From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The variable result 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/w1/w1.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c index f2ae2e563dc5..3c7817bd6744 100644 --- a/drivers/w1/w1.c +++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static ssize_t w1_master_attribute_store_remove(struct device *dev, struct w1_master *md = dev_to_w1_master(dev); struct w1_reg_num rn; struct w1_slave *sl; - ssize_t result = count; + ssize_t result; if (w1_atoreg_num(dev, buf, count, &rn)) return -EINVAL; -- 2.31.1