From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable i 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/char/ttyprintk.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c b/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c index 219fa1382396..230b2c9b3e3c 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c +++ b/drivers/char/ttyprintk.c @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void tpk_flush(void) static int tpk_printk(const unsigned char *buf, int count) { - int i = tpk_curr; + int i; for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { if (tpk_curr >= TPK_STR_SIZE) { -- 2.31.1