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/char/hw_random/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c index d2d7a42d7e0d..8c1c47dd9f46 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwrng_unregister); static int __init hwrng_modinit(void) { - int ret = -ENOMEM; + int ret; /* kmalloc makes this safe for virt_to_page() in virtio_rng.c */ rng_buffer = kmalloc(rng_buffer_size(), GFP_KERNEL); -- 2.27.0