From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable idx 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/extcon/extcon.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c index 2dfbfec572f9..0a6438cbb3f3 100644 --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c @@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ int extcon_register_notifier(struct extcon_dev *edev, unsigned int id, struct notifier_block *nb) { unsigned long flags; - int ret, idx = -EINVAL; + int ret, idx; if (!edev || !nb) return -EINVAL; -- 2.25.1