Valgrind isn't convinced that we are initializing the values we assign to env->spr[spr] because it doesn't understand that the 'val' union is being written by the kvm_vcpu_ioctl() that follows (via struct kvm_one_reg).
This results in Valgrind complaining about uninitialized values every time we use env->spr in a conditional, like this instance: ==707578== Thread 1: ==707578== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) ==707578== at 0xA10A40: hreg_compute_hflags_value (helper_regs.c:106) ==707578== by 0xA10C9F: hreg_compute_hflags (helper_regs.c:173) ==707578== by 0xA110F7: hreg_store_msr (helper_regs.c:262) ==707578== by 0xA051A3: ppc_cpu_reset (cpu_init.c:7168) ==707578== by 0xD4730F: device_transitional_reset (qdev.c:799) ==707578== by 0xD4A11B: resettable_phase_hold (resettable.c:182) ==707578== by 0xD49A77: resettable_assert_reset (resettable.c:60) ==707578== by 0xD4994B: resettable_reset (resettable.c:45) ==707578== by 0xD458BB: device_cold_reset (qdev.c:296) ==707578== by 0x48FBC7: cpu_reset (cpu-common.c:114) ==707578== by 0x97B5EB: spapr_reset_vcpu (spapr_cpu_core.c:38) ==707578== by 0x97BABB: spapr_cpu_core_reset (spapr_cpu_core.c:209) ==707578== Uninitialised value was created by a stack allocation ==707578== at 0xB11F08: kvm_get_one_spr (kvm.c:543) Initializing 'val' has no impact in the logic and makes Valgrind output more bearable. Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4...@amsat.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb...@gmail.com> --- target/ppc/kvm.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c index dc93b99189..858866ecd4 100644 --- a/target/ppc/kvm.c +++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c @@ -543,10 +543,11 @@ static void kvm_get_one_spr(CPUState *cs, uint64_t id, int spr) { PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs); CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env; + /* Init 'val' to avoid "uninitialised value" Valgrind warnings */ union { uint32_t u32; uint64_t u64; - } val; + } val = { }; struct kvm_one_reg reg = { .id = id, .addr = (uintptr_t) &val, -- 2.35.1