From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Variable err is being assigned a value that is never read and is being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is redundant and hence can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- V2: Fix spelling mistake "Unused" --- fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c index a3cdb0036c5d..65d84b4d4464 100644 --- a/fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c +++ b/fs/autofs/dev-ioctl.c @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static int autofs_dev_ioctl_requester(struct file *fp, struct autofs_info *ino; struct path path; dev_t devid; - int err = -ENOENT; + int err; /* param->path has been checked in validate_dev_ioctl() */ -- 2.20.1