From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable rc is being assigned 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/ipv4/af_inet.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c index cf58e29cf746..c618e242490f 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c @@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ static int __init inet_init(void) { struct inet_protosw *q; struct list_head *r; - int rc = -EINVAL; + int rc; sock_skb_cb_check_size(sizeof(struct inet_skb_parm)); -- 2.25.1