http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49848
Summary: False positive warning triggered by -Wmaybe-uninitialized Product: gcc Version: 4.5.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: lacom...@gmail.com Considering the attached reduced-testcase, gcc will trigger the following warning: % gcc -m32 -Wall -Os -c -S -o /dev/null foo.c foo.c: In function 'foo': foo.c:9:12: warning: 'b' may be used uninitialized in this function Affected gcc is: % gcc -v Using built-in specs. [...] Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.1 20100924 (Red Hat 4.5.1-4) (GCC) however, gcc from trunk (as of 20110609) also produces the warning: /src/x86-64/obj/destdir/bin/x86_64-none-linux-gcc -m32 -Wall -Os -c -S -o /dev/null foo.c foo.c: In function 'foo': foo.c:14:21: warning: 'b' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] This warning only shows up at -Os. Mailing list reference: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2011-07/msg00243.html