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/thermal/thermal_netlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_netlink.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_netlink.c index d3c48bbcd269..cb56950f59d2 100644 --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_netlink.c +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_netlink.c @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static int thermal_genl_cmd_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct param p = { .msg = skb }; const struct genl_dumpit_info *info = genl_dumpit_info(cb); int cmd = info->ops->cmd; - int ret = -EMSGSIZE; + int ret; void *hdr; hdr = genlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0, &thermal_gnl_family, 0, cmd); -- 2.27.0