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/block/pktcdvd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c index 0b944ac96d6b..27a33adc41e4 100644 --- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c +++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c @@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int pkt_get_last_written(struct pktcdvd_device *pd, disc_information di; track_information ti; __u32 last_track; - int ret = -1; + int ret; ret = pkt_get_disc_info(pd, &di); if (ret) -- 2.27.0.rc0