On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 03:54:24PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
> The only location is the following code:
> 
>       int level = path->lowest_level + 1;
>       BUG_ON(path->lowest_level + 1 >= BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL);
>       while(level < BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL) {
>               slot = path->slots[level] + 1;
>               ...
>       }
>       path->slots[level] = slot;
> 
> Again, it's the stupid compiler needs some hint for the fact that
> we will always enter the while loop for at least once, thus @slot should
> always be initialized.

Harsh words for the compiler, and I say not deserved. The same code
pasted to kernel a built with the same version does not report the
warning, so it's apparently a missing annotation of BUG_ON in
btrfs-progs that does not give the right hint.

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