Variable retval is set to zero but this value is never read as it is overwritten with a new value later on, hence it is a redundant assignment and can be removed. Cleans up the following clang-analyzer warning: fs/direct-io.c:1245:2: warning: Value stored to 'retval' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/direct-io.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c index b2e86e7..b348264 100644 --- a/fs/direct-io.c +++ b/fs/direct-io.c @@ -1242,7 +1242,6 @@ static inline int drop_refcount(struct dio *dio) */ inode_dio_begin(inode); - retval = 0; sdio.blkbits = blkbits; sdio.blkfactor = i_blkbits - blkbits; sdio.block_in_file = offset >> blkbits; -- 1.8.3.1