Re: [PATCH] lib: zlib_inflate "r.base" uninitialized compile warnings

[Al Viro]

On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 12:35:32PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 12:08:00PM -0800, James Lamanna wrote:
> > What version of gcc are you using?
> 
> gcc (GCC) 4.0.3 20051201 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-5)
> 
> > Looks like a gcc bug that was fixed?
> 
> I guess it's been introduced.  ;)

4.0.x is very bad in that area - it's crying "wolf" a _lot_ and genuine
cases of uninitialized variables being used are drowning in the noise;
compared to 3.x it's a serious regression.
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