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> --- drivers/rtc/class.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c index 03d6516941a8..7c88d190c51f 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/class.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int rtc_hctosys_ret = -ENODEV; static void rtc_hctosys(struct rtc_device *rtc) { - int err = -ENODEV; + int err; struct rtc_time tm; struct timespec64 tv64 = { .tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_SEC >> 1, -- 2.25.1