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> --- drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c index 9959c762da2f..d8d4ef5214a1 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/amd-rng.c @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static struct hwrng amd_rng = { static int __init mod_init(void) { - int err = -ENODEV; + int err; struct pci_dev *pdev = NULL; const struct pci_device_id *ent; u32 pmbase; -- 2.30.2