The variable ret belongs to redundant assignment and can be deleted. fs/splice.c:940:2: warning: Value stored to 'ret' is never read. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=4406 Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/splice.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c index 2e76dbb81a8f..2c3dec2b6dfa 100644 --- a/fs/splice.c +++ b/fs/splice.c @@ -937,7 +937,6 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd, /* * Do the splice. */ - ret = 0; bytes = 0; len = sd->total_len; flags = sd->flags; -- 2.20.1.7.g153144c