Variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read, it is being re-assigned again in either path of the if statement. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: Although the value stored to 'ret' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'ret' [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c b/drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c index 1581f6ef0927..24ec4844a5c3 100644 --- a/drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c +++ b/drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c @@ -931,8 +931,7 @@ aiptek_query(struct aiptek *aiptek, unsigned char command, unsigned char data) } msleep(aiptek->curSetting.programmableDelay); - if ((ret = - aiptek_get_report(aiptek, 3, 2, buf, sizeof_buf)) != sizeof_buf) { + if (aiptek_get_report(aiptek, 3, 2, buf, sizeof_buf) != sizeof_buf) { dev_dbg(&aiptek->intf->dev, "aiptek_query failed: returned 0x%02x 0x%02x 0x%02x\n", buf[0], buf[1], buf[2]); -- 2.35.1