From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable rc 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/acpi/apei/hest.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c index 953a2fae8b15..6e980fe16772 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/hest.c @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ __setup("hest_disable", setup_hest_disable); void __init acpi_hest_init(void) { acpi_status status; - int rc = -ENODEV; + int rc; unsigned int ghes_count = 0; if (hest_disable) { -- 2.27.0