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>
---
net/packet/af_packet.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 29bd405adbbd..7b436ebde61d 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -4293,7 +4293,7 @@ static int packet_set_ring(struct sock *sk, union tpacket_req_u *req_u,
struct packet_ring_buffer *rb;
struct sk_buff_head *rb_queue;
__be16 num;
- int err = -EINVAL;
+ int err;
/* Added to avoid minimal code churn */
struct tpacket_req *req = &req_u->req;
--
2.27.0
