The variable retval is being assigned a value that is not being read, it is being re-assigned later on in the function. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: fs/direct-io.c:1220:2: warning: Value stored to 'retval' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/direct-io.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c index 62c97ff9e852..b0aafe640fa4 100644 --- a/fs/direct-io.c +++ b/fs/direct-io.c @@ -1217,7 +1217,6 @@ ssize_t __blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode, */ inode_dio_begin(inode); - retval = 0; sdio.blkbits = blkbits; sdio.blkfactor = i_blkbits - blkbits; sdio.block_in_file = offset >> blkbits; -- 2.39.2