From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable retval 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/uio/uio.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c index 6e725c6c6256..73efb80815db 100644 --- a/drivers/uio/uio.c +++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void uio_dev_del_attributes(struct uio_device *idev) static int uio_get_minor(struct uio_device *idev) { - int retval = -ENOMEM; + int retval; mutex_lock(&minor_lock); retval = idr_alloc(&uio_idr, idev, 0, UIO_MAX_DEVICES, GFP_KERNEL); -- 2.25.1