From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable fd 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> --- drivers/tty/pty.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c index 9b5d4ae5d8f2..2251330e7e00 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/pty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static struct cdev ptmx_cdev; */ int ptm_open_peer(struct file *master, struct tty_struct *tty, int flags) { - int fd = -1; + int fd; struct file *filp; int retval = -EINVAL; struct path path; -- 2.30.2