diff --git a/modules/ca/src/client/caRepeater.cpp b/modules/ca/src/client/caRepeater.cpp
index 7eaab508b..c8385ba3b 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/client/caRepeater.cpp
+++ b/modules/ca/src/client/caRepeater.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     (void)detachinout;
 #endif
 
-    chdir ( "/" );
+    (void)! chdir ( "/" );
     ca_repeater ();
     return ( 0 );
 }
diff --git a/modules/ca/src/perl/Cap5.xs b/modules/ca/src/perl/Cap5.xs
index cc729340a..6d06a15f1 100644
--- a/modules/ca/src/perl/Cap5.xs
+++ b/modules/ca/src/perl/Cap5.xs
@@ -606,12 +606,12 @@ void CA_put(SV *ca_ref, SV *val, ...) {
         }
     } else {
         union {
+            void         *dbr;
             dbr_char_t   *dbr_char;
             dbr_long_t   *dbr_long;
             dbr_double_t *dbr_double;
             char         *dbr_string;
-            void         *dbr;
-        } p;
+        } p = {0};
         int i;
         chtype type = best_type(pch);
 
@@ -699,12 +699,12 @@ void CA_put_callback(SV *ca_ref, SV *sub, SV *val, ...) {
         }
     } else {
         union {
+            void         *dbr;
             dbr_char_t   *dbr_char;
             dbr_long_t   *dbr_long;
             dbr_double_t *dbr_double;
             char         *dbr_string;
-            void         *dbr;
-        } p;
+        } p = {0};
         int i;
         chtype type = best_type(pch);
 
diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c b/modules/libcom/src/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
index 50bb714e0..61a67f62c 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#define USE_MEMLOCK (defined(_POSIX_MEMLOCK) && (_POSIX_MEMLOCK > 0) && !defined(__rtems__))
+#if (defined(_POSIX_MEMLOCK) && (_POSIX_MEMLOCK > 0) && !defined(__rtems__))
+#  define USE_MEMLOCK 1
+#else
+#  define USE_MEMLOCK 0
+#endif
+
 #if USE_MEMLOCK
 #include <sys/mman.h> 
 #endif