Variable ret is being assigned and error code that is never read, it is either being re-assigned in an error exit path or never referenced again on the non-error path. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/acpi.c:145:2: warning: Value stored to 'ret' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/acpi.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/acpi.c b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/acpi.c index bd757d836c5c..69533d0bfb51 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/acpi.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/acpi.c @@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ int tpm_read_log_acpi(struct tpm_chip *chip) log->bios_event_log_end = log->bios_event_log + len; - ret = -EIO; virt = acpi_os_map_iomem(start, len); if (!virt) { dev_warn(&chip->dev, "%s: Failed to map ACPI memory\n", __func__); -- 2.39.2