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/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c index 800ac39f3213..74ce0c29c960 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static void drm_drop_master(struct drm_device *dev, int drm_dropmaster_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv) { - int ret = -EINVAL; + int ret; mutex_lock(&dev->master_mutex); -- 2.25.1