There is no need to have the 'enum xp_retval ret' variable static since new value always be assigned before use it. Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c index 0441abe..0323bfe 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c +++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c @@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ struct uv_IO_APIC_route_entry { static enum xp_retval xpc_setup_msg_structures_uv(struct xpc_channel *ch) { - static enum xp_retval ret; + enum xp_retval ret; struct xpc_channel_uv *ch_uv = &ch->sn.uv; DBUG_ON(ch->flags & XPC_C_SETUP);