From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret is being initialized with a value that is never read and it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/mouse/alps.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c index 34700eda0429..b067bfd2699c 100644 --- a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c @@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ static int alps_monitor_mode(struct psmouse *psmouse, bool enable) static int alps_absolute_mode_v6(struct psmouse *psmouse) { u16 reg_val = 0x181; - int ret = -1; + int ret; /* enter monitor mode, to write the register */ if (alps_monitor_mode(psmouse, true)) -- 2.25.1