From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret 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/spi/spi-qup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c b/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c index a364b99497e2..8dcb2e70735c 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c @@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ static int spi_qup_transfer_one(struct spi_master *master, { struct spi_qup *controller = spi_master_get_devdata(master); unsigned long timeout, flags; - int ret = -EIO; + int ret; ret = spi_qup_io_prep(spi, xfer); if (ret) -- 2.27.0