From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable result 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> --- fs/nfs/direct.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c index 1b79dd5cf661..2d30a4da49fa 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/direct.c +++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, */ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter) { - ssize_t result = -EINVAL, requested; + ssize_t result, requested; size_t count; struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp; struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping; -- 2.27.0