From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret is being initialized however this is never read and later it is being reassigned to a new value. The initialization is redundant and hence can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused Value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/cifssmb.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c index e2f95965065d..4bc21e7fd6b4 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c @@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ int CIFS_open(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms, int *oplock, FILE_ALL_INFO *buf) { - int rc = -EACCES; + int rc; OPEN_REQ *req = NULL; OPEN_RSP *rsp = NULL; int bytes_returned; -- 2.20.1