Re: [PATCH 1/5] sim/cgen: mask uninitialized variable warning in cgen-run.c

[Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>]

Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:

> On 12 Oct 2022 13:38, Andrew Burgess via Gdb-patches wrote:
>> --- a/sim/common/cgen-run.c
>> +++ b/sim/common/cgen-run.c
>> @@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ engine_run_n (SIM_DESC sd, int next_cpu_nr, int nr_cpus, int max_insns, int fast
>>        prime_cpu (cpu, max_insns);
>>      }
>>  
>> +  /* Ensure the remaining engine_fns slots are initialized, this silences a
>> +     compiler warning when engine_fns is used below.  */
>> +  for (i = nr_cpus; i < MAX_NR_PROCESSORS; ++i)
>> +    engine_fns[i] = NULL;
>
> engine_fns is declared in this func.  why not assign it and let gcc handle
> the rest ?
> -  ENGINE_FN *engine_fns[MAX_NR_PROCESSORS];
> +  ENGINE_FN *engine_fns[MAX_NR_PROCESSORS] = {};

How's the patch below?

Thanks,
Andrew

---

commit 79f4f1d82d1da482e223079deb453eda7b2d2323
Author: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 24 16:55:07 2022 +0100

    sim/cgen: initialize variable at creation in engine_run_n
    
    Zero initialize engine_fns entirely at creation, then override those
    fields we intend to use, rather than zero just initializing the unused
    fields later on.
    
    There should be no user visible changes after this commit.

diff --git a/sim/common/cgen-run.c b/sim/common/cgen-run.c
index a9a493c01b9..1ace067a395 100644
--- a/sim/common/cgen-run.c
+++ b/sim/common/cgen-run.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static void
 engine_run_n (SIM_DESC sd, int next_cpu_nr, int nr_cpus, int max_insns, int fast_p)
 {
   int i;
-  ENGINE_FN *engine_fns[MAX_NR_PROCESSORS];
+  ENGINE_FN *engine_fns[MAX_NR_PROCESSORS] = {};
 
   SIM_ASSERT (nr_cpus <= MAX_NR_PROCESSORS);
   SIM_ASSERT (next_cpu_nr >= 0 && next_cpu_nr < nr_cpus);
@@ -242,11 +242,6 @@ engine_run_n (SIM_DESC sd, int next_cpu_nr, int nr_cpus, int max_insns, int fast
       prime_cpu (cpu, max_insns);
     }
 
-  /* Ensure the remaining engine_fns slots are initialized, this silences a
-     compiler warning when engine_fns is used below.  */
-  for (i = nr_cpus; i < MAX_NR_PROCESSORS; ++i)
-    engine_fns[i] = NULL;
-
   while (1)
     {
       SIM_ENGINE_PREFIX_HOOK (sd);