From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err is being initialized with a value that is never read and it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c index a49ddc6cd020..c3ececd7cfc1 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c +++ b/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int rpl_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) struct dst_entry *orig_dst = skb_dst(skb); struct dst_entry *dst = NULL; struct rpl_lwt *rlwt; - int err = -EINVAL; + int err; rlwt = rpl_lwt_lwtunnel(orig_dst->lwtstate); -- 2.25.1