From 0952b8b27ae0fa1b23e73dc619fe4faac4d302c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Hall <matthew.hall3@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:21:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes warnings: 'uninitialized variable' 'coversion from
 string literal to char *' Issue #897

Signed-off-by: Matthew Hall <matthew.hall3@outlook.com>
---
 runtime/compiler/z/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.cpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/compiler/z/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.cpp b/runtime/compiler/z/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.cpp
index a9ff744bef5..ad66b3cab0e 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/z/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/z/codegen/J9CodeGenerator.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ J9::Z::CodeGenerator::callUsesHelperImplementation(TR::Symbol *sym)
 TR::Linkage *
 J9::Z::CodeGenerator::createLinkage(TR_LinkageConventions lc)
    {
-   TR::Linkage * linkage;
+   TR::Linkage * linkage = nullptr;
    switch (lc)
       {
       case TR_CHelper:
@@ -3259,9 +3259,9 @@ J9::Z::CodeGenerator::checkFieldAlignmentForAtomicLong()
    if (!classBlock)
       return false;
 
-   char* fieldName = "value";
+   const char* fieldName = "value";
    int32_t fieldNameLen = 5;
-   char * fieldSig = "J";
+   const char * fieldSig = "J";
    int32_t fieldSigLen = 1;
    int32_t intOrBoolOffset = self()->fe()->getObjectHeaderSizeInBytes() + self()->fej9()->getInstanceFieldOffset(classBlock, fieldName, fieldNameLen, fieldSig, fieldSigLen);
    return (intOrBoolOffset & 0x3) == 0;