From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret is being set to -EINVAL however this is never read and later it is being reassigned to a new value. The assignment is redundant and hence can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused Value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/aio.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c index f9f441b59966..3e290dfac10a 100644 --- a/fs/aio.c +++ b/fs/aio.c @@ -1528,7 +1528,6 @@ static int aio_read(struct kiocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb, file = req->ki_filp; if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))) return -EBADF; - ret = -EINVAL; if (unlikely(!file->f_op->read_iter)) return -EINVAL; -- 2.20.1