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authorEder Zulian <ezulian@redhat.com>2024-10-22 19:23:28 +0200
committerAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>2024-10-23 14:38:31 -0700
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libbpf: Prevent compiler warnings/errors
Initialize 'new_off' and 'pad_bits' to 0 and 'pad_type' to NULL in btf_dump_emit_bit_padding to prevent compiler warnings/errors which are observed when compiling with 'EXTRA_CFLAGS=-g -Og' options, but do not happen when compiling with current default options. For example, when compiling libbpf with $ make "EXTRA_CFLAGS=-g -Og" -C tools/lib/bpf/ clean all Clang version 17.0.6 and GCC 13.3.1 fail to compile btf_dump.c due to following errors: btf_dump.c: In function ‘btf_dump_emit_bit_padding’: btf_dump.c:903:42: error: ‘new_off’ may be used uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] 903 | if (new_off > cur_off && new_off <= next_off) { | ~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~ btf_dump.c:870:13: note: ‘new_off’ was declared here 870 | int new_off, pad_bits, bits, i; | ^~~~~~~ btf_dump.c:917:25: error: ‘pad_type’ may be used uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] 917 | btf_dump_printf(d, "\n%s%s: %d;", pfx(lvl), pad_type, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 918 | in_bitfield ? new_off - cur_off : 0); | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ btf_dump.c:871:21: note: ‘pad_type’ was declared here 871 | const char *pad_type; | ^~~~~~~~ btf_dump.c:930:20: error: ‘pad_bits’ may be used uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] 930 | if (bits == pad_bits) { | ^ btf_dump.c:870:22: note: ‘pad_bits’ was declared here 870 | int new_off, pad_bits, bits, i; | ^~~~~~~~ cc1: all warnings being treated as errors Signed-off-by: Eder Zulian <ezulian@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241022172329.3871958-3-ezulian@redhat.com
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/lib/bpf')
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index 8440c2c5ad3e..468392f9882d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -867,8 +867,8 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_bit_padding(const struct btf_dump *d,
} pads[] = {
{"long", d->ptr_sz * 8}, {"int", 32}, {"short", 16}, {"char", 8}
};
- int new_off, pad_bits, bits, i;
- const char *pad_type;
+ int new_off = 0, pad_bits = 0, bits, i;
+ const char *pad_type = NULL;
if (cur_off >= next_off)
return; /* no gap */