Pointer kctl is being assigned a value that is not being read, buf is being re-assigned later. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:3317:28: warning: Although the value stored to 'kctl' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'kctl' [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c index 3db641318d3a..dcc43a81ae0e 100644 --- a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c +++ b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c @@ -3314,7 +3314,7 @@ static int snd_hdsp_create_controls(struct snd_card *card, struct hdsp *hdsp) if (hdsp->io_type == RPM) { /* RPM Bypass, Disconnect and Input switches */ for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(snd_hdsp_rpm_controls); idx++) { - err = snd_ctl_add(card, kctl = snd_ctl_new1(&snd_hdsp_rpm_controls[idx], hdsp)); + err = snd_ctl_add(card, snd_ctl_new1(&snd_hdsp_rpm_controls[idx], hdsp)); if (err < 0) return err; } -- 2.35.1