From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read and it is being updated later with a new value. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/super.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index b0a511bef4a0..6674c2af26ef 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -2052,7 +2052,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(watch_sb, if (drop_s_count) put_super(s); } else { - ret = -EBADSLT; down_write(&s->s_umount); ret = remove_watch_from_object(s->s_watchers, wqueue, s->s_unique_id, false); -- 2.25.1