From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable err 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> --- net/core/dev_ioctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c index 205e92e604ef..db8a0ff86f36 100644 --- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c +++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int dev_do_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd) { const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops; - int err = -EOPNOTSUPP; + int err; err = dsa_ndo_do_ioctl(dev, ifr, cmd); if (err == 0 || err != -EOPNOTSUPP) -- 2.27.0