From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret 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/base/platform.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c index 5255550b7c34..2e454c18b3a9 100644 --- a/drivers/base/platform.c +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c @@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister); struct platform_device *platform_device_register_full( const struct platform_device_info *pdevinfo) { - int ret = -ENOMEM; + int ret; struct platform_device *pdev; pdev = platform_device_alloc(pdevinfo->name, pdevinfo->id); -- 2.25.1