From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable result is being initialized with a value that is never read and it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c index 15c5b272e698..bc96457c9e25 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c @@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ acpi_video_init_brightness(struct acpi_video_device *device) int i, max_level = 0; unsigned long long level, level_old; struct acpi_video_device_brightness *br = NULL; - int result = -EINVAL; + int result; result = acpi_video_get_levels(device->dev, &br, &max_level); if (result) -- 2.25.0