From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err 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/crypto/img-hash.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/img-hash.c b/drivers/crypto/img-hash.c index 0e25fc3087f3..87226b7c2795 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/img-hash.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/img-hash.c @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int img_hash_write_via_dma(struct img_hash_dev *hdev) static int img_hash_dma_init(struct img_hash_dev *hdev) { struct dma_slave_config dma_conf; - int err = -EINVAL; + int err; hdev->dma_lch = dma_request_chan(hdev->dev, "tx"); if (IS_ERR(hdev->dma_lch)) { -- 2.27.0.rc0