https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94855
--- Comment #1 from qinzhao at gcc dot gnu.org --- this is a request to provide a new option in GCC to initialize automatic variables for security purpose. Motivations for this request: 1. Kees Cook's slide: https://outflux.net/slides/2019/lca/danger.pdf https://outflux.net/slides/2019/lpc/gcc-and-clang.pdf 2. LLVM's implementation: https://reviews.llvm.org/D54604 3. Kernal's plugin https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c)