https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105013
Bug ID: 105013 Summary: Valgrind reports accessing uninitialized memory when -O2 option is used Product: gcc Version: 9.4.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: jamesallwright at yahoo dot co.uk Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 52660 --> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=52660&action=edit bug.i generated by gcc When the below code is compiled using the -O2 option, valgrind reports "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)". This does not happen if -O2 is not used. #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <ctype.h> void readstr (char out[], char **in, int limit) { int i; i = 0; while ((isalpha (**in)) && (i < limit - 1)) { out[i] = **in; i = i + 1; *in = *in + 1; }; out[i] = '\0'; printf("out = %s\n", out); if (strcmp(out, "channel") == 0) { printf("channel\n"); } } void example_func(char *s) { char command[40]; char *p; p = s; readstr(command, &p, 40); printf("command = %s\n", command); /* line below generates valgrind warning * Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) */ if (strcmp(command, "channel") == 0) { printf("channel\n"); } } int main(int argc, char **argv) { example_func("%%sausage 1 2"); } As requested in your bug submission notes, I ran gcc with data collextion options: Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9/lto-wrapper OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:hsa OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1 Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-9/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,gm2 --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-9 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib=auto --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-9-yTrUTS/gcc-9-9.4.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,hsa --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 9.4.0 (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04) I am also attaching bug.i generated by this command