Variable len is set to zero but this value is never read as it is overwritten with a new value later on, hence it is a redundant assignment and can be removed. Cleans up the following clang-analyzer warning: sound/usb/mixer.c:2713:3: warning: Value stored to 'len' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/usb/mixer.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer.c b/sound/usb/mixer.c index b004b2e..937bc17 100644 --- a/sound/usb/mixer.c +++ b/sound/usb/mixer.c @@ -2710,7 +2710,6 @@ static int parse_audio_selector_unit(struct mixer_build *state, int unitid, #define MAX_ITEM_NAME_LEN 64 for (i = 0; i < desc->bNrInPins; i++) { struct usb_audio_term iterm; - len = 0; namelist[i] = kmalloc(MAX_ITEM_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); if (!namelist[i]) { err = -ENOMEM; -- 1.8.3.1