From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret is being initialized with the value -EINVAL however this value is never read and ret is being re-assigned later on. Hence the initialization is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c index bba093224813..92df35fdeab0 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int __init lkdtm_module_init(void) { struct crashpoint *crashpoint = NULL; const struct crashtype *crashtype = NULL; - int ret = -EINVAL; + int ret; int i; /* Neither or both of these need to be set */ -- 2.20.1