initialized record_status in write_new_bucket
@@ -678,8 +678,7 @@ write_new_bucket(
fwrite(&bucket, sizeof(linear_hash_bucket_t), 1, linear_hash->database);
/* write bucket data to file */
- ion_byte_t record_status;
-
+ ion_byte_t record_status = 0;
ion_byte_t record_blank[linear_hash->super.record.key_size + linear_hash->super.record.value_size];
memset(record_blank, 0, linear_hash->super.record.key_size + linear_hash->super.record.value_size);
