From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Variable c is being assigned with the value -1 that is never read, it is assigned a new value in a following while-loop. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/core/info.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/core/info.c b/sound/core/info.c index ca87ae4c30ba..8c6bc5241df5 100644 --- a/sound/core/info.c +++ b/sound/core/info.c @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ int snd_info_card_free(struct snd_card *card) */ int snd_info_get_line(struct snd_info_buffer *buffer, char *line, int len) { - int c = -1; + int c; if (snd_BUG_ON(!buffer || !buffer->buffer)) return 1; -- 2.25.0