From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable retval 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/base/power/wakeup_stats.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/power/wakeup_stats.c b/drivers/base/power/wakeup_stats.c index 5ade7539ac02..924fac493c4f 100644 --- a/drivers/base/power/wakeup_stats.c +++ b/drivers/base/power/wakeup_stats.c @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static struct device *wakeup_source_device_create(struct device *parent, struct wakeup_source *ws) { struct device *dev = NULL; - int retval = -ENODEV; + int retval; dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dev) { -- 2.30.2