On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 18:02:47 +0100, Colin King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The variable err is assigned with the value -EINVAL that is never > read and it is re-assigned a new value later on. The assignment is > redundant and can be removed. > > Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 2 +- > kernel/bpf/xskmap.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c > index 5ae7cce5ef16..a76cc6412fc4 100644 > --- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c > +++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c > @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static u64 dev_map_bitmap_size(const union bpf_attr *attr) > static struct bpf_map *dev_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr) > { > struct bpf_dtab *dtab; > - int err = -EINVAL; > + int err; > u64 cost; Perhaps keep the variables ordered longest to shortest? > if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) > diff --git a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c > index 22066c28ba61..26859c6c9491 100644 > --- a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c > +++ b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct xsk_map { > > static struct bpf_map *xsk_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr) > { > - int cpu, err = -EINVAL; > + int cpu, err; > struct xsk_map *m; > u64 cost; And here.