Initialization is unnecessary when the variable is written before it is read. There were some occasions in which the driver would initialize `ret' during declaration without need. Purely a cosmetic change with no functional impact. Signed-off-by: Hardik Singh Rathore <hardiksingh.k@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c | 6 +++--- drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c | 4 ++-- drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c index 473e5e34ec00..48736c0ab0ef 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int adt7316_i2c_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 *data) static int adt7316_i2c_write(void *client, u8 reg, u8 data) { struct i2c_client *cl = client; - int ret = 0; + int ret; ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(cl, reg, data); if (ret < 0) @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int adt7316_i2c_write(void *client, u8 reg, u8 data) static int adt7316_i2c_multi_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data) { struct i2c_client *cl = client; - int i, ret = 0; + int i, ret; if (count > ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR) count = ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR; @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int adt7316_i2c_multi_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data) static int adt7316_i2c_multi_write(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data) { struct i2c_client *cl = client; - int i, ret = 0; + int i, ret; if (count > ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR) count = ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR; diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c index 5cd22743e140..f524b4ccf5c7 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-spi.c @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int adt7316_spi_multi_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data) { struct spi_device *spi_dev = client; u8 cmd[2]; - int ret = 0; + int ret; if (count > ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR) count = ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR; @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int adt7316_spi_multi_write(void *client, u8 reg, u8 count, u8 *data) { struct spi_device *spi_dev = client; u8 buf[ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR + 2]; - int i, ret = 0; + int i, ret; if (count > ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR) count = ADT7316_REG_MAX_ADDR; diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c index 2f8a122f475d..2d1e707a8676 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316.c @@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ int adt7316_probe(struct device *dev, struct adt7316_bus *bus, struct adt7316_chip_info *chip; struct iio_dev *indio_dev; unsigned short *adt7316_platform_data = dev->platform_data; - int ret = 0; + int ret; indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(dev, sizeof(*chip)); if (!indio_dev) -- 2.17.1