From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable retval is assigned with a value that is never read and it is re-assigned a new value later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Clean up multiple occurrances of this pattern. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/pti.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/pti.c b/drivers/misc/pti.c index 063e4419cd7e..b7f510676cd6 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/pti.c +++ b/drivers/misc/pti.c @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ static int pti_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) { unsigned int a; - int retval = -EINVAL; + int retval; int pci_bar = 1; dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "%s %s(%d): PTI PCI ID %04x:%04x\n", __FILE__, @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static struct pci_driver pti_pci_driver = { */ static int __init pti_init(void) { - int retval = -EINVAL; + int retval; /* First register module as tty device */ -- 2.24.0