Variable ret 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: drivers/of/overlay.c:1197:2: warning: Value stored to 'ret' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. drivers/of/overlay.c:1026:2: warning: Value stored to 'ret' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/of/overlay.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c index 23effe5..74bb5e5 100644 --- a/drivers/of/overlay.c +++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c @@ -1023,7 +1023,6 @@ int of_overlay_fdt_apply(const void *overlay_fdt, u32 overlay_fdt_size, struct device_node *overlay_root = NULL; *ovcs_id = 0; - ret = 0; if (overlay_fdt_size < sizeof(struct fdt_header) || fdt_check_header(overlay_fdt)) { @@ -1194,8 +1193,6 @@ int of_overlay_remove(int *ovcs_id) struct overlay_changeset *ovcs; int ret, ret_apply, ret_tmp; - ret = 0; - if (devicetree_corrupt()) { pr_err("suspect devicetree state, refuse to remove overlay\n"); ret = -EBUSY; -- 1.8.3.1