From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err 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> --- fs/cifsd/vfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/cifsd/vfs.c b/fs/cifsd/vfs.c index 00f80ca45690..3d7413b8f526 100644 --- a/fs/cifsd/vfs.c +++ b/fs/cifsd/vfs.c @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_remove_file(struct ksmbd_work *work, char *name) struct path parent; struct dentry *dir, *dentry; char *last; - int err = -ENOENT; + int err; last = extract_last_component(name); if (!last) -- 2.30.2