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. Signed-off-by: Hardik Singh Rathore <hardiksingh.k@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7816.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7816.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7816.c index 5209651a1b25..ee50e7296795 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7816.c +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7816.c @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ enum ad7816_type { static int ad7816_spi_read(struct ad7816_chip_info *chip, u16 *data) { struct spi_device *spi_dev = chip->spi_dev; - int ret = 0; + int ret; __be16 buf; gpiod_set_value(chip->rdwr_pin, 1); @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int ad7816_spi_read(struct ad7816_chip_info *chip, u16 *data) static int ad7816_spi_write(struct ad7816_chip_info *chip, u8 data) { struct spi_device *spi_dev = chip->spi_dev; - int ret = 0; + int ret; gpiod_set_value(chip->rdwr_pin, 1); gpiod_set_value(chip->rdwr_pin, 0); @@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ static int ad7816_probe(struct spi_device *spi_dev) { struct ad7816_chip_info *chip; struct iio_dev *indio_dev; - int ret = 0; - int i; + int i, ret; indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(&spi_dev->dev, sizeof(*chip)); if (!indio_dev) -- 2.17.1