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> --- security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c b/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c index 4e0d6778277e..cfa4127d0518 100644 --- a/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c +++ b/security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int asymmetric_verify(struct key *keyring, const char *sig, struct public_key_signature pks; struct signature_v2_hdr *hdr = (struct signature_v2_hdr *)sig; struct key *key; - int ret = -ENOMEM; + int ret; if (siglen <= sizeof(*hdr)) return -EBADMSG; -- 2.27.0