From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable rc 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> --- fs/cifs/cifssmb.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c index 5014a82391ff..d62f9175c546 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c @@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ int CIFSSMBWrite2(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_io_parms *io_parms, unsigned int *nbytes, struct kvec *iov, int n_vec) { - int rc = -EACCES; + int rc; WRITE_REQ *pSMB = NULL; int wct; int smb_hdr_len; -- 2.25.1