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>
---
crypto/algif_rng.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/crypto/algif_rng.c b/crypto/algif_rng.c
index 22df3799a17b..087c0ad09d38 100644
--- a/crypto/algif_rng.c
+++ b/crypto/algif_rng.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int rng_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
struct rng_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
- int err = -EFAULT;
+ int err;
int genlen = 0;
u8 result[MAXSIZE];
--
2.25.1
