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> --- V2: reorder variables as recommended by Jakub Kicinski to keep in the networking code style. --- 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..b58a33ca8a27 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ 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; u64 cost; + int err; if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return ERR_PTR(-EPERM); diff --git a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c index 22066c28ba61..413d75f4fc72 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ struct xsk_map { static struct bpf_map *xsk_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr) { - int cpu, err = -EINVAL; struct xsk_map *m; + int cpu, err; u64 cost; if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) -- 2.20.1