From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The value assigned to pointer 'event' is never read and hence it is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index ca6b0dff60c5..0013b43d8b4d 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -1294,7 +1294,6 @@ static int __create_synth_event(int argc, const char *name, const char **argv) event = alloc_synth_event(name, n_fields, fields); if (IS_ERR(event)) { ret = PTR_ERR(event); - event = NULL; goto err; } ret = register_synth_event(event); -- 2.20.1