GCC version 8.2.1 has problems seeing the the correct flow of control, so manually initialize the temporary variable. ../../examples/domtop/domtop.c: In function 'print_cpu_usage': ../../examples/domtop/domtop.c:242:28: error: 'pos' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] usage = (now_params[pos].value.ul - then_params[pos].value.ul) / cc1: all warnings being treated as errors Signed-off-by: Bjoern Walk <bwalk(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; --- examples/domtop/domtop.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/examples/domtop/domtop.c b/examples/domtop/domtop.c index c9b51aed..e463e287 100644 --- a/examples/domtop/domtop.c +++ b/examples/domtop/domtop.c @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ print_cpu_usage(size_t cpu, } for (i = 0; i < ncpus; i++) { - size_t pos; + size_t pos = 0; double usage; /* check if the vCPU is in the maps */ -- 2.19.1