From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err is being initializeed 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/net/caif/caif_virtio.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c index eb426822ad06..35c916741df6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c +++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_virtio.c @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static int cfv_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) const char *cfv_netdev_name = "cfvrt"; struct net_device *netdev; struct cfv_info *cfv; - int err = -EINVAL; + int err; netdev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct cfv_info), cfv_netdev_name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, cfv_netdev_setup); -- 2.25.1