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/time/posix-timers.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c index dd5697d7347b..3913222e7bcf 100644 --- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c +++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void posixtimer_rearm(struct kernel_siginfo *info) int posix_timer_event(struct k_itimer *timr, int si_private) { enum pid_type type; - int ret = -1; + int ret; /* * FIXME: if ->sigq is queued we can race with * dequeue_signal()->posixtimer_rearm(). -- 2.31.1