From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The pointer primary_channel is being assigned with a value that is never, The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c index ffd7fffa5f83..f7bbb8dc4b0f 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c +++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c @@ -425,8 +425,6 @@ void hv_process_channel_removal(struct vmbus_channel *channel) if (channel->primary_channel == NULL) { list_del(&channel->listentry); - - primary_channel = channel; } else { primary_channel = channel->primary_channel; spin_lock_irqsave(&primary_channel->lock, flags); -- 2.25.1