Apparently this never happens, but the current code seems excessively loose. 1) die if it does happen 2) initialise offset to make gcc happy. # ia64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc --version ia64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 3.4.5 Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # make kexec/arch/ia64/kexec-elf-ia64.c: In function `move_loaded_segments': kexec/arch/ia64/kexec-elf-ia64.c:102: warning: 'offset' might be used uninitialized in this function Signed-off-by: Simon Horman Index: kexec-tools/kexec/arch/ia64/kexec-elf-ia64.c =================================================================== --- kexec-tools.orig/kexec/arch/ia64/kexec-elf-ia64.c 2010-02-01 23:07:19.000000000 +1100 +++ kexec-tools/kexec/arch/ia64/kexec-elf-ia64.c 2010-02-01 23:07:22.000000000 +1100 @@ -99,15 +99,19 @@ void elf_ia64_usage(void) void move_loaded_segments(struct mem_ehdr *ehdr, unsigned long addr) { unsigned i; - long offset; + long offset = 0; + int found = 0; struct mem_phdr *phdr; for(i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; i++) { phdr = &ehdr->e_phdr[i]; if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD) { offset = addr - phdr->p_paddr; + found++; break; } } + if (!found) + die("move_loaded_segments: no PT_LOAD region 0x%016x\n", addr); ehdr->e_entry += offset; for(i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; i++) { phdr = &ehdr->e_phdr[i];