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> --- drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c index 462bc577692a..0cf0322702ed 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/hw_channel.c @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void mana_hwc_handle_resp(struct hw_channel_context *hwc, u32 resp_len, const struct gdma_resp_hdr *resp_msg) { struct hwc_caller_ctx *ctx; - int err = -EPROTO; + int err; if (!test_bit(resp_msg->response.hwc_msg_id, hwc->inflight_msg_res.map)) { -- 2.30.2