From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err is initialized with a value that is never read and err is reassigned a few statements later. This initialization is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c index 1af8a329dacb..7a5a3d08fec3 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c +++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c @@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static int nh_create_ipv6(struct net *net, struct nexthop *nh, .fc_encap = cfg->nh_encap, .fc_encap_type = cfg->nh_encap_type, }; - int err = -EINVAL; + int err; if (!ipv6_addr_any(&cfg->gw.ipv6)) fib6_cfg.fc_flags |= RTF_GATEWAY; -- 2.20.1