The variable ret is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- block/bdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c index 886a08a045a6..26eefa5de6ca 100644 --- a/block/bdev.c +++ b/block/bdev.c @@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static void blkdev_flush_mapping(struct block_device *bdev) static int blkdev_get_whole(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode) { struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk; - int ret = 0; + int ret; if (disk->fops->open) { ret = disk->fops->open(bdev, mode); -- 2.33.1