From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable c 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/serial/kgdb_nmi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdb_nmi.c b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdb_nmi.c index db059b66438e..7e07ee915f3f 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdb_nmi.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdb_nmi.c @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void kgdb_tty_recv(int ch) static int kgdb_nmi_poll_one_knock(void) { static int n; - int c = -1; + int c; const char *magic = kgdb_nmi_magic; size_t m = strlen(magic); bool printch = false; -- 2.30.2