From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable ret is being initialized with a value that is never read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 560e4c8d3825..f2ceec787b2d 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -6122,7 +6122,7 @@ static int __tracing_resize_ring_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, ssize_t tracing_resize_ring_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned long size, int cpu_id) { - int ret = size; + int ret; mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); -- 2.30.2