netdev - [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: avoid false unuinitialized variable warning in bpf_core_apply

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Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:55:56 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
To:     <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <ast@...com>,
        <daniel@...earbox.net>
CC:     <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: avoid false unuinitialized variable warning in bpf_core_apply_relo

Some versions of GCC report uninitialized targ_spec usage. GCC is wrong, but
let's avoid unnecessary warnings.

Fixes: ddc7c3042614 ("libbpf: implement BPF CO-RE offset relocation algorithm")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index ea80a1582af6..58b9e7ea42b7 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -5285,7 +5285,7 @@ static int bpf_core_apply_relo(struct bpf_program *prog,
 			       struct hashmap *cand_cache)
 {
 	const char *prog_name = bpf_program__title(prog, false);
-	struct bpf_core_spec local_spec, cand_spec, targ_spec;
+	struct bpf_core_spec local_spec, cand_spec, targ_spec = {};
 	const void *type_key = u32_as_hash_key(relo->type_id);
 	struct bpf_core_relo_res cand_res, targ_res;
 	const struct btf_type *local_type;
-- 
2.24.1