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/vhost/scsi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c index d16c04dcc144..9129ab8187fd 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c @@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ static const struct target_core_fabric_ops vhost_scsi_ops = { static int __init vhost_scsi_init(void) { - int ret = -ENOMEM; + int ret; pr_debug("TCM_VHOST fabric module %s on %s/%s" " on "UTS_RELEASE"\n", VHOST_SCSI_VERSION, utsname()->sysname, -- 2.30.0