When DPDK is compiled with gcc < 9 with the optimization level set to 1 gcc sees slot_idx as possibly being uninitialised. To correct this error slot_idx has been initialised to 0.
Signed-off-by: Conor Walsh <conor.wa...@intel.com> --- lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c index 3a019b7446..bef39180b5 100644 --- a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c @@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct iovec *dst_iovec = vec_pool + (VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1); struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *src_it = it_pool; struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *dst_it = it_pool + 1; - uint16_t n_free_slot, slot_idx; + uint16_t n_free_slot, slot_idx = 0; uint16_t pkt_err = 0; uint16_t segs_await = 0; struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info = vq->async_pkts_info; -- 2.25.1