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/cxl/mem.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/cxl/mem.c b/drivers/cxl/mem.c index 244cb7d89678..a2e22675e985 100644 --- a/drivers/cxl/mem.c +++ b/drivers/cxl/mem.c @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ static long cxl_memdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, { struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd; struct inode *inode; - int rc = -ENOTTY; + int rc; inode = file_inode(file); cxlmd = container_of(inode->i_cdev, typeof(*cxlmd), cdev); -- 2.30.2