From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Currently rates_idx is being initialized with the value -1 and this value is never read so the initialization is redundant and can be removed. The next time the variable is used it is assigned a value that is returned a few statements later. Just return i - 1 and remove the need for rates_idx. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/status.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c index cbc40b358ba2..adb1d30ce06e 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/status.c +++ b/net/mac80211/status.c @@ -799,7 +799,6 @@ static int ieee80211_tx_get_rates(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_tx_info *info, int *retry_count) { - int rates_idx = -1; int count = -1; int i; @@ -821,13 +820,12 @@ static int ieee80211_tx_get_rates(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, count += info->status.rates[i].count; } - rates_idx = i - 1; if (count < 0) count = 0; *retry_count = count; - return rates_idx; + return i - 1; } void ieee80211_tx_monitor(struct ieee80211_local *local, struct sk_buff *skb, -- 2.27.0