc.gnu.org/g:fd032cce216e003d58b2394f7e61b03dee27e81a commit r14-6830-gfd032cce216e003d58b2394f7e61b03dee27e81a Author: Tamar Christina <tamar.christ...@arm.com> Date: Mon Dec 25 10:58:40 2023 +0000 middle-end: explicitly initialize vec_stmts [PR113132] when configured with --enable-checking=release we get a false positive on the use of vec_stmts as the compiler seems unable to notice it gets initialized through the pass-by-reference. This explicitly initializes the local. gcc/ChangeLog: PR bootstrap/113132 * tree-vect-loop.cc (vect_create_epilog_for_reduction): Initialize vec_stmts;