On Sat, Nov 02, 2024 at 10:32:56PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> writes:
> > Move I/O before the index_update_stats() buffer lock region.
>
> In branches before 17, this commit is causing some compilers
> to complain:
>
> index.c: In function 'index_update_stats':
> index.c:2913:24: warning: 'relpages' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> if (rd_rel->relpages != (int32) relpages)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I'm seeing that with RHEL8's gcc 8.5.0, and trawling the buildfarm
> shows at least 40 animals similarly unhappy. (I noticed this because
> mamba, which is using -Werror, is actually failing.)
Hopefully now the code won't fool any compiler.