https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80548
Bug ID: 80548 Summary: -Wmaybe-uninitialized false positive when an assignment is added Product: gcc Version: 6.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: middle-end Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: vincent-gcc at vinc17 dot net Target Milestone: --- Consider: int g (void); void h (int, int); void f (int b) { int x, y; if (b) { x = g (); y = g (); } while (g ()) if (b) { h (x, y); y = g (); } } Compiling this program with "-O -Wmaybe-uninitialized -c" yields: tst.c: In function âfâ: tst.c:17:9: warning: âyâ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] h (x, y); ^~~~~~~~ Note that x and y play a symmetric role here, except that y has an additional assignment, and this assignment makes GCC think that y may be used uninitialized! Indeed, if one removes this assignment, the warning disappear.