From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed and move the declaration into the local scope. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c index af3ee288bc11..d9f7c097cfd6 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c +++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c @@ -695,13 +695,12 @@ static struct dma_chan *find_candidate(struct dma_device *device, */ struct dma_chan *dma_get_slave_channel(struct dma_chan *chan) { - int err = -EBUSY; - /* lock against __dma_request_channel */ mutex_lock(&dma_list_mutex); if (chan->client_count == 0) { struct dma_device *device = chan->device; + int err; dma_cap_set(DMA_PRIVATE, device->cap_mask); device->privatecnt++; -- 2.32.0