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/block/umem.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/umem.c b/drivers/block/umem.c index d84e8a878df2..1e2aa5ae2796 100644 --- a/drivers/block/umem.c +++ b/drivers/block/umem.c @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operations mm_fops = { static int mm_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id) { - int ret = -ENODEV; + int ret; struct cardinfo *card = &cards[num_cards]; unsigned char mem_present; unsigned char batt_status; -- 2.27.0.rc0