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/char/ttyprintk.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c b/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c index 56db949a7b70..6a0059e508e3 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c +++ b/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static struct tty_driver *ttyprintk_driver; static int __init ttyprintk_init(void) { - int ret = -ENOMEM; + int ret; spin_lock_init(&tpk_port.spinlock); -- 2.27.0.rc0