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/file.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c index 412033d8cfdf..5d1d1b2a5c97 100644 --- a/fs/file.c +++ b/fs/file.c @@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ int __receive_fd(int fd, struct file *file, int __user *ufd, unsigned int o_flag static int ksys_dup3(unsigned int oldfd, unsigned int newfd, int flags) { - int err = -EBADF; + int err; struct file *file; struct files_struct *files = current->files; -- 2.29.2